Doug Brown

Historical geography and geographic info systems @KingstonUni. Research 19c health/poverty @PostalHealth. Ed board @LonJournal. He/him. My own views.

[Friends of Gloucestershire Archives @FriendsofGA]

Happy #InternationalNursesDay to all the amazing Nurses out there!

This photograph shows District Nurse Wolfe on Hag Lane, Gotherington, making her rounds in a donkey cart, c.1895.

@GlosHeritageHub #history #archives #Gloucestershire

[Bank of England Research @BoE_Research]

Proud that BoE data is a key part of the @ESCoEorg"Historical Data UK" repository of economic statistics. This is now expanding to include new data on climate change, international data, capital, productivity, balance sheets + much more. Check it out at:
https://t.co/wgl57rMWra

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

Anyone interested in flint, chalk, mining, tunnels, disused mines, pre-20th century working practices or Pinner, Pinner Green - amazing little film. I used to play above these without knowing they were were there.

The Chalk Mines of Pinner https://t.co/NHQRCAFF6Y via @YouTube

[BALH @BALHNews]

In our latest #Podcast @ClaireKennan chats to Prof David Green & Natasha Preger about the @wellcometrust-funded project @PostalHealth, exploring morbidity, mortality & occupational health in the #Victorian & #Edwardian Post Office.

Listen here: https://t.co/DNiP1uz7B2

[Marjolein Robertson @MarjoleinR]

If Ben Fogle can do it. So can da islanders.

Join me fir da new exciting television series on:
Wild and Remote Scottish Cities

[Maarten Lambrechts @maartenzam]

Yesterday, @vrtnws made the classic "circle-on-a-Mercator-world-map" error. Here is a correction (made with https://t.co/PbYJpckawo)
Backstory: the Belgian military is retiring its 50-year old Hercules planes, which have a range of 3500 kilometers https://t.co/vW7CUIOyQD

[Rob Baker @robnitm]

The demolition around Piccadilly Circus and Glasshouse Street removes the location of possibly the first Chinese Restaurant in the West End. China Rhyming - Glasshouse Street Demolition – A Piece of British-Chinese Heritage Lost in Central London https://t.co/39QPoktY2r

[Matthew Davies @mpdavies.bsky.social @mpdavies]

Very sad to hear of the death this weekend of Derek Keene, medievalist, comparative urban historian and founding director of the Centre for Metropolitan History @ihr_history @SASNews 1/5

[Doug Brown @dhlbrown]

They sure are

[Addressing Health @PostalHealth]

So great to see a write-up of #Our1901 Postal Pensioners project with the @u3a_UK in the latest issue of their magazine! It also features @davidrgreenuk on the history of long-lived postmistresses. You can watch his talk on this here: https://t.co/pdLQgzDIkm

[DerbyUniPress @DerbyUniPress]

The UK's largest study of #occupationalhealth is looking at what life was like for Victorian and Edwardian postal workers. Find out more about this fascinating project involving @kathleenmcil of @DerbyUni: https://t.co/ZtPyY0kWbj @PostalHealth #WorldHealthDay2021

[Smithsonian Magazine @SmithsonianMag]

At the Hackney Borough Council Disinfecting Station, anti-disease actions were more of a public amenity, a way to keep the public healthy and a cohesive unit. https://t.co/D0MgBCGerP

[The Postal Museum @thepostalmuseum]

Our #HealthArchives provide source material for a joint project with @PostalHealth The findings of this research will give us a unique insight into health and working lives in the 19th and early 20th century. https://t.co/Slg0CId8rj #Archive30

[Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca]

Just amazing, the authors were happy writing a report that in effect blames ethnic minorities for disadvantages and claims structural racism is imagined, but once people go to criticise them, that somehow crosses a line? https://t.co/5AWn6XTAa2

[Doug Brown @dhlbrown]

@MaggieMScull @RoyalHistSoc Congratulations!

[Doug Brown @dhlbrown]

Very excited about this

[The London Journal @LonJournal]

We're looking for a new @LonJournal editor, very part-time and PAID. Closing date 31 March https://t.co/DIe5GazwAz

[Doug Brown @dhlbrown]

@jrwagz @Oregonian @Sonic_Screwup TG

[Doug Brown @dhlbrown]

@jrwagz @FernRiddell Colleagues put in an abstract! (Before deadline)