Social History — Heritage and History

Tall tales wanted for Park project

February 5, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Legends, tall stories and old myths are in demand for a special project aimed at entertaining visitors to the Yorkshire Dales National … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Social History Tagged With: Bartle, Campsite, Dales National Park, Disused Church, Effigy, Feast, Ian Scott Massie, Local Village, Locality, Myths And Legends, Tall Stories, Tall Tales, Trollers Gill, Wensleydale, West Witton, Year 2013, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority

More than 700,000 National Trust items go online

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December 28, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

The Palladian style Doll's House c1735-40 at Uppark, West Sussex. Pic NT

From great works of art by Gainsborough to the ordinary cotton underpants of a Midlands grocer, details of over 700,000 objects in the care of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Social History Tagged With: Agatha Christie, Artistic Treasures, beatrix potter, Bernard Shaw, Bizarre Objects, Castle Ward, Chastleton, Ellen Terry, George Bernard Shaw, Laudanum, National Inventory, Nostell Priory, Personal Collections, Research Catalogue, Rudyard Kipling, Sedan Chair, Sewing Machine, Smallhythe Place, Staff Volunteers, Stately Houses, Uppark, Winston Churchill

Space invader mosaic – Newcastle

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November 8, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

This Space Invader mosaic in Newcastle is one of three in the city

Positioned high above the bustling crowds in Newcastle upon Tyne are colourful space invader mosaics which often go unnoticed by visitors or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Social History Tagged With: Art Exhibition, Art Installation, Bigg Market Newcastle, Central Bus Station, China Town, Computer Game, Crowds, Dean St, Eldon, Electrical Repair, Flour Mill, French Artist, Heartbreak Soup, High Bridge, Mombassa, Mosaic, Mosaics, Newcastle Quayside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland Street, Old Entrance, Outline Feature, Paris New York, Pilgrim Street, Police Station, Pudding Chare, Repair Business, Sage Gateshead, Sao Paulo Brazil, Space Invader, Space Invaders, Stone Bridge, Union Flag, Worldwide Series, Yellow Tiles

History of the Jack O’ Lantern

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October 25, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Jack-o'-lanterns are traditionally carved from Rutabaga (swede) or pumpkin and are often associated with Halloween. The tradition of lantern … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Social History Tagged With: 31st October, British Immigrants, Burning Ember, Colloquial Term, Fatuus, Flickering Lights, Hallows Eve, Jack O Lantern, Jack O Lanterns, Jack Of The Lantern, Lantern Jack, Mangelwurzel, Night Watchman, Pagan Belief, Peat Bogs, Rutabaga, Samhain, Stingy Jack, Swede, Will O The Wisp

Pumpkin Carving

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October 25, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Carving a pumpkin lantern or Jack-o-lantern is a tradition at Halloween, designed to scare away spirits, ghosts and ghouls. We have created a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Social History Tagged With: Bowls, Carving A Pumpkin, Carving Pumpkin, Cms, Extra Care, Flesh, Ghosts And Ghouls, Halloween Pumpkin, Holes, Information History, Jack O Lantern, Jack O Lantern Pumpkin, Lit Candle, Pencil, Prick, Pumpkin Carving, Ray Villafane, Roast Pumpkin Seeds, Scary Face, Scoop, Sharp Knife, Spoon, String Tie, Tea Light Candle

Footnote.com-digitised US records

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May 14, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Footnote.com has a database of over 70 million digitised historical images. Footnote helps you find and share historic documents. Bringing you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Social History Tagged With: 5 Million, Ancestry Com, Archive Content, Digital Archive, Family Historians, Footnote, Historical Images, History Buffs, Iarchives, Library Of Congress, Life History, Management Team, Microfiche Collections, Microfilm And Microfiche, Military Historians, National Archives, Original Source, Passions, Proprietary Systems, Source Documents

Museum opens in Northumberland railway station

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May 10, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

The Garden Station now features a micro-museum Pic Mike Winstanley

The local heritage of a Northumbrian village can now be told, following the opening of a micro-museum. Contained within a restored Victorian … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Social History, Transport Tagged With: Allendale, Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Economic Prosperity, Flue, Grants Scheme, Group Effort, Haydon Bridge, Hexham, History Room, Innovative Project, Langley, Local Knowledge, Micro Museum, North Pennines, North Pennines Area, Northumberland, Project Ideas, Restaurateur, Room Shares, S Industrial, Simon Wilson, Staff Unit, Victorian Railway Station, Winstanley

Ceramic tiles in Carlisle create flood defence artwork

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March 12, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

One of the 40 art tiles installed in Carlisle

Ceramic tiles have been designed into the new Carlisle flood defences as part of an art project . The tiles, over 40 in total, are positioned … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Social History Tagged With: Alan Dawson, Alison White, Art Project, Art Tiles, Ceramic Tiles, Coloured Enamel, David Boyd, Environment Agency, Flood Alleviation, Flood Defence, Flood Defences, Flood Rescue, Floodwalls, Holme, Local Artists, New Carlisle, New Riverside, Paul Taylor, Riverside Trail, S Industrial, Sedbergh, Vantage Points, Warwick Road

Medical instruments go on display in Worcester

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January 30, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Artists impressions of the new museum. Pic Simon Fenn Museum and Exhibition Design

A new permanent exhibition, celebrating the history of medicine, is being created in a ward of the former Worcester Royal Infirmary. Extensive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News in brief, Social History Tagged With: Artefacts, Bma, Boardroom, British Medical Association, Charles Hastings, Curator, Exhibition Design, Exhibition Visitors, Fenn, George Marshall, Heritage Lottery Fund, History Of Medicine, Impressions, Medical Equipment, Medical Instruments, Medical Issues, Medical Museum, Old Postcards, Rare Books, Renovations, Sir Charles, Stem Cell Research, Worcester Royal Infirmary, Wri

Hallmuir Ukrainian POW Chapel

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September 27, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Hallmuir Ukrainian POW chapel survives as a living memorial to over 400 Ukrainian prisoners of World War II. The Hallmuir Prisoner of War Camp … [Read more...]