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@GrumpyGit1960 It crosses the Surrey Road south of the main line east of Branksome: maps.app.goo.gl/uQQHdn1d5yCKZQ…

@bindonlane @theHREgroup @BCPCouncil Thank you. I will look at Railmaps....

It's disappointing to learn that, by 2035, @BCPCouncil hopes to demolish the impressive #BranksomeEastViaduct as part of its Infrastructure Delivery Plan. The estimated cost is £2M. The ten-arch brick structure, dating from 1888, is described as "life expired" by the Council.

@GrumpyGit1960 @theHREgroup @BCPCouncil It was part of a triangle that enabled trains from Bournemouth West to connect with the main line running east to Bournemouth Central (and beyond). The S&D would have run through the current train depot and joined the main line running west at Branksome

@theHREgroup @BCPCouncil OK, not familiar with the area, hence the Q

Blog post from @BL_Music_Colls about the bells of St Paul’s Cathedral blogs.bl.uk/music/2024/11/…

The call for papers for Discovering Communities, Discovering Collections 2025, our conference with @UkNatArchives and @Jisc, closes soon! Submit your proposal by 14 October to present your work with peers from the GLAM and academic sectors: bit.ly/BL-DCDC-CfP2025

@UntoldLives @AdrianGregory20 I think that the war must have had an impact, although it is not a topic that I have explored in detail. I know that this article refers to library assistants, but there was a mention of female recruitment in the Reading Standard of the 12 June 1915; via @BNArchive:

@AdrianGregory20 That's an interesting thought.

Fascinating - did the war accelerate the feminisation of the profession I wonder?

The staff entrance @britishlibrary in St Pancras has a memorial tablet commemorating 142 librarians who died during the First World War. It was unveiled at the British Museum 100 years ago this month. blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/20…

Today we've added four major digitised manuscripts to our website. The Moutier-Grandval Bible, Codex Sinaiticus, Chronicle of the Kings of Mann and the Isles; John of Salisbury, Entheticus in Policraticum etc., and the Lindisfarne Gospels are available to view at bit.ly/BLDigitisedMan…

Warm congratulations to alumna Dr Eleanor Jackson on her current exhibition @britishlibrary! Eleanor is lead curator of Medieval Women: In Their Own Words which runs until 2 Mar 2025👏🌟 @EEJackson999 theguardian.com/books/2024/oct…

📜 The journey continues! Check out the second part of our series celebrating 10 years of the QDL. Join us for a look back at some of our most special materials blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/20…

@cbnewham @SallyBadham It is not my photograph, but there is a more recent image at: @N00/38486776462" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">flickr.com/photos/2660222…

@SallyBadham Holy Trinity Church, Bradford-on-Avon. Charles Steward, 1701. Possibly by John Nost Senior.

Can anyone identify this monument?

Our Medieval Women exhibition opens next Friday. This blogpost tells you how to get involved and (shhhh) shows you a few of the items that will be on display. blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

@seatsixtyone It's telling you to be careful about something, so do take care!

Approaching Stafford. For security reasons, all passenger information has been encrypted…

@SZamparutti @StephenMarsh66 @exRAF_Al There is a (different) photograph in Gerald Gliddon's "Somme 1916" volume of VC's of the First World War that lists F. J. Edwards in the place of James Hutchinson, and I've certainly been caught out by that in the past. 2/2

@SZamparutti @StephenMarsh66 @exRAF_Al The News Letter (Belfast) of the 1 July 1966 published a photograph of six VC holders setting off from Victoria Station for the 50th anniversary, and they were: Theodore Veale, the Rev Arthur Procter, Col. Archie White, Robert Ryder, James Hutchinson, and Lt-Col Tom Adlam 1/2

Four soldiers who received the Victoria Cross gather together in France in 1966, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. (From left: Rev Arthur H Procter, Thomas Adlam, Theodore Veale and Fred Edwards)

Have you seen our latest TechWatch Guidance note? It's about Preserving Digital Art, authored by @PatriciaMFalcao! It's on general release as of TODAY, so dive in👀and join our #DPClinic on this topic on Oct 24👉 dpconline.org/news/twgn-pres… #digitalpreservation #dpc #digipres #art

Our CEO Sir Roly Keating shares a new blog about services we’ve recently restored, and our plans for the next phase of recovery from last October’s cyber-attack: bit.ly/BLCyberBlogOct…

We’ve restored access to our hard copy newspaper collection, which you can now consult in our Newsroom in London, and Boston Spa in Yorkshire 📰 Search for what you need in our catalogue, and place your request using our new online form: bl.uk/research

We're in the final stages of installation and everything's coming together! Just over 2 weeks to go till the opening of our exhibition Medieval Women: In Their Own Words 😀😀

@thewarwicks1418 I only have access via my phone at the moment, but 58343 Pte Edwin S Bennett might be a possibility?

Can’t seem to find anything definite on an E Bennett with this service number so far.

4838 E Bennett 2/6 R Warks. Research to follow although an initial glance looks like he was injured in 1916 and discharged by 1917.

We’ve now released 1,000 of our digitised manuscripts, including the Sherborne Missal, My Ladye Nevells Booke, and Octateuch, Four Gospels and Synodicon. This is an interim resource and we'll be improving and adding to it as soon as we can: bit.ly/BLDigitisedMan…