Britain in 1928

What was Britain like in the year 1928? Find out here.

[Dr Danny Kielty @dannykielty]

If you're interested, you can read my article (for free!) 'The Politics of Pleasure in Rebecca West's "The Strange Necessity"' in the latest issue of The Space Between @ https://t.co/sAnEO6LVlW @SpaceBetweenJ @RebeccaWestSoc

[Old England in Colour @englandincolour]

Looking back on London in 1928. #london #oldlondon #colourised #1920s #englishhistory

[Otto Saumarez Smith @OSaumarezSmith]

The rather terrific Art Deco gents at Freemason’s Hall (1928-33)

[Britain in 1928 @Britain1928]

In 1928, there were fewer than 150 policewomen at work in the entirety of the United Kingdom - from Pamela Horn's book, Women in the 1920s. #women #work #history #police

[Britain in 1928 @Britain1928]

'Questions for Women Voters II: Should Women Be Paid As Much as Men?' - Debate Broadcast on BBC Radio 9th October 1928. #radio #broadcasting #equalpay

[Brontë Parsonage Museum @BronteParsonage]

#OTD in 1928 Haworth Parsonage opened to the public as the Brontë Parsonage Museum, having been bought by Sir James Roberts and presented to the Brontë Society. Hundreds of people flooded Church Street in Haworth for the grand opening (1/4)

#BronteParsonageMuseum #Haworth

[Britain in 1928 @Britain1928]

In honour of the increasingly popular medium of radio, this pub near Shaftesbury renamed itself The Listen Inn. Taken from The Radio Times, 2nd November 1928. #radio #1920s #pubnames

[Britain in 1928 @Britain1928]

She is 100 - And listens. The Radio Times, 15th July 1928. #radio #broadcasting #1920s

[Maggie Humm @MaggieHumm1]

Wonderful resource for Bloomsbury studies

[Britain in 1928 @Britain1928]

Mabel White's wonderful portrayal of the 'Wireless Wave' in her sculpture 'The Hertzian Wave', as pictured in the 29th June, 1928 issue of The Radio Times. #sculpture #wireless #BBC

[Britain in 1928 @Britain1928]

Misinformation 1928-style: 'From 1922-1927...there have been six consecutive wet years in England...there have been suggestions that this excess of rain is being in some way brought about by the electrical energy sent out in "wireless" waves.' #wireless #radiotimes

[Britain in 1928 @Britain1928]

Advertising in 1928 posed just as many dumb questions as it does today #radiotimes #1928

[Marysia @marysia_cc]

Paul Nash (11 May 1889 – 11 July 1946)
Oxenbridge Pond (1927-1928)

[Britain in 1928 @Britain1928]

'From a Clerk' on the BBC wireless: 'It is a real magic carpet. Before, it was a fortnight at Rhyl, and that was all the travelling I did that wasn't on a tram. Now I hear the Boat Race and the Derby and the opening of Menin Gate.' - The Radio Times, 22nd Jan. 1928. #BBC #radio

[Britain in 1928 @Britain1928]

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new little hopes. - D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover, 1928. #ladychatterley #Lawrence #1920s

[BFI @BFI]

The men’s singles final at #Wimbledon in 1928. The crowd watches with keen anticipation #TennisOnFilm

[Britain in 1928 @Britain1928]

"We have become so used to the perpetual noise around us that many of us fail to appreciate what our poor brains are being called upon to endure." - The Daily Mail, 1928 #London #soundscapes

[Britain in 1928 @Britain1928]

"'Young Woodley' by John Van Druten [...] succeeded in passing the Censorship only after the Lord Chamberlain himself had seen it at a private production by the Arts theatre and decided that it was artistic rather than pornographic." - Robert Graves, The Long Weekend #censorship