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Our Society Papers, presented at general meetings for peer review, cover various topics of and are often accompanied by wonderful

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2020-11-26

Join us tomorrow for our new Escape Room - LlyfrGELL 2.0! Don't miss out on the chance to explore the hidden parts of the Library and to win an Explore Your Archive prize!

Will you escape from the Gen?!

Tickets: https://t.co/oTda432xYs

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2019-11-29

Looking out to sea from near in 1792. One of '110 Sketches of Seventeen Days Tour from London by Margate to Brighthelmstone in the Summer of 1792' by Thomas Baskerfield.

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2019-11-28

Afternoon tea at the Great Western Royal Hotel, London in 1907. The poor chap is doing his best to tempt his friends with some cake, but they're clearly more interested in the telephone conversation.

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2019-11-27

Another busy week at The Keep, with early photoshopped pics of a discovery of some Nazi propaganda, and the royal funeral of a Maharaja in Bexhill - all in our latest Keeping Up: https://t.co/fY4S41ecvT

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2019-09-04

This fantastic photograph was taken at Patrick Geddes's Summer Meeting (a kind of international summer school) held in Edinburgh in 1896, Find out more here: https://t.co/cI0tF1PEcu

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2018-11-25

Our show the huge variety of sports that the crew and passengers on board ships have enjoyed over the years: https://t.co/3t0Tkp5TwP

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2018-11-24

Celebrating for with these wonderful beasties from Sloane MS 4015

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2018-11-23

Glamorous Messel & friends dine on the liner SS Liberté, 1951.

Sneak preview of our exhibition 'Wake up and Dream - Theatre, Art and Society’', which starts tomorrow https://t.co/5ilgIZzJhg

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2018-11-21

Frank Scudamore, GPO senior manager who oversaw the nationalistaion of the electric telegraph network in the UK in 1870. What he lacked on top was more than compensated by his splendid whiskers.
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2018-11-21

What locks! 19th & early 20th century anatomical illustrations often show fashionable hair and beards. To modern eyes it both humanises the body & also emphasises the brutality of the dissection. This drawing is by Francis Sibson, from c1840-60.

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2018-11-20

"What happens if I press this button?" This delightful portrait from the Bunce Brothers photographic collection (SHC ref 4209) was taken at Langdale Studio in Westway, in 1903

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2018-11-17

invites you to an evening of talks discussing the historical, medical and social impact of the Spanish Flu pandemic. Wednesday 21st November 2018 5-7pm https://t.co/Skm4eN5kIz

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2018-11-07

the stories of women both ordinary and extraordinary in our collections, and learn how important their role was in the of London - https://t.co/uNuJLVaxSO

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2018-03-08

These alien looking lifeforms are actually Hydroids and Hydromedusae that can be found in the waters of the British Isles! 1/2

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2017-11-25

From the Little Theatre this R&J production from 1975, featuring the scene where Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time. Photograph by Derek Balmer

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2017-11-25

Today we're celebrating with Valentine's cards, love letters and wedding photos from our collections

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2017-11-24

"Love in this civilised age should be spelt £ove": witticism from the autograph book of trainee teacher Louisa Fletcher, 1914-1916

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2017-11-24