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Dr Gaz J Johnson @legionofllama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Looks like the 1990s called, and they want their remaining credit on this back! Recently uncovered among the in-laws stuff.

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here I am on holiday at the seaside and the first thing I did was go into the #RNLI shop and spend lots of money in the shop - I can recommend the excellent bookmarks and socks. Their volunteers save lives: I once called them out to save a young boy stuck on rocks on an incoming tide. So grateful 🙏

Middle aged woman standing on a promenade over looking the sea and a headland (Carr Naze at Filey, North Yorkshire, UK)

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Please join us on 29 October for the 2nd Biennial Pickstone Lecture. Our speaker will be Prof Roberta Bivins (Warwick) on A Positive Difference: Minoritised Communities in British Healthcare and Innovation. blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2026/0...

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Pickstone Lecture 2026

Professor Roberta Bivins A Positive Difference: Minoritised Communities in British Healthcare and Innovation 29 October 2026

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I see someone is making a version of Romeo and Juliet where the actors speak in Olde English but how much better would an #Esperanto version be

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I might have been at #iPres2026 but I am on a train to the seaside looking forward to some fresh air and a wedding at the weekend. Will catch up later!

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Missed this year's Chartism Day, or wish to revisit the highlights? Mark Crail @markcrail.bsky.social reports on a memorable day at the Friends Meeting House in Warwick. Read his report on the latest research on Chartism here: sslh.org.uk/2026/09/22/c...

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Chartism Day 2026: conference report

Some fifty delegates crowded into the seventeenth-century Friends Meeting House at Warwick on Saturday 19 September for Chartism Day 2026 to hear speakers range across the history and historiograph…

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

TIL that the funny little secret back stairs/bridge arrangement at Birmingham New Street station is called “The Navigation Breach” and now I feel like I’m in a grungy Sci Fi epic: “used the Navigation Breach to get my connection to Canley” “the only way out of here is to use the Navigation Breach”

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Meanwhile I was in Bedford last weekend and took the opportunity to visit the Panacea Museum which was outstanding not least because they have Joanna Southcott’s box (replica on display) and Shiloh’s crib (not pictured). It’s an amazing story panaceamuseum.org

Large wooden trunk tied around with string and meaningful knots

Wall painted with the words “The simple facts are that God requires a few sensible matter-of-fact women to take on the housekeeping on Earth”

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Well clearly I jinxed the trains by saying they were fine (when I left the office).

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

From the 'Safety First' campaigns of the early 20th century onwards, the RoSPA archives are a fantastic source on the history of safety, occupational health and welfare Thanks to the Records at Risk funding scheme for helping to support the transfer of the collection to the MRC!

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Archives West Midlands @archiveswm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

At our recent AGM, trustees were delighted to announce a new opportunity for our members The #ArchivesWM Member Development Fund For 2027 there are four grants of up to £2,500 available for member services undertaking innovative or project-based work to develop and/or extend their service offer 👇

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Member Development Fund

AWM is delighted to offer its subscription members a new opportunity to benefit from collaborative working across the region. The Member Development Fund will offer grants to subscription members unde...

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We might not like to think about library disasters but we still need to plan for them and @cilip.bsky.social have a great conference reflecting on the history of library disaster my.cilip.org.uk/events-calen... (and you get to hear me on the Birmingham Library fire of 1879!) #libraryhistory

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History of Disaster in Libraries - CILIP Library & Information History Group Annual Conference 2026

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Derby Museums exhibitions rock. This one is only the latest in a series of outstanding ones we’ve seen there - all free 🥰

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Rachel Matthews @provnewshistory.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We are launching our Preserving Local Newspaper Archives Toolkit on Monday, September 28, with an in-person lunch and a hybrid panel featuring @socialhistarchive.bsky.social and the New Zealand-based Preserving Local History and Education Trust. Sign up! www.tickettailor.com/events/local...

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Select tickets – Preserving the Local Newspaper Archive - toolkit launch – The Rep

Preserving the Local Newspaper Archive - toolkit launch – The Rep, Mon 28 Sep 2026 - This seminar will share insights from Preserving the Local Newspaper Archive, a National Archives-funded research p...

