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Shane Ewen

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Professor of urban history @lbu-rae.bsky.social, ed. @urbanhistory.bsky.social, trustee @historictownstrust.bsky.social Before Grenfell - free OA uolpress.co.uk/book/before-grenfell Free resources - forged-by-fire.wixsite.com/home?fbc…

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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Calling social and cultural historians working on women in civilian as well as military uniformed services. Please share if of interest.
Call for Papers for a special issue on Uniformed Women in the British World
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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
📣 We're looking for new members to join our International Advisory Board! 📣 🌍 We're particularly interested in recruiting board members with expertise in the following areas: urban history of Africa (any region); South Asia; China; Latin America & the Caribbean; Central and Eastern Europe
Call for new members of Urban History’s International Advisory Board.

Urban History seeks to appoint new members to its international advisory board.
This is an exciting opportunity to become involved with a world-leading journal for urban historical research.  Urban History is published by Cambridge University Press and occupies a central place in historical scholarship, with an outstanding record of interdisciplinary contributions, and a broad-based and distinguished panel of referees and international advisors. Each issue features wide-ranging research articles covering social, economic, political and cultural aspects of the history of towns and cities and supplementary material including periodical reviews, thesis reviews and book reviews.  Our growing submissions are becoming increasingly global and chronologically diverse and we seek to appoint an additional members of the international advisory board to reflect these developments and to further broaden our geographical range in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe.  
About the role
Members of the International Advisory Board are expected to promote the journal through their networks and to encourage high quality submissions in the field of urban history. Board members support the Editorial Team (Shane Ewen, Prashant Kidambi, Domenic Vitiello, Roey Sweet and Rosemary Wakeman) as requested on submissions that fall within their field, undertaking peer review where appropriate or providing suggestions for specialist reviewers within their field.  All board members are expected to attend the annual meeting of the International Advisory Board (held online) where there are opportunities to provide advice and suggestions for the future direction of the journal.  

We are particularly interested in recruiting board members with expertise in the following areas: urban history of Africa (any region); South Asia; China; Latin America and the Caribbean; Central and Eastern Europe.

Text continued in next slideEssential qualities (to be used in shortlisting)
•	Expertise in urban history or a cognate discipline (candidates with expertise in the areas listed above may be preferred)
•	Evidence of active participation in urban history networks 
We are happy to receive applications from individuals at different career stages and we welcome applications from historians and colleagues from cognate disciplines – working in any context – from under-represented groups, including those from minoritized ethnic groups, disabled people, LGBTQIA+ people, and those who are ‘first generation’ in Higher Education. 

How to apply
Those interested in making an application to join the international advisory board should send to Roey Sweet (rhs4@le.ac.uk) 
•	a CV (no more than 3 pages)
•	a summary of up to 500 words outlining your interest in the role and what you would bring to it. 
Enquiries
Informal enquiries about the role can be made to: Professor Roey Sweet rhs4@le.ac.uk
Deadline
Deadline for applications: 5.00pm on Friday 11 September 2026 
We expect interviews to take place in October 2026 and that the new board members will start their term of office from January 2027.
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 12/05/2026
Last year, we were delighted to publish Andrew's excellent monograph, 'Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales' as part of the Society's early career book series bit.ly/3Pzjuyk. 'Waterscapes' is available to read, free Open Access @uolpress.bsky.social
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Off to York for @warringtonruncorn.com and Elsa Hewitt 😀
Gig poster
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Our latest story map for the Trailblazers project is out! Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Kirkgate Market fire, you can read about 3 firefighters who attended the call and are members of the Leeds Fire Heritage Group. The story map is here: space2.org.uk/heritage-rec... @lbu-rae.bsky.social
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The Kirkgate Market Fire: 50 Years On - Space2 - An award winning participatory arts charity
Women in the Leeds Auxiliary Fire Service: Fighting fires and gender discrimination in the wartime fire station.
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Excellent performance of Trailblazers: Women Have Always Been Firefighters, tonight at Chapel FM in Seacroft. Audience v appreciative of the interlinked stories and a lively Q&A to end.
Actor Jane Morland as a wartime firewoman A display of historic pictures of firewomen
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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Are you studying, researching or teaching digital histories? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
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Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers
For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.
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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
📣 We're looking for a new Bibliographer to join the #UrbanHistory team! This is a great opportunity to get involved with a world-leading academic journal and find out about the latest urban history publications. Apply by 5pm on Friday 6 November. Contact Roey Sweet for more details.
Call for Bibliographer for Urban History 

