Annie Anderton

Lacrimae rerum. Librarian, curator, manuscripts & visual arts, autism mum. Exhausted.

[Dr Janette Martin @hisjlm]

‘An Ordinary Life – Florence Lockwood, Suffragist’. A talk and reading by Rebecca Gill and Janette Martin, Holmfirth Library, HD9 3JH, 18 Sep 2025, 7pm. In person. Booking not required @discover_hudds @FemsRad @HuddsLocalHist @K_IngalaSmith. @GroomB Please retweet

[Dr Janette Martin @hisjlm]

The unknown Manchester lady who funded a Hogwarts-style library - BBC News https://t.co/Y8v7sc97ZG

[Dr Janette Martin @hisjlm]

Chartism Day 2025 is coming to Huddersfield with an optional walk to see the Hall of Science on Bath Street and Joshua Hobson's grave. All welcome. Please do circulate and bring your friends. Come join the monster meeting! @HuddersfieldUni @discover_hudds

[Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunt]

Medieval people regularly cleaned their mattresses, they actively combatted fleas and were terrified of bad smells so did everything to avoid them.
They had pillows.
Blankets were washed more than once a year.
Livestock didn't live in the same room as the people, they lived behind partitions.
If you survived childhood you made a good chance of living into your 60s, 22 wasn't really middle aged. Thatched roofs keep rain out very well.
They had curtains, especially around beds.
They had toilets, outhouses, seats over cesspits, not just buckets.
And no, they didn't toss it into the street.
There were strict laws against it and people had noses, they didn't want that filth in their streets.
There's no evidence for 'gardlyloo' till long after the middle ages.
Its not French for watch out below.
Streets weren't really open sewers.
They had gutters that were for liquid waste like grey water only.
Public latrines were very common.

Lieber gott, all this in just the first 5 minutes and they fill 2 hours with it?
Where do they get all this from, did ai write it?
Is that why there are no sources or references?
And millions watch this?
Unbelievable.
Depressing.

[The Tower of London @TowerOfLondon]

*Disclaimer: this video contains images of human skeletal remains; viewer discretion is advised*

A once-in-a-generation excavation at the Tower of London 🏰 During works to install an accessible lift outside the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, we have made major discoveries (1/2)

[mikeyp4 @mikeyp4]

Checking out "Jobs: 2 x Assistant Curator of Photographs / Windsor, closes 3 August" on British Photographic History: https://t.co/vj8FIODdVJ @RCT #curator #photographs

[Friends of the Nations' Libraries (FNL) @FNL313]

Delighted to have helped BL save for the nation 5 exceptional medieval mss from Longleat - including an unparalleled volume for the study of Hebrew in medieval England, comprising a trilingual Hebrew-Latin-Old French dictionary, glossed Hebrew Psalter, & Hebrew grammar.

[Valeria @valeriavenoire]

'How to be chic on a small income' Elsa Schiaparelli (1936) via @ herpium on IG

[John Hodgson @JohnHodgsonUoM]

A wonderful article on @TheJohnRylands https://t.co/e1MeTTPzp6

[The Photographers' Gallery @TPGallery]

Discover music, culture & Black British identity through the lens of Dennis Morris - opening 27 June!⁠

Music + Life captures some of the most pivotal moments in the 20th-century, from the soulful vibrancy of reggae to the rebellious energy of punk.
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Book now via link in bio!

[John Rylands Research Institute and Library @TheJohnRylands]

What do Joan of Navarre (c.1368 –1437), the importance of books in Late Medieval England, and a long-lost manuscript leaf that has finally been re-united with its original manuscript have to do with each other?

Read all about it in our latest blog post: https://t.co/OqZUeJtlmM

[Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibs]

Our newly acquired Duke Humfrey's manuscript is now LIVE on Digital Bodleian.

Explore in full at your leisure: https://t.co/dD0pP4hTD0

🥳

[RPS Historical Group @RPShistgroup]

Looking forward to visit next month @thejohnrylands Manchester to view collection of photographs by AL Coburn (1882-1966).

Saturday 5th April 2025.
£6 members, £8 non-members.
Book your place via link in our bio.

Please share with #photohistory friends in Manchester region.

[Dr Janette Martin @hisjlm]

Free event - the wonderful Stella Halkyard at Marsden Library 3 April 2025 @TheJohnRylands https://t.co/yRFalWNdY9

[John Rylands Research Institute and Library @TheJohnRylands]

In celebration of #InternationalWomensDay our latest blog welcomes new collections to our Women’s Suffrage Movement Archives.

These objects reveal how humour was used to create an approachable image of the suffrage campaign. Blog linked below:

https://t.co/9XL3dJLOV0

[John Rylands Research Institute and Library @TheJohnRylands]

Thanks to everyone who chatted to curators Anne and Janette yesterday about new Suffrage acquisitions.

Keep your eyes on the Rylands blog over the next few weeks for more information about these collections: https://t.co/53qy7SgwN2

[Dr Janette Martin @hisjlm]

Celebrating International Women's Day at the John Rylands Library, 2 days early! Showing off some beautiful new suffrage acquisitions. I thought @theAliceRoberts would like the gorgeous prison certificate. Any relative? 👀 @TheJohnRylands @ClareBakerJRL

[John Rylands Research Institute and Library @TheJohnRylands]

Our Collections Encounter today featured some of our Suffragette material with discussions led by our Curators Anne Anderton and Janette Martin.
#IWD25 #InternationalWomensDay #Suffragettes #Votesforwomen

[RPS Historical Group @RPShistgroup]

Collection acquired by @HistoricEngland featuring some of the UK’s oldest photographs.

Including images by WG Campbell, William Russell Sedgfield, Henry William Verschoyle, Samuel Smith of Wisbech, William J Cox of Plymouth, James Mudd and Samuel Buckle.

https://t.co/ISLMG5BIX1

[Dr Janette Martin @hisjlm]

Please do share this post widely and on other platforms too. John Ryland's library is looking for a talented and dynamic Head of Collections. Closing date 14 Feb so don't delay