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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 6d

#OtD 3 Oct 1937 almost a year after their defeat at Cable St, Mosley's Blackshirts attempted to march through Bermondsey, South London. Met with strong local opposition and barricades in the streets, the march never arrived at its intended destination workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e35-...

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Katie Hall @katiehall.bsky.social · 6d

Hi Dean, drop me a DM and we’ll go from there.

Katie Hall @katiehall.bsky.social · 6d

🚨I would love you to come and work with me!

Are you committed to History education and want to have a wider impact? It’s an exciting time in History education.

Don't hesitate to reach out if you have questions. Pls share.

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Subject Support Manager - History

At AQA, we’re committed to advancing education and we’re committed to our people. As the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK, we mark over 10 million exam papers each year and it’s o...

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 11d

Just to let everyone know, in the run-up to the centenary of the 1926 general strike, we're going to be mapping lots more stories about the strike. You can keep track of them all on the new website, and our main map - generalstrike100.com/
#generalstrike100

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 12d

This is rather fun ... a nice #FamilyHistory #RailwayHistory connection.

Hope this generation put together another time capsule for 2125 & #Railway300!

#Railway200

Stockton & Darlington Railway time capsule buried in 1925 opened | The Northern Echo share.google/LLw6UEhFr7zd...

Do not open until 2025: 100-year-old time capsule reveals its railway secrets

A BROWN paper parcel, wrapped up with the string by a man after the 100th anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1925, and sealed…

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Paula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social · 13d

Been teaching seminars this week on whether polling should be banned during campaigns and after this I think maybe it should be banned except for during campaigns. Utterly mad way to frame a poll 4 years out from a general election.

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Katie Hall @katiehall.bsky.social · 13d

Fabulous news!

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IHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 13d

The IHR Black British History seminar series is now on BlueSky!

Follow us for updates and keep your eyes peeled for information about our upcoming seminars 👀

@ihr.bsky.social #BlackBritishHistory #historians #academia

Photograph of the Black People’s Day of Action, March 1981

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 13d

Before tomorrow's reopening of the National Railway Museum's Station Hall, we're re-sharing this blog post.

#Railway200

By NRM project co-lead Karen Baker, it looks at how the Railway Work, Life & Death project contributes to the new interpretation:

Tools, tales and collaboration: a museum case study - Railway Work, Life & Death

Project co-lead Karen Baker discusses how the project is feeding into the National Railway Museum's Station Hall redesign.

www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 13d

... and someone else has been declaring it unnatural and trying to stop them...

Jim Logan @spatchcock.bsky.social · 13d

"If there’s any fact we know about history, it’s that everybody’s been moving everywhere and having sex with everybody, forever." — Paul Spickard, professor of history, UC Santa Barbara

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Katie Hall @katiehall.bsky.social · 15d

Really looking forward to reading, and engaging with, this report. Thanks to all the have put hard work into it.

Sasha Smith @sashasmith.bsky.social · 15d

Publication day is here for our @endsexisminschools.bsky.social report: ‘The Great History Heist: Reclaiming Women’s Place in the History Curriculum’ a nationwide research project into the representation and teaching of women in the KS3 history curriculum

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Sexism in the History Curriculum - End Sexism in Schools

End Sexism In School’s second crowd research project is looking into the History curriculum taught at KS3 (years 7-9) in England and Wales.

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 16d

Hey #historyteacher and #skystorians I hope the term has started well for you. Read my latest Director's blog about the thinking I've been doing over the summer and the exciting year ahead for the Schools History Project! director.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/2025/09/19/d...

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Katie Hall @katiehall.bsky.social · 15d

This was my thought…they’ll be banning gas and air next to make sure you really feel the enjoyment of giving birth…

Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 16d

Of course the main takeaway from all of this is that autism is women’s fault.

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Emmy @msquinnhistory.bsky.social · 19d

Next Monday begins my webinar series focusing on disciplinary concepts in primary history. @histassoc.bsky.social #teaching #history
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Webinar series: Practical approaches to disciplinary concepts in primary history

www.history.org.uk

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Carmel Bones @carmelbones.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you 😊 all for the lovely feedback tonight @tracyborman.bsky.social 🐶 Spaces tomorrow www.carmelbones.co.uk drop me a line and get set for The Historic Environment #historyteacher 🙌🏻 🍂

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 23d

Kemi doom-scrolling Twitter and seeing the Kruger defection

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Katie Hall @katiehall.bsky.social · 24d

Congrats Tracy! ☺️

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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 27d

In the early modern period you'd be sending two ambassadors, one good-looking one to flatter, go dancing and play the appropriate sports, and one who understood law and politics

David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 27d

Ambassador to the court of Trump is not a normal job. Knowledge of golf and ability to provide endless flattery are key considerations, alongside being able to understand that only one man makes decisions, the rest may or may not have any influence.

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Katie Hall @katiehall.bsky.social · 28d

You’re fabulous! 😎

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · Sep 8

It's almost like young people are interested in institutions facing up to their history in a frank and nuanced way

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National Trust heartened by surge in young members

Some 40,000 people aged 18-25 signed up in the past year as research suggests young adults are showing more interest in culture, heritage and history

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Celia Richardson @celiarichardson.bsky.social · Sep 6

Customer feedback this week;

‘Please can you get some more diversity at the National Trust by encouraging more hot men to visit.’

Ideas for how we do this v welcome. Nothing too racy please - we are the National Trust not the National Tryst.

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Ali Messer @freereed59.net · Sep 6

#HistoryTeacher s keep going. It's working 😅

Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · Sep 6

There are HUGE majorities for teaching the complexity of history properly. Nigel Farage is a devious scheming liar.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Sep 6

If we ask should we teach history of Empire and race, including its controversies and complexities, then 73% of black respondents + two-thirds of white & Asian respondents think this matters

8% of white & minority respondents against

There will be challenges to get that right, of course

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Katie Hall @katiehall.bsky.social · Sep 5

The dark origin story of Makka Pakka 🙈

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Katie Hall @katiehall.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ryan is still traumatised by the Wattingers

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