Dr David Barton
@davidbartonmus.bsky.social
🎓 PhD MEd AFHEA 🌳 Genealogist & Historian 📚 IHGS & Pharos Tutors Student 📝 Charity Trustee 🎵 Music Education Researcher ✍️ Writer 🎶 Flute, Piano & Singing Teacher 🎼 Composer 🎹 Accompanist & Organist
🌐 https://www.davidbartonmusic.co.uk
📍Lichfield UK
🌐 https://www.davidbartonmusic.co.uk
📍Lichfield UK
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I feel I should do an introductory post, but then I seem to post about so many different (random?) things, I’m not sure I’d know where to start 😂 But you can expect to find me posting about:
🎹 Music Education & Teaching
🎶 Choirs & Choral Music
📚 Genealogy & Family History
✨ Charities
📍 Lichfield
🎹 Music Education & Teaching
🎶 Choirs & Choral Music
📚 Genealogy & Family History
✨ Charities
📍 Lichfield
The final sunset of 2025 ✨
December 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The final sunset of 2025 ✨
✨ As we approach the shortest day, the skies seem to become all the more spectacular - a reminder that the light remains, and the light in all its fullness will return.
December 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
✨ As we approach the shortest day, the skies seem to become all the more spectacular - a reminder that the light remains, and the light in all its fullness will return.
It might be nearly Christmas, but whatever the time of year, it’s always a season for chocolate brownies - even more so if they are decadently gooey and fudgy in the middle!
Do you agree?
Do you agree?
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It might be nearly Christmas, but whatever the time of year, it’s always a season for chocolate brownies - even more so if they are decadently gooey and fudgy in the middle!
Do you agree?
Do you agree?
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We are ready 🎶
The soloists are ready 🎤
The wine and mince pies are ready 🍷🥧
Are you ready to come and join us on Saturday for a celebration of Saint Nicholas? If so, get your tickets using the link below!
www.cbcplatform.org/dbpage.php?p...
The soloists are ready 🎤
The wine and mince pies are ready 🍷🥧
Are you ready to come and join us on Saturday for a celebration of Saint Nicholas? If so, get your tickets using the link below!
www.cbcplatform.org/dbpage.php?p...
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
We are ready 🎶
The soloists are ready 🎤
The wine and mince pies are ready 🍷🥧
Are you ready to come and join us on Saturday for a celebration of Saint Nicholas? If so, get your tickets using the link below!
www.cbcplatform.org/dbpage.php?p...
The soloists are ready 🎤
The wine and mince pies are ready 🍷🥧
Are you ready to come and join us on Saturday for a celebration of Saint Nicholas? If so, get your tickets using the link below!
www.cbcplatform.org/dbpage.php?p...
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Why not buy a gift of membership for someone interested in the Huguenots this year? Just go to our website
www.huguenotsociety.org.uk
to download a form from the ‘About the Society’ page and submit it for someone on your gift list.
#skystorians #huguenots
www.huguenotsociety.org.uk
to download a form from the ‘About the Society’ page and submit it for someone on your gift list.
#skystorians #huguenots
December 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Why not buy a gift of membership for someone interested in the Huguenots this year? Just go to our website
www.huguenotsociety.org.uk
to download a form from the ‘About the Society’ page and submit it for someone on your gift list.
#skystorians #huguenots
www.huguenotsociety.org.uk
to download a form from the ‘About the Society’ page and submit it for someone on your gift list.
#skystorians #huguenots
A very worthy and long overdue recipient; congratulations, Sir John Rutter! 🥂
🏆 Sir John Rutter 🏆
And the winner of the Distinguished Music Award 2025 is... 🥁
Sir John Rutter! The honour is in recognition of Sir John’s remarkable career and lifetime of service to the art of music 🎉
Read the full story ⬇️
www.ism.org/news/sir-joh...
And the winner of the Distinguished Music Award 2025 is... 🥁
Sir John Rutter! The honour is in recognition of Sir John’s remarkable career and lifetime of service to the art of music 🎉
Read the full story ⬇️
www.ism.org/news/sir-joh...
