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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Bexley Archives is teaming up with the Live Well, Age Well hub at Sidcup Storyteller to give A Stroll around Victorian Sidcup on 28 July at 10.30am. On our walk we will see churches, schools and the site of the cottage hospital. For more details and to book your place see shorturl.at/0LYTf

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Guided Walk: A Stroll around Victorian Sidcup

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

“It’s the third round of restructuring since 2019, and....each restructure brings with it not only loss of staff, but also loss of functionality. This is the same template that’s being used across the sector, and it doesn’t work anywhere.” (Catherine Rottenberg, Goldsmith's academic) 2/2

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

'The south-east London university, known for its teaching of the creative arts, has announced plans to cut a further £22 million from its budget, the third major restructure since 2019.' Student numbers have dropped by more than 25% in the past 5 years. Great work external consultants! 1/2

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Staff fear ‘death spiral’ as Goldsmiths restructures again

Arts university hopes latest ‘transformation plan’ will help it survive, but staff fear much-lauded institution will be left ‘devastated’

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Dr. John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

If you're wondering how students from Britain’s leading African & Caribbean dance theatre company would respond to research on a C19th Ragged School in London and create a performance around it... wonder no more! Join us on Weds 25 March, either 2.30pm or 6.30pm, The Bear Church, Deptford. #history

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Diva @diva007.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

@jpaprice.bsky.social Thank you so much for an informative and fascinating history walk in New Cross this morning.

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Dr. John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

New exhibition for the Museum of Everyday Life! 'Putting Away Childish Things' at the Gerald Moore Gallery until 4 April. Open Sats 10-4 or weekdays by appt. I'll be giving a talk on Saturday 14 March at 2.00pm, details TBC. #exhibition #history #archive #historicalobjects #museum #peopleshistory

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Dr. John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Please note: the Conference itself takes place on Saturday 21 November, NOT 14 November as currently listed on RHS site!

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Dr. John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

📢Conference Call for Papers📢 An Intelligent Interest: Learning and Education in London Seeking proposals for engaging and accessible talks or presentations on any aspect of education and learning in London’s history. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/an-... #history #historyconference #CFP #education

adult learners from the 1950s sitting in a classroom with a teacher presenting

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Piers Haslam 🌺 @phghaslam.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

My first article is out! It examines the conjunction of fiscal policy and gender politics, highlighting the moment in 1920 when different income tax rates for the married and unmarried were first introduced into the British tax system 🧵 1/7 academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...

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Debating the Bachelor Tax: Masculinity and the Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1894–1920

Abstract. ‘Bachelor tax’ was a popular shorthand for controversial changes in government policy regarding income tax and marital status. From 1918, men wer

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Piers Haslam 🌺 @phghaslam.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

My talk is up on YouTube! 🏳️‍🌈

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Thanks to @jpaprice.bsky.social who gave an excellent talk at #BexleyArchives on Deptford Ragged School which later provided education to working people. Here in Bexley evening classes in arithmetic, dressmaking and leatherwork (1928) had expanded to car maintenance and Tourist French by 1963.

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Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Tonight at 9 on BBC Two, dear friends, it's VICTORIAN MURDER CLUB! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Delighted to discover that my former Goldsmiths colleague and MA History supervisor Dr John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social was a historical consultant on this. Ex GS people hard consulting the TV history murder and violence this week!!! 💪🏻😂 (Murder Club tonight & #AThousandBlows S2 streams on Fri!)

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Our first talk of 2026 is on 17 January 2.30pm by Dr John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social - Educating Deptford: The Deptford Ragged School and its Place in the Community, exploring stories of the children who attended. Tickets £5, location Central Library Bexleyheath - contact us to book your place!

