Preserving Our Past

We continue to use many #FirstWorldWar slang words today... https://t.co/MINSZ6G81S #WW1 #slang #DidYouKnow

Childbirth, infancy and childhood: bedtime read by @JessBrandwood on one writer's recollections of health and the working-class family @Writing__Lives https://t.co/b6Ovlb2ixx

‘Welsh criminal history is under-researched, and 'Crime, Courts and Community in Mid-Victorian Wales' opens a new window onto the experiences of the people of Montgomeryshire.’ https://t.co/gPGTSNXkCo #twitterstorians #welshhistory #victorianhistory

#OtD 16 June 1953 construction workers in East Berlin downed tools against a 10% increase in work norms, sparking a ten-day uprising across the country. Workers formed strike committees, took over state media, and fought the army. https://t.co/cd1sCrdkeA

"There is a danger that where home-working becomes too strongly branded as a ‘family-friendly’ option for women, gender segregation is further entrenched."
Trace the history of home-working with Summer Showcase exhibitor @HistorianHelen: https://t.co/wI3XlgspCU

#ForCuriousMinds

In my @HistoryToday article on Lady Chatham, I talk about a machine used to treat her rheumatism through electrical therapy. Here's a picture of one, pioneered by surgeon Miles Partington, who treated Lady C in 1785. #history #twitterstorians #histmed

Jollidays - Herbert Woods in the early 1930s. I've just written a new blog post with some wonderful photographs of the Broads-Haven yard & fleet during that era. @HerbertWoods #NorfolkBroads https://t.co/V3VdzmiPGi

Finally found the Pentonville prisoner photographs on find my past. God they are grim....

November: The Ballads of Child Migration tour - follow @childmigballads.

If you are interested in finding out about your criminal ancestors, we (@ourcriminalpast) are doing a talk at Ripon Library @RiponMuseums next week, details here:
https://t.co/Gynzzi3i7v also see our website: https://t.co/G6gfDf82DL