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Claire Richardson

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PhD candidate at ARU Cambridge studying the Norman Cross PoW material culture at Peterborough Museum. Author of Exploring the Lives of Victorian Prostitutes. Member of Peterborough Women’s History Group #ME/CFS

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Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · Nov 10

Hello to my new followers! I’ve just started a PhD at ARU looking at the #NormanCross collection at Peterborough Museum. The collection contains over 800 objects made by (or relating to) #Napoleonic PoWs and made from bone, straw, wood etc. There are guillotines, ships, dominoes, boxes & much more!

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London Topographical Society @londontopsoc.bsky.social · 7h

We have just joined BlueSky! Since our foundation in 1880, we have reproduced an unrivalled selection of historic maps, plans and views of London. We also publish books and monographs containing original research. See more of what we have to offer at: londontopsoc.org

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Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 26m

This is fantastic! I’ve been trying to decide if the Norman Cross prisoners were able to dye their own paper, straw and ribbons and experiences like this want to make me have a go myself 😍

Sara Charles @saracharles.bsky.social · 3h

Homegrown madder pigment. It's wonderful to create medieval pigment from something grown in your garden #bookhistory #medievalpigments #medievalsky

Dried madder roots in a bowl on some scales

Madder pigment being mulled on a glass slab

Madder pigment surrounded by examples of dried paint on paper and parchment

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Sara Charles @saracharles.bsky.social · 3h

Homegrown madder pigment. It's wonderful to create medieval pigment from something grown in your garden #bookhistory #medievalpigments #medievalsky

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Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 34m

Superb! 👏🏻

Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 6h

His winning technique appears to be levitation!

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Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 10h

What you can see here is current work on a unique building in Deeping St James. It has/had a thatched cat slide roof, typical of fenland architecture and featured a wonderful A-shaped cruck gable end. Not listed: was my fear when it was sold recently. I hope they’re working with professionals 😢

Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 10h

My version has a grovelling apology!

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Vikki @vikki-emma.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves – Day 11 – Military

Probably the most well known military grave in Broadway Cemetery is to Thomas Hunter, ‘the lonely ANZAC.’ He is believed to be the first Anzac to die on British soil.

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Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 1d

Superb haul of books found in my local antiques shop. 1st edition Pevsner and a 1911 version of Lavengro (which has some amazing Norman Cross references)

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The Cromwell Museum @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

Our October temporary exhibit showcases new acquisitions to our collections, including a 1660 account of the trial of the regicides, the Ireton family's Bible and this curious 1643 map of Huntingdonshire - complete with distances! More details at: www.cromwellmuseum.org/events/new-a...

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Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 1d

It is a great name for a cheese. I’m sure Stilton Strumpet would sell very well

Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, it’s only ever been sold there. It can only be made in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, which always seems funny

Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 2d

Not that I could see, although who knows what the strumpet was doing! 😂

Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 2d

I have spent a lovely day skipping through the online records for the little village of Stilton at the turn of the 19th century. Discovered loads of soldiers getting married and having babies (not necessarily legitimate ones) and potentially a Stilton strumpet!

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Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve got areas I’ve never had before that don’t relate to any people in my family tree, so it’s a little concerning 🤔

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Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 2d

It’s been updated! Rather a lot of issues with the new regions, not least because I’ve lost my Viking heritage. Will spend this evening having a proper look. I hope yours is good

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Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 2d

I shall log on and check!

Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 2d

Have they updated it for everyone?

Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 2d

Yes! Anything like that is always Tiddy Mun

Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 2d

Well it is Tiddy Mun territory, so you need to give the impression you’re a little bit scary

Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 2d

They are sadly going to block the view in the future, but for now they are delightful!

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 3d

This collaborative PhD project with the LSE and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on Planting Decolonization: Plantation Science and Empire in the Twentieth Century, sounds amazing.

I’m sure many of you might be interested.

#STS #HPS #HistSci

www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

www.lse.ac.uk

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Claire Richardson @clairehistory.bsky.social · 3d

The Lincolnshire fens in autumn looking east over Cross Drain and Cradge Bank

The upper half of the image is a layer of white cloud with blue breaking through. The lower half is a concertina of land with distant trees and pale fields with faded wildflowers and a few newly planted saplings with red and orange leaves

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 4d

☀️ A pioneering new space weather forecasting modelling suite will enable operational modelling of the upper atmosphere at the Met Office for the first time in a major breakthrough for UK atmospheric science.

Find out what this means below, or check this short thread 👇

New space weather modelling suite enables upper atmosphere forecasting for the first time

A pioneering new space weather forecasting modelling suite will enable operational modelling of the upper atmosphere at the Met Office for the first time in a major breakthrough for UK atmospheric sci...

www.metoffice.gov.uk

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4d

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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