Tag: First world war Behind the scenesDiversity Week: celebration and commemorationMonday 27 January 2014I’m particularly looking forward to the range of external talks we have organised this...Records and researchCommemorating ConscriptionWednesday 22 January 2014Back in October 2012, we provided a blog outlining the start of a project...Records and researchSchoolboys in uniform – or notMonday 20 January 2014As we mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War there is...Behind the scenesOh, What a Lovely War!Wednesday 15 January 2014I am the Opening Up Archives trainee at the Greater Manchester County Record Office....Records and researchOperation War Diary – your archive needs you!Tuesday 14 January 2014I’m thrilled to finally be able to tell you about two of the most...Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: Great Uncle OldhamFriday 10 January 2014I never knew my paternal great uncle, Ernest Holloway Oldham. He was born in...Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: Joseph Harry GreenFriday 13 December 2013When I first sat down to write this, it began as the story of...Records and researchThe Actor and the StudentFriday 29 November 2013For today’s blog post I have selected two case papers from the many, sometimes...Behind the scenesTrainee Tuesday: Researching to help us RememberTuesday 26 November 2013I am now just over six months into my placement at West Yorkshire Archive...Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: One year inMonday 11 November 2013It is one year since we launched our My Tommy’s War series of blogs,...Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: the Hampshire regiment’s forgotten battleFriday 8 November 2013In some ways, this blog post has been over 15 years in the making....Behind the scenesAcross the desert in a Model TMonday 21 October 2013It is a given (in a more literary moment I might say a truth... « 1 … 18 19 20 21 22 »