Howard
@thehistorier.bsky.social
Likes old stuff. Likes talking about old stuff. Bell-ringer, allotmenteer, father, works from home and occasionally in the City of London. Photographer of Walls.
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It's UK National Coffee Day. So, here's a little cup of 17th Century coffee.
#Coffee #London #History #CityofLondon #coffeehouses
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#Coffee #London #History #CityofLondon #coffeehouses
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The Coffee Drink of the 17th Century
Coffee became fashinale in the late 17th century. What was it like?
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September 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It's UK National Coffee Day. So, here's a little cup of 17th Century coffee.
#Coffee #London #History #CityofLondon #coffeehouses
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#Coffee #London #History #CityofLondon #coffeehouses
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Sunday morning read! As it is not the anniversary of the Great Fire of London, I decided to write about it, but not about the usual stuff we hear all the time...
#London #Fire #History #GreatFireofLondon #CityofLondon
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#London #Fire #History #GreatFireofLondon #CityofLondon
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The Great Fire of London: Hidden Perspectives and Impacts
We all know about the Great Fire of London. But what about the other parts of the story that were unfolding before and after the Fire itself?
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June 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Sunday morning read! As it is not the anniversary of the Great Fire of London, I decided to write about it, but not about the usual stuff we hear all the time...
#London #Fire #History #GreatFireofLondon #CityofLondon
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#London #Fire #History #GreatFireofLondon #CityofLondon
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March 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
March 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The City this week. Making a photo log of St Helen's Tower, aka the Commercial Union Building, 1 Undershaft, & the Dark Tower. It's coming down, been empty for some time, hoarding gone up, & "Hymacs" replaced the skaters. Long shadows are cast by the Lloyd's & WTW buildings.
#Insurance #Photography
#Insurance #Photography
March 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The City this week. Making a photo log of St Helen's Tower, aka the Commercial Union Building, 1 Undershaft, & the Dark Tower. It's coming down, been empty for some time, hoarding gone up, & "Hymacs" replaced the skaters. Long shadows are cast by the Lloyd's & WTW buildings.
#Insurance #Photography
#Insurance #Photography
Was in Cambridge this week, before the storm came. It felt like I had the place to myself.
Happy New Year.
#Cambridge #Photography #Wellbeing
Happy New Year.
#Cambridge #Photography #Wellbeing
January 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Was in Cambridge this week, before the storm came. It felt like I had the place to myself.
Happy New Year.
#Cambridge #Photography #Wellbeing
Happy New Year.
#Cambridge #Photography #Wellbeing
I love this time of year. Not just Christmas, but mid-winter. The darkness, the shadows, the historic houses (I've worked in) at this time of the year. And I love the lights that come with it, around houses, on trees, lighting up stairs.
Merry Christmas "One and All."
#Midwinter #Christmas
Merry Christmas "One and All."
#Midwinter #Christmas
Mid Winter
It’s that time of year again, the end of November, turning into December. As I write, it is less than a month from the winter solstice. Everything becomes greyer, the dark shadows expand, and corne…
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December 24, 2024 at 12:46 PM
I love this time of year. Not just Christmas, but mid-winter. The darkness, the shadows, the historic houses (I've worked in) at this time of the year. And I love the lights that come with it, around houses, on trees, lighting up stairs.
Merry Christmas "One and All."
#Midwinter #Christmas
Merry Christmas "One and All."
#Midwinter #Christmas
December 20, 2024 at 3:07 PM
I wrote this one a few years ago, when I was running a project on the Second World War, working with veterans and "Home-Front Babies". (I just made that term up).
#Christmas #SecondWorldWar #HomeFront #History
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#Christmas #SecondWorldWar #HomeFront #History
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Wartime Christmas
A Wartime Christmas.
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December 20, 2024 at 8:57 AM
I wrote this one a few years ago, when I was running a project on the Second World War, working with veterans and "Home-Front Babies". (I just made that term up).
#Christmas #SecondWorldWar #HomeFront #History
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#Christmas #SecondWorldWar #HomeFront #History
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Dirty water, cholera, maps, stats and Dr John Snow. Snow's famous for the Broad Street Map of Soho, but he carried out another study that was far more compelling that proved the Mode of Communication of Cholera was water - the Grand Experiment.
