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Janice Tullock
@jtullock.bsky.social
Archivist, consultant, genealogist, mentor. If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. ~Pearl Buck
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There’s been in influx of new people here so, like many others I thought I’d do an intro thread.

Most of my time is taken up working with archives, museums and heritage sites. I provide an extra pair of management eyes, improve collections management or support organisations planning projects.
20 years after we were promised it was possible I’m finally getting a direct train from Liverpool South Parkway to London! (Excepting when Lime st was closed) this also means we now have 2 trains an hour between London & Liverpool! Celebrating progress, albeit slow.
February 3, 2026 at 8:46 AM
A new music venue has opened in town called Arc:hive. Sounds like my sort of place! www.archiveliverpool.com
Archive Liverpool | Live music in liverpool | Cains Brewery Village, Stanhope Street, Liverpool L8 5XJ, UK
Archive Liverpool Live music venue cains brewery site
www.archiveliverpool.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:25 AM
How gorgeous is this?
Thanks to @thefnl.bsky.social this exceptionally rare Tudor map of Kingsbridge in Devon has been acquired for public research at the Devon Heritage Centre, after more than four centuries in private hands.
January 30, 2026 at 8:45 PM
My 2x gt grandmother has 2 death certificates (?? insurance fraud). Until recently only one entry was on the official index as the 2nd was mistranscribed. Today I noticed both entries were now in place, with the second being noted as : occasional copy. Has anyone seen this before?
January 29, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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Anfield awaits #LFC #LIVQAR 🔴
January 28, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Current thermal level: 2x socks, top, long johns, hat scarf. Evening football in the January in the north.
January 28, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Volunteers are completing my survey to tell me about the impact that a Heritage Lottery Funded project has had on them. Each one of them is making me sob. Lottery funding really is an amazing resource.
January 27, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I hate football again. Don’t anyone talk to me tonight
January 24, 2026 at 7:24 PM
I’m working on my upcoming talk: Murder, shipwrecks and celebrity: 19th century prisoners on licence. So many good stories to share! If you want to learn about the most personal records you can find of your ancestors then please join us.

portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/2...
Murder, shipwrecks and celebrity: Prisoners on licence in the nineteenth century
Talk on Zoom by Janice Tullock, archives consultant, researcher and genealogist. Part of the Crime and Punishment course
portal.sog.org.uk
January 24, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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#HistMed #HistNursing

Important thread. 🧵

2026. The year AI starts writing our history books 📚 🤖

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So, part of my job is to see what people are making of the history of our Hospital.

Bethlem partly exists in the gothic, horror-adjacent end of history, and so attracts a certain kind of presentation.

Restraints, gore, electrodes, I thought I'd seen it all. Until...

...I stumbled onto this book.
January 23, 2026 at 8:21 AM
It’s over 5 years since I started working with Kings Theatre Edinburgh on their redevelopment & engagement project for the Heritage Fund, so it’s huge news to see the hoardings down. I can’t show you the inside yet, but the opening season is available now! www.capitaltheatres.com/our-venues/k...
January 20, 2026 at 8:20 PM
More Lilly pictures you said? Happy to oblige
January 19, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Yeah, just me getting emotional hearing about archives being used to remind our allies of our long history of partnership in delivering peace. Will tell more in due course.
January 19, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Warning: the film Rental Family is not a comedy as advertised. It’s a lovely slightly teary drama. Which is ok, but not when you needed a comedy…
January 18, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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I’m very much looking forward to talking about nineteenth century Prisoners on licence for this course. Will I see you there?
Uncover the law-keepers, law-breakers and hidden stories in your family. Crime & Punishment for Family Historians runs 8 Jan–26 Mar (online).

Book by 31 Dec to keep the 2025 price + three bonus talks on detectives, forensic genealogy & sleuthing. 📚🔍
portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/1...
December 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Lilly was at the dentist yesterday and is not very happy. Please send her your love and maybe some smelly but soft food….
January 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.

Yes, I know, but that film is my guilty pleasure and I will NOT let it go.
January 15, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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New Job alert 📣

Qualified #Archivist role at our sister union @bma-library.bsky.social based in #London

Closing Date 28 January

@araukie.bsky.social

careers.bma.org.uk/jobs/job/Arc...
Archive Specialist (Library and Archive) | 28 January, 2026 | Jobs and careers with British Medical Association
Jobs and careers with British Medical Association -
careers.bma.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 10:20 AM
The Kirkby ski slope, quite the story . I grew up the other side of that motorway, where it was legendary. What a scandalous situation. Soon to be a play! www.instagram.com/reel/DTcYJYP...
BBC Archive on Instagram: "1975: Kirkby Ski Slope Fiasco #OnThisDay1975: What was built with £140,000 of taxpayer's money, without proper planning permission, on an unsafe surface and faced the wrong ...
1,904 likes, 62 comments - bbc_archive on January 13, 2026: "1975: Kirkby Ski Slope Fiasco #OnThisDay1975: What was built with £140,000 of taxpayer's money, without proper planning permission, on an u...
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January 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
THE FAMILY GENEALOGISTS AND LONG-LOST RELATIVES STUDY

we want to learn more about the experiences of diverse midlife to older aged adults (aged 55+) who have searched for, and located a previously unknown immediate or closely related genetic relative

www.sfu.ca/gerontology/...
The Family Genealogists and Long-Lost Relatives Study
www.sfu.ca
January 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Does anyone know of any large collections of correspondence between women covering the 1910s-1960s? I have surveyed a huge collection covering 30+ years of friendship and I’m wondering how unique it is?
January 8, 2026 at 1:24 PM
No new pictures, where you are mentally.
January 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Sad to hear of the passing of the Spurs legend Martin Chivers. Signed by a Bill Nicholson, he was at the centre of their successes.

I’ve always loved this photo of him in action floating above the ground!
January 7, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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We're looking for a Level 3 Library, Information and Archives Services Assistant Apprentice to join the @newsukarchives.bsky.social team.
Details here: www.newscareers.co.uk/vacancies/41...
Please share with anyone who might be interested.
News Archives Apprentice | News UK
News Archives Apprentice Length: 24 month FTC Start Date: March 2026 Location: Rainham, Essex (Easter Industrial Park, Ferry Lane) Your Team: The News UK archives can lay c...
www.newscareers.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 11:24 AM
The teenager volunteers at Park Run on Saturdays. This w/e she will hit her 100th volunteering session & it is tradition to bring snacks. She has 210 cocktail sausages ready.

Have you seen the storm heading our way? It’s going to be cancelled & I’m going to drown in cocktail sausages aren’t I?
January 6, 2026 at 6:48 PM