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whitchurchhospital.bsky.social
Today’s #ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social
is #ChristmasColours

Tricky, as yet we haven’t got a colour photo of the beautiful hall at Christmas in the collection.

So here are a selection of colour from past exhibitions and archives…

#Colours
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#art
#EndofanEra
East 2A art group, created for the End of an Era exhibition in 2016 Some hospital equipment used in the End of an Era exhibition in 2016 The Pharmacy display for the End of an Era exhibition in 2016 The Pharmacy display showing some colourful books for the End of an Era exhibition in 2016
December 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
mikeyashworth.bsky.social
A colourful Christmas card design, by artist Claud Lovat Fraser, originally issued by Lund Humphries in 1921, & re-used here on the cover of a 1931 issue of the remarkable Bradford parish journal "The Heaton Review". #ArchiveAdventCalendar #ChristmasColours @arascot.bsky.social

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The Heaton Review : Vol. IV : 1931 : Heaton Parish Church, Bradford, West Yorkshire : 1931 : Printers; Percy Lund Humphries : cover : Claud Lovat Fraser. From 1927, for a few years, one of the most remarkable Parish magazines ever issued appeared from the Heaton Parish Church in Bradford. Noted as being "an effort to answer one of the demands made by the World Call to the Church, viz, - that of keeping touch with those whom we still regard as our fellow-parishioners", edited locally and fortunately printed by the renowned printers of Percy Lund, Humphries who were based in the city, the Review rapidly rose in stature. Major local, national and international figures, authors and artists provided forwords, articles and illustrations; later issues are a remarkable conucopia of art and literature even as the Review available by subscription or from local bookshops and stalls, sold for 2/6d (12.5p). Volume 4 from 1931 is no exception. The forword is by John Galsworthy and the first article, on Bradford, is by no less than the city's literary giant, J.B. Priestley. The covers show an illustration by Claud Lovat Fraser (1890 - 1921), a remarkable artist and this illustration was originally for one of a series of Christmas cards, this being The Festival of Christmas, issued by Lund Humphries in 1921. It shows three figures, a masked hatted figure wearing a black cloak, preceeded by a garlanded man with a white beard wearing a pink leopard spotted cloak, and another figure with a laurel wreath head-dress and an orange/black tiger striped garment. There are other illustrations such as landscapes and portraits by artists as varied as Alan Gwynne-Jones, Jacob Kramer, W.F. Briggs and Frederick Lawson. The Review also contains adverts for local concerns and shops all set in various typefaces by Lund Humphries.
December 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
rlcmuseum.bsky.social
Ooo #ChristmasColours is the phrase of the day 😍 And here, dressed like the little drummer boy himself (because every women with a newborn wants a child to play drums in the nursery...) is an Officer of the Royal Waggon Train. Festive and fetching.

#MuseumsDoChristmas #ArchiveAdventCalendar
A really nice oldy-style painting of a soldier with blue trousers, a red, cropped jacket, a million buttons and those fun shoulder tassle thingies, topped with a really fancy hat with a massive white feather. Proper class. He also has a sword, spurs, and shiny shoes.
December 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
friendsofgri.bsky.social
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#christmascolours

Well you don't get more christmassy than our carol service in Glasgow Cathedral. This year it took place on Dec 12th. Photos will follow but for now some snaps from 2024 with the fab & talented children from St Mungo's Primary.

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December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
dundeecityarchives.bsky.social
We've been adding some #ChristmasColours to our searchroom pictures. Which one is your favourite? 🧵
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First we have a lovely bit of gold on the Keillers poster from 1897.

December 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
This little skier is rocking their #ChristmasColours !

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Stayed tuned as we'll be posting a couple more tree decorations over the next week
December 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
mrcwarwick.bsky.social
Another entirely normal Victorian Christmas for today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar

