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Remembering grovehill

Doing it Howard’s Way I think it was way back in early 2019 when myself and colleagues in the Archives and Museums Services were approached by Howard Tomlinson in his capacity with the Grovehill Area Action Group about a proposal he had for a permanent memorial to the shipbuilding industry that once thrived at the […]

TV Times

On That’s TV Humber The moment has arrived! Following its Big Screen Preview back in August 2019, ‘Trawling Through Time: The Story Of Cook, Welton & Gemmell’ will be broadcast on That’s TV Humber at 9pm this Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th November. That’s TV Humber is available on Freeview Channel 7, and Virgin Channel […]

Big Screen Preview

Unlocking an Archive, To Tell A Story… On Friday 16th August the project tv documentary will receive its big screen preview at Parkway Cinema, Beverley, before it airs on That’s TV Humber later in the year. ‘Trawling Through Time: The Story Of Cook, Welton & Gemmell’ begins at 7pm and admission is just £2! (Please […]

From Beverley To Bristol

At Brunel’s SS.Great Britain The ‘Trawling Through Time’ project is all about the story of Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley shipbuilders, and bringing that story to as wide an audience as possible. That is why we were delighted to be hosted by Nick Booth and his team at the SS.Great Britain in Bristol on Thursday […]

The Legacy Begins

Exhibition and Stage From the outset, one of the central goals of the ‘Trawling Through Time’ project was to create a legacy that educates mainstream audiences about the story of Cook, Welton & Gemmell, so that its heritage is allowed to continue and thrive beyond the lifespan of our own project. It’s always difficult to […]

From Paper to Pixels

The Plans Go Digital! (See example plans of historic ships now in our Vessels gallery) Technically speaking, most of the general arrangement plans in our Cook, Welton & Gemmell archive are actually made from tracing cloth rather than paper, but hopefully you get the idea – our volunteers have succeeded in converting original hard copies […]

All Aboard The Arctic Corsair

Putting the Plans into Perspective The incredible progress being made by our volunteers towards meeting the output targets of our project, meant that during December 2018 we could afford to give them a well-earned rest from cataloguing & digitisation, and reward their efforts with a pre-Christmas treat. Thanks to our friends at the ‘Hull: […]

Archives in 3D: Maritime

On Saturday 24th November 2018, the world of historical reconstruction met ‘Trawling Through Time’ for a full day workshop of bringing the past to (digital) life using 3D modelling. Delivered by Hannah Rice (Archives Assistant) the ‘Archives in 3D’ workshop series teach the art of digital 3D modelling, focusing on visualising present and lost heritage […]

Calling all creatives!

Contribute to our digital fleet and try your hand at decorating your own ship. As part of this year’s Big Draw event, the Trawling Through Time project is seeking to create an online fleet of ships based on the Cook, Welton and Gemmell Shipbuilder’s plans. Digitally paint your ship or print it out and decorate by […]