15 June, 2013
When good news is front page news
To discover and tell stories about Hidden Hamilton, people need to know what I am looking for. What
better opportunity to reach people than an article in The Post - the independent local newspaper that reaches upwards of
140,000 households?
12 June, 2013
Whose head is it, really?
Wrestling with the unwieldy pipes, the busy scaffolder took little
notice of the small sculpture above the doorway, the head of a bearded man. An earthquake
measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale had devastated Newcastle on 28 December,
1989, and he was flat out assembling protective structures around buildings all
over the city. In the scheme of things, what did a bit more damage to an old plaster
head matter?
07 June, 2013
'Crushed between two coal skips in the Borehole Colliery, Hamilton'
Ten stark, simple words, in an email sent to me by Hunter
historian, Fr Brian Roach. Ten words, carrying the story of a terrible death, a family
tragedy and the weight of more than a century’s collateral damage from the coal
industry in the Hunter.
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