The History Begins at Home project aims to get people talking to end loneliness. Technology has completely changed our home life, and especially important to us are freezers and microwaves.
#HistoryBeginsAtHome #HBAHHome

For hobbies week on #HistoryBeginsatHome , a few policing past-times from past-times. All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull (W)PC...

In support of the #HistoryBeginsatHome challenge, we're asking how far you can travel back in time. What is your Earliest Memory of Sutton? How about those of your families? Talk amongst yourselves...then share with us. #HBAHMemoryTimeTravel

A private education doesn't come cheap. This is what a term's education at Rugby School cost in 1830 (with extras such as 'washing trowsers'). #HistoryBeginsAtHome #HBAHSchool

This week #HistoryBeginsAtHome is all about books. Do you have a particular children’s book that was passed on to you, or one you’d like to pass on to the next generation? #HBAHBooks
This copy of Orlando the Marmalade Cat is from our collection of Ipswich-based printer WS Cowell

From 1879 to 1928 Chiswick was the home of wallpaper manufacturers Arthur Sanderson & Sons. It employed over 1000 people, engaged in the various processes involved in the production of hand & machine-printed wall coverings. brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/publications/t… #HistoryBeginsAtHome #HBAHMaking

The Thames Soap Works, T B Rowe & Co., which once stood on the west side of Ferry Lane, Brentford, from 1799 to 1934. They were renowned for their Blue Mottled Soap which had to be made by the old methods. brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/local-history/… #HistoryBeginsAtHome #HBAHMaking

An appropriate, if slightly unusual, hobby is dressing up as a medieval knight in Exeter Cathedral. #HistoryBeginsAtHome #HBAHHobbies

Here’s the height of fashion from William G Dawson’s drapery store at 3, Finkle Street, Kendal #Fashion #HistoryBeginsAtHome #Kendal Archives #Kendal

Sheffield's famous 'Buffer Girls' polished cutlery using a mixture of sand and oil. They wore an overall over an old dress, headscarf, neck rag and wrapped brown paper or newspaper around their legs to catch the worst of the flying oily sand. #HistoryBeginsAtHome #HBAHWork

We are delighted to announce the first Know Your Place Worcester workshop taking place on July 31st, 2.30-4pm. Come and find out more and help shape this amazing resource!

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#worcester #shareyourstories #kypworcester #historybeginsathome

Workers at the Firestone Tyre Factory, Great West Road, #Brentford , c. 1930s. In 1933 650 men and 200 women went on strike for better wages and conditions. A risky thing to do at a time of high national unemployment. brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/the-firestone-… #HistoryBeginsAtHome #HBAHMaking

Fred Lanchester was responsible for lots of firsts: First all-British four-wheeled petrol car, motorboat, hybrid car and flying machine patent from 1897 - So as part of
#HistoryBeginsAtHome #HBAHCarsAndTransport we're asking about memories of your first vehicle?History Begins at Home

Business as usual at the Glasgow School of Golf, 94 Miller St photographed in June 1937.

Have you been back to the course since lockdown? ⛳️

Ref: D-CA8/2067

#ArchivesAtHome #HistoryBeginsAtHome #GlasgowLifeGoesOn

Engravings from Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant's 'British Zoology', 1776. Pennant's travelogue takes readers from his front door, along carefully described routes, detailing the scenery, people & wildlife he comes across. thomaslayton.org.uk/2017/05/10/bri… #HBAHAnimals #HistoryBeginsAtHome

A bit of weekend sorting, found an insurance letter sent to my parents in 1969 from the Hastings & Thanet Building Society. Love that it was sent from their office: ‘Thrift House’, #HistoryBeginsAtHome

The current #HistoryBeginsAtHome challenge is #HBAHMemoryTimeTravel . How far back in time can you go through people's memories?
(Pic shows ambulances at #Norfolk War Hospital in #WW1 .)
#ArmedForcesWeek History Begins at Home

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#Design is everything when it comes to cars, so we’re appreciating those all-important designers for this month’s #HistoryBeginsAtHome ✏️

What design work do you really appreciate? Maybe it's Sir Alec Issigonis's Mini or Stanley Edge's Austin 7! Let us know 👇

#HBAHDesign

Whether you're a keen gardener, a local historian or just like looking at interesting plants, our new online exhibition about Gloucestershire gardens will have something for you! Check it out here on our website: orlo.uk/ey8lk #historybeginsathome History Begins at Home

The #HistoryBeginsAtHome theme this week is shopping. The high street has changed completely in living memory - call someone to ask about how long counter service shopping actually took? And did they really eat bloater paste? #HBAHShopping