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CrimCharactersCriminal Characters@CrimCharacters·
11 Sep

Help transcribe prison record of housemaid Jean Miller, convicted of insufficient means #wmnhist #histwmn #gendhist https://t.co/R0vuIZepGk

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HistoryatNmptonDrew Gray@HistoryatNmpton·
10 Sep

‘Your husband can take everything you have and sell it’. Why the right to vote really mattered. https://t.co/NrtEtYfEuZ

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10 Sep

The 3D model of Aylestone Meadows created by @leicspolice PC Pat O’Conner (a hobbyist model maker), which aided in the 1983 investigation into the murder of Caroline Osborne. @CCLeicsPolice @LPSpecialistSup @BritPoliceHist @PolHisSoc1985

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HistoryatNmptonDrew Gray@HistoryatNmpton·
10 Sep

I wrote this a week or so ago, I hadn’t realised it would be published on the first full day Johnson and his gang silenced our democracy https://t.co/dY0ADxTjwP

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SalBWMPSally Bourner@SalBWMP·
10 Sep

⁦@WMPHistory⁩⁩ looking forward to reading the latest addition to my bookshelf or perhaps a commute read - more great work from our resident ⁦@WMPolice⁩ ⁦heritage authors @Kenco_Mojo⁩ ⁦@museumcop⁩ 👍

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vicky_igVicky Iglikowski-Broad@vicky_ig·
10 Sep

Hmmm.... my turn...

Potential Suffragette bullets which were sent to Lloyd George. I’m still working on the definitive providence, but looks likely 🤞

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HEXhistoryHistory of Experiences (HEX)@HEXhistory·
10 Sep

Leader of our Lived Welfare State team, Professor Pirjo Markkola spoke yesterday at a panel "How historians can assist in historic child abuse inquiries" in London. The interest on the matter has grown in many countries. https://t.co/fMASAZ8lm2

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Exploring female drunkenness in Victorian Lancashire

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Utilising a range of archival sources, Dr Craig Stafford charts the criminal lives of drunken women in 19th century Lancashire.

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