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Clements Hall Local History Group @clemhallhistory.bsky.social · 20h

Our latest blogpost features 90 years of Pextons Hardware on Bishy Road in #York www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/pextons... @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 23h

Join us tonight for a fascinating webinar looking at the history and legacy of votes for women!

Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-v...

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

Worn fabric banner with green text reading 'Votes for Women in 1912' advocating women's suffrage

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Dr Karen McAulay @karenmca.bsky.social · 1d

#Historians #LocalHistorians Do you do #OralHistories? Curious to know if you use any kind of automated transcription software? What would you recommend? And do you have a favourite recording device?
I'd be very grateful for recommendations, thanks!
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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 1d

Ghosts that stalk our streets and the history we learn from them insidecroydon.com/2025/10/07/g... #Croydon #Ghosts #GhostSigns @balhnews.bsky.social

Ghosts that stalk our streets and the history we learn from them

KEN TOWL sets off to find as many ghost signs as he can According to Historic England, ghost signs are “typically historic hand-painted advertising signs or old shop signs preserved on buildings th…

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Jackie Depelle @jackiedepelle.bsky.social · 1d

Essential reading for #FamilyHiistory #LocalHistory and #HouseHistory @balhnews.bsky.social @oneplacestudies.bsky.social

Family History Federation @federationfhs.bsky.social · 1d

Sign up to receive our Really Useful Bulletin into your inbox every month! www.familyhistoryfederation.com/subscribe-to...

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 1d

Join us next week for a virtual lecture about the new book 'Drax of Drax Hall: How One British Family Got Rich (and Stayed Rich) from Sugar and Slavery.'

Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-d...

S Hutchinson, English: Slave Traffic (1793). Royal Museums Greenwich, PR1979-11

This painting refers to the story of Inkle and Yarico, first published in 1711. In the story, the 'native' woman, Yarico, rescues an Englishman Mr Inkle after a shipwreck. They fall in love and live together in the woods, before a passing ship brings them to Barbados. The picture shows Inkle at the moment that he sells Yarico into slavery. She has just told him that she is pregnant with his child, in the hope that this will make him change his mind. Inkle asks the trader for more money instead. Sentimental stories like this often exposed the cruelties of slavery, and they were used in the growing art and literature of the abolition movement. It is signed by the artist and dated.

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 3d

Cranmer and Croydon's part in the Book of Common Prayer insidecroydon.com/2025/10/05/c... #Croydon #ArchbishopofCanterbury #ThomasCranmer @balhnews.bsky.social

Cranmer and Croydon’s part in the Book of Common Prayer

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: This week’s announcement of the appointment of a new Archbishop of Canterbury will have revived interest in Croydon’s connections with the role, with six of Dame Sara…

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 4d

Always mindful of #OnePlace studies, sometimes it’s best to step carefully around obstacles.

Many thanks to everyone in this community who helped make #AATP25, out #miniAATP such a success. Kudos to @sogorg.bsky.social, @oneplacestudies.bsky.social and @balhnews.bsky.social. 🥳

Dax, one of two Projectkin cats, doing the catwalk high above the Projectkin HQ. More at Projectkin.org All Rights Reserved.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 5d

Well, now, wasn't that fun? Jude Rhodes @juderhodes.bsky.social representating the @balhnews.bsky.social with the @sogorg.bsky.social and the @oneplacestudies.bsky.social helped me button up the #AATP25 or #miniAATP in another live talk.

Just posted... 🫶

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#AATP25: Learning About Local History — All About That Place 2025 w/ Jude Rhodes

Watch now (27 mins) | With connections at every organization sponsoring the AATP25 series of talks and events, I can think of no one better than Jude Rhodes to help me wrap up our Projectkin live even...

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 4d

Do you have a #LocalHistory you'd like to tell? Why not share it through the BALH's website! Whether it's a podcast, blog piece, 10-minute talk or other format, we have a range of ways of sharing your stories.

Find out more, here: www.balh.org.uk/blog-ways-to...

