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For #localhistory19 our artist of the month is Brighton Uni alumni #RachelWhiteread. Rachel is known for creating industrial scale casts, especially of buildings and her work House caused a great deal of controversy at the time.
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Fri 31st May: The Sun Inn in Castle street once had an underground hall which was used to house prisoners awaiting execution from the gaol next door. it collapsed in 1947 from damage caused by visiting elephants from Bertrams Circus #localhistory19
To celebrate #LocalHistory19, #GracewellofEdgbaston experimented with different types of jewellery making. It was such an insightful and fun session and residents loved it!
Thurs 30 May: Fry’s Island also known as De Montfort Island, after the winner of a single combat trial that took place there in 1163. Robert De Montfort beat Henry de Essex after accusing him of cowardice. Henry became a monk and spent his last years in the Abbey. #localhistory19
Amongst the settlers who came to Rhondda Cynon Taf from Europe were Italians from the Bardi district of the Emilia Romagna. The 1st family were the Bracchis: they opened a café in Tonypandy. Pictured: Bracchi Bros, Aberdare #LocalHistory19
Celebrate Local History Month!
@RBHistory is the Rotherhithe & Bermondsey Local History Society, whose aim is to encourage the interest of local history, Docklands & the River Thames
#LocalHistory19 #localhistorymatters
Charlotte didn't stop climbing stairs for us as part of the #localhistory19 project. But do you know where she was and how many stairs she climbed to get here?!⠀
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This church was built in the middle ages, and is situated above one of the old entranc… https://t.co/L1ejgFGxEN
We love this image shared on our Historic #BradfordonAvon Facebook Group - construction of the McKeever Bridge formerly known as St Margaret’s Hall. Footbridge #localhistory19 #ThrowbackThursday
On Local History Month, we're digging deeper into the historic secrets of #Edinburgh, including the 29 vaults completed in 1788 underneath the South Bridge - brave enough to explore them? #localhistory19 #makeitedinburgh
Wed 29th May: McIlroy’s department store on the corner of Oxford Street and Cheapside was known as the Crystal Palace of Reading due to all its windows. A building that Reading almost lost in the fire of 2013 #localhistory19
It's Local History Month!
British History Online @bho_history is an essential digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the British Isles. Part of the Institute of Historical Research.
#LocalHistory19 #Localhistorymatters
To celebrate our #localhistory19 we experimented with different types of jewellery making at #gracewellofedgbaston Thank you so much to @KateMolloy17 and Karen H for all your help with the session #familyfun @SteventonZoe @JazzVirkTweets @GracewellHealth @asajuk @JoHindley2
@NorwichSOS if anyone in your network is interested in the young historian competition please retweet or share #localhistory19 #ilovehistory #younghistorian
It's Local History Month! @RAHS_News the Royal Australian Historical Society is Australia's oldest historical organisation and exists to encourage the study of and interest in Australian history.
#LocalHistory19 #Localhistorymatters
The British Film Industry was pioneered at the start of the 20th century in #Aberdare by William Haggar, who produced the first feature films – a series of crime thrillers #LocalHistory19
Happy Birthday RBH..Mon 27th May : The RBH is 180 years old today! The land was given by Lord Sidmouth, and the original building was designed by Henry Briant. photos - postcard 1839, sidmouth ward 1917 WWI troops. #localhistory19
The Council’s Park & Dare Theatre, a former Miners' Institute in Treorchy, first opened its doors in 1913 – and is still going strong to this day #LocalHistory19 @RCTtheatres
Sun 26th May: Before the RBH was built, the poor people of Reading relied on the help given at the Reading Dispensary in Chain Street. John Lewis is now on the same site. The Dispensary are still helping the people of Reading. https://t.co/fNSuUZInsA #localhistory19
The Brown Lenox factory in #Pontypridd made chains which sold all over the world. The great Széchenyi suspension bridge which linked Buda and Pest over the Danube in 1849 used Brown Lenox chains, as did its prototype over the Thames at Marlow in Buckinghamshire! #LocalHistory19
It's Local History Month! @HALHistory Hertfordshire Association for Local History promotes the study and enjoyment of local history in Hertfordshire
#LocalHistory19 #localhistorymatters
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