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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 9h

Magnificence in blue and gold.

#CarlisleCathedral #churchcrawling #sacredspaces

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 3d

MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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wendytm.bsky.social @wendytm.bsky.social · 2d

Celebrating #OnePlaceWednesday by completing the first draft of my book on the history of #GraveneyGoodnestone school. Started as a booklet to commemorate 150 years and became 45000 words. 😂 Now need to get it reviewed.

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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 3d

Don’t make me choose between the beauty of the exterior and interior of #BeverleyMinster. The stonework, light and peace tell a story of faith and craftsmanship that’s echoed throughout the #EastRiding of #Yorkshire for centuries.

#SacredSpace

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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 4d

Early Modern graffiti in Beverley Minster. Joseph Barton was here in 1643!

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 8d

Who did what in early modern England?

New #OpenAccess book, 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' by @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, @hkrobb.bsky.social & @aucointaylor.bsky.social, based on thousands of #EarlyModern court depositions 🗃️

Read it: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

This book applies the innovative work-task approach to the history of work, which captures the contribution of all workers and types of work to the early modern economy. Drawing on tens of thousands of court depositions, the authors analyse the individual tasks that made up everyday work for women and men, shedding new light on the gender division of labour, and the ways in which time, space, age and marital status shaped sixteenth and seventeenth-century working life. Combining qualitative and quantitative analysis, the book deepens our understanding of the preindustrial economy, and calls for us to rethink not only who did what, but also the implications of these findings for major debates about structural change, the nature and extent of paid work, and what has been lost as well as gained over the past three centuries of economic development. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Cover of Whittle, Jane, Mark Hailwood, Hannah Robb, and Taylor Aucoin. The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. of Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025.

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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks for listening Liz! It was fun to do.

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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 9d

On #OnePlaceWednesday, @familyhistpod.bsky.social Brick Dust episode has something for everyone. #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #Railway#Heraldry #ContinuingEducation

The Family Histories Podcast @familyhistpod.bsky.social · 11d

ICYMI - Host Andrew welcomes back Season One guest Pam Smith (@genejean.bsky.social ) to find out how her efforts to demolish that brick wall

familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/09/26/s... #genealogy #Ancestry #FamilyHistory #podcast

S01EP09 - BRICKDUST with Pam Smith - The Family Histories Podcast

Host Andrew Martin welcomes back previous guest Pam Smith for this first Brickdust bonus episode - and Pam has an update on Sir Richard Etherington.

familyhistoriespodcast.com

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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 9d

Tindall Bowman, Station Master is the gift that keeps on giving in my @ihgs.bsky.social #Licentiate study of the #railway in #Rillington #OnePlaceWednesday A key player (musician) also - see what I did there?

Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 13d

In 2018 our members rose to the A to Z Blogging Challenge by writing on the theme of People of My Place. Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social wrote about Tindall Bowman of Rillington, North Yorkshire, who was Station Master in Pam’s Rillington #OnePlaceStudy for 18 years. #Railway200

An old sepia photograph of Station Master Tindall Bowman in his L.N.E.R. uniform. We see the top part of his body; he is sitting in a chair, body facing towards the left and slightly towards us, with his head turned so that he looking directly at the camera. He is wearing a cap with 'LNER' on the front of it, a jacket, and a bow tie. He has a moustache, neatly-trimmed beard, and sideburns.

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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks for listening Jane! Enjoyed your contribution too.👍😀

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 10d

Nice #RailwayFamily #FamilyHistory piece here!

#Railway200

railuk.com/general-inte...

Railway 200: Four generations of railway service and still loving life on the rails - Rail UK

Railway 200: Four generations of railway service and still loving life on the rails - General Interest

railuk.com

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 13d

If #Railway200 has sparked or rekindled your interest in #RailwayHistory, and you fancy study at Masters or PhD level - then come & study with Dr Mike Esbester at the University of Portsmouth!

An expert in railway, transport & mobility history:

www.port.ac.uk/about-us/str...

Mike Esbester

www.port.ac.uk

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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 13d

Got it! 👍😀 She’s very high.

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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 14d

More clues. St. B’s tower?

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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 14d

Vancouver and Vancouver Island are firm favourites of mine. Lovely parts of the world.

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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 14d

I know where you are, although I don’t know how you are so high up!

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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 14d

Delighted to return to @familyhistpod.bsky.social!

Andrew & I discuss the IHGS Licentiate, #GingerGoodwin & how I solved my brick wall on Sir Richard Etherington in #Rillington #OnePlaceStudy

I was one of the first guests back in Series 1 & the first to take part in the Brick Dust series.

The Family Histories Podcast @familyhistpod.bsky.social · 14d

S01EP09 – BRICKDUST with Pam Smith

Join host Andrew and guest Pam Smith from Season One for this first Brickdust episode: Did Pam break through her brick wall and find the Etherington connection?

S01EP09 – BRICKDUST with Pam Smith

Join host Andrew and guest Pam Smith from Season One for this first Brickdust episode: Did Pam break through her brick wall and find the Etherington connection?

familyhistoriespodcast.com

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 16d

We promised some new material from us for #AATP25, and the first video is now live on our #OnePlaceStudies YouTube channel! Check out Mini-AATP - Welcome and getting started presented by @willsmanonename.bsky.social Liz Craig on this wonderful #OnePlaceWednesday

All About That Place.
Image: The title slide for a YouTube video presentation, "One-Place Studies" by Liz Craig.
youtube.com/@oneplacestudies/videos
Images: logos of the Society of Genealogists, the Society for One-Place Studies, Project Kin, and the British Association for Local History.
#AATP25

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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 16d

IHGS has shaped my own #genealogy journey, if you’re at The Family History Show in London on 4th October, make sure to stop by their stand! #OnePlaceWednesday

IHGS - The School of Family History @ihgs.bsky.social · 16d

We will be at The Family History Show, London 2025 on 4th October 2025. Do come and visit our stand and say hello. #FamilyHistoryShow thefamilyhistoryshow.com/london/ #genealogy #familyhistory

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 16d

#AATP25 is brought to you by @sogorg.bsky.social, in partnership with ourselves, @projectkin.bsky.social and @balhnews.bsky.social. Visit the SoG Facebook page for more AATP posts from them, and the AATP Playlists from 2023 and 2024 on YouTube to enjoy amazing AATP videos! #OnePlaceWednesday

Two screen grabs from playlists on the Society of Genealogists' YouTube channel, for All About That Place 2023, and All About That Place 2024.

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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 17d

Hope you get on with it ok after the glitches. I like the tagging system which helps to sort books into categories and then … helps to organise them on the shelf.

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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 17d

Library Thing works for me. No experience of any others though there are several.

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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 28d

Yes, Scampston Hall is open as part of #HeritageOpenDays www.scampston.co.uk/plan-your-vi...

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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 29d

Yes! A little different to normal. Hoping to capture those who didn’t tick the boxes.

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Pam Smith @genejean.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you for responding with your family memories. Even today, the travelling community make their way up the country northwards to Appleby Horse Fair, Cumbria. I’m looking to discover who this community was around 1861.

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