Opening dates for the Visitor Centre @fownc1837.bsky.social for September.

Tonight's "Fake or Fortune?" on BBC1 revisited the portrait of Dido Belle and Lady Elizabeth Murray. Dido Belle featured in @fownc1837.bsky.social Newsletter 110 (May 2024) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

The programme of events for next month's London Open House is available at programme.openhouse.org.uk/calendar

@fownc1837.bsky.social hosted a walking tour for the Friends of Woodbury Park Cemetery (Tunbridge Wells). The group were particularly interested in seeing some of the NLHF projects including the new Visitor Centre and St Stephen's Chapel.

Please note tomorrow's guided walk @fownc1837.bsky.social has been cancelled due to the weather forecast (thunderstorms & heavy rain).

‪Guided tour of @fownc1837.bsky.social this Saturday at 2.30pm. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-to...?

‪Guided tour of @fownc1837.bsky.social featuring the language of gravestones and tales of murder, mayhem and mistaken identities. This Sunday at 11am. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/monuments-...

Guided tour of @fownc1837.bsky.social Established in 1837, West Norwood Cemetery was the second of London's Magnificent Seven cemeteries. This Sunday at 2.30pm. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-to...?

We are crowdfunding to raise money to restore our Calvary #War #Memorial, originally completed in 1919. The calvary is now structurally unsafe and therefore surrounded by scaffolding to protect it. #milhist #church #london #EarlsCourt www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/restore-ou...

A walking tour of @fownc1837.bsky.social to delve into aspects of Black British History stretching far beyond the arrival of Empire Windrush. This Sunday at 2pm. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/windrush-d...

Similarly there is a digital tour of the catacombs @fownc1837.bsky.social sketchfab.com/3d-models/we...

A digital tour of the restored St Stephen's Chapel @fownc1837.bsky.social is available here sketchfab.com/3d-models/we...

Another chance to join two military themed walks @fownc1837.bsky.social on 7 June. These tours cover some of the Fallen from WW1 (starting at 2pm) and WW2 (starting at 10.30am). Further details & how to book places see www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/friends-of...

More celebrations @fownc1837.bsky.social this Saturday. #lambeth #NationalLottery #HeritageFund

A couple of photos of the inside of St Stephen's Chapel this afternoon @fownc1837.bsky.social #lambeth

Authentic coffin tickets are here, along with the original source. www.birmingham.gov.uk/directory_re...

Appeared earlier today, although the recording was done a while back. The image used for the coffin ticket is not authentic. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Following the official opening of the restored St Stephen's Mortuary Chapel this afternoon, the chapel will be open from 11am to 3pm this weekend @fownc1837.bsky.social #NationalLottery #HeritageFund

South Western Railway’s services will be he first to transfer to public ownership under Labour. www.gov.uk/government/s...

You can now explore my new massive #photogrammetry capture of West Norwood Cemetery Catacombs. With thanks to Kim Hart and Colin Fenn for assistance. 3D: skfb.ly/pwYtS

New light on four wooden staffs and four clay trays found in Tutankhamun's tomb. archaeologymag.com/2025/03/king...

Remembering Mrs Jeannette Pickersgill who was the first person to be cremated at Woking #OTD in 1885. I attended a special event at Kensal Green on Sunday where the replacement casket for her ashes was on display prior to being placed in the catacombs this week. #cremation #woking

www.instagram.com/lambetharchi... This exhibition includes reference to Paul Cinquevalli (1859-1918), acrobat and juggler @fownc1837.bsky.social

A chance to join two military guided walks on 10 May @fownc1837.bsky.social during War Graves Week. These tours commemorate some of the fallen of WW1 and WW2. Book through www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/friends-of...

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/re-thinkin... one of several such walks taking place across London this weekend.

Today's #photogrammetry location with thanks to Kim Hart, Colin Fenn and West Norwood Cemetery. Watch this space to see the results.

The London Archives exhibition The Lost City, has a display of Victorian dolls owned by Annie Horatia Jones (1876-1969), the daughter of Sir Horace Jones (1819-1887), the architect of @towerbridge1894.bsky.social @fownc1837.bsky.social See www.thelondonarchives.org/blog/the-vic... for more

This is my first post on Bluesky which I'll be using in preference to X from now on.