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This is a postcard showing a wreath of mixed pansies. Pansies was an early 20th century terms for “flamboyant gay men.”
Today Paul Harfleet plants pansies at the site of homophobic abuse for the @ThePansyProject.
#QueerNMS #LGBTHM21
@PenshurstPlace @YorkAdventurers @NTChastleton @CheniesManor @romanpalace @YorkshireMuseum @hevercastle @leedscastleuk #MuseumSnap
This chap looks anxious as he mines in a narrow seam in this postcard from about 1910.
£3 reward for any information about a robbery in King’s Lynn! In January 1852 robbers broke into the Gaywood home of Mr William Rollin stealing a variety of items. #PadAlong
Did you hear @MelissaHawker, Learning Officer on @BBCNorfolk this morning talking about Christmas traditions?
Click here to listen again
https://t.co/ZewBZ8FNO8
#MuseumsUnlocked #Humour
Here are a couple of cartoon from our collection:
a cartoon of Richard Forster from 1949
a postcard depicting cartoon drawing of two fishermen, with humorous caption from 1910.
And the winner is: the Sea Monster!
A great choice as we have not one, but TWO drawings for this ride!
@timetidemuseum #AskACurator https://t.co/9JUL5T0bmh
We get a rapid rush through Dickens’ greatest hits:
Hard Times
Old Curiosity Shop
Oliver Twist
and
David Copperfield.
#CopperfieldAlong
This watercolour on paper depicts the north end of the town wall at King's Lynn. The painting is by local artist Henry Baines (1823–1894) #WatercolourWednesday
This mounted watercolour on paper, 'Whale Blubber House, King's Lynn' is by artist H.J. Hillen #WatercolourWednesday