#WeAreLocalHistory

A man in a turtle neck jumper sits in front of a laptop in a library. "Get involved" is written over the image

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 7d

Join us next week for a fascinating webinar looking at the history and legacy of votes for women!

Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-v...

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 8d

On #ThoughtfulTuesday, we're inviting you to remember to have a clear research question. Think about what you want to know about generally, and then narrow your focus.

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

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Justine Pick @justinepick.bsky.social · 10d

Check out Dudley History Festival taking place 11-31 October
#WeAreLocalHistory @balhnews.bsky.social

blackcountrysoc.bsky.social @blackcountrysoc.bsky.social · 13d

Dudley History Festival 11th to 31st October/ More details of talks and other events at www.better.org.uk/library/dudl...

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 10d

In one of our latest blogs, Dr Susan Major highlights the scoria bricks of York's alleyways, sharing a story of recycling, ingenuity and urban change.

Find out more: balh.org.uk/blog-scoria-br…#WeAreLocalHistoryr#LocalHistoryForAllll

The double hexagon scoria bricks that are found in the back alleys of South Bank in York

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 11d

To celebrate “Place,” #AATP25, our collab with the @sogorg.bsky.social, the @oneplacestudies.bsky.social and the @balhnews.bsky.social, we’re shortly hosting a Live program with Annette Burke Lyttle. We’ll be talking about maps and the Library of Congress collection. 🎉

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Projectkin Live: #AATP25 A Conversation with Annette Burke Lyttle

Sat 27 Sep, 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM [PDT]: Professional genealogist and Heritage Detective, Annette Burke Lyttle, joins Barbara from Projectkin in this special 10-day All About That Place celebration for ...

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Jackie Depelle @jackiedepelle.bsky.social · 12d

Good to see active @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social account. Current subscription offers #Doncaster #Cambridgeshire #Exeter - lots of reduced railway maps www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/subscription... @doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social @devonfhs.bsky.social @balhnews.bsky.social @federationfhs.bsky.social

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 12d

#ICYMI: Head to Mendlesham Armoury on 11 October to hear the reflections and report about their recent research project!

Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-t...

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 13d

#ICYMI: Looking for ways to celebrate 250 years since Jane Austen's birth? Why not go to a study day, hosted at SeaCity Museum, on 18 October!

Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-s...

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 14d

Hi, we have now added the provenance of the image to the thread on the new post. In future this will be added to the ALT text. Thank you for raising this.

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 14d

Stories like this often exposed the cruelties of slavery, and they were used in the growing art and literature of the abolition movement. It is signed by the artist and dated.

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 14d

…live together in the woods, before a passing ship brings them to Barbados. The picture shows Inkle at the moment that he sells Yarico into slavery. She has just told him she is pregnant with his child, in the hope that this will make him change his mind. Inkle asks the trader for more money instead

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 14d

Image provenance: S Hutchinson, English: Slave Traffic (1793), Royal Museums Greenwich, PR1979-11

This painting refers to the story of Inkle and Yarico, first published in 1711. In the story, the ‘native’ woman, Yarico, rescues an Englishman Mr Inkle after a shipwreck. They fall in love and…

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 14d

Hi, thank you for your message. The image was supplied by the speaker so will check the details with them and amend.

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 14d

Join us on 15th October for a virtual lecture about the new book 'Drax of Drax Hall.' The work uses the story of the Drax family's history as enslavers in Barbados as a microcosm of Britain's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.

Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-d...

18th-century ships with full sails anchored near a shore where men unload barrels and greet each other by a cliffside fort. In the bottom right of the image, the purchase of an enslaved person can be seen.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 15d

A good initiative - nice to see people using #Railway200 to connect #LocalHistory & #RailwayHistory in public formats!

@balhnews.bsky.social @communityrail.bsky.social

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Celebrating 200 years of the railway in the South West - BBC News

Information panels telling stories of the impact of the railway have been put up in stations.

www.bbc.co.uk

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