Michael John Law

Retired historian of mid-c20 Britain, FRHistS. Latest book "A World Away" Author of "Not Like Home" & "1938: Modern Britain".

[Michael John Law @johnlaw100]

Always an exciting day, my sixth and final academic book has arrived. Thanks to @McGillQueensUP and @wminhumanities for their help and to @SeasideFerry for her kind words. #tourism #AcademicChatter #History

[Michael John Law @johnlaw100]

@mod_in_metro D.C. Wadhwa, architect of The Showboat Roadhouse in Maidenhead

[Michael John Law @johnlaw100]

I'm very pleased to have joined the Council @RoyalHistSoc and to be working with such a forward-looking and committed group of people.

[Michael John Law @johnlaw100]

@ArchHistDarling Hi Elizabeth. Joass is shown in street directory as living at No.40 St. James Place in 1929

[Michael John Law @johnlaw100]

Watching the golf, I noticed that prestigious courses are now being referred to by commentators as 'a storied venue.' I assumed it was a creeping Americanism but if it is, it went over on the Mayflower as the first OED reference is from 1646 #golf

[Michael John Law @johnlaw100]

@LewesNibbler @LewesDepot Cluny Street too

[Dr Kathryn Ferry @SeasideFerry]

#Southport people! Does anyone recognise the tall building on the left of this postcard view? Was it the entrance to the Pleasure Beach? Looks very #artdeco...
#seasideheritage #seasidearchitecture

[Michael John Law @johnlaw100]

@britishlibrary 🫴

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@TricksterPrince you did a good job on a complex topic

[Michael John Law @johnlaw100]

@SeasideFerry It's a really good read.

[20th Century Posters @C20thPosters]

Are you children suffering from ‘smoke dyspepsia’ ? Give them Greys cigarettes and they’ll stay home for cocktails. Newspaper advert, 1930

[Michael John Law @johnlaw100]

@tapheritage @C20Society @TheSAHGB @CPRE @SPAB1877 The possibility of demolition seems unbelievable. Imagine the privilege of owning a CW-E house

[Michael John Law @johnlaw100]

The Thatched Barn Roadhouse on the Barnet Bypass (A1) in the 1930s. Not only the biggest British inter-war roadhouse but surely the largest mock-Tudor structure ever built. #interwar #motoring

[Michael John Law @johnlaw100]

The Showboat Roadhouse in Maidenhead, c.1932 and in 2012
Its owners invested in an enormous swimming pool, restaurant and billiards room, but they over-estimated how many wealthy patrons they could attract and it went bust a few years later #moderne #deco #1930s

[Bil @hamiltonbelind2]

@johnlaw100 @McGillQueensUP @wminhumanities @SeasideFerry Hello there. Found your interview on Thinking Allowed really interesting. So interesting infact that I drew some pictures to visualise it! Hope you like them!

[Michael John Law @johnlaw100]

@hamiltonbelind2 @McGillQueensUP @wminhumanities @SeasideFerry I love your illustrations. I'm particularity taken with the guy who has England on his trunks!

[Michael John Law @johnlaw100]

Always an exciting day, my sixth and final academic book has arrived. Thanks to @McGillQueensUP and @wminhumanities for their help and to @SeasideFerry for her kind words. #tourism #AcademicChatter #History

[@InterwarLondon @interwarlondon]

Grab your helmet and secure your trouser clips! We're off to explore cycling in interwar Britain https://t.co/M9svznG2sO

[Michael John Law @johnlaw100]

the passenger concourse looks like a public library

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Views of London Airport in 1958

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@NickMotown Unsavoury Caroline