Former winding gear from Bold Colliery, #StHelens, now forming a rather grand bridge features across a stream behind the miners' welfare institute playing fields. Once visible from far afield, the sight of the wheel still evokes strong memories. #CoalMining #IndustrialHeritage 📷 my own

BBC coverage of research using Northampton General Hospital's archive: Child hospital care dates from 18th Century: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The study itself is #OpenAccess: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #History #MedicalHistory

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp @thegenealogist.bsky.social have reached #Sussex with the Lloyd George Domesday Land Records News release 👉 www.thegenealogist.co.uk/news/ and the connected blog Rudyard Kipling:The Man Behind the Stories 👉 www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarti...

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Nothing new either UK or worldwide at Ancestry this week 😢 Hope they are gearing up for something special!

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Nothing new records wise at @findmypast.bsky.social this week, but both FMP and the BNA have the newly digitised 𝐓𝐕 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 - with over 72,000 pages spanning 1955-1980 Link to the FMP blog for more details 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/tv-...

National Ploughing Championships, 16th century style! From Sebastian Munster's 'Cosmographiae Universalis', printed in 1554.

Light Before Christmas returns to Liverpool Cathedral www.birkenhead.news/light-before...

Sculpture unveiled paying homage to 42 men & boys coal miners who died in Neston Collieries based in Neston & Little Ness, #Cheshire between 1759 & 1927. Link 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Latest Lost Cousins newsletter Link 👉 www.lostcousins.com/newsletters2...

#DelamereForest #Cheshire #FutureForests www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJs3...

Yet another Congleton Edge #cheshire #landscape #digitalart #art

Looking forward to our Zoom talk tonight at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐥’𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 with Diane Duffy:Trustee at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House and Chair of the Gaskell Society #Cheshire

Concern for silver birch trees at Malmesbury, Wiltshire where King Athelstan statue may be erected. 👇 BBC News - Concern for trees amid King Athelstan statue plan in Malmesbury - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social 2 x Discussion Groups [MAC users & Family Historian 3 x Helpdesks - #Chester #Tameside #Wallasey 1 x Zoom talk 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐥’𝐬 #𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐲 Registration required 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/.../313-fhsc.... How to join FHSC 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk

Current research in the Victorian Commons office: the Shropshire borough of Wenlock, home to the Wenlock Olympian Games, founded in 1850. It had a very unusual constituency boundary.

@findmypast.bsky.social - the links on your latest Friday records open to - World records in World Not the Great London marriage or burial index

Delighted to have been part of this @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy 'On the Record' podcast, for #Railway200! With @jessamycarlson.bsky.social & James Cronan (both of TNA), we discuss strikes, travel ... & yes, accidents, to look at railway people! www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp New at Ancestry this week for UK/Ireland 🚩𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 🚩𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐱 🚩𝐅𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬 Full details of all updates in screenshot with #AltText as usual

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp At @findmypast.bsky.social this week, additions from Greater #London area, spanning 300 years 🚩𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐱 112,585 new records 🚩𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐱 203,530 new additions. Link to blog 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/mar...

Today’s Guardian article on multi-isotope evidence for feasting at the Bronze Age/Iron Age transition is still interesting even though it’s based on a 2023 paper by Richard Madgwick, Carmen Esposito & @angelalamb.bsky.social 🧵1/2 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Interesting new database on #Ancestry 𝐔𝐊 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐅𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟗-𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟓 portraits of prisoners of war drawn by British Army Chaplain Fred Stallard while he was held prisoner of war by the Japanese during WWII Direct link 👉 www.ancestry.co.uk/search/colle...

Whether as ‘Gloriana’ or ‘Good Queen Bess’ #ElizabethI is one of England’s most iconic monarchs, but did her gender shape her reign? ⌛️ Last chance to read September’s Head to Head for free www.historytoday.com/archive/head...

Looking forward to this morning's presentation to Museums of Cheshire. We'll be discussing the Railway Work, Life & Death project & how it can support plans for heritage, interpretation & engagement work in #Cheshire!

Will you be one of our volunteers? #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WomensHistiry #SocialHistory #UlsterHistory www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/forgott...

