Sabrina Offord

Professional Archivist. Lover of tea, cakes, theatre, films and rum. All tweets are my own views.

[Prospect Union @ProspectUnion]

Next Tuesday, 28 April, we mark International Workers’ Memorial Day.

At 11am there will be a minute silence to honour every worker who has has died from #COVID19 and other work related injuries and diseases.

#IWMD20 #NeverForgotten

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Me being rational and doing what I can professionally from home

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Me thinking how lonely the collections must be without anyone to process them

[Sabrina Offord @Sabrina_Offord]

#Archive30 Day 17 We are currently preparing for the epic move to our new #ArchiveBuilding opening in 2023. The V&A's new collection research centre in Stratford, East London will be an amazing building where visitors will get a glimpse behind the scenes: https://t.co/F6MZdyDyGv

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#Archive30 Day 16 - If you are looking after a performance collection and need some #ArchiveAdvice try the Association of Performing Arts Collections website. They have lots of useful resources including how to guides for those new to archives: https://t.co/zg7jjbFXFW

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#Archive30 Day 15 - Not an archive but a #sport object from @V_and_A Theatre Collections. This winners cup is a prop from the award winning film Chariots of Fire (1981) inspired by athletes Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams who raced in the 1924 Olympics. https://t.co/s4xwcdIOfN

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#Archive30 Day 14 - David Wood wrote several plays for children looking at issues affecting the #Environment including "The See Saw Tree." A 300 year old oak tree is at risk from a new development and its inhabitants are in danger, can the tree be saved?

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#Archive30 Day 10 A theatrical take on #FoodandDrink. Here is Frances Jane Ashworth as 'the Cake', pictured with costume designer Dorothy Phillips, in 'Give A Dog A Bone', Westminster Theatre, 1967 Photograph by Houston Rogers (Houston Rogers Collection THM/245).

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#Archive30 Day 9 - Sshhh! Don't tell anyone but our archive is also the headquarters of the Circus in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Here's our goods lift in a more dramatic moment than usual but we are always wary of head entrapment #ArchiveSecrets

[Prospect Union @ProspectUnion]

How do I access benefits and services during the COVID-19 outbreak?

#coronavirus #covid19uk

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#Archive30 Day 8 - We like nothing more than #ArchiveCelebrations complete with cake! Here are two of our top cakes celebrating @V_and_A becoming an accredited archive in 2016 and 25 years of the National Video Archive of Performance in 2017. https://t.co/6mpKI652of

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#Archive30 Day 7 One of our #FamousArchives is the Vivien Leigh Archive https://t.co/ud0oxY4ygt My personal favourite items in the archive are the 1500 stereoscopic slides which give a glimpse into her life in 3D! Find out more about her 3D slides here: https://t.co/7Pxxk4BcnO

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#Archive30 Day 6 (yes I missed a couple) but time for #somethingnew. One of our latest additions is the archive of Tommy Steele! The archive captures his iconic career in music and in musical theatre. More to follow when it is (hopefully) catalogued later this year.

[Prospect Union @ProspectUnion]

What is Furloughing?

A lot of our members have asked for some clarification, so check our handy Q&A for a detailed breakdown.

#Covid19 #coronavirus

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#Archive30 Day 3 My personal #ArchivePath starts as a volunteer for @MarxLibrary and then a traineeship @I_W_M. Bit more studying, a couple more jobs and then a detour into public libraries before following the yellow brick road to V&A Theatre & Performance Dept.

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#Archive30 Day 2 - impossible to choose a #FavouriteItem but because we all need a laugh I've chosen Tommy Cooper's gag files. Tommy was something of an archivist and filed his jokes in alphabetical order by subject! https://t.co/OKwD93s3s1 #ourvam

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As I'm currently away from my archive I thought I'd take part in #Archive30 this year. Day 1 - my archive is V&A Museum's Dept of Theatre and Performance - an amazing resource of over 600 fabulous archive collections relating to UK performing arts! https://t.co/a9WOy7Fn3A #ourvam

[Simon Sladen @theatrecurator]

Calling all theatres! We'd love to collect photographs of your Ghost Lights for the @V_and_A's Theatre and Performance Collections. DM me for further details.

[Simon Sladen @theatrecurator]

We're recruiting! The @V_and_A's Dept. of Theatre & Performance is looking for an Audio-Visual and Digital Resources Assistant to join us for six months https://t.co/qNvzjS35W7

[Sabrina Offord @Sabrina_Offord]

Cambridge Arts Theatre are looking for a Project Archivist. It's a fantastic opportunity and you also get the bonus of working with me! Please share with anyone who might be interested: https://t.co/HbguMLLZM6 #archivejobs

[Simon Sladen @theatrecurator]

The @V_and_A's Department of Theatre & Performance is recruiting! Could you be our new Assistant Curator? https://t.co/wpw6wsWcmM