Business & Trade Historians

Staff network enquiring, researching, remembering and awareness-raising of past to learn in present+future. Admin by @biztradegovuk staff member @ozzywon.

[Business & Trade Historians @TradeMemorial]

A reminder 🎗️ on Tues 9 December we will be hosting 4 academics as part of small historical symposium about the Board of Trade. Whether you are interested in institutional/business/civil service history or future policy this promises to be great afternoon. Still time to attend!

[Business & Trade Historians @TradeMemorial]

The Business and Trade Historians @TradeMemorial group were delighted to welcome Dr Bryony Norburn @NorburnBry85840 to speak about "WW1 Cryptography and Room 40" in particular the people and personalities of that early period in history of #cryptography #cryptanalysis on 29 May

[Business & Trade Historians @TradeMemorial]

Playing catchup again on recent talks held by the Business & Trade Historians @TradeMemorial group. In April we were delighted to welcome the historian Dr Perry Gauci from @UniofOxford to speak about his book "The London Private Banker"

[Business & Trade Historians @TradeMemorial]

Super excited to read about line up of Spring 2026 series of "Who Do You Think You Are?" now published. I met one of these celebrities in relation to Business & Trade Historians (@TradeMemorial) group and my research. Can you guess who it was? https://t.co/GH0D1sp54g

[Business & Trade Historians @TradeMemorial]

Completely forgot to post earlier but we held a great lunchtime talk in February about Jackie Fisher and the Dreadnought project as part of our occasional series of "The History Exchange" staff led talks. Thanks to Richard Dowling for presenting his knowledge #history #learning

[Business & Trade Historians @TradeMemorial]

Happy New Year everyone! Don't have too many New Year Resolutions but they mainly revolve around history including holding more oral history interviews and talks. Here's hoping for lots more learning from history in 2026 thanks to @TradeMemorial group🎉

[Business & Trade Historians @TradeMemorial]

A surrendipitous find in local village book exchange and now a fantastic Sunday morning reading Alan Johnson's award winning childhood #memoir "This Boy" of 1950s/1960s London. Alan was a former President of the Board of Trade and former DTI SoS in 2004-5 @alan_books #history 📚

[Business & Trade Historians @TradeMemorial]

On Tues 9 December the @TradeMemorial voluntary history network at @biztradegovuk will be holding a symposium on the "History of the Board of Trade" with 4 great speakers - Ed Legon, Perri 6, @MarthaPrevezer from @QMUL @sbmqmul and Jack Connolly (DBT).
Join us!

[Business & Trade Historians @TradeMemorial]

Resharing photos from Thurs 13 Nov rededication of the war memorial to men who served in Royal Naval Division which is located on outside edge of @biztradegovuk's Old Admiralty Building. Amongst those who sacrificed their lives were several Board of Trade men.
#Lestweforget 🎖️

[Vice Admiral Steve Moorhouse @smrmoorhouse]

Honoured to remember the sailors and marines of the Royal Naval Division – a unique force that brought naval traditions to the battlefields of WW1. Their immense and often overlooked sacrifice, with over 40% of RN/RM casualties occurring on land, must never be forgotten.

[Business & Trade Historians @TradeMemorial]

@biztradegovuk Annual Remembrance Commemoration 2025 with @RhonddaBryant and Baroness Lloyds of Effra and all the other wreath layers and readers
#lestweforget 🎖️
#weshallrememberthem 🕯️
#Remembrance2025
https://t.co/MnOtx3tkQQ

[Bletchley Park @bletchleypark]

A local yarn bomber has created a beautiful Remembrance Day tribute outside Bletchley Park.

#BletchleyPark #YarnBomber #CommunityArt #Remembrance

[Business & Trade Historians @TradeMemorial]

Many thanks to Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History in @warstudies Department at @KingsCollegeLon for joinin @TradeMemorial group to share his knowledge of Lord Horatio Nelson on occasion of 220th anniversary of his death at Trafalgar on 21 October 2021 #history🧡

[Business & Trade Historians @TradeMemorial]

"You're either a person who can spend five hours looking at mud and not get bored, or you're not" (Lara Maiklem) #mudlarking #thehistoryexchange We 🧡 #history

[Business & Trade Historians @TradeMemorial]

Delighted to host author Simon Garfield a few weeks ago to talk about "Triumph and Disaster on the Railways" and learn about opening of Liverpool-Manchester railway in Sept 1830 and untimely death of William Huskisson MP, former President of Board of Trade #Railway200 🚂

[Business & Trade Historians @TradeMemorial]

A room with a whole lot of history - the Admiralty Boardroom. First time I have seen inside and delightful to be able to share some of its history with others. We 🧡 history.

[Business & Trade Historians @TradeMemorial]

Photos from the @OpenCity_UK Open House London Festival 2025 at Old Admiralty Building on Saturday with colleagues from @biztradegovuk and @GovArtCol @DCMS leading tours. Thanks to everyone who attended. We 🧡 history and art 🎨 and love opportunity to give glimpse into building.

[On This Day RN @OnthisdayRN]

#OnThisDay 220 yrs ago in 1805 Lord Nelson embarked his flagship, HMS VICTORY in #Portsmouth for the last time. She sailed the next day and 5 weeks later, both her & Nelson would be immortalised after one of the UK and @RoyalNavy most important victories at sea off Cape Trafalgar

[Business & Trade Historians @TradeMemorial]

On the way to London for Open House Festival 2025 ( @OpenCity_UK ) 🎉