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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 22h

Cast your vote in our Annual General Meeting before midnight on 31 Oct: buff.ly/aczpS66

You can help shape the Trust now and for generations to come so that we remain a place for everyone, for ever.

A photo of a young boy in a blue waterproof coat looking up through a pair of binoculars at something unseen in the surrounding woodland scene. Text overlay reads: "have you cast your vote yet? Make your voice count in this year's AGM"

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 1d

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stuartmaconie.bsky.social @stuartmaconie.bsky.social · 2d

I know Handsworth well. I love it. The Soho Road is one of the most vibrant streets in the world. I was attached to the library there for a writing project last year and I wrote a whole chunk about it in my book Hope And Glory. Read it if you get a chance

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 2d

Ah yes - the old Bull Ring... mind you good old Brummagem would not be good old Brummagem if it wasn't incessantly knocking bits down and building new bits!

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 2d

Awful news from Wales, the St Fagan's Museum has been broken into and prehistoric goldwork has been taken. Its painful to think what objects might now be at risk. Thoughts with the museum team who must be devastated, all speed to the police and a curse on the crooks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem

Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 2d

Rude

Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 2d

We are here in Birmingham today. Can't say I like the place.

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Digital Curation Centre @digitalcuration.bsky.social · 3d

🚀 Win a ticket to #IDCC26 by joining the Angus the Data Puffin competition!

📷 Snap a creative photo with a Angus or a puffin of your choice
🗨️ Tell us why you want to attend, and use #IDCC26.
📅 Post from now until 30 Nov!
Details👉https://dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc26/angus-the-data-puffin-competition

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Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 3d

If you weren't able to join the #ArchivesAccreditn launch webinar, you can see the updated standard, guidance and application form online*: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Guidance - Archives sector

Find out more about the Archive Service Accreditation standard and read supporting guidance.

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 3d

Knickers at half mast today everyone, for Jilly Cooper x

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 3d

That was great - all straightforward and thankfully nothing unexpected! You were all marvellous 😁

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 3d

Great shout out to @archiveswm.bsky.social for developing their EDIB-SAT tool for measuring EDI practice in Archive Services which is now a core part of the new Accreditation Standard 🌟

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 3d

Jilly Cooper is lovely.

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Mark Crail @markcrail.bsky.social · 3d

Thomas Attwood, founder of the Birmingham Political Union and leader of the 1832 Reform Bill agitation who presented the first Chartist petition to Parliament, was born #OnThisDay 6 October 1783.
www.chartistancestors.co.uk/thomas-attwo...

Thomas Attwood 1783 - 1856 - chartist ancestors

Thomas Attwood was the founder of the Birmingham Political Union, a campaigner for the 1832 Reform Act who was involved in the early stages of Chartism

www.chartistancestors.co.uk

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 3d

Same

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 4d

We offer #bursaries up to £900 for PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research in the field of labour history to fund essential archive or library research. Find out more sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...

Bursaries

The Society for the Study of Labour History offers financial support to PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research, as well as to BA and…

sslh.org.uk

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 6d

piss off the racists, make the English kofte kebab from 1660

Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 6d

Would anyone like to take a guess at the word before “kebob”? Which predates OED - ms is 1660

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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 7d

Very timely and interesting statement from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Particularly interesting re my own work, but also to those who want to know just what the hell is going on.

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Beyond the flags: grief, polarisation and the work of repair

Amid grief, rage and division, there are seeds of hope and repair to be found in the North East. But they will not flourish if we stay silent.

www.jrf.org.uk

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 5d

Do you have a #LocalHistory you'd like to tell? Why not share it through the BALH's website! Whether it's a podcast, blog piece, 10-minute talk or other format, we have a range of ways of sharing your stories.

Find out more, here: www.balh.org.uk/blog-ways-to...

#WeAreLocalHistory

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 5d

Wow!

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 5d

I’m standing in the aisle of a Cross Country train headed for somewhere other than where I am actually trying to get to. Also real Britain.

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 5d

Happy anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street. Never forget and #NoPasaran

Mural depicting the Battle of Cable Street

Close up of mural depicting the Battle of Cable Street

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 5d

Cable Street battle, Jewish London East End #OnThisDay 4 Oct 1936 with banner explicitly adapting antifascist slogan of defence of Madrid "NO PASARÁN." They shall not pass. Remember Olympia refers to 1934 British Union of Fascists meeting where they set on antifascist protesters

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 5d

I can’t visit them obvs as I would come away with more than I took 😂

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Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social · 5d

Genuinely questioned if it was Saturday but then remembered we were at the hospital outpatients (again) so must be Friday. Currently enjoying a Torres X brandy to wind down #ConfinedCocktails

Glass of brandy with some crochet in the background

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Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 6d

Now that the mystery is solved, please enjoy this recipe for what is recognisably a kofte kebab from 1660.

Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 6d

Would anyone like to take a guess at the word before “kebob”? Which predates OED - ms is 1660

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