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Woman's Own 1952 really putting a pep in our step this Monday morning...
If you would also like to experience a similar existential dread, you can view copies of Woman's Own from 1941 to 1974 in The Keep reading room! www.thekeep.info/collections/...
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We had 12 college students with us yesterday for a crash course in archive work!
At the end of the day we asked them what their highlights were, and here they are in their own words:
1. Rolling racks
'woah.'
'satisfying'
'surprisingly easy to use'
'looks like a film set'
And finally, the reading room chairs
'Most comfortable chair I've ever sat in'
2. Helping to organise a new collection
'A cutie patootie stack of letters'
We're currently up to just under 500 12th May diaries 😅 So far 156 have come in the post, but only ONE has had a wax seal
In 1947, as Europe was recovering from the Second World War, there was uproar. Was this a reaction to a political scandal? Was this caused by the economic fallout of the war? The answer may surprise you. Our placement student Amy from @qmul.bsky.social investigates! massobs.org.uk/2026/06/03/w...
4. Looking through our directive on the supernatural:
'Get this girl on Uncanny'
'Absolute banger of a ghost story'
'Debatable truth'
3: Reading the advice column of Woman's Own
'It's like being on Reddit'
