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⏰ 12 HOURS TO GO 👀 When the new year begins, so does #PublicDomainDay2026. At 12:00 a.m. ET, iconic books, films, and music move into the public domain—and we’ll be sharing highlights #here all night long. 🔔 Set your reminder ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...

As the sun goes down on 2025, have a safe and happy evening everyone

Traditional #BoxingDay walk to #MowCop with my Rabble! Lovely day this year, sunny, bright and a bit chilly but fabulously clear views, previous years have been wet/foggy/windy - you name it Then back to son number 1's house for warm drinks and nibbles #FamilyTime

@findmypast.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp - on a Saturday [don't ask!] Last Roundup of 2025 Nothing new at the BNA for #Cheshire this week 😔 See screenshot below with #AltText as always New Royal Navy Records at @findmypast.bsky.social but no listing on the site as yet 😔😔

Miss you Dad. Merry Christmas ❤️💔❤️

Happy Christmas to all from myself and His Prof-ship aka @natationist.bsky.social #MerryChristmas

My Advent Calendar Jigsaw - day by day 🎄🤶🎄Merry Christmas everyone 🎄🤶🎄

As one of the Few Forgotten Women Team, I'd like to add my personal thanks to everyone who has helped make our regular #ForgottenWomenFriday events such fun - see you all in 2026

#ICYMI the latest #Railway200 blog comes from the Railway Work, Life & Death project! Co-lead Mike looks at #Disability on the railways in the past, particularly amongst the workforce, as seen through the lens of the project. railway200.co.uk/celebrating-...

Repeat after me: The point of Erasmus isn't just to go to a European university for a period. It is also having European students come to institutions in the UK, where they bring their ideas, perspective, viewpoints and skills.

Day 6 of the @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social #AdventCalendar2025 It's Quiz-mas 🎅🤶 🎄🎄🎄🎄How many will you get today? 🎄🎄🎄

Here we go! Day 1 of @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #AdventCalendar for 2025 It's Quiz-mas!! Enjoy

December issue of #Cheshire Ancestor now available to download, printed copies arriving soon and marks the last issue edited by @thehistoryspy.bsky.social thank you Rosie and the whole #Ancestor team Highlights: 🚩Crytpic Festive Song Quiz 🚩History of Motoring in UK 🚩FHSC Events Diary and much more

Day 2 of @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #AdventCalendar2025 It's Quiz-mas!! See how you get on today 🎄🎄

Day 3 of @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #AdventCalendar2025 It's Quiz-mas!! Enjoy 🎄🎄

Thanks Joe, really enjoyed taking part in the Really Useful Podcast again - it's great fun

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Railway records & military additions at @findmypast.bsky.social this week 🚩𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 🚩𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 🚩𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 🚩𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫/𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 Blog 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/bar...

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp At Ancestry this week 2 new UK databases 🚩𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝟏𝟔𝟔𝟏-𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟗 🚩𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟏-𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟗 All new/updated worldwide databases in screenschot below with #AltText as always

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Nothing new for #Cheshire at the BNA this week 😒 Details of all updates in screenshots below with #AltText as usual

Giants & Witchcraft! The latest episode of Tales From Antiquaria is 1/2 on 'A Sheaf of Gleanings' from 1883. Some of the tales in this offer real insight into the magical thinking of the Shropshire folks in centuries past! talesfromantiquaria.com/episodes #folklorepodcast #shropshirefolklore

The Collections Story - Moving Methods One of the questions we’ve been asked most regularly in the run-up to our big move is: “Which records are heading to Crewe, and which are staying in Chester?” Find out more from Cheshire's archives👉 www.cheshirestoryshared.org/home/the-col...

100 year old green plaque for Alice in Wonderland illustrator Sir John Tenniel which was saved when his former Maida Vale home was demolished in 2957 has been repaired & reinstalled in West Kensington where he spent the final years of his life. 👇 www.bbc.com/news/article...

While @davidolusoga.bsky.social excellent Empire series is showing on the BBC, which includes a bit about Indian indentured labour in episode 2, I thought it was a good time to re-showcase Min Carter's video explaining her ceramic installation about indenture.

Really enjoyed being part of another #ReallyUsefulPodcast series today, with host the ever genial @joesaunders1.bsky.social and my lovely fellow @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social volunteer @chiddickstree.bsky.social We chatted all things #Cheshire and what the @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social offers researchers

We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December. To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches. Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...

