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Home to 11 miles of archives & local studies collections, charting the history of people, places and events across Wiltshire & Swindon.

Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre

With newspapers struggling to publish because of the strike, the Government launched its own paper - The British Gazette. It was a mix of news & #propaganda & edited by Winston Churchill. The edition shown & the other newspapers come from Edith Olivier's #archive. (WSHC 982/227) #exploreyourarchives

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#OTD 12 May the UK's 9-day #GeneralStrike1926 came to an end. It was also the day the weekly Salisbury & Winchester Journal published its first daily news bulletin. National newspaper printing & distribution were curtailed by the strike. #newspapers #exploreyourarchives

The 'Grounds for Appeal' blog for our National Lottery Heritage Fund project to create a national database of records of #WWI tribunal applications for exemption is officially live! wwigroundsforappeal.substack.com Subscribe to keep up to date with the stories we uncover! #SocialHistory

Still time to book your place on a journey through the amazing world of Wiltshire-born scientist, writer & antiquarian #JohnAubrey with historian & author @lrylandepton.bsky.social Saturday, 6 June at 2pm. 👉Reserve your place by email - [email protected] 🎟️Tickets £10, payable on the day.

Check out our recent blogs including this from the Moulton #archive which includes notes & sketches by Alex Moulton on Germany's devastating V1 flying bomb known as the doodlebug. The collection also includes an official diagram of the weapon market SECRET. #WWII wshc.org.uk/doodling-the...

Join us 6th June, 2pm when Dr Louise Ryland-Epton @lrylandepton.bsky.social takes us on a journey through the amazing world of Wiltshire-born scientist, writer & antiquarian John Aubrey. 👉Reserve your place by email - [email protected] 🎟️Tickets £10, payable on the day. #science #history

🚨 COMING SOON - Wiltshire & The World: John Aubrey & The Quest for Knowledge 📅 Sat 13 Jun - Sat 19 Sep 🕒 Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm 🎟️ Free entry © The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence.

I am so proud to have co-curated this exhibition for @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social with the incredible @anecdotalksb.bsky.social Discover John Aubrey as you’ve never seen him before!!

Delighted to be talking about #JohnAubrey so near his birthplace this Saturday in his 400th anniversary year. 😁 On the menu 🐉🐚👻🌍🌱💍🧙‍♀️🌩️

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