Leanne Blaney

Historian. Humanitarian. Mischief-maker.

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Research trip taking me to wild Atlantic shores #portnoo #Donegal

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#OnThisDay “A diversity of emotions” in 1929.

[Source: The Sketch, 25 September 1929]

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Opened on 5 July 2002, the Imperial War Museum is situated on a. Site that was a key target during the Manchester Blitz of 1940.
#WWII #Manchester

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#OnThisDay Queen Victoria’s artistry captured in a sketch of her baby daughter #Victoria (future Empress Frederick of Germany).

The sketch was displayed at a Victorian Exhibition in Leicester Galleries in 1937.

(Source: The Sketch, 15 September 1937)

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#OnThisDay forget #EmilyinParis it was all about the Exposition Universelle in 1867.
Which took place on the site of the Champ de Mars, next to where the Eiffel Tower now stands.

(Source: Illustrated News, 14 September 1867)

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#OnThisDay an 1856 illustration of the crowds gathered in Russia for Alexander II of Russia’s coronation which had occurred on September 7th.

[Source: Illustrated Times, 13 Sept 1856]

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#OnThisDay lifeguards chatting with a swimmer during the final days of summer in 1923.

[Source: The Sketch, 12 September 1923]

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#OnThisDay English actress Evelyn Laye photographed returning from a tour of Britain’s many ports, in her capacity as Chairman of the Naval Branch of E.N.S.A. Note the notes written by sailors on her hat.

[Source: The Tatler, 11 September 1940]

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#OnThisDay Puppy dog eyes being used to full advantage in this broom advert in 1958.

[Source: The Sketch, 10 September 1958]

#dog #broom #puppydogeyes

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@fromourdugout Amazing, thank you!

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#OnThisDay the largest ship built in Europe at that time, the £5 million tanker ‘Myrina’ photographed prior to its launch from Belfast’s Harland & Wolff shipyard in 1967. The supertanker would remain in service for 13 years.

[Sourrce: The Illustrated London News, 9 Sept 1967]

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@hayleykilgallon Huge congratulations Hayley!
Looking forward to reading this 😃

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#onthisday The Royal Scot advertised as bringing “quieter, cleaner, more comfortable travel” courtesy of English Electric.

[Source: The Illustrated London News, 8 Sept 1951]

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@ehlyons Haha indeed! Time travel may be at play 🧐

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#onthisday in 1932 ‘The Sketch’ published this _”study of a bather reclining on a rubber raft constructed so as to form a floating sofa.”_

[Source: The Sketch, 7 September 1932]

#summer #sea #lilo #relaxing #1930s

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#onthisday The Sketch carried this illustration alongside an update from Captain Robert Falcon Scott who was in Cape Evans preparing for his ill fated march to the Antarctic Pole.

[Source: The Sketch, 6 Sept 1911]

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#OnThisDay London Zoo’s newest addition was photographed with Mum.
Named after Anita Lonsbrough, the British Olympic gold medalist who won the 200m breaststroke on the 27 August during the 1960 Olympic Games, held in Rome.
[Source: Coventry Evening News, 5 Sept 1960]

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#onthisday Woolly was returned to his delighted owner after being snatched during a car theft earlier in the week.
The car had been used for a bank robbery but Woolly emerged unscathed and returned happily to his home.

[Source: Daily Mirror, 4 September 1964]

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#OnThisDay in 1925, it was all getting a little heated
[Source: The Sketch, 3 September 1925]