The setting for my talk, 'Country Seats & Sporting Feats', at #TableyHouse this week, very grand, and some of the sporting items that were displayed from the archive to go along with the theme of my talk. Enjoyed it very much and delighted to have been asked back #FamilyHistory #SportsHistory

Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student

240 pieces of timber beam from the Brontë home at Market Street, Thornton near Bradford to be a auctioned off in framed museum quality glass at £250 each to raise funds for the restoration of the hime. The family lived there between 1815 & 1820. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm both excited and honoured to be delivering a talk at #TableyHouse next week by kind invitation of the Friends of Tabley House Country Seats and Sporting Feats, the story of sport in the Country House estate #SportsHistory #SocialHistory #FamilyHistory #Cheshire @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

NEW EPISODE: Who are our ancestors and why does it matter? Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about ancient DNA. Listen on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSAncientD...

#31DaysOfGraves #Day23 #Cross One of my favourites in my #FamilyHistory Collection Marth Allitt nee Craddock my 4xGreat Grandmother died 1860, buried in Sulgrave, #Northamptonshire designed by Thomas Cakebread & Co, Banbury There is a row of Allitt graves in Sulgrave, parents and children

The first stories from yesterday's #ForgottenWomenFriday are now available www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/the-fir... Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers, #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #UlsterHistory

5 new stories uploaded today www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/five-mo... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WomensHistory

Some stories and a new #ForgottenWomenFriday for #InternationalDayoftheGirl #DomesticServants #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #Genealogy www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/weston-...

Don't forget that there are resources on our website too. We've just added more for those researching the history of mental health and asylums #SocialHistory #MentalHealth #FamilyHistory #Genealogy www.fewforgottenwomen.com/mentalhealth

Pop along and watch/listen/read the articles we have published for #InternationalDayOfTheGirl Perhaps also think of researching in our #ForgottenWomen Everyday project on #WestonPark

#LeavingMyKitchen Twins #BabyShower cake, a gluten-free/vegan chocolate sponge, using unrefined sugar for the cake and buttercream - almost a chemistry lesson rather than a cake! Hand-made baby clothes, topped with pink and blue sprinkles, the whole cake was handpainted.

Emily Fazakerley who in 1881 had the first private telephone installed in North Wales so she could listen to the opera. 👇 BBC News - Woman installed first north Wales phone 'to listen to opera' www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Musical Box, Liverpool's oldest record shop which has been in the Quinn family for 4 generations to receive a blue plaque. 👇 BBC News - Musical Box: Liverpool's oldest record shop to get blue plaque - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If #Railway200 has sparked or rekindled your interest in #RailwayHistory, and you fancy study at Masters or PhD level - then come & study with Dr Mike Esbester at the University of Portsmouth! An expert in railway, transport & mobility history: www.port.ac.uk/about-us/str...

Good to see active @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social account. Current subscription offers #Doncaster #Cambridgeshire #Exeter - lots of reduced railway maps www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/subscription... @doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social @devonfhs.bsky.social @balhnews.bsky.social @federationfhs.bsky.social

New this week in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'. "Us and Them: Disability Ethics, Oral History and Inclusive Praxis in the Reuse of Asylum Photography", by Alana Harris and Laura Mitchison bit.ly/4gH9e0f #Skystorians 1/2

The Anderson Boat Lift, Cheshire which allows boats & barges by 50 feet from the Weaver Navigation Canal to the Trent & Mersey Canal is celebrating its 150th anniversary. 👇 BBC News - Anderton Boat Lift: Victorian engineering feat's legacy lives on - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lovely to spend time with @allthosebefore.bsky.social at the Secrets and Lies conf, another @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social volunteer and @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social member

#LeavingMyKitchen - well left my kitchen a day or two ago! 30th Anniversary cake for brother & wife Red velvet cake with vanilla/orange flavoured buttercream & handmade fondand, handpainted dog snouts peeking out from under a duvet [based on their favourite poster], bespoke topper to finish.

From the fields of Herefordshire to the trenches of France the forgotten faces of the Somme tells the story of my ancestor William Wootton and my visit to the Western Front #WW1 #Genealogy #MilitaryHistory chiddicksfamilytree.com/2025/09/21/t...

Great day yesterday at the Secrets and Lies conference, lots of lovely comments after my talk on tracing female ancestors, thank you to all who came along. Also enjoyed flying the @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social flag with @janetfew.bsky.social and @helenshields.bsky.social More of the same today

What a great talk on researching women's lives by researchdogsbody. Really well received by a packed house.

A poster offering a £500 reward for information on the murder of millowner Thomas Ashton in 1831. The murder may have inspired Mrs Gaskell's novel 'Mary Barton'. On display at Cheshire Museum of Policing, Warrington, at today's Open Day.