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Lisbet Sherlock

@lisbet.bsky.social

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Historian. Writer. Researcher. Current projects: Tolson sister #suffragettes and history of @FarmWoodoaks. Trustee at British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social and Dorset Wildlife Trust @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

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Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · Nov 12

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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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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

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

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Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · 17d

Same.

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 20d

‘UK respondents dramatically overestimate how many immigrants there are and how many of them are Muslim. They overestimate what proportion of immigrants are from north Africa by a factor of 10, and from the Middle East by a factor of two, and underestimate how many are from North America.’

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 20d

The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration on.ft.com/46p3BPl

The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration

It’s not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isn’t there

on.ft.com

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Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · 21d

I’m half Danish. These forms confuse me. Not sure what they are really looking for.

Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · Aug 18

well it is still a "no" from my 21-yr old

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Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · Aug 9

😂I hope not!

Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · Aug 8

Thank you! I wonder if that’s it!

Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · Aug 8

Suffrage/prison historians - what is a 'thunder stuffed pillow"? Constance Lytton mentions this a few times as something she experienced in Holloway Prison. Maybe @caitlindavies.bsky.social or @teadevotee.bsky.social know?

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Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · Aug 8

“Women and children first” probably helped

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Dorset Wildlife Trust @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social · Aug 6

LAST CALL: Young Content Creators Wanted!

Are you 14–19 and living in Dorset? Got something to say about nature, climate change, mental health, or tech?

Participation People are looking for 2 brilliant young people to join their creative crew. 👉 bit.ly/4msJKVR ~ Jack

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Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · Jul 15

We are looking for new trustees to join the board @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social - if you or anyone you know might be interested please take a look at the details here
www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/jobs/trustee (and please share this!)

Trustee | Dorset Wildlife Trust

Dorset Wildlife Trust is governed by a council of trustees elected at the Annual General Meeting. The voluntary role of trustee is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the effectiveness of our or...

www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk

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Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · Jul 13

Hope you feel better soon

Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · Jul 1

Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · Jun 26

A great summary of a fabulous @balhnews.bsky.social event

British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · Jun 26

#TBT To our Placing Jane Study Day last month! If you missed it, check out this highlight reel: ow.ly/iNhj50WaCGm

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · Jun 21

#OtD 21 Jun 1908 "Women's Sunday" took place in London when 300,000 women descended on Hyde Park to demonstrate in favour of women's suffrage - the largest political gathering to date in the park stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9395...

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Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · Jun 19

Don’t recall it being a difficult thing. I do remember that at first they don’t realise they can easily get out which was useful. My son would have been about 2.5 or 3 as my daughter needed the cot so it basically had to happen

Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · Jun 19

That’s fantastic @counsellc.bsky.social many congratulations!

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Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · Jun 18

BALH is hosting a talk this evening about Jane Austen’s Social Networks and the Wider World which will explore the remarkable women in Austen’s Southampton circle, lives shaped by empire, scandal, and global connections.
All welcome

Find out more: balh.org.uk/NTM209
@balhnews.bsky.social

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Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · Jun 15

They were very good!

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Jun 8

At the Sewing Machines (making hats), painting by Amy Katherine Browning, 1881-1978 (Stockport Heritage Services). Friend of Sylvia Pankhurst. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

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Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · Jun 2

I saw a Marsh Orchid at the other end of the country- Dorset

Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · Jun 1

Prepping it now. This looks great!

Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · May 31

I saw that! It’s on the list. Peeped in and looked interesting

Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social · May 31

The church was also rather interesting offering several clues as to how earlier owners of the Bridehead estate acquired their wealth @corinnefowler.bsky.social

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