The Rekindle Research Group have created Digital Walks whereby you can explore parts of the Middlesbrough area and scan QR codes to hear fascinating stories about each location. But what if you can’t get to the walk? - Well, we’ll bring it to you! We can present the Digital Walks in Google Earth on a large screen. Contact 0800 587 5184 or spa_rekindle@middlesbrough.gov.uk for more info
This is very immersive and you will hear all the stories you would hear on a physical visit. Or you can access these right here on this web page. Choose your visit below and check out the diagram at the foot of this page for a guide on navigating your visit.
St Hilda's North
On this visit you will learn of the first steam locomotive shipped to Russia and how the convoy was attacked by wolves. You’ll also hear about a Middlesbrough connection to Mauritius and a little-known story about where LS Lowry really began his famous painting.
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St Hilda's South
This visit begins at MIMA where the Lowry painting is currently housed. Here you will hear an outrageous and hilarious story from the painting’s past. Travelling on through the town you’ll hear about an unexplained room beneath the streets and see what existed 120 years ago on the site of the new flats at Boho Court
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