#FridayRead #Cholera #Epidemiology #History #Archives
#FridayRead #Cholera #Epidemiology #History #Archives
An Historier's Miscellany
A broad landscape of archaeology, history and heritage.
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December 13, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Dirty water, cholera, maps, stats and Dr John Snow. Snow's famous for the Broad Street Map of Soho, but he carried out another study that was far more compelling that proved the Mode of Communication of Cholera was water - the Grand Experiment.
#FridayRead #Cholera #Epidemiology #History #Archives
#FridayRead #Cholera #Epidemiology #History #Archives
It's been cold and grey this week. I've even taken to wearing gloves.
#Commuting #CityofLondon #Grey #EC3
#Commuting #CityofLondon #Grey #EC3
December 11, 2024 at 6:48 PM
It's been cold and grey this week. I've even taken to wearing gloves.
#Commuting #CityofLondon #Grey #EC3
#Commuting #CityofLondon #Grey #EC3
December 4, 2024 at 4:36 PM
I almost spat my tea across the train carriage when I saw my name in a document dating from December 1419.
#history #london #archaeology #familyhistory #weekendreading #archives #CityofLondon
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#history #london #archaeology #familyhistory #weekendreading #archives #CityofLondon
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The 15th Century Ancestor.
I almost spat my coffee across the train carriage when I saw my name in a 15th century manuscript.
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November 30, 2024 at 5:21 PM
I almost spat my tea across the train carriage when I saw my name in a document dating from December 1419.
#history #london #archaeology #familyhistory #weekendreading #archives #CityofLondon
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#history #london #archaeology #familyhistory #weekendreading #archives #CityofLondon
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Whenever I'm on #Bluesky, I start singing this...
#Showingmyage #1980s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-36...
#Showingmyage #1980s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-36...
A-ha Blue Sky
YouTube video by MagneticNorth71
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November 28, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Whenever I'm on #Bluesky, I start singing this...
#Showingmyage #1980s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-36...
#Showingmyage #1980s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-36...
To prove my earlier point about St. Paul's reflecting the mood the City of London, I took this in very low light, the Cathedral wasn't lit up, and on an antiquated Android phone, a few years ago. It was dark, cold and shadows lurked in all the alleyways.
#StPaulsCathedral #CityofLondon #Photgraphy
#StPaulsCathedral #CityofLondon #Photgraphy
November 26, 2024 at 12:01 PM
To prove my earlier point about St. Paul's reflecting the mood the City of London, I took this in very low light, the Cathedral wasn't lit up, and on an antiquated Android phone, a few years ago. It was dark, cold and shadows lurked in all the alleyways.
#StPaulsCathedral #CityofLondon #Photgraphy
#StPaulsCathedral #CityofLondon #Photgraphy
November 24, 2024 at 10:23 AM
November 22, 2024 at 4:17 PM
St Paul's last week (I chopped the steps off to take out the clutter). I love the way the cathedral reflects the mood of the day - this one being cold, bright and crisp.
#CityofLondon #Churches #Photography
#CityofLondon #Churches #Photography
November 22, 2024 at 11:20 AM
St Paul's last week (I chopped the steps off to take out the clutter). I love the way the cathedral reflects the mood of the day - this one being cold, bright and crisp.
#CityofLondon #Churches #Photography
#CityofLondon #Churches #Photography
November 21, 2024 at 2:01 PM
November 20, 2024 at 2:40 PM
I walk past this chap almost every morning. Something comforting about seeing him.
November 20, 2024 at 10:40 AM
I walk past this chap almost every morning. Something comforting about seeing him.
My first post on @bsky.app. Let's start with...
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#FirstPost #Photography #Walls
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#FirstPost #Photography #Walls
I take photographs of walls
A few years ago, I bravely decided to take some photographs of reused masonry in the south wall of Winchester Cathedral. There were some wonderful carvings and details, which I had intrigued me sin…
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November 18, 2024 at 1:27 PM
My first post on @bsky.app. Let's start with...
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#FirstPost #Photography #Walls
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#FirstPost #Photography #Walls