October is #BlackHistoryMonth - a specific chance to recognise & highlight the roles of People of Colour in the past & present. That's really needed in #RailwayHistory in the UK, where questions of ethnicity have received only limited attention. This is particularly so around railway work

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In Stapenhill cemetery, Burton upon Trent, we have TWO survivors of the Charge of the Light Brigade - both Yorkshiremen who settled in Burton to forge 2nd careers after leaving the army. Read more in my latest post at www.facebook.com/ForgottenBur... #17thLancers #Balaclava #CrimeanWar #Skystorians

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The International Network for Crimean War Studies was founded in 2022 to foster communication between scholars around the globe who research this nineteenth-century conflict: its origins, impacts and legacies across a variety of disciplinary, geographical and cultural contexts #CrimeanWar

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This is a great photo! Cradley Heath women did a range of heavy industrial work in the early 20th century. Digitised sources about the Cradley Heath chainmakers and their fight for better conditions is at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib... ⛓️

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From 21 February @royalhistsoc.bsky.social will be closing and archiving its X account. From this date all updates from the Society - and its promotion of work by fellow organisations for #history and the humanities - will be via BlueSky. Please encourage colleagues to join us here #skystorians

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