Archaeologists find remains of Isaac Newton's mother's 17th-century house | Fox News share.google/6AoH8ZRhzdbz...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) founded in 1918 as the Firemen's Trade Union began as a body based around the London area, but soon expanded to include provincial brigades. #EmergencyServicesDay Copies of the FBU journal 'Firefighter' can be viewed here: cdm21047.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social 2 x F2F meetings: #𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐩 have a talk on #Knutsford Prison #𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐞 & 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐩 will be hearing all about Foden's Ladies Football Club Helpdesks this week at #Chester and #Wallasey Full details 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events.html

Sentry Duty for #Scape, #ClassicMono and #BWFri #EastCoastKin #landscape #ColorADay #photography #castle #BeestonCastle #Cheshire #doorway #monochrome #blackandwhite (Android phone camera)

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp @thegenealogist.bsky.social have released a major new database of 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 which spans publications from 1890 to 1952 Full details here 👉 www.thegenealogist.co.uk/news/ Blog based on the database here 👉 www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarti...

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp At the #BNA this week there have been a lot of new and updated #Shropshire titles from - #BishopsCastle #Bridgnorth #Clun #Ludlow #MarketDrayton #Newport#Oswestry #Shrewsbury #Wenlock #Wellington Full list in screenshots below with #AltText as usual

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Nothing new UK/Ireland wise this week at #Ancestry Full details of worldwide updates in screenshot with #AltText as always

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundup All about #Somerset this week at @findmypast.bsky.social 🚩𝐁𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐬: 10,440 new records 🚩𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬: 8,472 new additions 🚩𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬: 7,811 new records Link to blog with full details 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/new...

TURNING THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN Part 1 of the story of Chester during the English Civil War is out now on PASTFINDER. To watch use the link below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCJW... #englishcivilwar #chester #cheshire #history #youtube #britishwars #17thcentury #chesterhistory #1640s #exploring

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY, 2025 The date of our annual History Day #Conference will be Saturday October 11th, 2025 at Tarporley Community Centre (CW6 0AY). Tickets now available, please see our website in the bio! Looking forward to a great day of presentations about #Transport in #Cheshire #LocalHistory

Engraving by Charles Tunnicliffe, c1952 This wonderful #engraving of a #horse pulling a coalman's cart by the very talented Charles F Tunnicliffe RA (1901-1979) is one of my favourites. His pictures are very high quality, many inspired by his life in #Cheshire #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack

Cadw Open Doors month will also see a number of churches around the island opening their doors for visitors. See the list at cadw.gov.wales/visit/whats-...

Another brilliant blog post by Paul I heard about the trip while volunteering with Paul at the @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social research centre Well worth a read

Free heritage open days! #history www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/deals-...

Researching #Shropshire Ancestors? Lots of updates to titles from the county at the BNA & newspapers at @findmypast.bsky.social today including #𝐎𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 #𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐠𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞s 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥

1st of the month and our usual/handy list of free to attend Zoom meetings from various organisations Link 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/free-events-...

The first Old Front Line #podcast Bulletin went out today - it’s a free newsletter published every two weeks. Subscribe for free here: mailchi.mp/cf62f401e843...

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social Tue 10-12 noon 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 Tue 2-4pm 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞; 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 Wed #𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐩: 𝐅𝟐𝐅 Brick Walls Fri 10am-1pm 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 Details of our events 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events.html

Mother and baby home archives to become digitised - BBC News share.google/7KlsOU7dNhCT...

The gravestone of Mary Wood and siblings at Honley churchyard (full transcription in ALT). huddersfield.exposed/s/76956 flickr.com/photos/93416... "Young maidens all who pass this way, Read and reflect on what I say; Though I am dead, this stone's my tongue, To tell the world my grief and wrong..."

#ResearchBuddies day at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social Still time to register to join us this afternoon where we will be discussing all things #Poynton and #Prestbury Link to register/find out more 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events/resea...

Breaking news! FamilySearch.org has transitioned the Full Text AI search from the labs into the search tab! Users still need to verify the #AI generated transcription. #CRAIGEN #artificalintelligence #genealogy #FamilySearch #accuracy www.familysearch.org/en/search/fu...

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Nothing new for #Cheshire this week at the BNA but two titles that might be of interest 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬: 1878, 1882 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐡 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞; 1953, 1960-1964 List of the week's updates in the screen shots below with Alt Text as usual

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp New at #Ancestry this week 🚩𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐨, 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟐-𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟖 🚩 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐦, 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟑-𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟐 Full details of all updates in screenshot below with Alt Text as usual

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Uncover stories of service overseas at @findmypast.bsky.social this week 🚩𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬/𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 & 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 Also 95,472 images to the browse-only set of BMDs in this dataset Link to blog 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/bri...

I'm very pleased to share news of a new project I am leading at The National Archives. PASSAGE combines archival research on the transatlantic trade of enslaved people with an international programme that centres the research of West African & Caribbean scholars. Read more here: shorturl.at/XLyC8