A few history pics from a weekend in Buckinghamshire 🏰 🍺
Emma Norris
@emmanorriss.bsky.social
Membership and Events at The Heritage Alliance. Incoming Trustee at the Black Country Living Museum 🏛️🌿🗡️🐾
At the ORNC Greenwich last week for the launch of a new exhibition and film ‘Cornwallis Cloth’ amplifying Caribbean stories from WWII. Grateful to have been able to learn something new about the involvement and impact of Black Caribbean communities. Well worth a visit!
Lovely to visit St Stephen’s Wallbrook yesterday and hear about their recent restoration project ⛪️ A very gorgeous Wren church!
A few photos from the @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social’s Peaky Blinders night 🎠 An evening of great (bostin) food, entertainment, and some incredibly impressive outfits
A local-history fuelled weekend, with Saturday morning spent exploring the canals around the #GlassMuseum in Stourbridge, led by one of their volunteers 🦆🌳
@heritagelizzie.bsky.social and I enjoyed blue skies in Bath visiting #FairfieldHouse, THA member, and a key symbol of many local and international communities They’re working to preserve the memory of HIM Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia We met a local sewing club that meet there regularly!
The first of our case studies that we will be sharing on our #HeritageCreates report over the next few weeks features Alice Billing House, retrofitted by the Creative Land Trust thanks to the support of @archhfund.org.uk and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. 1/2
Travelling down to Bath for the weekend and stumbled across this bit of Victorian architecture at Worcester Shrub Hill station! @railwayheritage.bsky.social #railway200 #mobileheritage
Spent a sunny afternoon exploring Harvington Hall (@harvingtonhall.bsky.social), one of Historic Houses’ members and just up the road! Learnt a lot about priest hides and the Elizabethan era. Incredible scenery, history and lovely cakes too 🍰
Our refreshed Heritage Creates report showcases the growing partnership between the heritage sector and creative industries.🎨🏛️ Thank you to Farcroft Restorations for their support. Check out the latest case studies here 👉 bit.ly/HeritageCrea... #HeritageCreates #CreativeIndustries