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Jo Hockey
@johockey.bsky.social
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Research and conservation at the @Signetlibrary.bsky.social in Edinburgh since 2019. leithlinkz.wordpress.com Also threads of photography - found/family.
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Jo Hockey @johockey.bsky.social · 4h
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Jo Hockey @johockey.bsky.social · 17h
A selection of books from our stall at Earth in Common on Leith Links earlier.
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Jo Hockey @johockey.bsky.social · 6d
Sunday.
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Le weekend
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Jo Hockey @johockey.bsky.social · 9d
Nite
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Jo Hockey @johockey.bsky.social · 9d
Ah! @lixmount.bsky.social was telling me this story - as trophies go..
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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 10d
Mary Lacy 1740–1801 #sailor #shipwright #memoirist. 1759 ran away from home dressed as boy, servant to ship's carpenter in navy under name William Chandler then apprenticed as shipwright, took exam 1770. Pension from admiralty under legal name Mary Lacy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lacy
C18th etching of a three women pirates against a backdrop of maritime activity, part of frontispiece of book
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Jo Hockey @johockey.bsky.social · 10d
And yesterday, this account of the trial of those involved in the Battle of Bonnymuir, during the Radical War of 1820. Part of the spine was detached, so a very satisfying fix!
Part of the Trials Collection at the @signetlibrary.bsky.social

www.maggiecraig.co.uk/2020/04/05/t...
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Jo Hockey @johockey.bsky.social · 10d
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Jo Hockey @johockey.bsky.social · 11d
Before and after of this cracker from the Trials Collection at the @signetlibrary.bsky.social
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Thursday.
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Megan Smolenyak @megansmolenyak.com · 18d
NAGL, Ancestry (not a good look), #genealogy
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
Ancestry.com tries to access millions of Scots’ family records
The genealogy website has began a legal action against the Scottish government body, which said granting the request would cause a ‘catastrophic’ financial loss
www.thetimes.com
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Jo Hockey @johockey.bsky.social · 18d
Snicket, snuddle and a ghooast story.
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Lynns Waffles Pics @lynnswafflespics.bsky.social · 20d
🎭Happy smiley faces😃👒
Another from my early finds. Edwardian musical theatre singers or musical comedy group 🤔🎭
Who are they?🤔🎭
#OldPostcards #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory
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Jo Hockey @johockey.bsky.social · 19d
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RCP museum @rcpmuseum.bsky.social · 20d
It's the #AutumnalEquinox today at 18.20 GMT! This 16th-century paper machine, called a volvelle, helps explain how the sun moves through the sky from equinox to solstice throughout the year. Find a full explainer video on our exhibition website: history.rcp.ac.uk/exhibitions/... #BodyofKnowledge
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Jo Hockey @johockey.bsky.social · 21d
Sunday.
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Jo Hockey @johockey.bsky.social · 22d
Cold blow and the rainy night