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Claire Marie ☠️
@clartyclara.bsky.social
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PhD. Lecturer. Historian of modern British childhood, (institutions, adoption, siblings in care), the family, welfare.
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · Apr 16
When mothers admitted their children to the London Foundling Hospital, they often left tokens. Sometimes, just a cut of the child's clothing, as in this case. This child was reclaimed by its mother in 1760. Seeing the fabric in the archive this week was incredible.
Piece of striped fabric attached to a petition for admission to the London Foundling Hospital.
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · 2d
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 2d
This is Eeyore. He led a sheriff's deputy to his grandma after she fell during their walk. We are awarding him the incredibly rare 15/10 (FB: OkaloosaSheriff)
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Laura Tisdall @lauratisdall.bsky.social · 2d
The call for papers for the @histchild.bsky.social 2026 conference at the University of Sheffield, 1-3 July, is now up on our website! Deadline 14 December www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi... #histchild #skystorians #histyouth
Fifth Biennial Conference | Children's History Society
University of Sheffield, 1-3 July 2026
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · 3d
It's ridiculous!!
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · 3d
Yup. Been there, done that.
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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 4d
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
Tawny owl
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · 6d
Just seen an academic job posting stating that the successful candidate must be within 7 years of their initial academic appointment. So now, you can't be a lecturer (or US equivalent) if you're more than 7 years out? Fucking brilliant, that's me done then.
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · 7d
Cammis!!
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Northumberland Archives @nlandarchives.bsky.social · 7d
We've just had a lot of fun making a short video about Northumberland place names...

unfortunately, it doesn't seem to post so well here. Go and have a look at our other social media accounts (FB, IG, TikTok) to see it in all its glory!

How do you pronounce Cambois?
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · 13d
It's European day of language at nephew's nursery today, and brother in law just sent a video of him shouting 'bore da' in his Brummie accent. He's such a cutie (nephew, not BiL) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 15d
We're pleased to share this call for papers for our upcoming conference!

📍Online via Zoom
🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026
⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025

See our website for full details 👇

voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project
The Politics of Motherhood: Maternalism, Maternity and Mothering. Thursday 5 and Friday 6 February 2026, Online Conference. Ruth Davidson, Anna Muggeridge, Eve Pennington and Beckie Rutherford. Keynote address by Dr Sarah Crook, Swansea University: ‘Cradles of Discontent: Motherhood as a pathway to activism in modern Britain’. This conference is supported by a UKRI Future Leaders’ Fellowship ‘Voices of Motherhood’ Project reference MR/Y018184/1 and the University of Worcester.
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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 15d
Throughout the 20th Century, unmarried mothers endured shame and institutionalisation. In Single Mothers in Twentieth-century Ireland and Britain, @lorrainegrimes.bsky.social examines the journeys made by hundreds of pregnant Irish women to Britain.

Out now: https://bit.ly/4lAg9cf
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · 15d
I've just sent you a DM. Thanks so much!
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · 15d
I'll DM you, thanks so much!
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · 15d
It would still be useful if you don't mind sharing it?
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · 15d
Would anyone be willing to share a successful British Academy Small Grant Application with me, please?
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British History Online @bho.bsky.social · 21d
BBC coverage of research using Northampton General Hospital's archive:

Child hospital care dates from 18th Century:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The study itself is #OpenAccess:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#History #MedicalHistory
Northampton research reveals origins of paediatric hospital care
Research overturns the belief children did not receive hospital treatment until the Victorian era.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · 24d
Bertie's already had enough of this week. I don't blame him 🫩
Dog sat up like a human, looking very fed up.
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 29d
So, right now, the only reliable way to diagnose endometriosis is with exploratory surgery. But finally, real scientists (instead of male scientists), are on the job & of course they’ve identified multiple markers in menstrual blood that point to noninvasive testing.

www.science.org/content/arti...
Driven by the pain of endometriosis, this scientist is uncovering clues to its causes
Katie Burns is helping reveal the immune system’s role in the long-neglected disease
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · Sep 5
I *think* Bertie is happy I'm home 💜
Woman sat on sofa, cradling a small dog.
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · Aug 13
History courses available to book through Aberystwyth University Lifelong Learning www.aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-... I'm teaching Twentieth Century Family History.
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Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · Aug 25
Juvenile unrest in the Irish workhouse causes some anxiety (Zozimus, 12 April 1871)
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · Aug 22
We're staying in Kings Cross, so nice and close to the Foundling Museum and the LMA.
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · Aug 22
I'll be at the Foundling Museum first week of Sept. I feel like I'll never get this book written 🙄
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · Aug 22
I love how quickly and efficiently my husband books me an archive trip, while I just sit and panic. Within an hour of the archive confirming, he's got the dog looked after and a hotel booked.
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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · Aug 20
He's been with Chris all afternoon, but has decided to sit with me tonight 🙄🤣