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A blog post! Just in time for the weekend... curl up with a blanket and hide away from the wind and the rain (who knew so much could change in the few weeks between blog posts!) It's time for Stanstead part two... @OnePlaceStudies @SuttonHeritage

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It's a very exciting sunny Saturday for you all as our blog post, inspired by a recent accession, features another house history, this time of Stanstead, Cheam Read. With thanks to Clive for his research☀️@BeginsHistory @OnePlaceStudies @SuttonHeritage

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Our #PopularItem has to be our sales directories, telling stories of developments, price hikes, local businesses, images of the house before this or that extension... demonstrating that there's always more to a record you just have to be looking #Archive30 @ARAScot https://t.co/PH5Ukf2Lc9

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Our #FutureArchives #Archive30 includes plenty of @SuttonHeritage events to bring local stories to life through the amazing work of our local historians - find all our events on their page and website! @ARAScot @carshaltonviews

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We have recently been working with Scout groups across the borough. Here, they made pinhole cameras whilst learning about historic photographs as sources… we’re hoping to train the next generation! #ArchivesforAll #Archive30 @ARAScot @SuttonHeritage https://t.co/Uz2SIVufun

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Solid #ArchiveAdvice from @SuttonLibraries and because we missed it #ArchiveSustainability too!! Let’s see if the Great British Summer really does arrive this year though… #Archive30 @ARAScot @SuttonHeritage https://t.co/cZ1qLUiB9b

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Happy happy blog post day!! Today, we are reflecting on the 80-year anniversary of the Lancaster III bomber crash that happened 21 April 1944 in Lavender Vale, Wallington. Read on for more!! @OnePlaceStudies @BeginsHistory @SuttonHeritage

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Our #BusinessArchives shines a light on the local Haydon Butchers, from Carshalton. This high street butchers' shop dates back to the late 18th century #Archive30 @SuttonHeritage @ARAScot

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Taken from our DKW collection, it’s the Sutton Adult School Gymnasium mid-practice shot #SportArchives #Archives30 @SuttonHeritage https://t.co/wdVoFcgWpl

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Hints for Health and Comfort for your reading this #HealthArchives #Archive30 @AraScot https://t.co/YluJzYlmkL

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It’s a shame to have such lovely handwriting for it to be folded up to fit in such an incy wincy envelope #SomethingSmall #Archive30 @ARAScot @ExploreArchives @SuttonHeritage https://t.co/ao9ul0blVN

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Clocking the time differences in Croydon Airport booking hall [date unknown]... arguably the hardest part of travelling 🤧 #ArchiveTravel #Archive30 @ARAScot https://t.co/hPUUvm0Xin

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We love our volunteer conservation queen Joyce for all the work she does to stabilise and repair our collections, allowing us to make them accessible for the future. Image of restitching a binding #ConservationWin #Archive30 @ARAScot @ExploreArchives @SuttonHeritage https://t.co/YlNGNo6QTU

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An understated hero… the mighty pencil… note its sharp tip and absence of a rubber at its end… that’s a nice #ArchiveObject #Archive30 @ARAScot https://t.co/WXr9FZ69rX

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Headtorch, check. Nitrile gloves, check, Apron, check. We’re all set for a night in the stacks. It is the place to be! #ArchiveFashion #Archive30 @ARAScot https://t.co/QcMXOCfLK0

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These birds once proudly resided atop the gates to St Nicholas Rectory, which was taken down in the early 20th century #ArchiveAnimals #Archive30 https://t.co/YsZlI3uR1o

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I wonder if anyone knows what this 'mark' is in #Carshalton? A correspondent has found ten of them, all identical, on old brick walls, @HoneywoodMuseum and around. Has us stumped!!

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Sorry @DorsetArchives we love your county but these hefty books are useful for more than just information... such as flattening items for preservation #Archive30 #SomethingBig https://t.co/2RTmhS0YXv

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And the stars have aligned so that our blog post on lost walls and hidden boundaries of Sutton coincides with #Archive30 #ArchiveBuildings with extra special thanks to Andrew Skelton for this bonus Part 3 🙌

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