Rachel MacGregor

Ah yes - the old Bull Ring... mind you good old Brummagem would not be good old Brummagem if it wasn't incessantly knocking bits down and building new bits!

St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.

Awful news from Wales, the St Fagan's Museum has been broken into and prehistoric goldwork has been taken. Its painful to think what objects might now be at risk. Thoughts with the museum team who must be devastated, all speed to the police and a curse on the crooks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Knickers at half mast today everyone, for Jilly Cooper x

That was great - all straightforward and thankfully nothing unexpected! You were all marvellous 😁

Great shout out to @archiveswm.bsky.social for developing their EDIB-SAT tool for measuring EDI practice in Archive Services which is now a core part of the new Accreditation Standard 🌟

Jilly Cooper is lovely.

Thomas Attwood 1783 - 1856 - chartist ancestors Thomas Attwood was the founder of the Birmingham Political Union, a campaigner for the 1832 Reform Act who was involved in the early stages of Chartism

Thomas Attwood, founder of the Birmingham Political Union and leader of the 1832 Reform Bill agitation who presented the first Chartist petition to Parliament, was born #OnThisDay 6 October 1783.
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Bursaries The Society for the Study of Labour History offers financial support to PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research, as well as to BA and…

We offer #bursaries up to £900 for PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research in the field of labour history to fund essential archive or library research. Find out more sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...

piss off the racists, make the English kofte kebab from 1660

Beyond the flags: grief, polarisation and the work of repair Amid grief, rage and division, there are seeds of hope and repair to be found in the North East. But they will not flourish if we stay silent.

Very timely and interesting statement from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Particularly interesting re my own work, but also to those who want to know just what the hell is going on.

'Engaging with the grief and anger of white working-class communities that this comment...' 1/3

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Wow!

I’m standing in the aisle of a Cross Country train headed for somewhere other than where I am actually trying to get to. Also real Britain.

Mural depicting the Battle of Cable Street

Close up of mural depicting the Battle of Cable Street

Happy anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street. Never forget and #NoPasaran

Cable Street battle, Jewish London East End #OnThisDay 4 Oct 1936 with banner explicitly adapting antifascist slogan of defence of Madrid "NO PASARÁN." They shall not pass. Remember Olympia refers to 1934 British Union of Fascists meeting where they set on antifascist protesters

I can’t visit them obvs as I would come away with more than I took 😂

Glass of brandy with some crochet in the background

Genuinely questioned if it was Saturday but then remembered we were at the hospital outpatients (again) so must be Friday. Currently enjoying a Torres X brandy to wind down #ConfinedCocktails

Now that the mystery is solved, please enjoy this recipe for what is recognisably a kofte kebab from 1660.

Poster advertising health meeting for women mill workers in Dundee, 1926: 'INDUSTRIAL HEALTH EDUCATION COUNCIL "HEALTH IS WEALTH." HEALTH MEETING FOR WOMEN MILLWORKERS YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A MEETING in the Y.M.C.A. HALL. Constitution Road, Dundee, On THURSDAY, 14th JANUARY AT EIGHT P.M. Dr. MARGARET SCOTT DICKSON, Dundee, will speak on "BARGAINS in HEALTH." Mr. NORMAN BLACK, L.D.S., R.C.S., Broughty Ferry, will speak on "TEETH in RELATION to HEALTH." (ILLUSTRATED by LIME-LIGHT SLIDES) There will also be shown a Film by the Dental Board on "THE CARE OF THE TEETH." Also a Film by the Ministry of Health on "Dr. WISE ON INFLUENZA." CHAIR to be taken by Mrs. KINNEAR, Dundee ADMISSION IS FREE, and QUESTIONS are INVITED. NOTE- This is the first of Seven Meetings, and the Mills are being grouped. This Invitation is to the WOMEN MILLWORKERS in the following Mills in the Eastern Area:— Messrs. James Prain & Sons, Larchfield Works ; Messrs. J. N. Kyd & Co., Walton Works ; Messrs. James Robertson & Co., Logie Works ; Messrs. The Victoria Spinning Co., Queen Victoria Works ; Messrs. M. & C. Hill, West Dudhope Works ; Messrs. D. McMaster & Co., South Dudhope Works ; Messrs. Scott, Sons & Co., North Dudhope Works ; Messrs. Alex. Henderson & Sons, South Dudhope Works ; Messrs. John Sharp & Sons' Works ; Messrs. Gilroy, Sons & Co., Tay Works ; Messrs. Wm. Ferguson & Sons, Dudhope Works.'

Poster advertising health meeting for miners in Hamilton, 1926: 'Industrial Health Education Council "HEALTH IS WEALTH." MASS MEETING OF MINERS and others interested in the Mining Community IN LA SCALA PICTURE HOUSE, HAMILTON, (By kind permission of the Magistrates and the Management.) ON SUNDAY, 21ST FEBY. At 3 o'clock p.m. Dr. WILLIAM DENNESS, Bothwell, Will speak on "Miners' Sicknesses and Diseases." Dr. CHAS. READ, L.D.S., Glasgow, Will speak on "Teeth in Relation to Health, and what X-Rays reveal on Teeth Decay." There will also be shown Two Films, one by the Dental Board on "The Care of the Teeth." and one by the Ministry of Health on "Dr. Wise on Influenza." CHAIRMAN, - - WILLIAM B. SMALL, ESQ. All interested in the Mining Community invited --- including Ladies. QUESIONS AT THE CLOSE. ADMISSION FREE.'

Health is Wealth

During the 1920s the Industrial Health Education Council toured the country, holding 'Heath Meetings' for millworkers, miners & other industrial workers.

These posters and more are in our digitised sources on British healthcare, 1900-1948: warwick.ac.uk/services/lib... #HistMed

@legionofllama.bsky.social and thinking about it there are specific charity craft shops eg www.crowrecycling.co.uk/crow-recycli... in Cov but there are probably others near where you live 😀

If I didn’t similarly live in a fabric filled home I would offer for them!

I’m not sure I’d want an item of clothing or curtains made out of the coin bag but all the rest are lush!

These are beautiful 🥰

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sharing common interests Farewell to Terry Farrell and Jonathan Main, and introducing three fascinating new books

New Substack post on the deaths of Jonathan Main and Terry Farrell, and the notion of creating places that bring people together johngrindrod.substack.com/p/sharing-co...

This is both an incredibly niche thing but I think it should be more of a thing. Caffè Nero subscribes to the British Newspaper Archive so it’s all free on their wifi. There. I said it.