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Archives & Collections, Library of Birmingham @theironroom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Birmingham Super Prix. The inaugural race was the culmination of years of setbacks and successes to make the event a reality: theironroom.wordpress.com/2023/07/03/i... Ref: Ephemera Collection, Motor Racing, item 27 #LibraryofBham

A poster for the 1989 running of the race. Borders at the top and bottom of the poster illustrated with chequered flags, a horse and paraphernalia of other images. Details about the date and time of the race and a faint photograph of racing cars on a track in the background.

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Sorrel @sorrelish.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I want to make straw dollies but Google sucks so fucking much and I can’t find any decent tutorials so I was trying to find a book about it instead and in so doing found this BEAUTIFUL Web 1.0 page about straw work. We used to be a country. www.strawcraftsmen.co.uk/resource.php

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Today's #HistNursing #Badge is #Dudley Road Hospital #Birmingham The arch design was based on the 1/4 mile long corridor with 9 wards running off it. Est 1887 as DRH, it was renamed City Hospital & closed 2024. Browse more rcn.access.preservica.com/archive/ @rcnhistory.bsky.social #HistMed

enamel and silve badge. An Arch shape, the top pale green rim inscribed 'Birmingham', a pale green scroll at the bottom inscribed 'Forward'. The top half of the badge in silver is a repeating arch motif creating an endless corridor. underneath in large capitals is FRH 1887 silver on royal blue enamel. The nurses must have needed very comfy walking shoes....

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I have a fridge magnet inevitably - very on brand for me

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Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing.org.uk · 06/09/2026

I'll be working three days, mid-week, in Norwich in coming weeks. A couple of hours one afternoon free, and two evenings. Any tips for things to see places to eat; excellent pubs..? Anyone want to meet up? [Insert Alan Partridge joke here]

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 04/09/2026

Prison?

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Margaret Low @megjlow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

TurtleStitch Discovery Day @ Warwick 22nd September, 10:00-15:00 (drop in) Explore #TurtleStitch, where coding meets digital embroidery! A drop-in day with links to Computing, Maths, Art & Design, and cross‑curricular projects. Register: www.warwick.ac.uk/turtlestitch #WMGOutreach #TurtleStitch

A pattern being stitched by a digital embroidery machine. The pattern is semi circular and made up of zigzag stitches in curved rows.

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Don't erase history! #EYAErased Montage of selected documents from the Modern Records Centre. Artistic display of erasers absolutely not created by a bored archivist. Explore your archive #ArchivesForAll www.exploreyourarchive.org

Montage of selected documents from the Modern Records Centre in the background. Artistic display of erasers featuring the words 'don't erase history' in the foreground.

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I think it's high time I upgraded my WFH office chair. Has any one got any recommendations for one with good back support?

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Ah the lovely X3 - that’s got me home from Brum and from Lichfield when the rails have failed 😍

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In today’s train commute bingo we have severe weather/flooding. Can not wait to see how this pans out…

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

OK so drop everything everyone and tune in! 🍿

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Mikeado @mikeado.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Got two tickets for Pulp at Wythenshawe Park tomorrow going spare. £140 face value but would take £100. How many people are even on Bluesky to see this? Not shifting these, am I.

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This mornings commute: surrounded by giggling teens who are off to Reading Festival. Better than being surrounded by giggling teens *returning* from Reading festival 🤢

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I feel like I have spent all of eternity sitting waiting at Birmingham New Street station 😭

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I wonder if one day this week I could commute on a train which isn’t delayed. Today is not going to be that day although it is not involving taxis (yet) which is something I suppose.

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

First published on 11 October 1973, The Warwick Boar has been the main student newspaper at the University of Warwick for the past 53 years. Click on the links for more information on our exhibition and digitised copies. warwick.ac.uk/services/lib... cdm21047.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

Montage of pages from the Warwick Boar. Headlines include 'Warwick? Where's that?' and 'Vodka vote shot down'.

