A typical day in Conservation at NEWA. Just when you thought you had your day planned out, a box full of very mouldy records comes into the Archives... #Conservation #Archives #LocalHistory
The Old Library, Borough Treasurer's Office and Union Hotel, Union Street, 1900 tinyurl.com/3fd7u4sj #Birmingham #Brum #LocalHistory
The month of May is Local and Community History Month across the UK.
We’ve compiled a brand new reading list of books which celebrate local and community history from around the UK, including lots from our own city of #Manchester : manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2024/05/0… #localhistory #community
Pupils from St. George's School, Altrincham, dancing around the maypole in 1912.
Trafford Local Studies collection, cat. ref. TL0404
#Altrincham #MayDay #Maypole #localhistory
#SantaBarbaraCounty #CoastalCalifornia #LocalHistory
Those Were the Days: Landmarks of Old Goleta by Gary B. Coombs.
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Had an enquiry about Bonnington square and came across this photo from 1965 showing the north side of the square with shops on the corner of Vauxhall Grove. And then an older apportionment file plan from 1885.
#Vauxhall #streetphotography #maps #localhistory
The Half Moon, Northgate. Traditional real ale pub just off the ring road. #LocalHistory #Darlington
#PicOfTheDay The beautiful #WarMemorial in #Memorial Gardens #KingstonUponThames #GreaterLondon . Commemorating the 624 men lost from the town in both #WW1 and #WW2 . It was originally unveiled on November 11th 1923 with the WW2 names added later. #LocalHistory
Been to visit an old ex-resident of St Mary Bourne today. He lent me this book of transactions 1931-1935 for his mother's first husband business Gosling & Bunce a haulage company. Now to copy & research.
#oneplacestudy #oneplacestudy #stmarybourne #localhistory
Who loves an old map? #ThrowbackThursday for this week and a Bacon's 1900 Map of #Streatham #Furzedown #Balham #Tooting #TulseHill
#Oldmaps #Victorianmap #LocalHistory #Streatham History
