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What do a penannular ring, a barbed and tanged arrowhead and an early medieval brooch have in common? They all were discovered by members of the public in Surrey and recorded with The Portable Antiquities Scheme! Find out more at our Wednesday Zoom talk: https://t.co/taxfOKLEKx

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The Big starts today! Our collections can be a unique resource for studying the changing ecology & natural environment in Surrey. Even so, we’d be very impressed if we saw these beauties in Surrey! Painted by John Scott Harrison of Esher, c.1820s.

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Wednesday's Zoom talk looks at the Royal Earlswood Asylum in Redhill & the life & work of its most famous patient, James Henry Pullen. Here's a painting by Pullen, of the giant he created, which was a fantastic carnival figure nearly 15ft high! More info: https://t.co/PWpB3ExGv7

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Wednesday's Zoom talk looks at the Royal Earlswood Asylum in Redhill & the life & work of its most famous patient, James Henry Pullen. Here's a painting by Pullen, of the giant he created, which was a fantastic carnival figure nearly 15ft high! More info: https://t.co/PWpB3EPhmF

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This marvellous colourwash drawing of 'The Vampire Bat’ was painted c.1820 by John Harrison Scott, whose family were associated with It's captioned, 'It sucks the blood of a human being till he dies, it's in the Act of Pouncing on its prey'!

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We hold a remarkable collection of mental from Georgian private asylums to modern psychiatric hospitals. Such fascinating records trace the history of healthcare in Surrey & the stories of the people who came through their doors https://t.co/l93UqW2iRo

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Nothing like some outdoor to work off all that Christmas food! Discover the story of England's oldest skating club - The Royal Skating Club - whose wonderful archive is held at Surrey History Centre https://t.co/r8Zbqh7Egs

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Today's Seeking Surrey Ancestors blog unravels a story of crime and conflict reported in 19th century newspapers https://t.co/GTK1No1a4Z

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I was born about 20 minutes past two in the morning, wrote John Evelyn 400yrs ago. The diarist recorded every period of his long life 'in an age of extraordinary events and revolutions'. His sketch of Wotton House, shows ‘Chamber window to ye room wher I was born’

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Georgian Black pugilists Bill Richmond & Tom Molineaux fought boxing matches in Surrey, including on 23 Jan 1804, when Wimbledon Common witnessed a tumultuous bare-knuckle boxing tournament. Follow a blow-by-blow account of the action https://t.co/o5t5xJtvSj

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