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Publishing in September, 'Folklore' by leading experts Owen Davies & Ceri Houlbrook is a gripping guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore both past and present. Don't miss the book launch tour, coming to a city near you: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/ #FolkloreThursday

Leeds, 1954, photo by Marc Riboud. Young French photographer on his first assignment for Picture Post.

Archeologists have uncovered a #Roman village in #Somerset - the site includes remains of a villa and a ritualistic horse burial t.ly/OlGuo #History #BBCNews #SKYNews #GBNews #R4Today

#OnThisDay in 1939 the evacuation of children from major UK cities began, following an evacuation order which had been issued the previous day: buff.ly/4u8fXGj #OTD #History

Thank you so much everyone for RTing my tweets, viewing my links and buying my wartime #History books. I really appreciate it. P&S History Frontline Books #evacuee #WW2 amzn.to/4p2XyIQ

1 Sept 1939; Richard was evacuated to #Aberystwyth, #wales "Aunty Liz was so kind to us. But when Mum came to take us home, I didn't want to leave Aunty!" #evacuation #WW2

86 years ago today, 1st Sept 1939; John Honeybone and his family were evacuated from #Barnet to #Dorset after their house was bombed. "We attended a local school but the children were unfriendly, they called us 'incomers." #ww2 #evacuees #ww2 #OnThisDay

#OnThisDay Sept 1st 1939; Joseph was evacuated from #Bootle to #Southport with his brother Phil. "Phil had his arm in plaster, no one chose us for quite some time. I think they thought he looked like trouble! Luckily a kind couple took us in" #evacuee #WW2

#OnThisDay 86 years ago today: 1 Sept 1939: Vivienne and Beryl were evacuated to #Ipswich. They were so unhappy in their billet that they left it, walked across Ipswich and found a new home with the mother of their school friends. #ww2 #evacuee #Britain

#OnThisDay 🗓️ 1 September 1939: Operation Pied Piper begins 📲 £1.99 eBook offer now on: 📲 📖 Britain's Wartime Evacuees – The People, Places and Stories of the Evacuations Told Through the Accounts of Those Who Were There by Gillian Mawson 🇺🇦 🔗 buff.ly/pfSluva

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#InTheSpotlight 📖 The Ultra Secret – Guarding the Secrets that Won the Second World War by Group Captain Frederick William Winterbotham CBE 🛒 Out now with 20% off RRP 👉 buff.ly/g3AN7ZM

Iron Age gold coins found in a field in #Derbyshire have sold for more than £6,000 at auction t.ly/TQjk2 #IronAge #BBCNews #History #GBNews #SKYNews #R4Today

Save 20% off the RRP of this recent release: 📖 The Epic History of the American West – From the First Peoples to the Present by Dr William Nester 🔗 buff.ly/IJoUwJp

#InTheSpotlight 📖 Titanic's Lifeboats – Disaster and Survival During the Great Liner’s Sinking by James W Bancroft 🚢 🔗 Order now and save 20% off the RRP 👉 buff.ly/DBOGC8G

Preview of new episode out on Monday. Nick talks to Frank Ogier about his time as an evacuee from Guernsey during the German Occupation. youtube.com/shorts/TrWN8h8…

In Oundle School Chapel for #StainedGlassSunday

Shell Shocked Britain:The First World War's legacy for Britain's mental health pub. 2nd Oct. by Pen & Sword Books pen-and-sword.co.uk/Shell-Shocked-… #WW1