Search results found for: 1939 register Records and researchThe 1939 Register – when is a ‘census’ not a census?Friday 4 September 2015The declaration of war on Germany in September 1939 came as no great surprise....Records and researchRecords of Czechoslovakian refugees to the UK from 1939 to 1975Monday 18 December 2023These recently catalogued records tell remarkable stories of migration from Czechoslovakia to the UK....Records and researchNational registration day: 29 September 1939Tuesday 29 September 2015On 29 September 1939 the National Register was taken throughout the UK, Isle of...Behind the scenesKeeper’s Gallery: registered designsTuesday 16 September 2014Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display of the registered design series held here...Records and researchHow to research the history of a place: where to startWednesday 8 May 2024Want to find out more about a particular place's past? Beginning can be tricky....Records and researchPolicing migration: researching the lives of foreign nationals in a government archiveTuesday 30 May 2023We trace the stories of three people who migrated to Britain during the 1920s...Records and researchApril Ashley: Her early lifeFriday 31 March 2023Explore the early life of April Ashley, pioneering model and key figure in trans...Records and research‘You don’t understand our love’: Lady Austin’s camp boysMonday 13 February 2023Discover London's queer parties of the 1930s, and how the police persecuted these spaces....Records and researchIntersectional queer lives on the 1921 CensusWednesday 11 January 2023Queer lives on the census are a minority, even more so when combined with...Records and researchCataloguing First World War medical records for Napsbury HospitalMonday 5 December 2022To celebrate International Volunteer Day, this blog is dedicated to all those volunteers who...Records and researchMy 20sStreet: Guildford Street, StainesThursday 13 October 2022I moved to the market town of Staines nearly 25 years ago and have...Records and researchArthur Freethy, Ossulston Estate and slum clearance in the 1920sTuesday 25 January 2022Following the First World War, the British government was increasingly concerned about the health... 1 2 3 4 »