CrossleyHeathHistory

Official account of Crossley Heath History Department.

[HistoryExtra @HistoryExtra]

Why was Mary, Queen of Scots executed? https://t.co/5g8Cy9jWPk

[CrossleyHeathHistory @CrossleyHistory]

Saint Andrew’s day and Churchill’s birthday today. Also the day that the Crystal Palace burnt down in 1936. And Cnut the Great claimed the English throne in 1016.

[John Simkin @johnsimkin]

Written source of the day: Matthew Paris on King John (c. 1260)
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@Hist_Matters @bilbolewis @rebelyarns @gripgirl @ls_gibson @drleatongray @gripgirl @CrossleyHistory @PaulaLoboWorth @danlyndon @geelong71 @SnelsonH

[CrossleyHeathHistory @CrossleyHistory]

The Suffragettes: 10 Facts About the Political Movement - HistoryExtra https://t.co/Q1oUCV4yDV

[CrossleyHeathHistory @CrossleyHistory]

On this day in 1963.........Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald
At 12:20 p.m., in the basement of the Dallas police station, Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is shot to death by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner.

[CrossleyHeathHistory @CrossleyHistory]

Local History research pieces hitting the notice board - keep them coming 8F 8D 8A #greatwork 👏 #localhistorymatters https://t.co/CXVhf4MhlH

[John Simkin @johnsimkin]

Written source of the day: Magna Carta (1215)
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#HistoryPrimarySources @ArthurJChapman @freereed59 @ed_podesta @Historylecturer @HannahSpangle @jopearson3 @HTENUK @EduNobis @hanesmystery @harbro @Hist_Matters

[Crossley Heath @crossleyheath]

Lest we forget.
Very moving Remembrance service this morning at the cenotaph and @HalifaxMinster. Thank you to Will and Leila for representing Crossley Heath.
#remembranceday #WeWillRememberThem

[CrossleyHeathHistory @CrossleyHistory]

Today marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918. A two-minute silence is held at 11am to remember the people who have died in wars around the world. #remembranceday https://t.co/DoOC37DQnu

[rgpoulussen.bsky.social @rgpoulussen]

#OTD in 1920. The unveiling of the Cenotaph (and the funeral of the unknown warrior). #HISTORY

[UK Parliament @UKParliament]

Big Ben will strike 11 times to mark the start of two minutes’ silence at 11am on #ArmisticeDay and #RemembranceSunday.

If you’re in central London this evening, your ears aren’t deceiving you: our clock mechanics are testing the chimes.

[Katja Hoyer @hoyer_kat]

#OTD in 1918, the last German Kaiser left the country, never to return. Wilhelm II had been forced to abdicate the previous day. He fled to the Netherlands where he lived until his death in 1941. #History #WWI

[English Heritage @EnglishHeritage]

Each year the Cenotaph's Portland stone is cleaned ahead of Remembrance Day.

Read about the Cenotaph and the five other First World War memorials in our care: https://t.co/s5HqMHCWT2

[Flanders Fields @FlandersWW1]

On this day, 10 November 1917, Canadian troops made a final push and captured the ridge of #Passchendaele. Haig called the Battle of Passchendaele to a halt. British forces had suffered 275,000 casualties including 38,000 Australians, 15,600 Canadians and 5,300 New Zealanders.

[CrossleyHeathHistory @CrossleyHistory]

Tomorrow we pause at 11am to remember #RemembranceDay2021

[Simon Bendry @WW1_Education]

#RemembranceIs carved in stone. Personal inscriptions on @CWGC headstones.

[CrossleyHeathHistory @CrossleyHistory]

Yesterday #onthisday

[Holocaust Memorial Day Trust @HMD_UK]

#OnThisDay in 1938, the Nazis initiated a campaign of hatred against the Jewish population in all Nazi territories.

Swipe to learn more about #Kristallnacht (the Night of the Broken Glass). #OT#OnThisDay in 1938, the Nazis initiated a campaign of hatred against the Jewish population in all Nazi territories.

Swipe to learn more about #Kristallnacht (the Night of the Broken Glass). #OT#OnThisDay in 1938, the Nazis initiated a campaign of hatred against the Jewish population in all Nazi territories.

Swipe to learn more about #Kristallnacht (the Night of the Broken Glass). #OT#OnThisDay in 1938, the Nazis initiated a campaign of hatred against the Jewish population in all Nazi territories.

Swipe to learn more about #Kristallnacht (the Night of the Broken Glass). #OT#OnThisDay in 1938, the Nazis initiated a campaign of hatred against the Jewish population in all Nazi territories.

Swipe to learn more about #Kristallnacht (the Night of the Broken Glass). #OT#OnThisDay in 1938, the Nazis initiated a campaign of hatred against the Jewish population in all Nazi territories.

Swipe to learn more about #Kristallnacht (the Night of the Broken Glass). #OTD

[Crossley Heath @crossleyheath]

Did you attend Crossley Heath Sixth Form?
We want to know where life has taken our Sixth Form alumni, especially with regard to the careers you have moved into.
If you would like to help please email [email protected]

[CrossleyHeathHistory @CrossleyHistory]

Happy Diwali 🪔 to all of you celebrating #happydiwali🎉 https://t.co/tcWeaqE1oB

[CrossleyHeathHistory @CrossleyHistory]

8A working hard on their Local History Research tasks. Hopefully some great work coming soon #localhistory https://t.co/Ee1EuVmssG

[Holocaust Memorial Day Trust @HMD_UK]

During the genocide in #Cambodia it was possible for people to be shot simply for knowing a foreign language, wearing glasses, laughing, or crying.

One Khmer Rouge slogan ran ‘To spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss.’

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