Death Of A Miner - 1968 documentary by Phillip Donnellan of mining and a local family, the Elliotts of Birtley. I've only had a skim through but looks really interesting, I will have a proper watch this weekend
One of the most famous aviators of her day, the now seemingly forgotten Ruth Nichols, suffered a terrible crash in a plane she wasn't piloting at the end of a "good will" tour in Troy, NY, promoting air travel. She survived and went on to great accomplishments. I've got the story of the crash here: https://hoxsie.org/2024/03/28/ruth-nichols-and-a-tragic-plane-crash-in-troy/
following on from yesterday's walk, why are there two Murder Cleughs in the Usway valley, about 5km apart?
NT888169 and NT871132.
The story behind the southern Murder Cleugh is well-known (eg https://fabulousnorth.com/murder-cleugh/, although I didn't see the memorial stone when I was there yesterday) but I can find no trace of anything to do with the more remote, northerly one
The Severn has shaped the history of Jackfield. Its always been a transitional place, a means of crossing to nearby Coalport. The following post discusses the ferry disaster of 1799 and some of the lives lost to the river- 🌿
In March of 2023, four scholars came together to discuss the role that Postal Genealogy can play in historical research, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution's National (USA) Postal Museum.
Sources like the United States Postal Service's own Publication #119 "Sources of Historical Information on Post Offices, Postal Employees, Mail Routes, and Mail Contractors" are linked from this program recap.
In the 19th century, Coalbrookdale was often described as ‘Hell On Earth’ due to the impact of industrialisation. Perhaps it was this environment that contributed to tragedy below. All I know is that William Maybury deserves to be remembered.
This stunning mosaic headstone commemorates the life of a young boy who died in tragic circumstances. Handmade by his mother, it's a testament to her love.
Charles Arthur Turner deserves to be remembered 💚
It looks at the history of the house from the time it was built in the 1860s to its demolition for new housing in the 1940s, and its relationship with the city that grew up around it.
(Nothing like blowing your own trumpet in a toot 😉 )
On this day in 1722, Grace Connolly MacLoghlin died, reputedly killed by a 'dobhar-chú' water monster. The Journals show a carving of the monster on her gravestone at Conwal, Co. Leitrim: https://bit.ly/macloghlin1722
We've three newly-registered #OnePlaceStudies to tell you about today!
First, a #StreetStudy—our member John Cordwell is researching the residents of Haw Street in Wotton-under-Edge, #Gloucestershire, from the 18th to the mid-20th centuries.
Want to see atmospheric yet often really mundane border photos? My online 🇨🇭🇫🇷 walking journal is moving here, as I’m enjoying this new online atmosphere. (I’m freezing new posts on Twatter & just ‘name-holding’ my account.)
Link to last post on one of the longer earlier threads: https://twitter.com/julietjfall/status/1571476764269871104?s=46&t=9RfIT2qARWZk8ZBEIES9Vw
We wandered on along a charming path in the evening sun, enjoying the usual mix of contrasting landscapes on either side of the line: small villas on the Swiss side & rather charmless apartment blocks in France. I love spotting the immediately-recognizable former border posts, often now converted, built in the 1920s & mostly designed by Marc Camoletti: the architect who built the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire. #localHistory#architecture#borders#frontières#borderWalk#douane#visualEthnography
There is a simple & accessible open-access downloadable book about the historical context & Irène Gubier (and other local characters), in French, if anyone is interested: file:///Users/fall/Downloads/livre-expo-gubier-web.pdf #womenshistory#resistance#worldwar2#localhistory#genève#gaillard
It’s Sunday so off we go 🇨🇭🇫🇷boundary-walking, through fields & along the river Hermance. We walked from border stones 210 to 216 on the left bank, close to Veigy-Foncenex.
We started by stumbling upon a memorial in Crevy to some of the Righteous among the Nations, i.e. local people who helped Jewish refugees flee to Switzerland during WWII. (We reckon we’ve got about 5-6 stretches left to complete our tour, but we might stretch it out a bit!) #localHistory#borderWalk#geography#history#ww2