The Cyclist in 1888/9 shouts 'Festive' with its vision of Professor Gorilla, dressed only in red pants, painting the #ChristmasColours of a swampy St Paul's Cathedral through an arch decorated with bicycling pharaohs
Front cover of the 1888 Christmas edition of the Victorian magazine 'The Cyclist', incorporating a year book for 1889 (document reference: MSS.328/C/5/CYCX/5). The illustration on the front cover is of a reclining gorilla in a pair of red pants, painting a landscape that is visible through a massive arch decorated with images of ancient Egyptian figures riding bicycles and tricycles. The landscape through the arch is a post-apocalyptic swamp which contains some broken pillars and the dome of St Paul's Cathedral. A red sun is either rising or setting behind the swampy view. The caption on the front cover reads 'Professor Gorilla's report being the Cyclist 'Xmas No. for 1888 and year book for 1889. Iliffe & Son 98, Fleet St., London & Coventry. Price One Shilling'.
December 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
barnsleymuseums.bsky.social
#ArchiveAdventCalendar We've been looking for an excuse to share this brightly coloured advertisement that was displayed in a Barnsley post office - A smoking Santa, how times have changed! #ChristmasColours
Retro illustration of Santa Claus sitting by a chimney, smiling and smoking a cigarette. Text reads: "A great little gift 50 for 7'6," "50 Woodbines," and "the great little cigarette.
December 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
derbyshiredro.bsky.social
A lovely hand drawn poster full of #ChristmasColours by Loscoe-born artist and illustrator Jack Bronson (d. 2006) for a Christmas Social of a Fellowship Group, possibly at Newthorpe, 1958.

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Hand drawn poster illustrated in colour pencil. In the centre is a square outlined in red with details of a Christmas Social on December 30th 1958, written in a variety of elaborate fonts. To the left is the illustration of a cross outlined in a wide blue border. At the bottom right are green holly leaves with red berries and to the top right is an illustration of mistletoe.
December 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
rcpsgheritage.bsky.social
It's #ChristmasColours for today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar and these Ballantyne Dropper Pipettes (c1920) look so festive! The pipettes would be used for ophthalmological solutions and are colour-coded for safe selection of topical drugs but we think they'd look lovely hanging on a tree 😆
Five glass pipettes in red, yellow, green, purple and blue. They are standing in a stainless steel holder
December 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social
🎭 Step into a world of #ChristmasColours with Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat. A festive favourite at the theatre and in this beautiful book from 1865 for @arascot.bsky.social's #ArchiveAdventCalendar. #theatrehistory #theatre @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
lbwfarchives.bsky.social
Red holly berries brighten this seasonal notice from the Leyton and Leytonstone Chamber of Commerce, from their publication 'Action' in Dec 1934. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #ChristmasColours @arascot.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
berksarchives.bsky.social
Godric and his festive guest (tune in tomorrow to find out more!) have been raiding the archive for #ChristmasColours. They found items like a staple remover, a catalogue, some books from our library and even the sign for our Enquiries desk! #ArchiveAdventCalendar
Godric the crochet stag with a toy Elf, sitting behind various items that are red and green. There are pencils, a staple remover, scissors, weights, a day pass, 3 books, a catalogue, a sign that says Enquiries, and 2 numbered signs used on the microform machines.
December 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
yorkarchive.bsky.social
17🎄❄️

Today we have two blocks for you!

They celebrate York’s pubs, live music, and dancing. 

Emily Harvey noted her inspiration for both panels:

1 – “About the first block York has loads of pubs, each with their own character, history, special beers, and entertainment.”

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A vibrant mural depicts a group of people enjoying live music. A woman plays guitar and sings, another plays the violin, while three others listen, seated around a table with drinks. Three abstract figures dance energetically next to a vintage-style depiction of two people dancing. Text above reads, "Beggars and homeless people on the streets."
December 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
wolfq4.bsky.social
Day 3 of my #12DaysOfChristmas posts with a #GothicYuletide twist. This bonkers #Archive #Victorian Christmas card shows a stag beetle dancing with a frog, because surely nothing says Christmas more than that!
#CreepyChristmas
#DarkChristmas
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Victorian Christmas card featuring a stag beetle dancing with a frog, with a fly holding a tambourine and dragonflies in the background with the message "may Christmas be merry" Because why not..
December 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
designarchives.bsky.social
Season's Greetings from Lipson-Jacob Associates
Designer: Stan Brod

