Recorded Histories

Recorded Histories is your partner in life story recording. We offer print at home workbooks and life story packages to capture and preserve your #history.

[Recorded Histories @record__history]

Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before Lent, the 40 days leading up to Easter traditionally a time of fasting and on Shrove Tuesday, Anglo-Saxon Christians went to confession and were “shriven” (absolved from their sins). #PancakeDay #History

[York Romans Project @YMT_YorkRomans]

This #Roman copper alloy oil lamp has a long handle with a decorative animal-head terminal. #archaeology #YorkRomans

[HISTORY @HISTORY]

On #ThisDayInHistory President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are joined by former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton for the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

[Bloomberg Originals @bbgoriginals]

The 20-foot-tall diaper-clad Donald Trump baby blimp has been “consigned to history” at The Museum of London

[Roman Britain News @Roman_Britain]

The amazing story behind the #discovery of Segedunum #Roman baths site at #Wallsend. https://t.co/n3S4ajUK64 #RomanBritain #Newcastle #Archaeology #Archaeology31 #HadriansWall #RomanArchaeology

[World War II History @WW2Facts]

Allied troops of the POW Camp in Ōmori, Japan, celebrate upon liberation on August 29, 1945.

#History #WWII

[PictureThis Scotland @74frankfurt]

Construction of the Forth Bridge (1882-1890). The longest single cantilever bridge span in the world, until 1919.

[Historygirl @janeyellene]

A milkman with his cart 1923. Milk was delivered 3 times a day in churns. The milkman would fill the customers jug, by dipping the measure into the churn, milk bottles would soon become the norm, followed quickly by refrigeration, meaning milk was then delivered once a day.

[Irish Archaeology @irarchaeology]

12th century Romanesque doorway, Freshford, Co Kilkenny

[TurkishArchaeoNews @turarchaeonews]

Ur-Nammu Law-Code and the Code of Hammurabi, found in Nippur, in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. The tablet with Ur-Nammu law-code dates back to the Neo-Sumerian Period (2112-2095 BCE) and the tablet with the Code of Hammurabi is from the Old Babylonian Period (around 1790 BCE).

[World War II History @WW2Facts]

#American soldiers from the 347th Infantry Regiment line up for chow during a lull in the fighting in Battle of the Bulge on January 13, 1945.

#History #WWII

[History Of Parliament @HistParl]

Born #OTD 1750, Hon. Thomas Erskine. A seaman turned lawyer, in 1802 Erskine was made Lord Chancellor & in 1806 created Baron Erskine. Throughout his career he defended reformers, and whilst in the Lords proposed a new bill to prevent cruelty to animals https://t.co/WWMgssXcyS

[Recorded Histories @record__history]

Don’t look down. Workers building the Chrysler Building, New York 🏙

[Charles M. Schulz Museum @SchulzMuseum]

📅 The first Peanuts Sunday strip debuted in newspapers on this day, January 6, in 1952. ⁠ ⁠📰 Prior to this, Peanuts strips had only appeared in the black-and-white 4-panel format on Mon-Sat. These days, many newspapers print Peanuts in color 7 days/week!

[BBC Archive @BBCArchive]

#OnThisDay 1970: Nationwide went island-hopping with some Orcadians, thanks to their flying bus service.

[Recorded Histories @record__history]

Have you downloaded our #free life story recording book yet? Perfect for starting to capture your legacy for current and future generations. https://t.co/PwHTLzVLqM

[Smithsonian NMNH @NMNH]

Warm, dry footwear is essential for survival in the Arctic. These boots are carefully made of contrasting pieces of the white underbelly fur of the caribou for the upper part with seal hide soles.

[Roman Britain News @Roman_Britain]

Another for #NationalBirdDay, this long-tailed feathered friend from a mosaic at Bignor #Roman Villa in West #Sussex. But what is it? (serious question). https://t.co/9Mo2XjKQEN #RomanBritain #Birds #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology

[Roman Archaeology News @RomArchable]

Archaeologists unearth 1,700-year-old oil-lamp workshop in Israel. https://t.co/FcykmvVk7l #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #Israel