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I feel like I have already spent most of this week commuting. OK so only 9 hours but then it is only Tuesday. And I’m not home yet.

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Elanor @elanorandthearts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

CALLING LONDONERS 📣 My friend has spent FIVE YEARS developing her play—a queer horror story—and she's hardly sold any tickets. She's travelling down from Leeds and I'm devastated 🥺 The Haunting of Verity Evans, The Hope Theatre, 25th–26th August. I hope you'll join me! Please share if you can't!

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Archives & Collections, Library of Birmingham @theironroom.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Join #BertzAssociates for a Curator’s talk on the Lisel Haas exhibition in the Level 3 Gallery this Thursday at 2 pm and Tuesday 1 September at 5.30 pm. Check the schedule for further dates this year. Admission free and donations welcome #LibraryofBham @bertzassociates.bsky.social

Photo of two people looking towards a wall. The figure on the far left is wearing a suit while the other is wearing glasses and has their left arm raised directing the conversation to something on the wall. They are wearing glasses and a tie. Their shirt is long length and is untucked. Background text regards the talk.

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Can't make it in today, boss, I have fallen sodenly into decaye and ruyne

These stones are from St. Andrew's Church are believed to be from the old central tower which, in 1578, together with the Chancel and Transepts, fell "sodenly into decaye and ruyne"

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

To be honest this would be a first.

Headline from BBC saying CrossCountry to provide full service on Monday

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Got to love a little bit of @nationaltrust.org.uk ing on a sunny summer Sunday (Little Moreton Hall). Had a scone for good measure.

Interior wall with early modern wall paintings with lozenge patterns, foliage and a text of Susannah and the elders

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

With the Premier League kicking off this evening, the Cov contingent in the archive are getting ready for the season opener with a scarf, elephant mascot and possibly brief sense of optimism #PUSB

Bronze bust of Tom Mann, trade union leader and Cov Kid, draped in a Coventry City scarf

Detail from an Anti-Nazi League leaflet from the late 1970s / early 1980s, showing an enthusiastic elephant dressed in Coventry City's tramlines kit, balanced on a football. 'Sky Blues' is written over the head of the elephant.

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I fear standing in the vestibule on the train (so I can stretch) has had the effect of making people think there are no seats. Am joined by a gaggle of young men sat on the floor etc. and there are lots of seats available (uncharacteristically for Cross Country)

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

First day back in the office after a week of bad back and first day in months of wearing a cardigan. And it’s wet underfoot! And I have had to pack an anorak!!

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Outstanding thread. I knew I could rely on Hornsea 😁

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Ben Bowsher @benbowsher.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Books From Below, Newcastle’s upcoming radical bookstore just found itself a home. Give me a message if you are able to help in any of the ways listed below! If you can’t help, no worries just give this post a like and repost it, thank you!

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Redditch. Car chase around the roundabouts…

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Sumita Pahwa @sumitapahwa.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

When I first moved to SoCal and took my child to the city library (as one does, first thing), this book title had me confused for several minutes.

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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Big news! Tickets now available for the Welsh Political Archive lecture on 6 November. This year the lecturer is former First Minister Mark Drakeford. Tickets for the auditorium at www.ticketsource.com/llgcnlw/evt-... at @librarywales.bsky.social watch online at www.ticketsource.com/llgcnlw/evt-...

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Constitutional Futures: Are There Choices for Wales? at Llyfgell Genedlaethol Cymru | The National Library of Wales

Tickets are now available for Constitutional Futures: Are There Choices for Wales? at Llyfgell Genedlaethol Cymru | The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth on Fri 6 Nov 2026. Click the link for fur...

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Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Raised in meetings today: this excellent toolkit on deposited collections, created by @scotsarchives.bsky.social with Kazky Ltd: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/support-and-.... Scottish law does differ but there is a huge amount here to support archives across the UK managing non-gifted collections.

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Deposited Collections Toolkit - Scottish Council on Archives

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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Do I happen to know anyone who knows about hats in France during the reign of Louis XIII...? 🗃️

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