Tag: Second World War Records and researchCataloguing the unsung heroes of the RAFThursday 16 May 2013From Banana to Vesuvius… When one thinks of the RAF in the Second World...Records and researchThrough a lens: Malta – the George Cross IslandThursday 28 March 2013The Colonial Office library photographic collection contains 12 Malta albums with photographs ranging from...Records and researchThe bombing of the Café de ParisFriday 8 March 2013Seventy-two years ago, on Saturday 8 March 1941, the Café de Paris, a London...Records and researchWriter of the month: We fought them in the filing cabinets…Thursday 14 February 2013D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a...Archives and archivistsTrainee Tuesday: Unknown storiesTuesday 18 December 2012In my last post (Watch out Aliens!) I discussed the records I had based...Records and research‘Come, friendly bombs’Thursday 13 December 2012The title of today’s blog post comes from the first stanza of the poem...Records and researchTrainee Tuesday: Make-do and MendTuesday 11 December 2012When thinking of war posters, the slogans ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ or ‘Make-do...Records and researchWatching the skies and taking coverThursday 7 June 2012Sometimes, when searching through the catalogue (inevitably for other things), files leap out that...Records and researchA colourful war?Tuesday 10 April 2012The home front in black and white: a survivor of an air raid receives... « 1 … 10 11 12