Think that migration from outside Europe is only a modern phenomenon? Our research sometimes throws up evidence of the presence of people of colour centuries ago, like this payment to an itinerant Yemani man by the parish of Charlton King’s in 1733.

You can read the biography of Charles Edward 'Ted' Clack (including his exploits in both World Wars) on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Clack. Over two seasons the winger made 9 appearances for the Rokerites, failing to win any. Perhaps that is why he moved to Bristol City for free in 1923.

Looking through the 1921 census for one of my @vchgloucester.bsky.social parishes, and I was intrigued to find a professional footballer amongst all the ag labs and other rural workers. Intriguingly, he was actually under contract to @safc.com whilst apparently living near Cirencester.

First #VictoriaCountyHistory group to join BSky, I believe. Lots of VCH vols on BHO: www.british-history.ac.uk/search?query... And we have many more coming over the next few years.

First post! We write histories of Gloucestershire parishes, part of the VCH project at the @ihr.bsky.social. We’ve published 13 Big Red Books covering over half the county, and our work continues in Cheltenham, Cirencester, and Sodbury. Here my furry research assistant models our most recent books 🗃️