Category: Records and research Records and researchThe Women’s Institute: it’s not all jam and JerusalemWednesday 23 September 2015This year marks the centenary of the Women’s Institute (WI). Formed to encourage country...Records and researchA baptism of fire, steel and stone: Henry V’s army and the siege of HarfleurTuesday 22 September 2015French fishermen casting their nets in the open sea off the Normandy coast on...Records and researchThe Great War British bake offMonday 21 September 2015It’s the time of year when the majority of Britain goes bonkers for bread,...Records and researchRemembering the City of Benares tragedyThursday 17 September 2015A couple of months ago, I wrote a blog on the torpedoing of passenger...Records and researchSeeking protection from gas warfare in 1915Wednesday 16 September 2015‘Complexion here was an ashed blueish grey, the expression most anxious and distressed with...Records and researchEqual pay for equal work: female munitions workers in the First World WarThursday 10 September 2015In part one of our blog series on female munitions workers, my colleague Vicky detailed...Records and researchThe beginning of the London BlitzMonday 7 September 2015Air raids were one of the main strategies employed during the Second World War...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 research‘A floating Hell’: life on early 19th century convict hulksTuesday 1 September 2015Over the last few months I have introduced some of the convicts we have...Records and researchCarnival: bringing a ‘little bit of heaven’ to Notting HillFriday 28 August 2015The August bank holiday weekend is iconic as the weekend of Notting Hill Carnival...Records and researchThe First World War’s forgotten women: ANZAC girlThursday 27 August 2015‘I shall never forget the awful climb on hands & feet out of that...Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: From the pits to the palace (part 2)Monday 24 August 2015The story of Private Hugh McIver VC MM and Bar Last month my blog... « 1 … 73 74 75 76 77 … 114 »