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Dr Julie Holder

@julieh80.bsky.social

Assistant Curator of Modern & Contemporary History, National Museums Scotland. Posts about history, museums, heritage, disability & my pets Lightning & Puggo. Discworld fan & disabled mum to 2 fabulous neurospicy kids (own opinions she/her)

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Dr Julie Holder@julieh80.bsky.social · last wk.

Was going through an old box of photos, letters, and newspaper clippings and found an old photo of me skateboarding down THE best skateboarding hill in Camberley, Surrey. I was probably only about 8 years old. Should really store it all better now I know about archive storage, lol #FamilyArchive

8 year old girl with brown curly hair wearing a black coat and blue jeans skateboarding down a hill with fences and a wall behind her. Her arms are stretched out and she has her mouth open as if she is shouting "hey!"
Tom Sharpe@tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 2w ago

20 September 1820: on a visit to Lyme Regis, Cambridge geologist Adam Sedgwick notes in his journal 'After breakfast purchase fossils of Miss Anning', perhaps the earliest mention of Mary Anning junior running the family fossil shop. He spent £3 2s on 'various fossils' and 'part of Ichthyosaurus'.

Top left, portrait of Mary Anning in a green cloak and a straw bonnet tied with a red ribbon; top right, portrait of Adam Sedgwick with dark hair and in a dark coat; bottom, extract from Sedgwick's diary '20 [September 1820] After breakfast purchase fossils of Miss Anning - was to Charmouth Cliffs - large flags of lias covered with impressions of ammonites'.
Tom Sharpe@tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 3w ago

14 September 1825: geologists Roderick and Charlotte Murchison visit Lyme Regis and meet Mary Anning. They called first at the shop, but Mary was out fossil hunting in the rain. Roderick (and maybe Charlotte) found her, 'a fine intelligent young woman' on the beach 'with her dog, hammer & basket'.

Top, extract from Murchison's journal 'Charmouth Sept 14 1825 To day to Lyme & sat in the Plesiosaurus Bed with Mary Anning – a drenching rain'; centre left, portrait of Mary Anning in a green cloak and straw bonnet tied with a red ribbon; centre right, portrait of Roderick Murchison with a full head of hair and long sideburns; bottom, extract from Murchison's journal where he went to the 'Western Beach where I soon discovered her [Mary Anning] with her dog, hammer & basket – a fine intelligent young woman'
History and Heritage Yorkshire@handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 3w ago

🧵Early subscription libraries in Yorkshire emerged in the 18th century. These libraries allowed middle-class members to pool money to buy and preserve books. The most important example is The Leeds Library, founded in 1768 and the oldest surviving proprietary subscription

The Leeds Library, founded in 1768 and the oldest surviving proprietary subscription library in the country. Image: Michael D Beckwith, Public Domain.
Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social · last mo.

Carbon emissions from just two planned datacentres in England will exceed all of ExxonMobil’s UK fossil fuel emissions. Bad for health, environment. Huge pressure on energy/water supplies Few long-term jobs generated Local people, not ministers, must decide if they want datacentres.

Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds

Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running

theguardian.com

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social · 2mo ago

UK MPs accepted £400,000 of hospitality to concerts, sports, other events. Donors get access, buy influence. Despite £98,599 pay+exps, too many MPs have 2nd jobs, neglect duty to the people, obey paymasters. Parties also for sale. All part of political corruption, and poor state of the country.

MPs ‘failing to learn lesson’ over freebies after accepting £400,000 of hospitality

MPs receive Harry Styles concert tickets worth £858, Chelsea flower show tickets worth £1,839, and £3,432 of hospitality at Brit awards

theguardian.com

Anfor@anforsorrow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If you visit Winchester Castle, you'll see this round table hanging in its Great Hall. The decor, depicting King Arthur and the names of his knights, was done by order of Henry VIII (note the Tudor rose); but the table itself has been dated to 1250-1280. So, is this the Round Table? Yes and no. 🧵🔽

The Round Table at Winchester Castle. Dendrochronology calculates the date of construction to 1250 - 1280, the paintwork was done later, by order of King Henry VIII.
The Society of Antiquaries of London@antiquaries.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Painted Chamber in the Palace at Westminster was regarded as one of the marvels of medieval Europe because of its magnificent decoration. Historians have debated whether this work was carried out between 1263 & 1272 under the patronage of Henry III, or later between 1292 & 1297 under Edward I.

The Virtue DebonereteThe Virtue LargeseceThis drawing depicts a scene from the miracles of the Jewish Prophet Elisha, from the Painted Chamber in the Palace at Westminster.This drawing depicts the Coronation of Edward the Confessor flanked by bishops on either side, from the Painted Chamber in the Palace at Westminster.
Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳@ancestralenq.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🧵A new exhibition at The Hub, Sleaford, Lincolnshire tells the story of Karl Salisbury Wood who between 1920 & 1951 cycled around the country painting 1,394 windmills before his arrest in /1 BBC News - How anti-gay law derailed artist's windmill quest - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How anti-gay law derailed artist's windmill quest

An exhibition in Sleaford tells the story of an artist who tried to paint every windmill in the UK.

bbc.co.uk

Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳@ancestralenq.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A commemorative jug made in the years after the Peterloo Massacre of August 1819 to go on display at the People's History Museum, Manchester. 👇 BBC News - People's History Museum to display rare Peterloo massacre jug - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

People's History Museum to display rare Peterloo massacre jug

The jug commemorating the 1819 Peterloo massacre will be displayed at the People's History Museum.

bbc.co.uk

The Society of Antiquaries of London@antiquaries.bsky.social · 3mo ago

These fragments of painted panelling (c.1515) were once part of a large frieze, depicting Saxon kings. An inscription on the panel of Athelstan makes it clear that the subject is the unification in AD 926/7 of the lesser kingdoms of Britain under Athelstan (reigning AD 925–40).

Oil of oak panel painting of King Athelstan depicted 'in majesty', seated on a throne, crowned, and holding a scepter in his left hand and an orb in his right. A Latin inscription appears beneath the figure of Athelstan. 1 of 6 fragments.Oil on gabled oak panel painting of an unknown Saxon king. The crowned king stands with sceptre held in his right hand. 1 of 6 fragments.Oil on oak panel painting of an unknown Saxon king wearing a red hat. 1 of 6 fragments.Oil on oak panel showing unknown Saxon king in side profile, with his arms raised in prayer. The painting appears on a one-third width panel. 1 of 6 fragments.
HMML@visithmml.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Digitization & cataloging are complete for the Patenti di Partenze series of the Gran Corte della Valletta, containing chronological registers of passengers departing from Malta—passengers' names & ages, together with the vessel's name, captain, crew numbers, & destination: https://bit.ly/43TvUEY

Passenger list dated 1800 (NAMCLV 00001)