Liverpool is one big roadwork at the moment so I allowed 3/4 hour for a 15 minute journey. It was 15 minutes. We all know what would have happened if I’d left later though, right?

Yes, you are correct. My September is very overbooked…

Just finished my latest report on the history of the Turner Home, Dingle which looked at why the home was established. I will be sharing this & the incredible story of Anne Turner in September. Please come along! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/140-years-...

140 Years of Care: The History and Architecture of the Turner Home

This evening of talks celebrates the unique architecture and fascinating story of the Turner Home in Dingle, Liverpool.

eventbrite.co.uk

Doesn’t the King’s Theatre look beautiful? Such a lovely evening last night celebrating its return after a long & difficult renovation. So many archive & heritage stories to share.

Beautiful views as I travelled up to Edinburgh today for the celebration of the re-opening of the Kings Theatre, supported by Heritage Lottery Fund. There aren’t many projects I’d give up my wknd & self-fund a trip here in August, but after 7 years involved in this project I wasn’t missing this!

I guess I would be joining the Royal Signals ahead of a long army career. Or heading to sea with the Merchant Marine. Otherwise it would be housework. If we are talking DNA grandparent, he was still a schoolboy surviving as a school boy, with relatively new Jewish Russian immigrant parents.

Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d ago

Enough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?

Any London followers have a mannequin (or several) they could lend me for London Open House 18/19 September???

This month it is 38 years since I started researching/ working in archives. Yet, today I still went to an archive service for research purposes, in a white shirt… #willneverlearn #redrot

Don’t you love it when The last act of the week is too find something lovely for a client! They are going to squeal with excitement.

This is an important role - National Data Guardian. Advises the health and care system so people’s information is kept safe and confidential, and is shared when appropriate to achieve better outcomes for patients. £63k for 3.5 days a week apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9039

In things I wish I hadn't seen, but now I have and you will too... New research published in the Journal of the Institute of Conservation recommends PPE for handling all red rot because of the risk of heavy metal contamination (lead, arsenic, cadmium). #GLAMS 📚 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Laughs in archivist…

Stephen Bouquet

kim@kimmymonte.bsky.social · 3w ago

your baseball pitcher name is your grandfather’s first name and the last thing you bought i’ll go first mine’s Dominic Sandals

Current status: by the pool reading the play I’ve been helping develop with archive research. Archives quoted throughout. AND it’s a good story. Excellent. More on this in due course.

Waking up today wondering if after 37 years how much impact this law can have? This is a good explainer. Now it’s passed we can also consider its impact on record keeping. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

What Hillsborough Law will mean and how we got here

The long-delayed legislation - formally known as the Public Office (Accountability) Bill - is expected to become law by the autumn. Ninety seven Liverpool fans died as a result of the crush during the...

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I’m a little bit lost for words when trying to sum up the spirit and fortitude of the Hillsborough families But after the privilege of watching them make history again today - I’ve tried to sum it all up here…

Under a golden Sky the Hillsborough heroes made history again

A seismic day unfolded in parliament after years of tireless campaigning

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Momentous day which I pray will save others from what others have endured. A duty of candour for all public servants should change how government works. Such admiration for the families who campaigned so hard for legislation that would help others rather than themselves

This Is Anfield@thisisanfield.com · 3w ago

NEW: Hillsborough Law approved by MPs in major step forward #lfc

This is excellent news! I can’t tell you how useful it is to have a set of these records as evidence when applying for funding

UK Archive Sector Leadership@uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 3w ago

... Keep a look out for further updates ahead of the survey opening this Autumn: www.archives.org.uk/news/opening-soon-the-2026-survey-of-onsite-visitors-to-archives Thanks to our new partnership, and a digital-first approach, there will be no charge for your service to take part! (2/2)

Remind me when I next moan about Euston: Lisbon Oriente is a high level station and had 1 in 10 lifts working from the ground floor.

Thoroughly enjoyable trip to the Quake experience in Lisbon today. Interactive, historically informative & archives front and centre. Three key docs on the rebuilding of the city in 1755, including this one, the Providencias, each fully explained. All digital images. An exemplar.

Have you seen our Archive Basics Guidance yet? Ideal for non-archive professionals and those new to the sector, these pages take you through all the principles and practices of managing an archive, from creating a collections policy to providing access: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

I’m sure we can find the right genealogist to help Dave out here

Matt Houlbrook@tricksterprince.bsky.social · 4w ago

Some amazing #20s30s family history here...

Current UK politics is a exactly what this summer needs

Jacky@jacky3344.bsky.social · 4w ago

There are actually laws about not wearing armour in Westminster. There are serious (ish) discussions going on about whether a bin is "armour". With actual lawyers. Honestly.

I am completely convinced I have a future in mystery shopping for cultural orgs/transport: yes it’s completely unclear that set of lifts only goes down/ no you didn’t tell me at ground level I could tap onto the metro / no you didn’t tell me the museum was closed at the door. #traveltales

Absolutely fantastic article to celebrate 50 years of @historyofads.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Baldy Man, Gold Blend flirters and mash-mad Martians: TV’s golden age ads

As the History of Advertising Trust turns 50, our writer revels in its vast archive, remembering the bread boy on his bike, the suggestive coffee-drinkers and the Hamlet smoker adjusting his comb-over

theguardian.com

Current status: Travelling overseas. Giving money to every historic site that ISN’T displaying original archives in direct sunlight. Still have most of my money….

Lovely piece by James Graham, acclaimed playwright and screenwriter

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.

Britain has so many stories. The reason we fund the arts together is so we can tell them | James Graham

Anyway, I learnt an interesting fact today. Rev Smith, the first dedicated minister for the deaf, is recorded as using the 1881 census for London to identify deaf people. He then visited them & invited them to church. No data protection then. I do wonder how that all happened.

This is why us weary travellers lose patience with the railways. I know there have been a load of issues on the trains today. I get that, but is this train cancelled or not??????

Lovely story, and thankfully devoid of the clichés and errors that are often present when finds in archives are reported.

‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives

One of 11 surviving copies of ‘Exeter printing’ and only one known outside US was taken from American privateer ship

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