We are looking forward to our members’ meeting on 12th November- Gary Bradshaw - the Rise and Fall of Lancaster Moir Hospital- all welcome! fb.me/e/2EseMM38s?...

We’re looking forward to our next Members’Meeting on 8th October. Dr Mike Warren on ‘the tides of Morecambe Bay’ all welcome! www.facebook.com/share/1BJdGV...

Spot on : in trying to ape Farage - Starmer is attacking civil liberties

The tyranny of the blank page as I start a new thesis chapter. At last a start has been made!

A great start last night to our 25/26 Members’ Meeting programme with Dabeoc Stanley giving a fascinating talk on ‘smuggling in the north west’. Great to see so many members and friends at Rowley Court! See you next time on 8th October for Dr Mike Warren on ‘the tides of Morecambe Bay’.

Travel can be so stressful! Travel to Euston. Train late so will miss connection and arrive an hour late. Avanti guard won’t authorise me to stay on this train so had to buy a new ticket for £50 ! What a complete mess and rip off!

Just about to take off but held on ground. London airspace frozen - apparently a total radar failure- could be a long one!

Delighted to help Lancaster BID to brighten up our City! The donation came from a grant from Northern Rail. The money is being used to fund our contractors, Ashlea, to supply additional plants to brighten up the city centre.

My University is planning to cram 130 humanities/arts PGRs with their own desks into this office which has desks for 30 and which has multiple outstanding H&S defects. We are told it’s all about building community. Yeah right!

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert tells studio audience CBS is canceling 'The Late Show,' to end in May 2026.

@catholicrs.bsky.social thanks for a great conference this week! Although I only made the one day, enjoyed the high quality papers immensely!

Not a bad view from my bedroom window in Leeds! #headingley

Noooo!

Sworn in as a Freewoman of the @cityoflancaster.bsky.social ! Now I can graze my sheep and pay Scot and lot, (ask a historian!)

Thank you Megan! I’ve loved it!

Now #SHSConf2025 is done my term as PGR rep on the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social committee is over. It’s been great working with such talented people especially @louisebell.bsky.social. Good luck Louise and my successor for the future!

Andrew Walmsley presenting his incredible research on the St Anne’s lifeboat memorial to the Mexico disaster #SHSConf2025 @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social

Wonderful to be able to enjoy @toshwarwick.bsky.social and Vanessa Toulmin’s paper on the Morecambe Winter Gardens ! #SHSConf2025 @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social @lancastercivicvisn.bsky.social

@sonsoleshb.bsky.social just the best slide of the conference to finish a brilliant paper on Cafe del Mar and Chill in Ibiza #SHSConf2025 @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social

Super paper from @louisebell.bsky.social on the experiences of limbless ex-servicemen #SHSConf2025 @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social

@claireplmartin.bsky.social giving her fascinating paper on Women’s experiences of sexual health in Britain 1960-80 #SHSConf2025 @socialhistsoc.bsky.social

@socialhistsoc.bsky.social #SHSConf2025 panel in action with superb researchers @jamesepeate.bsky.social & Lucy Cann! Thanks @louisebell.bsky.social for the pic!

@socialhistsoc.bsky.social such a cool place to present my PhD research ! @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social

Have you done some fun work with museums/archives/cultural spaces (anything beyond the academy, essentially) and want to tell people about it? Please do consider writing something for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social’s Community Exchange blog! #SHSConf2025

Where did I put that slide?

@l-h-p-c.bsky.social Alex Pomeroy delivers our last paper at what has been a superb conference!

Looking forward to our July Members’ meeting! All welcome fb.me/e/6HgJh9oiA?... 9July 7.30pm

Thank you!

Great to have the opportunity to present at @l-h-p-c.bsky.social this year!

@l-h-p-c.bsky.social Ed More giving his fascinating paper this morning

Jason Harrison giving his paper on The Wild Highlander’ at @l-h-p-c.bsky.social

Jude Rowley introducing our keynote @l-h-p-c.bsky.social ! Looking forward to a great conference!

A blow. Voted off the committee for a society that I’ve put effort into and organised future events. By someone who’s done nothing. A sickener. Why?

📣The SHS extends its warm thanks to Professor Phillipp Schofield, outgoing President of the Economic History Society, for his outstanding service as the Economic History Society representative on the Social History Society Committee. Read more below👇 socialhistory.org.uk/2025/05/13/f...

This exciting fee waiver PhD may be of interest to members of @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social @chppc.bsky.social @thesahgb.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social @bho.bsky.social. Please re-post to spread the word, full details below 👇, thank you! #skystorians

We are pleased to be part of Lancaster Day on 12th June organised by Lancaster BID & Lancaster City Council Come join our walking tour of the architecture of Castle Hill meeting at the Covell Cross at 2pm.

After being glued to the Giro for 3 weeks just a week to regroup and then it’s the Dauphine from Sunday!

Coming up on 11 June our AGM and Planning and Development update from Mark Cassidy of Lancaster City Council www.facebook.com/share/1AiLSJ...

Today!

Come and join myself and Amy tomorrow afternoon for a chat about all things PGR and @socialhistsoc.bsky.social! Check the newsletter or get in touch for the Zoom link!

Looking forward to our @socialhistsoc.bsky.social PGR drop in tomorrow- link in the newsletter!

Passed my confirmation and I’m now officially a ‘PhD candidate’!

Protest for trans rights in Lancaster! Amazing turnout!

I was featured on Bloomsbury Radio discussing my research. Now out as a podcast - I’m about 25 mins in open.spotify.com/episode/5GNy...

Wishing everyone a wonderful Ed Balls day! Enjoy the celebrations!

A litter pick organised by Lancaster Civic Vision on Sunday morning cleared a huge amount of rubbish from the area of the Windy Hill Carpark. 2 volunteers spent 2 hours clearing, bagging and taking away rubbish from the area. More litter picks soon - watch this space, volunteers always welcome!

Our next members’ meeting 14th May with Shawn Corkerry - War Graves in Lancaster Cemetery- all welcome! www.facebook.com/share/16DBmd...

I am increasingly disappointed that the concerns of the #LGBTQ+ community over what the Supreme Court judgement means for them are not yet being addressed. I have written to the Government asking them to make clear how trans and non binary rights will be protected.

These had been tough days. Just as they would be when your basic rights have been stripped away and the legal protections you had are made worthless. Many people have reached out and stood up. Thank you everyone for your love and support. Dark days but you bring light and human decency.

A grim day for everyone in our community. It goes to show that our hard-won rights are vulnerable to attack and can never be taken for granted. It feels crushing right now. The law is an ass that’s for sure and I doubt this is the end but merely a stage along the way.