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Thursday, 26 January 2017

Extracts from the York Herald, 26 January 1850

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Middle class emigration and climbing boys:- Emigration of the Middle Classes – We are glad to learn, from an announcement which appears i...
Thursday, 12 January 2017

Extracts from the York Herald, 12 January 1850

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Local news and local names - I thought this sort of thing might be useful or interesting to readers:- Yarm Seasonable Benevolence Du...
Tuesday, 10 January 2017

Revd R J Barlow & funerals in the 1840s and 1850s ...

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Oh dear, Mr Barlow ... Mr Barlow's carelessness in keeping records is  evident from the parish registers  and his eccentricities are ...
Tuesday, 29 November 2016

The Live Bait Squadron - film by Klaudie Bartelink

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I didn't put this on earlier, I was hiding from it because a younger version of me features in it ... It's Klaudie Bartelink's...
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Monday, 28 November 2016

A Cleveland link to a Dublin matricide in 1936?

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A new story. I've recently been contacted by researchers working on the fascinating business I outline below.  It seems almost certain...
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Tuesday, 20 September 2016

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)

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I was listening this morning to Today on Radio 4 and heard Andrea Wulf describing how little known Alexander von Humboldt is to the English...
Sunday, 21 February 2016

History of Hutton Rudby Choral & Dramatic Society

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Malcolm McPhie been interested in the history of the Hutton Rudby Choral & Dramatic Society and been collecting material about it for ye...