Doug Brown

Happy #InternationalNursesDay to all the amazing Nurses out there! This photograph shows District Nurse Wolfe on Hag Lane, Gotherington, making her rounds in a donkey cart, c.1895. @GlosHeritageHub #history #archives #Gloucestershire

Proud that BoE data is a key part of the @ESCoEorg"Historical Data UK" repository of economic statistics. This is now expanding to include new data on climate change, international data, capital, productivity, balance sheets + much more. Check it out at: escoe.ac.uk/research/histo…

Anyone interested in flint, chalk, mining, tunnels, disused mines, pre-20th century working practices or Pinner, Pinner Green - amazing little film. I used to play above these without knowing they were were there. The Chalk Mines of Pinner youtu.be/1yVcIcmzXF8 via @YouTube

In our latest #Podcast @ClaireKennan chats to Prof David Green & Natasha Preger about the @wellcometrust-funded project @PostalHealth, exploring morbidity, mortality & occupational health in the #Victorian & #Edwardian Post Office. Listen here: balh.org.uk/podcast

If Ben Fogle can do it. So can da islanders. Join me fir da new exciting television series on: Wild and Remote Scottish Cities

Yesterday, @vrtnws made the classic "circle-on-a-Mercator-world-map" error. Here is a correction (made with mapdevelopers.com/draw-circle-to…) Backstory: the Belgian military is retiring its 50-year old Hercules planes, which have a range of 3500 kilometers en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_…

The demolition around Piccadilly Circus and Glasshouse Street removes the location of possibly the first Chinese Restaurant in the West End. China Rhyming - Glasshouse Street Demolition – A Piece of British-Chinese Heritage Lost in Central London buff.ly/3ayPElE

Very sad to hear of the death this weekend of Derek Keene, medievalist, comparative urban historian and founding director of the Centre for Metropolitan History @ihr_history @SASNews 1/5

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So great to see a write-up of #Our1901 Postal Pensioners project with the @u3a_UK in the latest issue of their magazine! It also features @davidrgreenuk on the history of long-lived postmistresses. You can watch his talk on this here: tinyurl.com/greenpostm

The UK's largest study of #occupationalhealth is looking at what life was like for Victorian and Edwardian postal workers. Find out more about this fascinating project involving @kathleenmcil of @DerbyUni: ow.ly/pCEA50EiBPG @PostalHealth #WorldHealthDay2021

At the Hackney Borough Council Disinfecting Station, anti-disease actions were more of a public amenity, a way to keep the public healthy and a cohesive unit. ow.ly/6cWg50EgWIZ

Our #HealthArchives provide source material for a joint project with @PostalHealth The findings of this research will give us a unique insight into health and working lives in the 19th and early 20th century. bit.ly/3dtLsoe #Archive30

Just amazing, the authors were happy writing a report that in effect blames ethnic minorities for disadvantages and claims structural racism is imagined, but once people go to criticise them, that somehow crosses a line? theguardian.com/world/2021/apr…

@MaggieMScull @RoyalHistSoc Congratulations!

Just found out that I was elected a Fellow of the @RoyalHistSoc. Spent ages 5-12 in a reading recovery programme, embarrassed & struggling, so feeling a bit emotional for my work to be recognised in this way.

Very excited about this

We're looking for a new @LonJournal editor, very part-time and PAID. Closing date 31 March think.taylorandfrancis.com/yldn-callforma…

@jrwagz @Oregonian @Sonic_Screwup TG

@Oregonian @Sonic_Screwup @dhlbrown

Portland’s Grape-Nuts shortage nightmare is over trib.al/kxMaVzF

@jrwagz @FernRiddell Colleagues put in an abstract! (Before deadline)

@FernRiddell Anything up your sleeve, @dhlbrown ?