Ethel Major

Looking towards Moorgate. After the #firestorm in the City of London, 29 December 1940. #BlitzSpirit #lucyworsley

When did the #Blitz start, how long did it last and how many people were killed? Now you've watched Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley, find out more with our guide:

https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/feature/when-did-the-blitz-start/

The Irish Workhouse Centre is hosting a ten-part series of teatime talks.
The first talk in the series, 'Medieval Ecclesiastical Heritage in East Galway', by Dr Christy Cunniffe on the 5 March at 8pm via Zoom. please register at this link:
http://ow.ly/5bc950DHQ2V

The latest Criminal Portraits blog features Murdoch Grant from Olrig in Caithness, who faced a charge of murder at the High Court in Edinburgh in 1886 following a stabbing incident at Wick...

https://criminalportraits.blogspot.com/2021/02/murdoch-grant-fatal-stabbing-case-at.html?spref=tw

@ourcriminalpast

Know your way around archival records? Fancy uncovering the history of security and the security industry? 🔐 Apply to join this exciting @ahrcpress project! Any queries, just get in touch @BritSocCrim @CCJSLeeds #HCNet #twitterstorians https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=ESLLW1153

We've just put 32 new petitioners' stories online!

You'll find rebels, murderers, playhouse-managers, and Frenchmen, all trying to use the #PowerOfPetitioning to woo Charles II.

Read them for yourself here: https://petitioning.history.ac.uk/investigating-petitioners/petitioners-in-the-reign-of-charles-ii-1660-1685/

Tickets for our March @CrimSocHull @cccjhull @UniOfHull
Rising Star Guest Speaker: Dr Zoe Alker are now available. Don't miss out on your free online place.
Book now: https://bit.ly/3al2VyI 🚓

Public History Research Seminar, 4pm this Friday: Dr Gillian O'Brien, 'A Captive Audience: Prison Museums and Dark Tourism?' Email happhistseminars2021@gmail.com to attend. All Welcome! @gillianmobrien @HAPPatQUB @QUB_History @qubpublichist @LJMU

1/ Today's #lostprisonsofDublin is the City Marshalsea, a debtors prison which from 1704 to 1805 was located on Merchant’s Quay between Skipper's Lane and Swan Alley. The inmates would cry out to passers-by for charity to pay for their maintenance or discharge their debts.

If you missed our webinar on the subject of criminal mugshots, which was part of @GraniteNoirFest, you can catch up via this link:

Phil Astley - Criminal Portraits webinar - Granite Noir 2021 https://youtu.be/UFcOG_7Cv0I via @YouTube