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It was great to be part of this historic event
The largest collection of parish register copies is held at the Society of Genealogists' library. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #TopTip
What on earth is this then? A bundle of reeds suspended from the roof of an 18th century Lincolnshire house. An uncommon sight but we have testimony from a former landowner to explain it. To find out more, join me on 2 April for The Folklore of Ancient Buildings:
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he was a disabled man, on reflection in response to my reply he clearly decided we should all have our chance to overcome our own adversity just as he had done so in an impressive fashion.
Mostly faculty adjusted well to older students, one older lecturer was frustrated by our lack of some basic knowledge, which was understandable, I told him we were keen to learn if we wanted to teach us. He was very old school and a decent man, for the rest of my time there he would greet me by name
I'm another person who went to university latter in life, studied with quite a few others who did the same, changed our lives for the better. I had A levels but not in the subject I studied, others did not and took a foundation year first.
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A black & white line drawing/engraving of a pig headed trumpet raised above a spear carrying army.
For #FindsFriday this gorgeous depiction of the Deskford carnyx by Keith Henderson in Piggott’s Scotland Before History, 1958.
Found c.1816 Near Deskford, just south of the Moray coast, it dates to the later 1stC AD, deposited in a bog c.2/3rdC. Now in the National Museum of Scotland.
#CarnyxCrazy
#BookHistory mutuals, pls do your magic. A student in my seminar is looking for sources on fingerprints in books. Other than Darnton's reference to inky fingerprints left on the plates of the Encyclopedie, & Folger blog posts by @wynkenhimself.bsky.social, I'm short of ideas. Do you have any? THX!
Can honestly say this was up there among the most positive experiences of my career so far. A rare, invaluable time to sit down and discuss with wonderful, interested colleagues a book that will be so much better for it.
Cannot recommend it enough.
Same, I don't believe in them, and also they are not nice. Into the 1800s some people in parts of Britain held diverse folklore beliefs, which were not quaint tourist marketing material, I think that deserves some recognition, it was a way of negotiating meaning in a less than nice world.
I mean, I don’t believe in piskies, but I still wouldn’t want to piss them off. They’re not *nice*.
VIsion On title
Vision On frog
#OnThisDay 1964 : The first edition of Vision On was broadcast on the BBC. It was presented by Pat Keysell and Tony Hart and ran from 1964 to 1976.
*The images are from a later series.
#60s
Large quantities of roofing tile and brick were produced by the #legion for use at the fortress.
From about AD 100, many were stamped with the legions title, official use only. The kilns were probably located near the River Usk. 📸 My own.
#FindsFriday #History #Caerleon #RomanBritain
#FrescoFriday
Painted plaster found at Caerleon fortress baths.
📷 My own.
#Archaeology #artwork #History #RomanBritain
FindmyPast doubles British Newspaper Archive digitisation capacity
scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2026/03/find... #genealogy
“Who was Jesse Jackson?”
From the new Private Eye, out now.
No surprise here. Alas
I'll be on hand to introduce MJD on March 13 and a double feature of HP and HGF on March 20. (Pondering: should I do it with a fake cigarette dangling out the side of my mouth?)
I can't really believe the HFA let me partner with them on a film series about women and the typewriter, but here it is. Catch MEET JOHN DOE (1941) , HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940), and THE HUDSUCKER PROXY (1994) this women's history month!
harvardfilmarchive.org/programs/the...
For more information on The Radio Circle, and the wonderful preservation work they undertake, please visit:
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The Day of the Triffids
A number of films have been donated by a former BBC employee. With these were reel-to-reel recordings made in August 1968 of ‘The Day of the Triffids’, which had been broadcast on Radio 4 FM in June and July that year. These copies are of very high quality.
Elitism is the patronising assumption that only viewers from a particular background would be interested in watching "the arts" when the past has shown that people will enjoy a range of material so long as you put it in front of them and on a regular basis.
One of the hopes after the pandemic was that the access which was presented during lockdown to arts and culture from many different streams would continue. Unfortunately we've largely returned to the status quo.
Brilliant piece from @illuminations.bsky.social. The Ibsen section on the iPlayer is all well and good but if a similar collection were to made in twenty years, it wouldn't feature anything broadcast right now. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/i-%E2%9D%A4%...
In yesterday’s #WorldBookDay debate, MPs stressed the vital role of public and school libraries in building a love of reading. The debate was called by Education Committee chair @helenhayes.bsky.social, who raised her concerns about cuts to library spending
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Bristol Naturalists’ Society has stopped using our “X” account.
This decision was made by our council members because of safeguarding concerns.
From now on you can find us here on this new Bluesky account, and on Facebook or Instagram, or via our website:
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A century of care: Wildlife Trusts mark 100th birthday with woodland project
This is a marvelous change not only for the Humpback whale 🐋 population but for all of us. We need to keep our gentle giants from going extinct.
Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery | RNZ News share.google/X1HB3JFgaePK...
