Sutton Archives

A blog post! Just in time for the weekend... curl up with a blanket and hide away from the wind and the rain (who knew so much could change in the few weeks between blog posts!) It's time for Stanstead part two... @OnePlaceStudies @SuttonHeritage pastonglass.wordpress.com/2024/05/24/the…

It's a very exciting sunny Saturday for you all as our blog post, inspired by a recent accession, features another house history, this time of Stanstead, Cheam Read. With thanks to Clive for his research☀️@BeginsHistory @OnePlaceStudies @SuttonHeritage pastonglass.wordpress.com/2024/05/11/the…

Our #PopularItem has to be our sales directories, telling stories of developments, price hikes, local businesses, images of the house before this or that extension... demonstrating that there's always more to a record you just have to be looking #Archive30 @ARAScot pic.twitter.com/PH5Ukf2Lc9

Our #FutureArchives #Archive30 includes plenty of @SuttonHeritage events to bring local stories to life through the amazing work of our local historians - find all our events on their page and website! @ARAScot @carshaltonviews

We have recently been working with Scout groups across the borough. Here, they made pinhole cameras whilst learning about historic photographs as sources… we’re hoping to train the next generation! #ArchivesforAll #Archive30 @ARAScot @SuttonHeritage pic.twitter.com/Uz2SIVufun

Solid #ArchiveAdvice from @SuttonLibraries and because we missed it #ArchiveSustainability too!! Let’s see if the Great British Summer really does arrive this year though… #Archive30 @ARAScot @SuttonHeritage pic.twitter.com/cZ1qLUiB9b

Happy happy blog post day!! Today, we are reflecting on the 80-year anniversary of the Lancaster III bomber crash that happened 21 April 1944 in Lavender Vale, Wallington. Read on for more!! @OnePlaceStudies @BeginsHistory @SuttonHeritage pastonglass.wordpress.com/2024/04/25/80-…

Our #BusinessArchives shines a light on the local Haydon Butchers, from Carshalton. This high street butchers' shop dates back to the late 18th century #Archive30 @SuttonHeritage @ARAScot Read all about Haydons on our blog site pastonglass.wordpress.com/2023/09/21/but… pic.twitter.com/IPWFGTm1N3

Taken from our DKW collection, it’s the Sutton Adult School Gymnasium mid-practice shot #SportArchives #Archives30 @SuttonHeritage pic.twitter.com/wdVoFcgWpl

Hints for Health and Comfort for your reading this #HealthArchives #Archive30 @AraScot pic.twitter.com/YluJzYlmkL

It’s a shame to have such lovely handwriting for it to be folded up to fit in such an incy wincy envelope #SomethingSmall #Archive30 @ARAScot @ExploreArchives @SuttonHeritage pic.twitter.com/ao9ul0blVN

Clocking the time differences in Croydon Airport booking hall [date unknown]... arguably the hardest part of travelling 🤧 #ArchiveTravel #Archive30 @ARAScot pic.twitter.com/hPUUvm0Xin

We love our volunteer conservation queen Joyce for all the work she does to stabilise and repair our collections, allowing us to make them accessible for the future. Image of restitching a binding #ConservationWin #Archive30 @ARAScot @ExploreArchives @SuttonHeritage pic.twitter.com/YlNGNo6QTU

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@SuttonArchives @ARAScot But what about the even more understated heroes who sharpen the mighty pencils every morning before throwing open the doors to the search room? #JustSaying #ArchiveObject #Archive30

An understated hero… the mighty pencil… note its sharp tip and absence of a rubber at its end… that’s a nice #ArchiveObject #Archive30 @ARAScot pic.twitter.com/WXr9FZ69rX

Headtorch, check. Nitrile gloves, check, Apron, check. We’re all set for a night in the stacks. It is the place to be! #ArchiveFashion #Archive30 @ARAScot pic.twitter.com/QcMXOCfLK0

These birds once proudly resided atop the gates to St Nicholas Rectory, which was taken down in the early 20th century #ArchiveAnimals #Archive30 pic.twitter.com/YsZlI3uR1o

I wonder if anyone knows what this 'mark' is in #Carshalton? A correspondent has found ten of them, all identical, on old brick walls, @HoneywoodMuseum and around. Has us stumped!!

Sorry @DorsetArchives we love your county but these hefty books are useful for more than just information... such as flattening items for preservation #Archive30 #SomethingBig pic.twitter.com/2RTmhS0YXv

And the stars have aligned so that our blog post on lost walls and hidden boundaries of Sutton coincides with #Archive30 #ArchiveBuildings with extra special thanks to Andrew Skelton for this bonus Part 3 🙌 pastonglass.wordpress.com/2024/04/11/wal… @ARAScot @explorearchives @SuttonHeritage