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November 25, 2024November 27, 2024Blog, Focus Week, Monthly Themed Blogs, Uncategorized

Dressed to De-Stress: Seaside Fashion at the Turn of the 20th Century

Victorian holiday goers show their seaside fashion.

As November brings #FocusWeek to the forefront of the Explore Your Archive campaign, Conwy Culture Centre gives us an insight into seaside fashions c.1900.

November 24, 2024November 22, 2024Blog, Focus Week, Monthly Themed Blogs, Uncategorized

Kew Gardens’ flagpoles – archival stories of a huge endeavour  

Black and white photograph showing numerous men standing on top of a log they have felled.

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, have had many giants to consider for today’s theme of Huge. For example, the Great Pagoda, built […]

October 20, 2024November 7, 2024Monthly Themed Blogs

The Strange Death of Frank Podmore

Content warning: This post contains references to a dead body, which some readers may find upsetting. Reader discretion is advised. For this […]

September 30, 2024September 30, 2024Blog, Monthly Themed Blogs, Uncategorized

The Darker Side of the Ferguson Collection: Part Three

With October on the horizon and the approach of Halloween, we are delighted to present for your intellectual curiosity the long-anticipated third, […]

August 31, 2024November 11, 2024Monthly Themed Blogs, Uncategorized

Chronicles of the Cairngorms: Stories from the Shelter Stone Visitors’ Book

“Never had the Cairngorms had greater appeal than this farewell journey of mine…”  Tommy Weir, Glasgow 1945  Journeys At EYA, August has brought […]

May 31, 2024June 2, 2024Blog, Uncategorized

Science and Technology: with the Royal Archives

In April we at Explore Your Archive spoke with the Royal Archives about the legacy and significance of scientific and technological innovation […]

April 29, 2024November 11, 2024Blog, Monthly Themed Blogs

Algae and seaweed research at the Marine Biological Association

A black-and-white photograph of a woman wearing glasses and a white lab coat.

Taking a look at Dr Mary Parke’s records It may not feel like it, but spring is here and with it comes […]

March 22, 2024November 11, 2024Blog, Monthly Themed Blogs, Uncategorized

Montrose Girls Club – a collection at Angus Archives

Photograph of female nurses in their uniforms, from the early 20th century.

Angus Archives holds a range of interesting material relating to women and girls who have resided and still live in the area. […]

March 8, 2024March 8, 2024Blog, Monthly Themed Blogs, Uncategorized

The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn – secrets at the Museum of Freemasonry?

Handwritten cipher on paper.

What is secrecy? Writing this blog made me think about why archives created by some organisations are thought of as ‘secret’ whereas […]

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024Blog, Monthly Themed Blogs

Anne Lister: the secret’s out!

From coded whispers about daily tasks to private reflections, come and unravel Anne Lister’s coded musings beyond romantic aspects. This month we […]

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