Posts by Chris Day Records and researchThe 1918 submarine surrenderThursday 22 November 2018As we all surely know by now, on 11 November 1918 – just over...Records and researchThe Peterloo MassacreMonday 29 October 2018This Friday sees the release of director Mike Leigh’s film ‘Peterloo’, which dramatises the events of...Records and researchThe NHS at 70, part 2: publicising national healthFriday 6 July 2018Welcome back to this, the second of my short series of blogs celebrating the...UncategorizedThe NHS at 70, part 1: ‘Here is our chance to do something big’Thursday 5 July 2018Today (5 July) marks the 70th anniversary of ‘the appointed day’, 5 July 1948, when...Records and researchThe Representation of the People Act 1918: Votes for (some) women, finallyTuesday 6 February 2018Friday 18 May 2018, 18:30 Suffrage 100 – Archives at night: Law breakers, law...Records and researchCricket, tanks and panda-monium: files released from 1992Friday 29 December 2017In 2013 the government began its move towards releasing records when they are 20...Records and researchThe Beveridge Report and the foundations of the Welfare StateThursday 7 December 2017‘Now, when the war is abolishing landmarks of every kind, is the opportunity for...Records and researchHess, hot dogs and haute cuisineThursday 20 July 2017We're looking at culinary episodes in the files: prison table manners in Spandau, haute...Records and researchHow to trace your criminal ancestorsTuesday 13 December 2016Criminal records are some of the richest sources available for family historians - here...Behind the scenesTelling the stories of the Home FrontTuesday 6 September 2016Discover the experiences of the civilian population living in Britain’s towns, cities and villages...Records and researchThe bureaucats at the heart of governmentTuesday 7 June 2016Since the 1800s there has been a group of government employees given free range...Records and researchStriking women: labour unrest among First World War female workersThursday 8 October 2015On 30 September 1916 ‘between 2,000 and 3,000 of the women employees of the Lancaster... « 1 2 3 »