Urban History seeks to appoint a new bibliographer to compile our annual bibliography of publication in urban history.
This is an exciting opportunity to become involved with a world-leading journal for urban historical research.  Urban History is published by Cambridge University Press and occupies a central place in historical scholarship, with an outstanding record of interdisciplinary contributions, and a broad-based and distinguished panel of referees and international advisors. Each issue features wide-ranging research articles covering social, economic, political and cultural aspects of the history of towns and cities and supplementary material including periodical reviews, thesis reviews and book reviews.  The bibliography, which has a global coverage, provides an essential tool for researchers interested in exploring recent publications and historiographical trends in their fields. 
About the bibliographer role
The role involves the following tasks: 
•	Searching for books, book chapters and journal articles published in the preceding calendar year, using online resources (journal websites, the Bibliography of British and Irish History and publishers’ websites).
•	Compiling a bibliography  of all the entries ordered by thematic categories (typically 1000 entries).
•	Working with the production team at Cambridge University Press to check and proof-read copy edits before final production. 
We expect the new bibliographer to be able to start on 1 January 2026.
We are happy to receive applications from individuals at different career stages and we welcome applications from historians – working in any context – from under-represented groups, including those from minoritized ethnic groups, disabled people, LGBTQIA+ people, and those who are ‘first generation’ in Higher Education. 
The positions attract an annual honorarium. 
 
Continues on next imageSuccessful candidates will be fully supported by the the journal editors (Shane Ewen, Prashant Kidambi, Roey Sweet, Domenic Vitiello and Rosemary Wakeman). 
How to apply
Those interested in making an application for the position of review editor should send to Roey Sweet (rhs4@le.ac.uk) 
•	a CV (no more than 3 pages)
•	a summary of 300 words outlining your interest in the role 

