Search results for #ArchiveOfTheWeek
Drainage might not get most of us excited, but these plans of agricultural drainage in Allestree are rather beautiful aren't they? We recently discovered that they have been in our custody for several decades but never catalogued, and are our #ArchiveOfTheWeek
Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek also celebrates #NationalPetDay with this photo of young John Thickett at his Uncle & Aunt’s Grange Farm during a summer in the early 60’s, with their dog Flossy. From #ArchiveCollection D5747, a family archive of Clowne miners and farmers from Ticknall.
Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is D6920 records of a Heritage Lottery Funded project run by the Friends of Belper Parks to raise awareness of the parks history. They produced historical maps, publicity materials and this History Trail. #HBAHGreen #EYANature
Who remembers the old dust bins we used to have before wheely bins? Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is D1173/1/31, a report by The Sanitary Inspector for Heanor UDC from 1946, stating that bin men suffered cuts, lacerations, and bad sprains because of dilapidated bins.
As it's #WomensHistoryMonth and nearly #WorldPoetryDay our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is D1453 - Monica Peveril Turnbull of Ashbourne (1878-1901). After dying tragically young, her poems were published posthumously as 'A Short Day's Work'.
Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is the Strutt Library. Bequeathed by Frederick Strutt (1843-1909), it's a cornucopia of literary, artistic and scientific works, including musical compositions by Frances Crawford Kemble (1787-1849) a.k.a. Mrs Robert Arkwright of Sutton Scarsdale.
Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek are the minutes of Ashbourne Urban District Council (D4584/1); the meeting held on 4 May 1965 shows a discussion was had about which cricket teams would be able to use the Playing Fields in the 1966 season.
Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is D7755, a collection of papers of Thomas Frederick Barton (1895-1992), manager at Derby Co-op & accomplished local baritone. Includes several colourful Derby Opera House programmes with fascinating local advertising, as well as cast photographs.
Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is a menu & toasts list from 1959 for the Herbert Strutt School’s Old Students' Association Golden Jubilee (D5264/21/15). Looks a lot tastier than the school dinners with rice pudding and a dollop of jam we remember!
Why not try a twist on the traditional #ShroveTuesday fayre this year? Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is this recipe for Pancake Pudding from an #18thcentury recipe book, which is apparently “less offensive to the stomach” than fried pancakes. If you try it let us know how they tasted!
Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is this letter from November 1805: teenager Mary Fielding writes to Mrs Mundy, her guardian’s wife, regarding her wish to become an actress, even enclosing a note from Mr Harris, the Manager of the Covent Garden Theatre! #HBAHTeens
The diaries of local natural history writer John Wallis contain detailed weather and nature observations for 1901-1953. #OTD in 1901 it was a cold morning with light snow. A ring around the moon that night foretold more bad weather. #ArchiveOfTheWeek
Looking for new ideas for #Veganuary? Mary Farewell’s 1721 recipe for “Mango Cucumbers” is our #ArchiveOfTheWeek. Contains no animal products nor any actual mangoes. Cucumbers are made to resemble mangoes by being hollowed out and stuffed with horseradish, ginger and spices.
In the week of #TinCanDay, our #ArchiveOfTheWeek can only celebrate extraordinary engineer Bryan Donkin. He invented the tin can, built the first practical continuous paper-making machine and patented these beautiful steel pens. More in our exhibition: artsandculture.google.com/story/lgXBJR1O…
Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is an undated photo we had very little information about. But having somewhat accidentally seen a different view of the same event in a booklet in a Diocesan church buildings file, we’ve now been able to improve its description!
Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is D3395 (ow.ly/5ZSq50QmiY1), Parish of Tansley Holy Trinity. It includes information about the church’s Brodie Mais Window, broadcaster Stuart Petre Brodie Mais's memorial to his parents (his father was Rector at Tansley 1890-1941). @DioceseofDerby
#DidYouKnow every Boxing Day Matlock hosts a raft race? It started in the 1960s, raising money for the Royal National Lifeboats Institute @RNLI. Both racing vessels and the home-made kind with crew in fancy dress all race down the River Derwent. #EYAFestive #ArchiveOfTheWeek
Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is the booklet ‘Road To Nowhere’ by Anthony Birchenall (D8332/5/2/34/4). Anthony had multiple sclerosis and wrote this account of his life. It’s a story of an ordinary life of family and running a business, but it is very interesting, moving and amusing.
#ArchiveOfTheWeek, Sydney Watson auctioneer and estate agent of #Heanor, gives complete lists of the fixtures and fittings of old pubs. Here's a 1929 valuation of the Lord Byron Inn, Codnor. Note all the games - and spittoons! #HBAHPubs
Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is D1854: photographs of Draycott, including this 1927 shot of people standing on a frozen canal. What could the lady on the left be saying?
