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Lorraine
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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/
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Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social · Nov 9
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!
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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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BW photos of Heath Ledger and Michael Hutchence
January 22, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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#OtD 21 Jan 1974 postal workers began four-day strike at the Jersey City, NJ, bulk and foreign mail center, protesting an involuntary shift change. The wildcat was led by a group of young workers who identified themselves as "The Outlaws" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9379...
January 21, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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For anyone in and around #Glasgow here are the next four Saturday afternoon talks at 1pm in the Mitchell Library Moir Dyer room for #Glasgow850 by The Alexander Thomson Society.
All events are free, just sign up at Eventbrite below.
www.eventbrite.com/o/10377821774
Poster for the Alexander Thomson Society Glasgow 850 lectures starting January 24th, 2026
January 16, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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Happy St Kentigern's Day all Glaswegians 💚 ~ spotted from a far distance here on @govanhillbaths.bsky.social #Glasgow Coat Of Arms window etching... snapped at @glasgowcoa.bsky.social free & community-sourced photo exhib @ Deep End on Nithsdale St which runs until 6th Feb 🙌 bsky.app/profile/csbu...
Our of photo of a photo (!) showing a tiled wall and large fanlight-shaped overhead window taken from inside Govanhill Baths in south Glasgow, which is gradually being restored and adapted into a community health and wellbeing centre. On the window glass are etched the symbols of the Glasgow Coat of Arms including the figure of St Kentigern, aka St Mungo, at the centre top of the etched Coat Of Arms configuration. The photo is on display in an exhibition at The Deep End on Nithsdale Street, south Glasgow, until 6th February 2026.
January 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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A nice snag this morning from my local Hospice shop; an original AP Thomson etching of Glasgow Cross. Better still, it's in the original frame, with its original label, telling me that it is only one of 75 signed artist's proofs. A suitable gift to myself on today, the Feast of St Mungo.
January 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Today, 13 January, is the Feast Day of St Mungo (AKA St Kentigern), patron saint of Glasgow. Edwin Morgan’s “Colloquy in Glaschu” imagines a conversation between St Mungo & St Columba.

From CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS, @carcanet.bsky.social 2020
#poem #poetry
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Colloquy in Glaschu by Edwin Morgan God but le son du cor, Columba sighed to Kentigern, est triste au fond silvarum! Frater, said Kentigern, I see no harm. J'aime le son du cor, when day has died, deep in the bois, and oystercatchers rise before the fowler as he trudges home and sermo lupi loosens the grey loam. À I’horizon lointain is paradise, abest silentium, le cor éclate – – et meurt, Columba mused, but Kentigern replied, renaît et se prolonge. The cell is filled with song. Outside, puer cantat. Veni venator sings the gallus kern. The saints dip startled cups in Mungo’s well.
January 13, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Happy Birthday David Bowie, born this day in 1947.

His 26th and final album "Blackstar" (★) was released on this day in 2016.

David Bowie would pass away just a couple of days later. Rest in Peace.
January 8, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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Happy Heavenly Birthday David Bowie. You will forever be a Starman and will shine on for eternity.

#DavidBowie #BowieForever
January 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Happy heavenly birthday! David Bowie (1947–2016) would have turned 79 today. #davidbowie #bowie #thinwhiteduke #stationtostation #changesonebowie #low #heroes #lodger #scarymonsters #blackstar #vinyl #nowplaying #musicsky #vinylsky #vinylcommunity
January 8, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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‘HEROES’ IN THE SERIES FINALE OF NETFLIX’S STRANGER THINGS

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#StrangerThings
January 2, 2026 at 6:09 PM
wolfq4.bsky.social
Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, wife of Charles Rennie #Mackintosh died #otd 1933.
She was an artist, illustrator, and created beautiful works of embroidery, gesso panels, leaded glass and repoussé metalwork
#GlasgowGirls
#GlasgowStyle
Portrait of Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh by James Craig Annan c.1901 The three perfumes by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh c.1912
January 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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I think that Canterbury Cathedral epitomises Mies Van de Rohe's words: "Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space." The late 14th-century nave at Canterbury Cathedral 🕍 feels more organic than man-made to me 🌿—an utterly remarkable achievement of medieval craftsmanship ✨
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 AM
wolfq4.bsky.social
Happy #Hogmanay from #Scotland.
Have a read of my article about some of our New Year traditions with a pinch of #folklore and #superstition
See you on the other side of the 🔔🔔🔔 and have a lovely Ne'erday tomorrow!
#skystorians
#history
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Screenshot of blog post about Hogmanay in Scotland from "The Archivist History blog" https://archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/2020/12/31/lang-may-yer-lum-reek/
December 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Today is an important anniversary for women's rights in the UK.
#otd 50 years ago #women eventually won the fight for workplace #equality
On 29th Dec 1975, the Equal Pay Act (1970)and the Sex Discrimination Act came into force and the Equal Opportunities Commission was set up (now, EHRC)
Women protesting equal rights and equal pay during the Dagenham Ford Strike in 1968. This led to the equal pay act of 1970
December 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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This is the earliest Scottish-minted coin ever found. It was struck almost 900 years ago during the reign of King David I of Scotland.

