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Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · 3d

She looks sad - not surprising. Stunning object.

@whitbynats.bsky.social and @whitbymuseum.bsky.social

Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · 5d

Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social · 5d

Pictured: the Clifton Street Mineral Water Company Staff, #Scarborough, 1911

Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the Scarborough Atlas, created by @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social

See more www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...

#History #BritishHistory #Yorkshire #GLAM #EdwardianHistory

Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe | Archaeology | National Museum of Ireland

Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · 7d

'Words on the Wave' exhibition was wonderful! Definitely worth a visit-3 weeks left. Short, 4 day visit to Belfast and Dublin. I'll be going back next year to see more. Ferries, buses, trains running on time, too. Makes a change. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Discover how science, art, archaeology and the study of script help reveal the links between Ireland and Europe

www.museum.ie

Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · 19d

Tempted to get my knitting needles out! So beautifully wound into this ball.

Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 19d

The condition of fabrics from pile dwelling and wetland settlements is amazing. This charred ball of thread was found at the site of Marin-Epagnier/Préfargier. It was made of hemp or lime fibres, and dates about 3900 to 3300 BC. The thread measures a total of about 10 m in length.

📷 Laténium

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A dark, almost black ball of tightly wound thread.
The thread is densely packed, creating a l complex interwoven texture.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 22d

There is another country. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog discussing the thuggery, sanctimony and hypocrisy of the last fortnight, and how Starmer should lead in articulating an alternative version of patriotism to that of the far-right: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/ther...

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Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations on your win - beautiful knitting! Local wool? Colours look hand-dyed.

Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · Sep 11

Not quite Whitby but nearby @whitbynats.bsky.social

Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · Sep 11

The doorway to the passage from Shambles to the market at 37 Shambles, York for #ADoorableThursday. Drawn on site & then coloured in and taken apart with a pencil later.

#ArchitecturalIllustration
#drawing #sketchbook
#ArtYear

Watercolour sketch of a doorway of a timber framed building. To the right an exploded view of the components of the doorway.

Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · Sep 9

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bbirds.bsky.social @bbirds.bsky.social · Sep 9

Autumn green carpet, Botton @teesbirds.bsky.social

Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · Sep 7

@whitbybotanist.bsky.social would that interest you and @whitbynats.bsky.social

Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · Sep 7

Has anyone started a #wildflowerhour for the USA? The UK one is wonderful to see.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social @botanybeck.bsky.social
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Two-tone yellow flowers of common toadflax at Weir farm National Historic Site, Connecticut. Photo taken from above. The background is green leaves and some brown stalks.

Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thanks for this new way of approaching your analysis of this evolving tale. As ever an important read, even if depressing.

Oldest Vessel of the World — the Pesse Canoe

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Frisia Coast Trail @frisiacoasttrail.bsky.social · Sep 5

World's oldest boat

The Pesse Canoe. The world’s oldest known water vessel was discovered near the village of Pesse in the Dutch province of Drenthe. Dated to between 8040 and 7510 BC, it predates even the great cradl…

frisiacoasttrail.blog

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Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Future of UK Treescapes @uktreescapes.bsky.social · Sep 4

Expanding treescapes needs community buy in. What's the best way of achieving this? One of our projects found that storytelling and citizen mapping was the best way, and both of these achieved different, beneficial results.

Here's what they found 👇. You can read more on this link: buff.ly/ZaOsN0u

Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · Sep 2

Haven't got long to get this presentation finished! How to keep it to an hour?

Poster advertising a talk on Remembering St Hilda from the 7th to the 21st century in Whitby on Monday 8 September at the Coliseum. It's got a picture of St Hilda's well in Hinderwell and one of the window in St Hilda's church West Cliff.

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Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thanks!

Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thanks for that! I shall read it before I continue writing my notes for a talk on Remembering St Hilda from the 7th to 21st century. I was dreading talking about the 19th-century revival and 'celtic' v Roman synod of Whitby.

Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · Sep 2

Did Mr Dillon have a sense of humour or was he making fun of the good people of York?

Reclaiming the Medieval Saami Past

Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · Aug 27

Yesterday's walk with York PhD student David Stapley looking at Hollow Ways, Bronze Age barrows, (medieval?) standing crosses and (old) cross roads around Danby Beacon. 18 @whitbynats.bsky.social members, 3 couldn't make it. We saw the smoke from the Fylingdales fire.

Introduction to Danby beacon hollows ways and relationship of Bronze Age round barrows.

Smoke rising from Fylingdales moor fire in the far distance. Burnt heather to create fire break in foreground

Stump Cross and Club members listening to David.

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Aug 21

From traders to magicians and allies, the Saami appear across medieval Nordic sagas.

Solveig Marie Wang explores how these stories reveal an Indigenous presence at the centre of the Middle Ages — and why remembering it matters today.

Explore Saami history and its representation in medieval sources, challenging the myth of a purely White Middle Ages.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · Aug 19

@whitbymuseum.bsky.social will be interested in your biography project, and so will I.

Kat Long @katlong.bsky.social · Aug 19

Sadly, yet more evidence that the #Svalbard ice of just 200 years ago is gone. William Scoresby Jr, subject of my biography project, described in 1820 glacier fronts 200 meters high where they meet the sea. When I saw the same #glaciers in 2023 they didn’t even reach the shoreline.

Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · Aug 17

Thanks for sharing. Nice to read a good news story @hannahbooth.bsky.social

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Paul Montgomery @stonefishweirs.bsky.social · Aug 16

One of the earliest examples we have in the region of #Canada from the archaeological record is a wood #fishweir is the known as the Mnjikaning Fish Weirs in #LakeSimcoe in #Ontario, which have been carbon dated to 5,000 years ago. 1/8

Mnjikaning Fish Weirs National Historic Site of Canada
https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=341

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Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · Aug 15

Congratulations! Sounds fantastic. And Bamberg - what a place to be!

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Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Neil Simms @rns55.bsky.social · Aug 15

Dolphins off Cowbar and Staithes harbour this morning. Linnet flocks building up nicely too @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @teeswildlife.bsky.social #birds