Preserving Our Past

This police file relates to the #mystery of the 11 day disappearance of Agatha Christie. Some believe it was a stunt designed to punish her husbands infidelity. The cost to the Berkshire police conducting the search was £25, an amount her husband refused to reimburse #Archive30

Criminal Quilts is coming to The Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire from 25th May to 7th July. This version of the show will include the six miniature quilts owned by Staffordshire Museum Service. @ArchandHeritage

*CFP* 'Feminisms in the Academy'. This conf will bring together academics, staff and students. Topics could include: feminist issues in academia or the impact of feminist perspectives on pedagogy and practice. Non-traditional contributions are welcomed. https://t.co/5W2A2RjYtA

Help transcribe prison record of #pickpocket and #barmaid Mollie Brown #labourhistory #crimhist @labour_history https://t.co/eeR8wLgnnW

#Wiltshire #Constabulary Officer on patrol during the 1960s

Help transcribe prison record of #servant and #thief Lillian Wright #labourhistory #crimhist https://t.co/eeR8wLgnnW

Children from Peckham Road School #Kingstanding on an outing to #Lewis's, #Birmingham to buy a pet #rabbit for the school! [WK/K10/145] #EasterBunny #PhotoFriday

Mrs Howells from Swansea in 1887. Her photograph makes sense from her case notes. 'She is depressed. She sews industriously with her head bent over her work and taking no interest in her surroundings.' In Angelton Asylum, Glamorgan, for at least 20 years.

On July 24th 1907 Mabel Greenhill had a breakdown at Cardiff train station. It was thought to have been caused by 'over-studying' and she spend just under a year at Angelton Asylum in Glamorgan before the 20 year old was released as cured in May 1908.

Map Showing Number of Public Houses in a District of Central London, 1899 from Rowntree, Joseph & Arthur Sherwell. 1899. The Temperance Problem and Social Reform.