Whitburn History

Whitburn A Level History | Democracy and Dictatorships 1918-1963 | Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest 1035-1107 | Ran by History Subject Reps

[Whitburn History @WhitburnHistory]

Calling all Y11 students doing history next year!!
Rise Of The Nazis is now on iPlayer! Watch it!
It’ll give you a good base for knowledge going into Year 12, and if you want to make notes on it to get ahead a little bit!

[Whitburn Sixth Form 💙 @WhitSixthForm]

Great experience here for our year 12 students looking to add to their personal statements. @WhitburnHistory @PoliticsWhitbu1 @whitburnlit

[Whitburn History @WhitburnHistory]

Interesting...

[North East Heritage Library @neheritagelib]

You knew we'd jump onto the bandwagon eventually...

🏛️WORLD CUP OF NORTH EAST HERITAGE🏛️

We've tried our hardest not to put really popular or famous sites to not skew results, and also to fit into categories!

VOTING STARTS AT 12! 6 hours each poll. Get ready! 👇

[Whitburn History @WhitburnHistory]

@WhitSixthForm I certainly will be 👀👀

[Whitburn Charity Reps @CharityReps]

Tomorrow, Friday 2nd of October, we are having a cake sale to raise money for Macmillan! Please donate any SHOP BOUGHT cakes to sell and help this amazing charity. Also non-uniform, don’t forget your £1 donation! 😁

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Two thirds of young Americans don't know six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, survey finds https://t.co/qOcJFT6Ycr

[Whitburn History @WhitburnHistory]

Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and secretary general of the UN. He died following a plane crash in Rhodesia (Now Zambia), however, was his death assassination, or just pilot error? Have a listen and tell us what you think?

https://t.co/ZqI9ZzfVv9

[Whitburn History @WhitburnHistory]

The camp itself was demolished nearly a century and a half later, in 1795, in order to make way for the development, and start of, Sunderland city centre. Although the camp was meant to be temporary, so the length of time it lasted shows quality of construction was very high.

[Whitburn History @WhitburnHistory]

You may recognise this area in Sunderland, note the SoL near the top. Well, after some research, it turns out the area highlighted was used as a Civil War camp by Scottish Royalists in support of Charles I, and was made in 1644. However, the Royalists were defeated in 1644-45.

[Whitburn History @WhitburnHistory]

11/9/2001: 4 planes are hijacked by members of Al Qaeda. 2 crashed into the Twin Towers, 1 into the Pentagon, and fourth into a field in Pennsylvania. The 9/11 attacks would claim the lives of 2977 victims, and 19 of the terrorists. It remains the most deadly terror attack ever.

[Whitburn History @WhitburnHistory]

Events of the Week (I'm trying something different);
10/9/2008: The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Geneva, is powered up for the very first time. (@WhitburnPhysics)
11/9/1297: William Wallace (Scottish rebel! Possibly six foot sevennn) defeats an English army at Stirling Bridge.

[Whitburn History @WhitburnHistory]

@misskdickenson Ah yes I remember hearing about her story a few years back

[Official South Tyneside Council @STyne_Council]

#SouthTyneside has a rise in cases.

Follow safety advice
If you have symptoms, stay home and book a test - https://t.co/Rpjja0EG8y

IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS DO NOT go out to meet friends, pop to the shops or enjoy a quick bite and a drink at your local.

#KeepSouthTyneSafe

[The Tower of London @TowerOfLondon]

Fire! Fire! 🔥

#OTD in 1666 the Great Fire of London started at a bakery in Pudding Lane, and over the next 3 days and nights destroyed much of the old walled City of London. (1/4)

[Whitburn History @WhitburnHistory]

Following a performance of Macbeth. It wasn't the first Theatre Royal, which opened in 1788, and was demolished in 1836 to make way for what we know today. After restoration in 2011, it reopened with The Madness of George III, who was the King who gave the theatre its charter.

[Whitburn History @WhitburnHistory]

Here you go @misskdickenson!!
Theatre Royal in Newcastle. Designed as a part of Joseph Grainger's new design for Newcastle city centre, it opened on 20/02/1837 with The Merchant of Venice. The exterior is unchanged, except the interior had to be changed following a fire in 1899..

[Whitburn History @WhitburnHistory]

@misskdickenson @WhitSixthForm I’ll get started then!

[English Heritage @EnglishHeritage]

Second World War spy, Noor Inayat Khan is the latest person to receive an English Heritage blue plaque. 🔵 Khan was Britain's first Muslim war heroine in Europe and was posthumously awarded the George Cross in 1949.

[Whitburn History @WhitburnHistory]

The 27th of August 1979 was also the deadliest day of the Troubles for the British Army. The IRA had ambushed and killed 18 British soldiers, known as the Warrenpoint Ambush.

[Whitburn History @WhitburnHistory]

#OTD in 1979, Lord Mountbatten is killed by members of the IRA, while on holiday in Sligo. A radio controlled bomb had been planted on his boat, Shadow V, and detonated the next day killing 4 of the 7 on board.