Lorraine
@wolfq4.bsky.social
Historian | Archivist | Taphophile | Architecture | Built Heritage | 16-17th century witchcraft in the west of Scotland |
Music fan with wanderlust. Personal acct, so views my own! Occasionally random posts
https://archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/home/
Music fan with wanderlust. Personal acct, so views my own! Occasionally random posts
https://archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/home/
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Lorraine
@wolfq4.bsky.social
· Nov 9
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Welcome to the Archivist History Blog I am a professional Archivist interested in documenting the stories of people, events, buildings and places. I am also a Historian, althoug…
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Hello from a newbie 👋
I'm interested in architectural history, fashion history, interiors, the built environment, cemeteries, 16/17th c. West of Scotland witchcraft, and pretty much everything in-between.
I also write a blog archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/home/
Feel free to say hi!
I'm interested in architectural history, fashion history, interiors, the built environment, cemeteries, 16/17th c. West of Scotland witchcraft, and pretty much everything in-between.
I also write a blog archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/home/
Feel free to say hi!
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Perhaps of interest to #archive folks:
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (EDIB) Self-Assessment Toolkit (SAT) workshop. The EDIB SAT will be embedded as part of the Archive Service Accreditation assessment from Spring 2026:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/equality-d...
#EDI
#DEI
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (EDIB) Self-Assessment Toolkit (SAT) workshop. The EDIB SAT will be embedded as part of the Archive Service Accreditation assessment from Spring 2026:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/equality-d...
#EDI
#DEI
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Self-Assessment Toolkit
This workshop introduces the EDIB Self-Assessment Toolkit, developed by Archives West Midland.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Perhaps of interest to #archive folks:
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (EDIB) Self-Assessment Toolkit (SAT) workshop. The EDIB SAT will be embedded as part of the Archive Service Accreditation assessment from Spring 2026:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/equality-d...
#EDI
#DEI
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (EDIB) Self-Assessment Toolkit (SAT) workshop. The EDIB SAT will be embedded as part of the Archive Service Accreditation assessment from Spring 2026:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/equality-d...
#EDI
#DEI
Following on from my recent talk about the #Necropolis for #Glasgow850, have a read of my newest post "The #Glasgow #DarkTourist" where I talk about bodysnatching & #Frankenstein
archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/t...
#DarkTourism
#Skystorians
#cemeteries
#TaphophileTuesday
#rottweiler
archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/t...
#DarkTourism
#Skystorians
#cemeteries
#TaphophileTuesday
#rottweiler
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Following on from my recent talk about the #Necropolis for #Glasgow850, have a read of my newest post "The #Glasgow #DarkTourist" where I talk about bodysnatching & #Frankenstein
archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/t...
#DarkTourism
#Skystorians
#cemeteries
#TaphophileTuesday
#rottweiler
archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/t...
#DarkTourism
#Skystorians
#cemeteries
#TaphophileTuesday
#rottweiler
My last public lecture of 2025 is next Saturday 29 Nov 11am at St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art #Glasgow for the Friends of Glasgow Cathedral, free to attend and booking not req'd.
Tea/coffee available from 10.45, all welcome!
#Glasgow850
#EarlyModern
#WomensHistory
#Witchcraft
#History
Tea/coffee available from 10.45, all welcome!
#Glasgow850
#EarlyModern
#WomensHistory
#Witchcraft
#History
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
My last public lecture of 2025 is next Saturday 29 Nov 11am at St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art #Glasgow for the Friends of Glasgow Cathedral, free to attend and booking not req'd.
Tea/coffee available from 10.45, all welcome!
#Glasgow850
#EarlyModern
#WomensHistory
#Witchcraft
#History
Tea/coffee available from 10.45, all welcome!
#Glasgow850
#EarlyModern
#WomensHistory
#Witchcraft
#History
Happy 60th birthday to Björk Guðmundsdóttir, born #otd 21st November 1965.
Photo credit: Vidar Logi, 2024
#Björk #Sugarcubes
Photo credit: Vidar Logi, 2024
#Björk #Sugarcubes
November 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Happy 60th birthday to Björk Guðmundsdóttir, born #otd 21st November 1965.
