Author Archives: Diane

Congratulations to Delphine and John. The research John has been doing into the 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers has uncovered a number of photographs of the soldiers who were members of the battalion. Delphine took up the mantle to create portraits of some of the soldiers. She has successfully had two of them selected to be part of The Northumberland Open Exhibition 2026 being exhibited at Woodhorn Museum, on show from 14th February to 10th May 2026. https://www.northeastmuseums.org.uk/woodhorn/whats-on/the-northumberland-open-exhibition-2026

We are so pleased to see these amazing portraits currently exhibiting at Ashington CVA, This display will only be there for a short while. Delphine Blenkinsop of the Hive Storytellers wanted to try and draw attention to the men of the 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers by drawing their portraits, with the view of making them and the podcasts into an Exhibition, but there are too many for one person. Ted Taylor’s Art Group came to the rescue and produced these meaningful portraits. People doing their best for the people who did their best. We are looking at other opportunities to exhibit these portraits and will let you know…

Our latest podcast contains a selection of short pieces inspired by animals. We never know what they are thinking or do we? It’s available now on Spotify, wherever you listen to your podcasts or click on the picture below

Our latest podcast is now available for you to listen to. This is the final podcast in our series of the lost letters of 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. This letter is unfortunately it was not signed and we have not been able to identify the writer. It tells the story of what happened to the 6th Battalion over 8 days in 1917. The photograph was taken at Harton Cemetery South Shields. The poppy was created by The friends of Harton Cemetery. John Caffery who researched the lost letters created all the wonderful poppies. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/hive-radio-storytellers/episodes/Lost-Letters-of-6th-Battalion-Northumberland-Fusiliers-Episode-3-e3ajcdu

7th July 2025 We had a great day at the South Tyneside Parade in Bents Park, with a Woodland Trail. We were joined by busy bees, who brought many families to us to enjoy the trail and learn about wildlife and nature. Thanks to South Tyneside Council for inviting us along to join the fun.

Inspired by the Seven Ages of Man speech in Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Our group has written, or chosen poetry, prose or music that reflects each of the seven ages. In this episode we looked at The Justice, or as we interpreted it Middle Age. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/hive-radio-storytellers/episodes/Seven-Ages—Episode-3-e338m7q