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Tomorrow I will be in 11-3 with some festive treasures from the Archive - Christmas cards from Svalbard, New Zealand, Russia, Germany and the Isle of Man! Pop in and say hello.

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2019-11-30

Did you know medieval pilgrims brought gifts to St Cuthbert’s Shrine in ?

We have an inventory of gifts dated 1383 which lists a unicorn’s horn & griffin's claw. 🦄

Can you guess what these mysterious objects were?

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2019-11-29

The Archives often take in new material & were recently given this sketch of a name plaque for the Chapel. It’s from 1882 & lines up with sketches we already have but the Chapel doesn’t depict St Peter or use cherubs around the names

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2019-11-29

One of my favourite posters in BT's collection is this unusual view of the UK on its side to show the GPO coastal wireless radio stations chain, essential in 1938 for ship to shore maritime communications. Artist MacDonald (Max) Gill.

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2019-11-28

day 2 This is just too easy! Our hirsute past members James Mansergh, Sir William Anderson, William Henry Preece and George Parker Bidder

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2019-11-24

This oil Igloo Cake (2007) by Annabel Dover is from our Collection. It was part of a wider series in which one small painting was made every day for a year from a that was close to the

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2019-11-24

Does LMA have an extensive collection of cakes?

Well, they don't last very long in the staff tea room! We do however have an extensive collection of cakey businesses, including Lyons, as you can see here.

Explore > https://t.co/5OlGJxhm5l

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2019-11-23

Explore your Archive Arts, Culture and Literature. Drop in to in Barrow Library to see documents telling the artistic, cultural and literary history of the Furness area. Wednesday 27 November 5-7pm. Free. All welcome

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2019-11-15

Here's a few more of Thomas Annan photographs Glasgow extensively in the 1860s from the MacKinnon Collection

These photos show the children in the dark alleyways and washing hanging out to dry



https://t.co/tdfO5qfT3J

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2019-11-08

With you can invite virtually everyone in for a visit to your archive stores!

Share photos of your open stores every day in September with We’ll like and retweet!

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2019-09-05

One of the most frequent misconceptions you've mentioned this month is that archives are dusty!

They aren't!

We come across less than pristine files/volumes every so often. But is it just us or are smoke sponges the most satisfying tools ever?

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2019-05-24

Strangest enquiry this week did George Wilson, the Blackheath Pedestrian, donate his toenails to the Museum in 1815? Here’s an image of him from the collection, but I can’t find any reference to his toenails...thankfully!

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2019-05-10

There are a couple of new collections that have been added to our website, including this lovely 'The Fiddler and the Crocodile' (Butler (Joan) Collection, Butler 050 GOO). & take a look here: https://t.co/43rjpLHcFK

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2019-02-19

Oh look amongst our pilgrims brought gifts to St Cuthbert’s Shrine in . An inventory dated 1383 lists a unicorn’s horn & griffin's claw (narwhal tusk & ibex horn). Sadly lost during the Reformation.

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2018-11-23

Into with some pages from the travel journal of John Walter (Jack) Lindsay. His studies were interrupted by WWII and he won the Haldane Travel Scholarship in 1950. His journal (DC 032/3) reflects his travels round Europe

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2018-10-15

We've found some autumn hats in our Jenners archive collection. Just right for the increasingly chilly weather, but don't forget a hatpin when it gets blustery!

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2018-09-25

You've seen our Archives Alphabet - now are getting involved in 's Archive Decades campaign in the run up to Starting things off in the are these gorgeous watercolour sketches by Violet McGlashan! (DC 022/1/2)

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2018-09-10