Photo credit: Vidar Logi, 2024
#Björk #Sugarcubes
Photo credit: Vidar Logi, 2024
#Björk #Sugarcubes
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#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Elegant black hearse, c. 1885-1890, with urns, garlands, and shields on the roof. Originally from Schoonhoven-Buytendijk stables in Utrecht.
collectie.centraalmuseum.nl/details/coll...
collectie.centraalmuseum.nl/details/coll...
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Elegant black hearse, c. 1885-1890, with urns, garlands, and shields on the roof. Originally from Schoonhoven-Buytendijk stables in Utrecht.
collectie.centraalmuseum.nl/details/coll...
collectie.centraalmuseum.nl/details/coll...
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In common with every camera-wielding lifeform in Glasgow, I have seen the Rebel Bear's latest piece.
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
In common with every camera-wielding lifeform in Glasgow, I have seen the Rebel Bear's latest piece.
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I heard he was cremated 🤔
PLEASE DO NOT ASK STAFF WHERE DRACULA’S GRAVE IS THERE ISN’T ONE.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I heard he was cremated 🤔
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Frontispiece for 'Venus and Tannhauser' https://www.wikiart.org/en/aubrey-beardsley/frontispiece-for-venus-and-tannhauser
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Frontispiece for 'Venus and Tannhauser' https://www.wikiart.org/en/aubrey-beardsley/frontispiece-for-venus-and-tannhauser
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The shocking knitting scandal rocking Shetland deserves more attention. It's got everything - Fair Isle tank tops, cutting, "peeries", needle lengths, yarn thickness, and most controversially, crochet. 🐑 🐑
I don't know what Tom Daley is looking so smug about.
I don't know what Tom Daley is looking so smug about.
Shetland knitting group ‘shocked and saddened’ by representation in Channel 4 show
A GROUP protecting Shetland’s knitting heritage has criticised a new Channel 4 show for spreading “negative misconceptions about Fair Isle knitting...
www.shetnews.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The shocking knitting scandal rocking Shetland deserves more attention. It's got everything - Fair Isle tank tops, cutting, "peeries", needle lengths, yarn thickness, and most controversially, crochet. 🐑 🐑
I don't know what Tom Daley is looking so smug about.
I don't know what Tom Daley is looking so smug about.
Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh was born #otd 1864 in Tipton. Her father was from Glasgow, so they moved back.
She, her sister Frances, James Herbert McNair & Charles Rennie #Mackintosh became "The Four".
This summer I visited Golders Green to pay respects to Margaret and Charles
#Skystorians
She, her sister Frances, James Herbert McNair & Charles Rennie #Mackintosh became "The Four".
This summer I visited Golders Green to pay respects to Margaret and Charles
#Skystorians
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh was born #otd 1864 in Tipton. Her father was from Glasgow, so they moved back.
She, her sister Frances, James Herbert McNair & Charles Rennie #Mackintosh became "The Four".
This summer I visited Golders Green to pay respects to Margaret and Charles
#Skystorians
She, her sister Frances, James Herbert McNair & Charles Rennie #Mackintosh became "The Four".
This summer I visited Golders Green to pay respects to Margaret and Charles
#Skystorians
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Reposted by Lorraine
November 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Hi @dennistouncc.bsky.social
Genuine question, is there a rationale for the new entrance at Firpark St? I am not sure why despite the two things you highlight below, the entrance is going ahead. What benefit is there? It does not look like there will be improved access to get around the Necropolis
Genuine question, is there a rationale for the new entrance at Firpark St? I am not sure why despite the two things you highlight below, the entrance is going ahead. What benefit is there? It does not look like there will be improved access to get around the Necropolis
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Hi @dennistouncc.bsky.social
Genuine question, is there a rationale for the new entrance at Firpark St? I am not sure why despite the two things you highlight below, the entrance is going ahead. What benefit is there? It does not look like there will be improved access to get around the Necropolis
Genuine question, is there a rationale for the new entrance at Firpark St? I am not sure why despite the two things you highlight below, the entrance is going ahead. What benefit is there? It does not look like there will be improved access to get around the Necropolis
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@GlasgowCC are proposing a new 'eastern entrance' pedestrian access to Glasgow Necropolis from Firpark Street, holding two design option drop-in events at Dennistoun Library:
Thu 6th Nov, 4:00pm to 7:30pm
Fri 7th Nov, 10:45am to 1:45pm
Key background info here:
dennistouncc.org.uk/2025/11/02/n...
