FRHistS. Europhile. Author of Regency Spies, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England, and more. Young Workers of the Industrial Age, out now! Please be kind. https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sue-Wilkes/a/1893
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Today marks the 250th birthday of John Constable – Suffolk's most celebrated artist. To mark the occasion, The Hay Wain will soon return to the county for the first time ever. Here's what's planned ⤵️
#OtD 11 Jun 1919 racist rioting broke out in Cardiff, Wales, when white, mostly ex-servicemen attacked local residents of Afro-Caribbean, Somali and Yemeni descent. Disturbances lasted 4 days and ended with 3 dead and hundreds injured stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8319...
#Sheep clipping at #Flotta, #Orkney, 1918
[source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/1/22]
There are only a tiny handful of 18th-19thC inquest historians in the UK but we will all tell you how amazing they are as a source
The San Diego Zoo has welcomed the first binturong babies in more than 25 years 👯
Helpers, not rioters. Decent people.
The setting sun casts its final light across the ruins of Byland Abbey, one of Yorkshire's former monastic houses. Once centres of worship, learning, agriculture, industry and charity many of their buildings were left to decay, leaving ruins such as these to remain as lasting monuments .
Funding news!
We have awarded a #HeritageImpactFund loan to West Calder & Harburn Community Development Trust to provide cashflow support for the delivery phase of the redevelopment of the former Co-op Bakery in West Calder into the Scottish Co-op Discovery Centre.
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A team from PCA Newark have recently rediscovered a hidden well within the gatehouse at Newark Castle.
The well was first recorded in Archaeologia in 1782, where it was described as being 'still open'.
Watch the timelapse and read more here: www.pre-construct.com/news/a-redis...
Dunollie Castle, whose ruins stand on the summit of a 90ft high outcrop of rock guarding the narrow passage into Oban Bay between the mainland and the north end of the island of Kerrera. The site has been fortified since about 700. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...
#Scotland #Oban
A world-famous painting is back in the artist's native Suffolk to celebrate his milestone birthday
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East Anglia Bylines
Working Class History
Sophie Michell
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
Sue Wilkes
History and Heritage Yorkshire
PCA
The Architectural Heritage Fund
Undiscovered Scotland
Last night there was a moment when a call went out by activists for spare beds for around 30 people and within less than an hour it was confirmed they were all sorted.
Unbelievable work.
Suffolk FHS next Zoom Monday 15th June @ 19:30 UK time. Dr Vicky Holmes will discuss Coroners Inquests as a source. Open to all, but each request for registration will be checked & manually approved,
Register using this link. tinyurl.com/CoronerInq
Registration will close at mid-day on 15th.
Brendan Harkin
Suffolk Family History Society
There are people all across Belfast helping relocate people, get them food, clothes, meds and more.
You will likely never hear about them on the news. But they are many. And *they* are Belfast.