Enquiries
Informal enquiries about the role, including honorarium payments, can be made to: Professor Roey Sweet rhs4@le.ac.uk
Deadline
Deadline for applications: 5.00pm on Friday 6 November
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Please read and help @justicesummerland.bsky.social to overturn a 50-year long miscarriage of justice, if you can www.crowdjustice.com/case/summerl...
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Summerland: 50 Lost Lives. Justice Denied.
We are a group of people affected by the horrific Summerland fire, even fifty two years after this tragedy occurred. Our aim is to overturn a miscarriage of justice by exposing the truth.
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Nice to receive author copies of the new 3-volume Cambridge Urban History of Europe today. I have a chapter in vol. 3 on the growth and internationalisation of the field. Let me know if you use it in teaching #urbanhistory
Volume 3 of your Cambridge Urban History of Europe First page of chapter by Shane Ewen
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Blue plaque’s up at Gipton Old Fire Station! With thanks to @leedscivictrust.bsky.social
Blue plaque commemorating the Gipton Fire Station
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Sam Grinsell @samgrinsell.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Very pleased that my piece 'Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity' has been published in @urbanhistory.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S096... Many thanks to @mctom.bsky.social for organising the roundtable that got these thoughts going back in 2023! #UrbanHist #EnvHums
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Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity | Urban History | Cambridge Core
Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Latest version of What is Urban History?, published in Korean! A true transnational volume,
Four editions of What is Urban History
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Andrew McTominey @mctom.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
So I've written a book! Waterscapes is about how impactful our need for water is on the environment and people. It's also about the ways in which infrastructure projects can impact place for good or bad.
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 28/08/2025
Published today: 'Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales', by Andrew McTominey bit.ly/4n4LkxB 'Waterscapes' is the 23rd title in the Society's New Historical perspectives book series, published @uolpress.bsky.social. Available free Open Access and in print 1/2
Cover for: Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales, by Andrew McTominey
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Women have always been firefighters. A story of 3 firefighters, all women, all wanting to make a difference, all ahead of their time, all facing challenges beyond fire. The premiere is on 20th Sept. Book your tickets here: lnkd.in/eW663jW6
Poster advertising a play at the old Fire station in Leeds, Women Have Always Been Firefighters, on 20/09/2025. All welcome!
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Site Nonsite @sitenonsite.com · 06/08/2025
Today is #HiroshimaDay, marking 80 years since the devastating atomic bombing. My song Paper Cranes documents an emotional visit to the peace museum and an encounter with a survivor. Today and every Aug 6, I’ll donate any profits to a Hibakusha charity. sitenonsite.bandcamp.com/album/hirosh...
Cassette copy of Site Nonsite's Hiroshima EP, with contents displayed: cassette case and cover, diary entry, unfolded map insert, stickers and origami paper.
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Joe Harley @joeharleyhistory.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
It’s here! Objects of Poverty: Material Culture in Britain from 1700 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/objects-o...
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
New publication! “Objects of Poverty: Material Culture in Britain from 1700” is edited by Joe Harley & Vicky Holmes. Our chapter is on the fireguard - a consistent absence in the archival record - and the campaign to introduce it into working-class homes. Order the book here: lnkd.in/eMz2kfkd
Cover of Objects of Poverty, edited by Joseph Harley and Vicky Holmes “From Improvised to Subsidised Safety: Fireguards”, by Jonathan Reinarz and Shane Ewen
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The Urban History Group @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
📣 Registration is now open for #UHG2025! We're excited to welcome you to our first conference organised with the Pre-Modern Towns Group. The Urban Commons: Rights and Citizenship in the City from the Medieval to the Modern 🗓️ 4-5 September 2025 📍 University of Leicester
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Urban History Group conference 2025
The Urban Commons:Rights and Citizenship in the City from the Medieval to the Modern 4-5 September 2025, University of Leicester Registration is now open for the Urban History Group’s 2025 co…
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
My university is looking to appoint 3 Research Officers (1Yr Fixed) to help develop research impact and engagement projects in the following areas Social Sciences English & Creative Writing History Closing date: Friday 25 July 2025 Link: vacancies.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/ce0984li_web...
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Job profile
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Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
We're delighted to announce the publication of our historical map of Bradford — UK City of Culture 2025. This multi-layered map shows the development of an industrial city which was constantly rebuilding. Grab a copy of the map from our online shop: shop.historictownstrust.uk/product/hist...
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Shared a room with peace campaigner Bill Laithwaite today.
Bust of Bill Laithwaite, peace campaigner, at the Working Class Movement Library, Salford.
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Spent the evening at Bradford City Hall for the launch of the @historictownstrust.bsky.social map of Bradford, with a series of fascinating talks in conjunction with the Bradford Literature Festival. Get your copy of this beautifully crafted map here: www.historictownstrust.uk/maps-nop/an-...
Sarah Rees Jones launching the Bradford map at the City Hall.
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Good to see all the misfits out in Manchester last night: second set bangers aplenty from Pulp
Stage with the word LOVE in caps.A 61-year old male dancing like he’s 25.
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Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Join us for the official launch of the Bradford Map. A beautifully crafted historical map developed by @historictownstrust.bsky.social‬ ‬ 📅 - Monday 30 June 🏛️ - City Hall Book your tickets here: 🔗 www.bradfordlitfest.... #Bradford #BradfordMap #HistoricTownsTrust #BradfordLitFest
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Rebecca Wynter @rebeccawynter.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
🚨Historians of drink, drugs, sex, crime, law, #police🚨 CfP 'Policing and #PublicHealth, c.1800-2000' workshop www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen... [typo in description: we *may* be able to make a small travel contribution] #HistSTM #LegalHist #HistSex #HistGender #HistMed
Two uniformed 1960s London police women looking to the left with metal and gauze masks over their mouths and noses.
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I’ve attended my School’s PGR Conference today. Great to hear such eclectic research. V proud supervisor as two of my students presented. One of these, Will Sanders, was also one of the core organisers. Here he is pictured chairing a session before speaking abt aerial threat in c.20th urban Britain
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
My brilliant third year students researched and created the following StoryMaps, sharing the stories of trailblazing women volunteers for the #Leeds Auxiliary Fire Service in the Second World War. Do check them out! #publichistory #urbanhistory #womenshistory space2.org.uk/trailblazers/