Thu 6th Nov, 4:00pm to 7:30pm
Fri 7th Nov, 10:45am to 1:45pm
Key background info here:
dennistouncc.org.uk/2025/11/02/n...
November 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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13th century ceiling boss from the monastic church at Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire depicting a Griffin, with some of the original paint is still visible. The boss is on display in the site museum. 📸 My own. #StoneworkSunday #WhitbyAbbey
November 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
13th century ceiling boss from the monastic church at Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire depicting a Griffin, with some of the original paint is still visible. The boss is on display in the site museum. 📸 My own. #StoneworkSunday #WhitbyAbbey
There is a proposal to create a new eastern entrance to this historic cemetery, which would be detrimental. I would urge anyone who has an interest in the #Glasgow #Necropolis to read this open letter from the Friends group and take action www.glasgownecropolis.org/wp-content/u...
#31DaysOfGraves
#31DaysOfGraves
November 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
There is a proposal to create a new eastern entrance to this historic cemetery, which would be detrimental. I would urge anyone who has an interest in the #Glasgow #Necropolis to read this open letter from the Friends group and take action www.glasgownecropolis.org/wp-content/u...
#31DaysOfGraves
#31DaysOfGraves
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Halloween in Berkshire seemed to come with a curiously cute twist, once the talented stitchers in the village had got their teeth into it! Such creative post-box pumpkin work, and I love the bats, trying hard to look menacing 🦇. @thros.bsky.social @carolineirwin3.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Halloween in Berkshire seemed to come with a curiously cute twist, once the talented stitchers in the village had got their teeth into it! Such creative post-box pumpkin work, and I love the bats, trying hard to look menacing 🦇. @thros.bsky.social @carolineirwin3.bsky.social
For the 1st day of all hallows tide & last day of #31DaysOfGraves here is my final October grave
Beautifully symbolic graveyard sculpture in St Cuthbert's Kirkyard, Edinburgh with #MementoMori & 'vive memor leti' on either side of doorway, reminding us that life is finite
#Halloween
#skystorians
Beautifully symbolic graveyard sculpture in St Cuthbert's Kirkyard, Edinburgh with #MementoMori & 'vive memor leti' on either side of doorway, reminding us that life is finite
#Halloween
#skystorians
October 31, 2025 at 8:05 AM
For the 1st day of all hallows tide & last day of #31DaysOfGraves here is my final October grave
Beautifully symbolic graveyard sculpture in St Cuthbert's Kirkyard, Edinburgh with #MementoMori & 'vive memor leti' on either side of doorway, reminding us that life is finite
#Halloween
#skystorians
Beautifully symbolic graveyard sculpture in St Cuthbert's Kirkyard, Edinburgh with #MementoMori & 'vive memor leti' on either side of doorway, reminding us that life is finite
#Halloween
#skystorians
#31DaysOfGraves Day 30 is #Colour
It has to be this fabulous cast iron monument by the Sun Foundry to commemorate the Mackenzie family in the Upsilon compartment of the #Glasgow #Necropolis
It has been restored recently, and I think it looks great!
#Gothic
#DarkTourist
#Cemetery
#Taphophile
It has to be this fabulous cast iron monument by the Sun Foundry to commemorate the Mackenzie family in the Upsilon compartment of the #Glasgow #Necropolis
It has been restored recently, and I think it looks great!
#Gothic
#DarkTourist
#Cemetery
#Taphophile
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 30 is #Colour
It has to be this fabulous cast iron monument by the Sun Foundry to commemorate the Mackenzie family in the Upsilon compartment of the #Glasgow #Necropolis
It has been restored recently, and I think it looks great!
#Gothic
#DarkTourist
#Cemetery
#Taphophile
It has to be this fabulous cast iron monument by the Sun Foundry to commemorate the Mackenzie family in the Upsilon compartment of the #Glasgow #Necropolis
It has been restored recently, and I think it looks great!
#Gothic
#DarkTourist
#Cemetery
#Taphophile
Happy #Halloween week 🎃
If you are looking for something different to do, come along to my free talk this coming Saturday. "Walking in the footsteps of the #Glasgow #Witches"
Sat 1 Nov • 1pm • Mitchell Library
More info via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-in...