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Our first talk of 2026 is on 17 January 2.30pm by Dr John Price - Educating Deptford: The Deptford Ragged School and its Place in the Community, exploring stories of the children who attended. Tickets £5, location Central Library Bexleyheath - contact us to book your place! @jpaprice.bsky.social

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Dr. John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

London History Conference "Food Glorious Food" 15 November 2025, 10.30-17.30, at Docklands, Museum of London. Great line-up of speakers on a range of topics! More information at: www.lamas.org.uk/lamas-59th-l... #history #londonhistory #historyconference #foodhistory #historyevents #conference

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LAMAS 59th Local History Conference - Lamas

Food Glorious Food

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Dr. John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Some #London #historywalks this weekend! People's History, Booth maps, Everyday Heroism, walking, and talking! More information at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/drjohnprice #gfwatts #postmanspark #numhead #newcross #walking #heroism #peopleshistory

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Dr. John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

If you missed my london-based #history #walks last month, great news! I'm doing the sold-out ones again on 7 & 8 June! They're selling well, so book your spot while you still can! Book at: drjohnprice.net/upcoming-eve... #history #historywalks #postmanspark #wattsmemorial #gfwatts #nunhead

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Dr. John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Lots of interesting #history #walks #talks and #events coming up in the next month or so, including a fundraiser on 8 April. More information at: drjohnprice.net/upcoming-events/ #walking #localhistory #historywalks #deptford #newcross #lewisham #nunhead #hatchampark #gfwatts #postmanspark

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North West Kent Family History Society @nwkfhs.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The Society are still in desperate need of a Treasurer as well as a number of other support roles which can be seen in the image below. Without a group of volunteers the Society will struggle to function moving forwards. Please contact us if you require any further information. #NWKFHS #Kent

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Dr. John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Conference #Callforpapers LAMAS Local History Conference, ‘Food Glorious Food!’ 15 November 2025, Museum of London Docklands Closing date: 14 April #history #cfp #conference #food #foodhistory #londonhistory#historians #localhistory #speakers #papers royalhistsoc.org/calendar/lam...

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LAMAS Local History Conference 2025 – CALL FOR PAPERS | RHS

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

But how true was this? Were there other factors that influenced Arkell? Public historian Dr John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social will tell us in his talk 'Baildon Street: The Blackest Street in Deptford?' here at #BexleyArchives on 26 April 2.30pm. Tickets: £5.

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

‘Women, frowzy and half-dressed, eye you curiously as you pass… Children, some shoeless, all dirty and ragged.’ These are the words of George Arkell, researcher for Charles Booth’s inquiry into the extent of poverty in London, when he visited Baildon Street, Deptford in 1899.

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Public historian Dr John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social will give a talk here at #BexleyArchives on 26 April 2.30pm called 'Baildon Street: The Blackest Street in Deptford?' examining Charles Booth’s Poverty Map of 1889 and the return visit of his investigator ten years later. Tickets: £5.

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Dr. John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Pleased to announce that I have been appointed Director of History and Heritage with the New Cross Fire Foundation. Really proud to be working with this amazing organisation and contributing to it's work. www.ncff.co.uk #newcrossfire #newcrossfire1981 #newcross #blackbritishhistory #history

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Bexley Archives @bexleyarchives.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Public historian Dr John Price will give a talk here at #BexleyArchives on 26 April 2.30pm called 'Baildon Street: The Blackest Street in Deptford?' examining Charles Booth’s Poverty Map of 1889 and the return visit of one of his investigators ten years later. Tickets: £5.

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Interested in a career in history and librarianship? We have a fantastic opportunity to come and work as a Trainee Library Assistant in the IHR Wohl Library @ihrlibrary.bsky.social . 2 posts available starting in September 2025 for 1 year. Apply by 31st January 2025.

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Graduate Trainee Library Assistant - Institute of Historical Research:London Senate House

The University of London

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Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

A request for help from ‘The Museum of Everyday Life’ over on Instagram. For #WhatIsItWednesday they’re asking the #SocialHistory #History hive-mind for its help in identifying this artefact. Any ideas, suggestions or information the Museum would love to hear from you.

