seasideferry.bsky.social
Historian specialising in seaside, architecture & design. I write books, give talks and do a bit of telly. Chair @seasidenetwork.bsky.social Fellow @royalhistsoc.bsky.social Media agent @pastpreservers.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/kathrynferry
👤 Joined on 07 November 2024
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@seasideferry.bsky.socialOur next *free* seminar looks at the saucy side of seaside holidays. Join our three speakers to explore the sexual undertones of #georgian #scarborough, liminality and permissiveness on the coast and the postcard humour of Donald McGill. Full details at seasideheritage.org.uk/events/upcom...
Show PostSorry, can't make it but the fashion for full cover is coming back for young children - thankfully! Seen too many leaving the beach red as lobsters.
Show PostMy wtf Llandudno factette is that its town hall was an almost exact copy (addition of extra bays) of Edward Mountford's Battersea Town Hall; and yet T. B. Silcock of Bath, the architect, won a £50 prize for it. Still not reconciled to this injustice, 132 years later
Show Postafter a couple of hair-pulling-out days, the IHN website is BACK! it looks a little different (but not much) but most excitingly, our Members Only resources are now online too! Members will receive an email shortly on how to access it. FOMO? sign up! independenthistorians.org
Show PostTo mark the Autumn Equinox, I offer you a biscuit tin. Designed in 1958 by CF Tunnicliffe
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