If you are looking for something different to do, come along to my free talk this coming Saturday. "Walking in the footsteps of the #Glasgow #Witches"
Sat 1 Nov • 1pm • Mitchell Library
More info via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-in...
October 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Happy #Halloween week 🎃
If you are looking for something different to do, come along to my free talk this coming Saturday. "Walking in the footsteps of the #Glasgow #Witches"
Sat 1 Nov • 1pm • Mitchell Library
More info via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-in...
If you are looking for something different to do, come along to my free talk this coming Saturday. "Walking in the footsteps of the #Glasgow #Witches"
Sat 1 Nov • 1pm • Mitchell Library
More info via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-in...
A quick ? @profaliceroberts.bsky.social I just started watching ep1 & noticed the accused sisters Elizabeth Frauncis & Agnes Waterhouse have different surnames & Agnes' daughter Joan is also Waterhouse.Is this an English custom? In Scotland children take the fathers name & dont change after marriage
October 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A quick ? @profaliceroberts.bsky.social I just started watching ep1 & noticed the accused sisters Elizabeth Frauncis & Agnes Waterhouse have different surnames & Agnes' daughter Joan is also Waterhouse.Is this an English custom? In Scotland children take the fathers name & dont change after marriage
Day 29 #31DaysOfGraves #occupation
Grave of Peter Macadam, Merchant, interred in the Ramshorn Kirkyard #Glasgow
Lair no.6 has a full height iron #mortcage to protect the dead from the #resurrectionists looking for a fresh #cadaver to sell to medical students
#DarkTourist
#skystorians
#Taphophile
Grave of Peter Macadam, Merchant, interred in the Ramshorn Kirkyard #Glasgow
Lair no.6 has a full height iron #mortcage to protect the dead from the #resurrectionists looking for a fresh #cadaver to sell to medical students
#DarkTourist
#skystorians
#Taphophile
October 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Day 29 #31DaysOfGraves #occupation
Grave of Peter Macadam, Merchant, interred in the Ramshorn Kirkyard #Glasgow
Lair no.6 has a full height iron #mortcage to protect the dead from the #resurrectionists looking for a fresh #cadaver to sell to medical students
#DarkTourist
#skystorians
#Taphophile
Grave of Peter Macadam, Merchant, interred in the Ramshorn Kirkyard #Glasgow
Lair no.6 has a full height iron #mortcage to protect the dead from the #resurrectionists looking for a fresh #cadaver to sell to medical students
#DarkTourist
#skystorians
#Taphophile
Day 28 of #31DaysOfGraves is #Column
A lovely classical style example from Metairie #Cemetery in #Nola is the #tomb of Author Anne Rice of #InterviewWithTheVampire fame
#iwtv
#Lestat
#Loustat
#DarkTourist
#NewOrleans
#Taphophile
#DeathHistorian
A lovely classical style example from Metairie #Cemetery in #Nola is the #tomb of Author Anne Rice of #InterviewWithTheVampire fame
#iwtv
#Lestat
#Loustat
#DarkTourist
#NewOrleans
#Taphophile
#DeathHistorian
October 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Day 28 of #31DaysOfGraves is #Column
A lovely classical style example from Metairie #Cemetery in #Nola is the #tomb of Author Anne Rice of #InterviewWithTheVampire fame
#iwtv
#Lestat
#Loustat
#DarkTourist
#NewOrleans
#Taphophile
#DeathHistorian
A lovely classical style example from Metairie #Cemetery in #Nola is the #tomb of Author Anne Rice of #InterviewWithTheVampire fame
#iwtv
#Lestat
#Loustat
#DarkTourist
#NewOrleans
#Taphophile
#DeathHistorian
Last few free tickets left for my talk this coming Saturday "Walking in the footsteps of the Glasgow Witches"
Sat 1 Nov • 1pm • Mitchell Library
Book via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-in...
#Glasgow850
Sat 1 Nov • 1pm • Mitchell Library
Book via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-in...
#Glasgow850
October 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Last few free tickets left for my talk this coming Saturday "Walking in the footsteps of the Glasgow Witches"
Sat 1 Nov • 1pm • Mitchell Library
Book via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-in...
#Glasgow850
Sat 1 Nov • 1pm • Mitchell Library
Book via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-in...
#Glasgow850