Welcome to Cheshire. We are a very friendly and helpful Society, with a lot of knowledgeable volunteers always ready to help you find the Who, What, When, and Where of your ancestry no matter where it's based https://www.fhsc.org.uk
An interesting piece from my friends @northeastbylines.co.uk Drought, water shortages and crop failures: how does the medieval warm period compare with today? northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Drought, water shortages and crop failures: how does the medieval warm period compare with today?The Medieval warm period saw elevated temperatures in many parts of the world between the 10th and 13th centuriesnortheastbylines.co.uk
How do you decide which digital tools will help structure your historical research data? How can you organise your notes, tables and/or spreadsheets to help with your analysis? Join @justincolson.bsky.social at his IHR short course Sources to Data to find out more! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Sources to Data: Excel and Alternatives for HistoriansIHR Short Course (PAID)www.history.ac.uk
Sarah Doherty, a woman who dedicated her life to equal pay & workplace rights for women whilst working at a shirt making factory in Derry, Northern Ireland honoured with a blue plaque. 👇 BBC News - The campaigner who gave shirt factory women a voice www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sarah Doherty: The campaigner who gave shirt factory women a voiceTrade unionist Sarah Doherty, who fought for Derry's women workers, is being honoured with a blue plaque.www.bbc.co.ukTen unheard David Bowie tracks from 1965 to be released. The Shel Talmy Recordings with producer, Shel Talmy feature guitarist Jimmy Page who would go on to form Led Zeppelin & pianist, Nicky Hopkins. 👇 Ten unheard tracks from David Bowie's early career to be released www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
David Bowie: Ten unheard tracks from singer's early career to be releasedThe previously unheard tracks from the 1960s were recorded when Bowie went by the stage name Davie Jones.www.bbc.co.uk
They locked their doors expecting to return in a few weeks. More than 80 years later, the village of Tyneham still stands empty. #Genealogy #Dorset #FamilyHistory #History #Village chiddicksfamilytree.com/2026/07/16/t...
Tyneham: The Village Where Time Stood StillA Dorset village evacuated during the Second World War, where a promise to return was never fulfilled Hidden within the rolling hills of Dorset lies one of Britain’s most poignant reminders o…chiddicksfamilytree.comFireman Ernest Reginald Beadle, Auxiliary Fire Service (1908–1941). One of the 34 firefighters lost at The Old Palace School during the Blitz. His story is now preserved and remembered. #WW2 #Blitz #London #Firefighters #Genealogy #History #Beckenham open.substack.com/pub/oldpalac...
Fireman Ernest Reginald BeadleAuxiliary Fire Service, 1908–1941open.substack.com
www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/2628233... #chester
Free public exhibition at Chester University's Creative Campus to mark 30 yearsA free public exhibition will mark 30 years of a national programme supporting aspiring artists.www.chesterstandard.co.uk
Currently listening to Prof Ronald Hutton at a joint @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social and @devonfhs.bsky.social meeting. The Festivals of Britain It's completely fascinating
We've recently taken in a new deposit of some fantastic maps, so we thought we'd share some of them! This is a map of the county from back in 1834. As an added bonus, it features an illustration of Stowe House.
The AmberSide Collection which contains 20,000 photographs, 100 films & paper & digital archives documenting working class communities across north-east England to go on loan to Newcastle University to help protect its future. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AmberSide collection to go on loan to Newcastle UniversityAmberSide Trust say the move will help safeguard the archive and allow for greater public access.www.bbc.co.uk
For #QuatorzeJuillet #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Explore Your French Family History with Free Access to French Inheritance Records for Bastille Day! - MyHeritage BlogIn honor of Bastille Day, MyHeritage is pleased to offer free access to the France, Tables of Successions and Absences, 1890–1970 collection from Julyblog.myheritage.com
Another pleasing local mosaic, in this case celebrating various features in and around Hartford: the #RiverWeaver, the railway line, salt mining, St. John's Church, and of course the Roman connection. #MosaicMonday #Cheshire #RomanBritain 📷 My own
A World War Two soldier's silver cigarette case has been found by a metal detectorist 82 years and 370 miles away from where he died. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Really enjoyed #WDYTYA tonight - a great bit of detective work
Inspired by something @chalfontr.bsky.social once said - We inherit heirlooms. But one day... We'll become someone's ancestor. What will we leave behind? My latest blog explores that simple but powerful question chiddicksfamilytree.com/2026/07/10/w... #Genealogy #Heirloom #Keepsake
What Legacy Will You Leave Behind?Legacy Isn’t Just What We Inherit – It’s What We Leave Behind There’s something profoundly moving about family heirlooms. They are more than objects passed from one generati…chiddicksfamilytree.com
This is a sad read. Jenny Alexander ignores archaeological context for apotropaic mark-making in favour of them all cut by masons. The story is linked to her new book but its the same reactionary view she's argued unsuccessfully for years. Genuinely sad. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
No evidence for ‘witches’ marks’ claims at old English buildings, historian saysAuthor argues symbols such as daisy wheels are no more than the working marks of stonemasonswww.theguardian.com
🚨Book news!🚨 I'm thrilled to announce that I'm writing a new book. The Scuttlers: The True Story of Manchester's Most Feared Gangs will be published on 6 May 2027 by HarperNorth, the Manchester-based imprint of @harpercollins.bsky.social It's available to pre-order now: linktr.ee/TheScuttlers
#GenHour This weekend I really want to play with @jernealogy.bsky.social’s new website #TreeLab. It seems to offer so many useful tools, especially for map-nerds like me. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
I've spent years writing about the heirlooms we've inherited. My next article asks a completely different question... Not what we've been given. But what we'll leave behind. It's a question I wasn't expecting—and one I couldn't stop thinking about. Tomorrow
RIP Bonnie Tyler. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
Bonnie Tyler, singer of Total Eclipse of the Heart, dies aged 75The south Wales-born singer, whose other hits included Holding Out For a Hero, sold millions of records in the 1970s and 80s.www.bbc.co.uk