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Trailblazers - Space2 - An award winning participatory arts charity
Space2 is an award winning arts and social change charity, based in inner East Leeds. We are a small organisation that punches above our weight, with co-production principles at the heart of all we do...
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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
NEW DATASET - OUT NOW! A massive 69,000 records added to the Railway Work, Life & Death project, covering English & Welsh railways, 1855-1929. Download our free database from our website - & please spread the word! #Railway200
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Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Who wants free books? These are some of the titles that we at @urbanhistory.bsky.social are looking to review. Let me know if you or a friend want one, or if you have other suggestions. First, @rebwright.bsky.social's fabulous looking history of mid century US energy regimes:
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The Urban History Group @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
How did the definition of the 'urban' and the 'suburban' affect the lives of residents? Antoni Porayski-Pomsta (@camhistory.bsky.social) addresses this important question through his research on early twentieth century Warsaw
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Urban history from the peripheries
In 1908, the Warsaw Politseimeister General Meier got into an argument with the city’s president, Alexander Miller. The proverbial bone of contention was the responsibility for the sanita…
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Urban History Association (the official account) @urbanhistorya.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
In the wake of LA's 2025 fires, @charlotte-leib.bsky.social explores "the fallacious supposition that new technologies and better design will prevent the next fire, the next flood, or the next degree of global heating" and how highway construction/landscape manipulation contributed to it all:
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Engineering Nature, Igniting Risk: LA’s Fires and a Century of Landscape Manipulation
Editor’s note: In anticipation of what we all believe will be a stellar UHA conference this October 9-12 in Los Angeles, we are featuring Los Angeles as our theme this month. This is our fifth post…
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Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
📢 In association with the University of Chester, we're delighted to announce the publication of our historical map of Chester which charts the city's development from Roman fortress to mercantile centre and cathedral city. Get your copy now! shop.historictownstrust.uk/product/hist...
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
This is the best piece I’ve read all week about the Bradford fire and its legacy. Helped by the fact that Rick Broadbent is a football fan and Yorkshireman. I was happy to discuss our research with him for Forged by Fire. It’s behind a paywall but IFYKYK. www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
🕺 Tea Dance at The Old Fire Station! 💃 Join us on Sat 10th May, 2–5pm for an afternoon of music, cake & history at The Old Fire Station Leeds 🪩 Dance workshops at 2:30pm & 3:30pm 🫖 Tea and cake 🔥 Discover the stories of Leeds' women firefighters during WW2 This is a free event open to all ages!
Poster advertising a free tea dance at the old fire station, Leeds, 10/5/25 @ 2pm
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
A great project to be involved with - collaboration with a really engaged local community, families and schoolchildren 👏🏻 www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottis...
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Plaque unveiled to commemorate two Paisley firefighters killed in Second World War
A plaque has been unveiled to commemorate two Paisley firefighters who died during a World War Two air raid.
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Tomorrow we will unveil a red plaque at West Primary School in Paisley in dedication to David Wilson, aged 30, & John Sydney Farrow, aged 16, who died when a landmine bomb was dropped on the school in 1941. @reinarz.bsky.social & I worked with Scottish FRS & P6a pupils to honour both. All welcome.
Programme for the red plaque dedication in Paisley, 6/5/25
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The Urban History Group @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
"Placemaking and place-shaping initiatives which look to urban history and people’s connections to it are thus becoming ever more important to the contemporary city" Charlotte Tomlinson on placemaking, #UrbanHistory, and stories of post-industrial #Hull
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Placemaking, Urban History, and Composing Stories of Post-Industrial Cities
In late 2021, I sat down with a group of Hull residents to discuss stories of the city over cups of tea and tables set out with a range of photographs and maps. Before the workshop, we had spent an…
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Journal of Historical Geography @jofhistgeog.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Register now! A workshop for early career urban historians on preparing article manuscripts for journal submission + seeking funding for turning a thesis into a book. Free & open to all scholars in the field. globalurbanhistory.org/content.aspx?page_id=331&club_id=803980&item_id=37685
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Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
📢 We're delighted to announce the publication of our multi-layered historical map of Ipswich, which charts the development of England's (possibly) oldest settlement going all the way back to the 8th century. Get your copy now from the Trust Shop! shop.historictownstrust.uk/product/hist...
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Join us at Leeds Minster for this commemorative concert in memory of VE Day!
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Do you like tea? ☕️ Do you like dancing? 💃 Are you interested in social history? Join us at Old Fire Station in Gipton on Sat 10th May from 3PM for our Tea Dance to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. And see what our Leeds Beckett History students have been doing. @lbu-rae.bsky.social
Flyer advertising Tea Dance at the Old Fire Station, Leeds 10/5/25 3-5PM
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Justice For Summerland @justicesummerland.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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Justice For Summerland @justicesummerland.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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The Urban History Group @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
‘The city had, by virtue of aerial threat and the suffering of bombardments between 1914 and 1918, been transformed into a new battlefront. From this point onwards, the protection of the city and its inhabitants was included in the list of defensive concerns to Britain at war’ New, by Will Sanders
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Listen as we learn about life as a Land Girl, a firefighter in Leeds as bombs rained down on the city and hear what life was like and how Loiners celebrated in 1945. my.leedstickethub.co.uk/29884?queuei...
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<p>80<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of VE/VJ Day - Commemoration Concert</p>
Saturday 10 May 2025
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Am attending the NFCC ACER Fire Related Research Conference for the next two days. Currently listening to a frank & refreshing keynote from Justin Johnston, former CFO at Lancashire FRS. Will be speaking about storied-learning as community engagement tomorrow. Say hello if you’re here.
Keynote lecture with a photo showing a multi property fire caused by unregulated composite plastic fencing in Blackburn
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Shane Ewen @shaneewen.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Do give @justicesummerland.bsky.social a follow and support their important campaign for a fresh inquest and for justice for the survivors and families
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