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Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

First World War Christmas, number 9: silk postcards. These cards, hand embroidered in their thousands, were commonly sent by soldiers from the battle zone. Highly regarded, they were a means of conveying Christmas greetings to those at home.

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Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Fantastic first day of our Christmas 1914 event at @greatwarhuts.bsky.social yesterday, featuring the biggest display of Princess Mary’s gift ever staged. Another day discussing this fascinating topic today! @typejunky.bsky.social

The Christmas Truce re-staged. Mannequins dressed in period British and German uniforms echo the truce of 1914 at the Great War Huts.

Princess Mary’s Christmas gift for 1914 on display: here is the smoker’s gift, with all its components, in a display case at Great War Huts.

The idea that was an inspiration to the Princess’s gift fund: Queen Victoria’s New Year 1900 chocolate gift, on display at Great War Huts - and the topic of another book in the pipeline

Catalogue of the Exhibition: a 76-page exhibition guide that illustrates the objects in display at Great War Huts.

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Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

First World War Christmas, number 6. A locket with a Christmas greeting; room for a loved-one’s picture with the hope of protection. The Canadians moved to the Western Front in the Winter of 1914.

Canadian locket with the maple leaf and the words ‘Merry Christmas, Happy New Year 1914-15, and on the inside ‘God bless and protect you’

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Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

First World War Christmas, number 2: Field Service Postcard greetings. These ‘pro-forma’ cards were given to soldiers to reassure people at home that they were ok. It was forbidden to write any greetings on the cards; these soldiers chose to ignore this in sending on their Christmas greetings.

Field Service Postcards with Christmas greetings added: this was forbidden, as soldiers were expected to cross out the phrases that didn’t apply to them, before signing and dating the card.

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Peter Doyle @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

First World War Christmas, number 3: ‘For Mother, Xmas 1914’. A simple gift of a patriotic handkerchief and hand sewn pouch in equally patriotic colours. We may never know who crafted this innocent and touching gift, and whether they envisaged there would be three more wartime Christmases to come.

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Joe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Public service announcement that Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9' have been uploaded by LSE archive online to be viewed and reproduced freely. 🗃️ unsplash.com/collections/...

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

How long would your commute take in 1680? Mine would be about a day and a half. @camunicampop.bsky.social has a brilliant tool for calculating travel times in Roman, 1680, 1830, 1911 and 2024. 🗃️ www.travelintimes.org/journey/52.2...

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Dr. John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Latest MOEL physical #exhibition is open! "From Nib to Ribbon" A small glimpse into the ways that writing was undertaken. Open 9am to 9pm every day until 19 February 2025 www.moel.org.uk/exhibitions #exhibition #stationery #historicalobjects #history #museumofeverydaylife

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Burns Library @burnslibrary.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Digitization alert! We just digitized this topographical map of Kent, England from 1637. The map shows rivers, bridges, woods, parks and settlements. Check out the high resolution digital image at this link: library.bc.edu/iiif/view/99...

Color topographical map of Kent with title Cantum Quod nunc Kent

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Dr. John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

A pleasure to talk with Tariq Dar, the Mayor of Brent. He was very interested in the #windrush project and it was fascinating to hear about his own experiences of arriving in Britain. That's the great thing about #history everyone has stories! #brent #willesden #harlesen #neasden #windrushgeneration

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Dr. John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Great to be partnering with Peabody Housing Trust for their Black History Month celebrations. Showcasing my Windrush: Arrival project and an outing for the Museum of Everyday Life! Great food and music creating atmosphere! #windrush #history #museumofeverydaylife #heritage #blackbritishhistory

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Dr. John Price @jpaprice.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Newbie 1st post intro: I'm a Public and Community Historian specialising in People's History. After 20 years in academic HE, I'm now doing what I do best on my own terms. Exciting times with loads of history and heritage projects in the pipeline. More info on my website and other socials. Thanks!

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