This is a letter found in Tyne &amp; Wear Archives. Reference: DX-378-5-2<br><p>The letter is a parents address to his first born son on the day of its birth. The sentimental letter was written by James Davison of Low Fell in the late 19th Century.<br>
This letter is taken from a collection sourced for the project Half Memory by musician Richard Dawson. Half Memory was devised by Tyne &amp; Wear Archives &amp; Museums in partnership with Tusk Music and Pixel Palace, resulting in a unique audio-visual performance inspired by museums and archive collections.<br>
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The contents of the collection resulted in his album ‘The Glass Trunk’ featuring songs inspired by items and images found in Tyne &amp; Wear Archives by Richard Dawson.<br>
These items and images ranged from songs and stories found in a 1791 scrap book, photography taken from collections documenting ships built in Tyne &amp; Wear and photographic records of the regions social history.<br><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/halfmemory/richard-dawson-the-glass-trunk/">http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/halfmemory/richard-dawson-the-glass-trunk/</a>.<br></p>
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