Dr Simon Wenham

Historian of leisure / author / 19thC / P-T tutor panel of @OxfordConted / Views own #Victorian #History #Thames #Leisure #C19

[Dr Simon Wenham @SimonWenham]

Want to stay in a Victorian public toilet in Oxford? You can now!

Features include being underground & access via the central reservation of a main road.

#Victorian @OxTweets #Oxford @VictorianWeb @scarytoilet #publicbathrooms #History @longvictorian2

https://t.co/17H33T5xVK

[Dr Simon Wenham @SimonWenham]

Morris dancing, Jack-in-the-Greens, jumping in the river and May horns!

Where do the May Morning traditions of #Oxford come from? https://t.co/ZlF6zzAv2u

@magdalenoxford @TheOxfordMail @OxfordCity @OxTweets @OxHist
#mayday #maydayoxford #maymorning

[Dr Simon Wenham @SimonWenham]

Is this the first ever snowman photographed in Wales?! (They think it is!) #victorian #snowman #wales #snow #historypics @Cymru @walesdotcom @longvictorian2 @HistoryInPics @HistoryPhotos_ https://t.co/gAHUSO0DGv

[Dr Simon Wenham @SimonWenham]

The victorious Sheffield players kicked the match ball through the streets - returning from the first ever inter-city football game in 1865 (travelling by #railway). #football #Victorian #Sheffield #Nottingham @VictorianWeb @BluePlaquesGuy @RailwayHeritage https://t.co/eqKgjig7OC

[Dr Simon Wenham @SimonWenham]

Dinosaurs with large feet have been roaming around Oxfordshire. #Oxfordshire #dinosaur https://t.co/lpySZEstvu

[Dr Simon Wenham @SimonWenham]

Some #Thames #boating nostalgia from the 1970s courtesy of @TheOxfordMail. Featuring @Salterssteamers @TheThamesPath #Oxford #wallingford #rowing. @OxTweets @RiverLens @ThamesInfo @riverthamesnews @no1riverthames https://t.co/q93B953vJZ

[Dr Simon Wenham @SimonWenham]

Mush-fakers, #suffragettes, Christabel Pankhurst & 'Hookey Alf of Whitechapel'. Some fantastic early #photojournalism from #Victorian #Britain by Christina Broom & John Thomson. Demonstrations, the destitute, street sellers & opera. #London #History. https://t.co/JK0hgqKIDe

[Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibs]

We're hiring a new Curator of Printed Ephemera. We're not exaggerating when we say this is a dream job. The role manages one of the most important collections in the world. Candidates with a qualification in librarianship, archives, or similar, apply here: https://t.co/JobTUb4W9z

[Long Victorian @longvictorian2]

Ludgate Hill, London (1884) by Wilhelm Trübner (German artist, lived 1851–1917). #Victorian #London

[Oxford Civic Society @oxcivicsoc]

Our next talk is at 8pm on Wednesday 5 June at Rewley House. Come and hear local historian Simon Wenham tell the story of how James Murray created the Oxford English Dictionary. Free to all and no ticket needed!

[Dr Simon Wenham @SimonWenham]

It's nice to see the PM helping to promote @HobbsofHenley! https://t.co/e8uuhjbpFn

#Thames #Henley @TheThamesPath @HenleyPhotos

[Stuart Harris @heartrhythmdoc]

Happy Birthday @LFC 👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌

[Dr Simon Wenham @SimonWenham]

A nice indenture record (apprenticeship document) for a #York #shipbuilder dated 1800 on display at The Plough pub in Stratton, near #Cirencester.

#Cotswolds #History #apprentice #ship

[Dr Simon Wenham @SimonWenham]

Some beautiful #victorian #buildings named in the top 10 of those in the UK deemed at risk by @thevicsoc: https://t.co/UsnyhvyXNj

@VictorianWeb @longvictorian2 @VicSocAmerica @LoveUKHistory

[Victorian Web @VictorianWeb]

#Otd 1839 Queen Victoria noted that she'd discussed getting another dog, & Lord Melbourne teased her, saying she'd soon by "smothered" by them! See @SimonWenham's "Castle Canines" (Landseer shows a few of the pets here —their numbers grew exponentially!) https://t.co/i1CDrv7fyl

[Zahid Sohail @ZSohail10]

"Living the lexicon: James Murray and the creation of the OED" will be on 5th June. Reservations can be made here: https://t.co/kO4zYrOW5s. @SimonWenham

[Magdalen Libraries & Archives @MagdLibAndArch]

Did you get up early to hear the choristers this #MayMorning? Here is an engraving our choir, singing from the top of the Tower, taken from an issue of "The Graphic" dated 27th May 1885.

[Dr Simon Wenham @SimonWenham]

Jack-in-the-Greens, jumping in the river, May horns and Morris dancing.

Where do the May Morning traditions of #Oxford come from? https://t.co/9oTGzujfyU

@magdalenoxford @TheOxfordMail @OxfordCity @OxTweets @OxHist #mayday #maydayoxford #maymorning

[19th century Painting! @LordFredericLe1]

This is Thomas Webster's great c.1847 painting, The Village Choir!! #Art #Fineart #19thcentury #Webster #Painting #Victorian #Painter #Artist

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

150 years ago today, at precisely 8pm, the world of art changed forever.

What happened? A small, independent art exhibition opened in Paris.

It was a financial failure and barely 3,000 people went — but, in time, these artists would come to be known as "the Impressionists"...