And don't forget to listen to our latest episode - released last week.
@moliveiradev returns to the guest chair to talk about 19th century funerals, with the help of Anne Lister ⬇️
@HOL_podcast is back again! 🥳
In this episode, local history enthusiast, @moliveiradev returns to talk about 19th century funeral practices, with a little help from the Lister family of Shibden Hall. Tune in for boudoir biscuits and spooky dolls...
https://t.co/IsJ2aaUsVV
@HOL_podcast spent a pleasant morning this week recording with local historian and @ListerLaneCem Chair, David Glover.
The topic of conversation: Halifax Racecourse. Yes, there really was horse racing in Halifax!
🏇Episode release date: end of June.
@HOL_podcast spent a pleasant morning recording our episode on 19th century funerals, with popular returning guest, @moliveiradev
The Listers of Shibden Hall were (hopefully) willing examples and biscuits were discussed...
Episode will be out at the end of April 😊
Hello! 🤗
In our first episode of 2026, @HOL_podcast takes a look back at some 'side characters' - unsung heroes from previous episodes. A round of applause, please, for:
Thomas Normington,
Annie Oakley,
Sarah Fielden
and Catherine Hogarth (Dickens).
https://t.co/39UqZJBjpC
@HOL_podcast is just finishing their notes for a recording with history enthusiast and researcher @moliveiradev:
19th Century Funeral and Burial Practices.
We will be disturbing the Listers to use as examples... I hope they don't mind!
Episode scheduled for the end of April 😉
@HOL_podcast invites you to get on board The Calder Valley Train Experience. Discover the history of public and private railways in the Calder Valley. Bring an umbrella and travel insurance. It's a long ride and we can't promise you'll get there safely...
https://t.co/3G3t9rt2nQ
#AnneLister was always writing about her merinos...
Fashion historian Gemma Esvelt unpacks the layers (literally) of Lister’s wardrobe in this session from the #AnneListerSummit. Watch the full recording to learn more about those iconic 1830s silhouettes!
https://t.co/Mhjv1YDqGB
Right, #Halloween posts for the rest of the week. And by that we mean things that are actually spooky , involve skeletons and/or ghouls and are generally deathly in their vibe. None of this dressing up as a character from a TV programme, like our cousins across the pond.
Before #AnneLister penned *her* journals, her father documented a few misadventures of his own...
Meet Ensign Jeremy Lister: soldier, survivor, and subject of this dive into #America250
🗓️ Sat. 18 Oct | 1:20pm ET / 6:20pm BST
🎟️ Free: https://t.co/7c9tb8IoPp
Two women. Two journals. One Halifax.
Abi Palmer explores what Dorothy Wordsworth’s newly published Halifax diaries reveal about #AnneLister’s hometown.
🗓️ Sat, Oct 18 | 12:10pm ET / 5:10pm BST
🎟️ Free reg: https://t.co/7c9tb8IoPp
How did the mill wheels of Halifax spin fashion forward?
Rachel Terry explores how 1830s tech, from weaving to fashion plates, helped shape style in #AnneLister’s world.
🗓️ Sat. 18 Oct | 10:40am ET / 3:40pm BST
🎟️ Free: https://t.co/7c9tb8HQZR
Discover what it took to get dressed in #AnneLister’s time, layers, silhouettes, and all, in this show & tell session with fashion historian @GemmaEsvelt.
🗓️ Sat, Oct 18 | 9:30am EST / 2:30pm BST
🎟️ Free: https://t.co/7c9tb8IoPp
#AnneLister died #OTD in 1840 during her trip in Georgia with #AnnWalker. She was 49 years old.
Revisit the start of this adventure and learn more about the events that prompted their departure in 1839 here:
https://t.co/uVawgAWQmf
#travel#c19th#GentlemanJack
🎟️ Registration for the #AnneListerSummit (Autumn Edition) is now OPEN!
Explore 1830s fashion, Halifax history, and find out how #AnneLister is connected to #America250... https://t.co/7c9tb8HQZR
Are you studying #AnneLister or looking for new perspectives? Check out our #research references page and find more books, journal articles, thesis, and other academic resources!
https://t.co/7fPwA38jYw
#academia#oneplace#c19th#victorian
Happy Birthday Wainhouse Tower! 🥳
The 9th of September marks the 150th anniversary of its completion; but who built it and why? @HOL_podcast convenes to discuss the facts, fiction and scurrilous gossip surrounding Halifax's most iconic landmark:
https://t.co/USqlm8TUtH