The coin has now been saved for the nation 👏

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December 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Day 12 of #12DaysOfChristmas #ArchiveChristmasCard with a #GothicYuletide spin.
Hope everyone had a #MerryChristmas and are now safely travelling home, although maybe not flying on a broomstick or a bat!
#CreepyChristmas
#DarkChristmas
Victorian Christmas card with subject possibly taken from Italian folklore story of La Befana, who is a friendly witch who delivers gifts to children on 5th January. Or maybe its just two stereotypical witches depictions of women on pointy hats riding broomsticks in the air Bats and their winged cherub type jockeys to wish a bright new year.
December 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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For anyone who isn't rushing about finishing their last minute Christmas shopping or trying to finish wrapping gifts, have a read of my post about Christmas greeting cards and weird Victorian imagery and symbolism!
Merry Christmas all! 🎄
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A Creepy Victorian Christmas
The first commercially produced Christmas card is usually credited to an artist by the name of John Callcott Horsley, RA (Royal Academician) who was a British painter and illustrator, known for his…
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December 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Day 11 of #12DaysOfChristmas #ArchiveChristmasCard with a #GothicYuletide spin.
Today is #ChristmasPudding so enjoy these warnings about overeating. Victorians knew how to spoil all the fun with some well chosen criticism & body shaming..
#CreepyChristmas
#DarkChristmas
#Christmas2025
#ChristmasEve
A terrifying Christmas pudding upsetting your sleep. This image was not actually a postcard at first, but from a magazine illustration. Victorian card warning fair girls not to eat unhealthy foods or to excess over the festive season
December 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Day 10 of #12DaysOfChristmas posts showing #ArchiveChristmasCard s with a #GothicYuletide twist.
Today's theme is #snowman so enjoy this #CreepyChristmas offering!
#DarkChristmas
#Christmas2025
A group of scared looking children with a melting snowman, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons A Robin looking upon a sinister depiction of a snowman holding sprigs of seasonal holly and mistletoe This weird vintage Christmas postcard features a woman appearing from inside a large snowman as a black bird looks on. No idea what the symbolism is behind this imagery other than to slightly unsettle the viewer.. A sad melting snowman is holding an umbrella in this Victorian christmas postcard
December 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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“Sit still. You’re only here for scale.”
“Throw the stick!”
thisismyglasgow.bsky.social This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · Dec 22
This 19th century stone bridge in front of Pollok House in Glasgow has a unusual feature: a second miniature arch well away from the main river (spaniel included for scale).

Cont./

#glasgow #pollokhouse #architecture #architecturephotography #bridge
December 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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I missed #Caturday but this cat belongs on your timeline regardless of the day!
A grumpy, round looking cat with a stern expression. The caption reads: "This cat looks like it runs a whole city with an iron fist in the 1800s."
December 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Good day all.
Winter cherry blossom.
Image features white-pink cherry blossom on the bare branches of a winter flowering cherry tree at Lister Lane Cemetery.
December 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
wolfq4.bsky.social
Day 9 of #12DaysOfChristmas posts with a #GothicYuletide twist.
Today's theme is #clown although not a usual seasonal symbol here, they are in Spain, to bring joy to the darkness of winter. Which might take a bit of getting used to for me!
#CreepyChristmas
#DarkChristmas
#ArchiveChristmasCard
Clowning around on the ice isn't safe.. Warning of danger at Christmas showing a clown ice skating while another has fallen through the ice Christmas postacrd showing a clown eating a seasonal dish which looks very much like an advertisement for a drink reused as a greetings card
December 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Day 7 and 8 of my #12DaysOfChristmas posts with a #GothicYuletide twist since I started a day late and can't count!
Did you know #Santa / St Nicholas wasn't always a benevolent friend to children? Read more in 'alt'..
#CreepyChristmas
#DarkChristmas
#ArchiveChristmasCard
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
St Nicholas would send the Devil and his demons to watch children to see if they were naughty or nice... could today's elf on the shelf be the present-day incarnation of a 19th c demon? Remember that when they are up to mischief in your house at night! If a child was naughty, he would be kidnapped and punished by St Nicholas and his minions: the devil and demons. What was really in those sacks on the back of his sleigh?..
December 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Since its the last #Caturday before Christmas, here are some terrifying examples of bizarre Victorian feline themed Christmas cards for day 6 of #12DaysOfChristmas with a #GothicYuletide twist.
More info via 'alt'. Enjoy!
#CreepyChristmas
#DarkChristmas
#ArchiveChristmasCard
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
Louis Wain series of Christmas postcards showing nursery rhyme little Jack Horner as a fully dressed cat with a plum pie Louis Wain designed Christmas card depicting a feline giant and Jack mouse from the Jack and the beanstalk story Revenge is sweet and cat flavoured. A Christmas feast for a group of dapper mice There was a tradition of surveillance and threat of violence in Christmas cards to warn children of the consequences of being naughty. Design by Louis Wain.
December 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM