New theme alert! Join us throughout May as we prompt memories of autograph hunting, famous locals, celebrity encounters and more with #HBAHFame .

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#EndLoneliness
Scottish Archives Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland) Explore Your Archive

Stay connected with loved ones with the help of our new #HBAHFame question sheet!

Find it at historybeginsathome.org, along with other free resources to help inspire, capture and keep intergenerational conversations.

#EndLoneliness #JustCall #HaveAChat

From May to the Future

Join us for the launch of unique new art installation; ten canvas prints of Cardiff families past and present, each with their own audio minidrama, inspired by photos held at the Archives.

More info and booking details here bit.ly/3TZRd2g

Interested in learning about local history or researching your own family history? Join us for the next family history help day pop up event at Old Trafford Library. Book a 1 to 1 family history help session with one of our volunteers [email protected] or 0161 912 3013

It's #MayDay ! The British traditionally welcome the arrival of spring on the first of May with dancing around a maypole. Here's a dance in progress on Castle park in the 1910s. Do you have any photos or memories of may day celebrations you would share with us?

Shaped by the forces of #nature , the Bridestones are sandstone outcrops at #Allerston High Moor in the #NorthYorkMoors , each one unique. This photo was captured by #Yorkshire photographer Bertram Unné #EYANature

Abercynyon Workmen’s Hall and Institute was designed by local architect F. Gibson, constructed by the Williams Brothers of Ynysybwl, and opened in 1905. It was demolished following a devastating fire in the 1990s
🎨Falcon Hildred, 1987
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#WorkersDay

Happy May 1st!

A new month means it's time for a new theme - this month is all about #EYAScience 🔬🧬🧪

Make sure to tag us and use the hashtag, we can’t wait to see your posts!

#ExploreYourArchive

Make sure to book your free space for our upcoming lunch time webinars that focus on the long-term preservation of your digital sound files: eventbrite.co.uk/cc/digital-kno…

New theme alert! Join us throughout May as we prompt memories of autograph hunting, famous locals, celebrity encounters and more with #HBAHFame .

historybeginsathome.org

#EndLoneliness
Scottish Archives Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland) Explore Your Archive

Stay connected with loved ones with the help of our new #HBAHGreen question sheet!

Find it at historybeginsathome.org, along with other free resources to help inspire, capture and keep intergenerational conversations.

#EndLoneliness #JustCall #HaveAChat #EYANature

In 2014, Huw Roberts of Llangefni made a fascinating discovery- an old Welsh triple harp, its strings long gone and signs of woodworm evident, yet remarkably in good condition. The question that immediately arose was, what is the history of this harp?🎼

It turns out that the…

Last year, Norwich's first electric buses hit the streets. Their predecessors occasionally had a habit of hitting other things...

Who could you #JustCall and ask about their memories of using public transport over the years?

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You can't get much greener than a big cabbage patch, like this one at #Richmond ! Do you like grow your own vegetables - or know someone who does? #HBAHGreen

Bryn Glas (meaning Green Hill), Pilleth, was once (allegedly) the site of a famous battle. On 22 June 1402, Owain Glyndwr defeated Edmund Mortimer.
However, archaeological fieldwork on the hill found no evidence of the event
📸CB_Arolygu / RC_Survey, 2012
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#HBAHGreen

This leaf wrap for a c.1670 seal is still green even today! Read more about it online royalberkshirearchives.org.uk/news/article/m…
Did you wrap things in leaves? Perhaps you remember using crayons to rub paper over leaves as a child or with your kids. Who would you #JustCall to talk about #HBAHGreen ?

On 16 June 1851 a William Briggs wrote to Wellington about a planting #EYANature ceremony at Sheffield Botanical Gardens Friends of the Botanical Gardens, Sheffield archives.soton.ac.uk/records/MS61/W… - the ash tree he planted came from Hougoumont at Waterloo and is thriving still
fobssheffield.co.uk/news/new-tree-… #HBAHGreen

Something from the papers of Milton Leitenberg concerning climate change published in 1999 #ClimateEmergency archives.soton.ac.uk/records/MS355/…
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These are just some of the goings-on at Woodford Green over the years – the Victorian Woodford Cycle Meet, cabaret performances in the 1940s, cricket matches, and even cows with ancient grazing rights to the land!

What’s your favourite green space in Redbridge?

#HBAHGreen

Unseen footage from “Norfolk Holiday On The Buses” in which Blakey has Stan and Jack transferred to Norwich…only to find he has been seconded as their inspector again …