ICOGRADA / theICoD archive
ICO/3/32/72

@arascot.bsky.social #ArchiveAdventCalendar #ChristmasColours
Poster with NOEL spelled out in red, the negative space between the letters is green. Each letter occupies a square and the letters are laid out so NO is on top of EL
December 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
arascot.bsky.social
Would you go for Red and Green or Silver and Gold or would you prefer Blue and White. What are your #ChristmasColours #ArchiveAdventCalendar
December 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
royalhampsmuseum.bsky.social
This picture shows Serle's House in its ‘Christmas Colours’ after heavy snowfall in the 1990s! ❄️
#ArchiveAdventCalendar #museumarchive #visitwinchester #visithampshire #archiveadvent #adventcalendar #militarymuseum #christmascolours #snow #whitewinter
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
dunblanemuseum.bsky.social
#ArchiveAdventCalendar theme 17 is #ChristmasColours. Dunblane Museum has on display armorial shield (in red, green & gold) of Chisholm family of Cromlix, who provided last 3 bishops of Dunblane before Reformation

🚶Visit Dunblane Museum Sats until 20 Dec
🕥 10.30am-4.30pm (last entry 4pm)
🆓 Free
December 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
leightonlibrary.bsky.social
#ArchiveAdventCalendar theme 16 is #ChristmasColours. Red, green & gold at Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library: red lettering & music lines of 1637 edition of “Missale Romanum,” green marbling on cover of 1804 edition of “Scotia depicta,” & gold traces on mitre of cartouche
December 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
whitchurchhospital.bsky.social
For the #ArchiveAdventCalendar today it’s #Bells 🔔🔔 @arascot.bsky.social

I do believe this fabulous postcard from the time of the First World War we’ve shared before has bells as part of the ceiling Christmas decorations. The other two are concert programmes which mention Bell/Bells
First World War postcard from the time the hospital was a military hospital. The photo is of a large group of injured soldiers (many are wearing their hospital uniforms) with hospital staff. The ward is decorated for Christmas time Concert programme from December 1910 Concert programme Concert programme from the early years
December 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
isleofmanpro.bsky.social
We're late to the #ArchiveAdventCalendar theme of #Shopping but we must simply share today's Very Long Plan discovery! Drawn up by Frank Cottle in 1903, it shows the names of all the business owners along Strand Street, the main shopping area in Douglas, #IsleOfMan. #ManxArchives #ExploreYourArchive
Colour photograph showing very long plan unrolled to almost its full extent in an office room. The plan is supported at one end by archival weights and at the other, by a member of the Isle of Man PRO who is underneath the plan; only their hands can be seen. Colour photograph showing title detail of plan: 'Plan shewing proposed new building line along Duke St, Strand St, Castle St'. Colour photograph showing detail of plan in which the names of businesses and business owners can be seen. These are written in the spaces representing the properties ranged either side of Strand Street. Names include Lipton, Crellin, Quirk, and Holmes. Updates have been made to a number of names, for instance, 'Bucknall' has been crossed out in pencil and replaced with 'Strand Cinema'. Colour photograph showing detail of plan in which the names of businesses and business owners can be seen. These are written in the spaces representing the properties ranged either side of Castle Street. Names include Curphey, Felice, Newson and Gore. Establishments include Heron & Brearley and the Falcon Hotel.
December 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
unkarchives.bsky.social
Bells are ringing. We're not sure whether the bells are supposed to be Christmas bells or wedding bells - this page is from the Arthur White/Irma Higgins album, and Arthur drew a loooooot of kissing pictures, so we're leaning towards wedding but same difference. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #Bells
Pencil sketch. Elaborate lettering reads Dear Irma, Kitchener, B.C., Canada. Sketch of bells, flowers, and feathers
December 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
barnsleymuseums.bsky.social
#ArchiveAdventCalendar Bell ringers at Cawthorne and Thurlstone in 1928 and 1898

Yes, we struggled a bit with the #Bells theme today but we think you'll agree these are great photos!
Six men in suits pose with trophies in front of a stone building. Some sit, others stand, and a sign at their feet reads “Cawthorne Church Bell Ringers Winners Challenge Cup 1925, 1928, 1931.”. A black and white photo from 1898 shows a group of men in suits posing with large handbells on a table outside a stone building. A sign identifies them as the Thursltone Handbell Ringers in front of an independent Sunday school.
December 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social
#Bells for today’s @arascot.bsky.social
#ArchiveAdventCalendar! This broadside records a local fundraising drive to buy 2 bells for Morpeth’s Old Gate Steeple (1832)—subscriptions taken by a bookseller, a chemist, & a printer. Community spirit in print! collectionscaptured.ncl.ac.uk/digital/coll...
December 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM