Preserving Our Past

Professor Jo Phoenix giving an @OpenUniversity Inaugural Lecture on the topic:

"Youth Crime and Justice: Does Age Matter?" @JoPhoenix1

Tuesday 21st May 2019, 6pm-7pm, Open University Walton Hall Campus, MK.

Registration here:

https://t.co/5d1zTj2cCv

Hope to see you there!

** Interviewees needed for PhD research on the docks in Liverpool and Glasgow **

If you or anyone you know might be interested in taking part in this research, please get in touch and I can provide further information.

#oralhistory #twitterstorians #PhDChat #Liverpool #Glasgow

With publication imminent, a huge thanks is due to @Routledge_Phil for ensuring all has gone smoothly #twitterstorians #histchild #histed https://t.co/KOCutJsc7h

Ethel Major - check out Ethel’s fascinating case on ⁦⁦@Chalkboard_TV⁩ Murder, Mystery and My Family, Series 2 starts ⁦@BBC⁩ Monday 25th, Ethel’s case on Fri 5th April 9:15am featuring interviews with us ⁦@UniOfHull⁩ ⁦@FACEHull⁩ https://t.co/GAb9mtgsk0

Poverty, Prisons, Disease and Death were four characteristics of life for many ordinary people in York in the early 19th century.

Hear more about these histories at our FREE half-day event on 16th April @YorkCastle @clemhallhistory @YorkExplore

https://t.co/XCLvLixs5D

@earlypolicing @CaPnetworkUK @ourcriminalpast. Crime and Punishment Collections website is the place to go: https://t.co/psfIpYtrD1. We surveyed UK wide criminal justice collections as part of our ACE funded project! #crimehistory #policehistory

If you buy the @yorkshirepost today, you'll see a blurry photo of my face and a lovely article about @RiponMuseums current exhibition Secrets in the Cellar! #fameatlast

We're really pleased that this year's public lecture is being given by our very own Professor Heather Shore. She'll be speaking about her work on the history of youth crime and justice. There are still tickets available, but places are filling up fast!

https://t.co/xievvtAEz4 https://t.co/NiARYuGBZJ

I'll be appearing on Murder, Mystery and My Family, BBC1 at 9:15am, April 5th, with my @ourcriminalpast colleague Prof Helen Johnston. We revisit the case of Ethel Major, who was hanged at Hull Prison for the murder of her husband in December 1934. But was she guilty?