In 1999 a guy in Australia sent me 40 photographs of King George V and Queen Mary visiting shipyards in our area. He also sent me the Smiths Docks Role of Honour with hundreds of names of dock workers who served during the war. Mike Conquest sent me these family heirlooms as he assumed I would find a proper home for them so I dutifully donated the photographs to Newcastle Central library and the role of honour to the University of Teesside. Naturally I did not do this without first scanning all the pictures and asking an office temp to type up all the names in the role of honour. All of these things have at one time or another existed on a website so I’ve spent a pleasant hour or two this Sunday afternoon trawling through my hard drive. the pictures (example right) can now be seen at http://www.neukol.org.uk/images/george/ I have yet to find the names from the role of honour but I think I know where those files may be backed up.