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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Co-op, Wythenshawe Civic Centre, Manchester, 1965 (Manchester City Council/Manchester Evening News).

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Glamorgan Archives Archifau Morgannwg @glamarchives.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The General Strike of May 1926 This Sunday will mark 100 years since the start of the General Strike on 3 May 1926. Our blog article today looks at photographs held at Glamorgan Archives that were taken during the General Strike and the ongoing Coal Strike. bit.ly/4w4ZhRh

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The General Strike of May 1926

The month of May marks the centenary of the General Strike that began at one minute to midnight on 3 May 1926. The following nine days shook the foundations of British society as over a million and…

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The Worker’s May-Pole, Walter Crane, 1894.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 01/05/2026

Today, May 1, is International Workers' Day! It commemorates the sentencing to death of eight anarchist workers in Chicago who were framed for throwing a bomb at police who attacked a strike demonstration in May 1886 shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...

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The John Rylands Library @thejohnrylands.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Ahead of International Women’s Day, join curators to explore recent acquisitions relating to the Suffragettes. Highlights include Hunger Strike Medals awarded to sisters Margaret and Frances McPhun. 📅Thursday 5 March, 2-3.30pm. Find us in the reading room on level 2. No need to book, just drop in.

Medal with green white and purple stripes. The medal is engraved 'hunger strike'.

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Lynda M. Kellam #DataRescue @lyndamk.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Excited to be in a discussion about preservation of humanitarian archives at Hum & Conflict Response Insti at Univ of Manchester. The loss of fed funding for foreign aid had wide impact, including the sustainability of continued access to critical archives. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/l...

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Leverhulme Trust and Wellcome Trust Combine Support

Leverhulme Trust and Wellcome Trust combine support for the Humanitarian Archive Emergency (HAE) project based at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at The University of Manchester in pa...

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Aftermath of war The experiences & treatment of ex-servicemen, physically or psychologically affected by the First World War, seen through archives relating to the 'sweated trades' in the 1910s & 1920s More sources on working people & disability digitised & indexed at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

$STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL - NOT to be communicated to the PRESS. PAPER BOX TRADE BOARD (GREAT BRITAIN). Permits Committee. SUPPLEMENTARY SUMMARY OF APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS OF EXEMPTION TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE PERMITS COMMITTEE ON 27TH FEBRUARY, 1925. B.839/1925. Name & Address of Firm: Longton Disabled Soldiers' & Sailors', Cardboard Box Factory, Uttoxeter Road, Longton. Age & Sex of worker: 39. M. Particulars of infirmity: Multiple Gunshot wounds. (in receipt of a 40% permanent pension). Length of time in present employment: 3 years, 9 months. Total experience in the trade: " " Particulars of work: Bonding and slotting of wire stitched boxes. Reason why piecework impracticable: Uniformity of speed not maintained owing to disability. Rate of wages proposed: 43/8d per week of 46½ hours. NOTE: The Inspector's report states that at the time of visiting, this worker was away ill. The work usually performed is wire stitching. He suffers from gunshot wounds in head and arm and has had meningitis. The Manager estimates the worker’s value as 10/- per week. The worker is frequently away through illness and unable to work continuously. He is alleged to be the feeblest case employed and his mind is temporarily affected from time to time and he had to be arrested by his fellow workers. (See also general report at the end). B.840/25. Name and Address of firm: Longton Disabled Soldiers' & Sailors' Cardboard Box Factory, Longton. Age and sex of worker: 37. M. Particulars of infirmity: Gunshot wound right leg, compound fracture (high shoe 4"; and in receipt of a 60% permanent pension. Length of time in present employment: and total experience in the trade: 3 years, 9 months. Particulars of work: Wire stitched boxes (stitching bending and slotting). Reason why piecework impracticable: Uniformity of speed not maintained owing to disability. Rate of wages proposed: 43/8d per week of 46½ hours.$

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Dr Janette Martin @hisjlm.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

There's a few tickets left for this cold war mystery. The John Rylands Library 12 June www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/murder-in-....

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Dr Janette Martin @hisjlm.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Delighted to be at the 3rd Truth Telllers summit

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Huddersfield-born Harold Wilson became PM for a third time #OnThisDay 1974, after Edward Heath's talks with the Liberals failed. Painting by Ruskin Spear (National Portrait Gallery).

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Liverpool Kids, 1964, by Astrid Kirchherr (1938-2020). She was engaged to Stuart Sutcliffe, the Beatles' bassist, before his death in 1962.

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Dr Janette Martin @hisjlm.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Polyp has another book on the horizon and perfect for these crazy times. A raucous comic book, ridiculing and rebuking conspiracy theory paranoia with science and satire. Help him get his project off the ground by checking out the Debunked crowd funder tinyurl.com/3k34v3dj

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DEBUNKED: why all conspiracy theories are bullshit.

A raucous comic book, ridiculing and rebuking conspiracy theory paranoia. A unique combination of satire and common sense science.

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Dr Janette Martin @hisjlm.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Great blog by Rylands colleagues on DeepStore well worth a read! urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

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Dr Janette Martin @hisjlm.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Event to mark International Women's Day at Marsden Library. Please do circulate - all welcome. friendsofmarsdenlibrary.org.uk/event/floren...

Poster with suffrage banner and photo of Florence Lockwood

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Dr Janette Martin @hisjlm.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... The John Rylands Library is looking for a new Head of Collections. Please do share widely. I'd like a good boss 😁 @historyhannahb.bsky.social @janeydonald.bsky.social @bronterre1.bsky.social

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Head of Collections, Teaching and Research:John Rylands Library

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