misssarahwise.bsky.social
Historian, researcher, author, tutor, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society misssarahwise.co.uk https://linktr.ee/misssarahwise Latest book: The Undesirables https://www.stanfords.co.uk/the-undesirables-the-law-that-locked-away-a-generation
👤 Joined on 31 December 2024
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Show PostErm, where have all the long cardigans gone? Long-sleeved knee-length V-neck woman's cardigan, designed and made by Ritva, 1970-1975, London. More here: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O49733/...
Show Post#OTD 1913 • An explosion at the Universal Colliery, Senghenydd, killed 439 miners and one rescuer ⛏️ www.library.wales/discover-lea... #Wales #History
Show PostFairly rare that I write much (been busy) - but here is a review of Emily Gee's excellent book Hostel, House and Chambers: Accommodating the Victorian and Edwardian Working Woman, published by @livunipress.bsky.social #ArchitecturalHistory #Housing architecturalhistoryjournal.com/articles/10....
Show PostBefore job centres existed, public librarians helped unemployed people find work by displaying the “situations vacant” columns inside their reading rooms or on noticeboards outside the library building. Ralph Hedley Seeking Situations (1904) On display at the Laing Gallery in Newcastle.
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