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
A very worthy and long overdue recipient; congratulations, Sir John Rutter! 🥂
I’d love to say we came to welcome HM King to Lichfield, but in truth, we’d just come for the 10:39 to Sutton Coldfield 😂 Well timed! 🙌 He gave us a wave and a smile too - not bad considering we probably look like we’ve been through a hedge backwards 💨😂
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I’d love to say we came to welcome HM King to Lichfield, but in truth, we’d just come for the 10:39 to Sutton Coldfield 😂 Well timed! 🙌 He gave us a wave and a smile too - not bad considering we probably look like we’ve been through a hedge backwards 💨😂
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Sheet Music Downloads from Carl Fischer & Theodore Presser are now available!
🔎 Explore here:
https://tinyurl.com/3e4v6ur3
🔎 Explore here:
https://tinyurl.com/3e4v6ur3
September 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Sheet Music Downloads from Carl Fischer & Theodore Presser are now available!
🔎 Explore here:
https://tinyurl.com/3e4v6ur3
🔎 Explore here:
https://tinyurl.com/3e4v6ur3
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IHGS has shaped my own #genealogy journey, if you’re at The Family History Show in London on 4th October, make sure to stop by their stand! #OnePlaceWednesday
We will be at The Family History Show, London 2025 on 4th October 2025. Do come and visit our stand and say hello. #FamilyHistoryShow thefamilyhistoryshow.com/london/ #genealogy #familyhistory
September 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
IHGS has shaped my own #genealogy journey, if you’re at The Family History Show in London on 4th October, make sure to stop by their stand! #OnePlaceWednesday
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Nominations for the 2026 #RPSAwards have now closed. Huge thanks to RPS Members and colleagues across the classical music profession who have shared their favourites with us! Stay tuned for shortlists, and join us at London's @southbankcentre.bsky.social on 12 March to discover the winners!
September 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Nominations for the 2026 #RPSAwards have now closed. Huge thanks to RPS Members and colleagues across the classical music profession who have shared their favourites with us! Stay tuned for shortlists, and join us at London's @southbankcentre.bsky.social on 12 March to discover the winners!
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If you're starting a postgraduate course in History this autumn, please do consider joining the Royal Historical Society bit.ly/41mTuck
Postgraduate Membership brings access to research funding, events, publications and networks. You'll join an international community of more than 6500 historians.
Postgraduate Membership brings access to research funding, events, publications and networks. You'll join an international community of more than 6500 historians.
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
If you're starting a postgraduate course in History this autumn, please do consider joining the Royal Historical Society bit.ly/41mTuck
Postgraduate Membership brings access to research funding, events, publications and networks. You'll join an international community of more than 6500 historians.
Postgraduate Membership brings access to research funding, events, publications and networks. You'll join an international community of more than 6500 historians.
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Campaigners fighting Sheppard Robson and Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s plans to redevelop an area on the edge of the Barbican Estate have won permission to proceed with a legal challenge that claims alternatives to demolition were overlooked
Campaigners get green light for legal challenge against Barbican demolition
Campaigners get green light for legal challenge against Barbican demolition
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Campaigners fighting Sheppard Robson and Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s plans to redevelop an area on the edge of the Barbican Estate have won permission to proceed with a legal challenge that claims alternatives to demolition were overlooked
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EVENT: Join C20 for the launch of a major new book
on Richard Neutra’s Lovell Health House in Los Angeles (1927-30); a masterpiece of the international modernist movement and cinematic star of ‘L.A. Confidential’.
🗓️ Wed 15 Oct 2025, 6.30pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ c20society.org.uk/events
on Richard Neutra’s Lovell Health House in Los Angeles (1927-30); a masterpiece of the international modernist movement and cinematic star of ‘L.A. Confidential’.
🗓️ Wed 15 Oct 2025, 6.30pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ c20society.org.uk/events
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
EVENT: Join C20 for the launch of a major new book
on Richard Neutra’s Lovell Health House in Los Angeles (1927-30); a masterpiece of the international modernist movement and cinematic star of ‘L.A. Confidential’.
🗓️ Wed 15 Oct 2025, 6.30pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ c20society.org.uk/events
on Richard Neutra’s Lovell Health House in Los Angeles (1927-30); a masterpiece of the international modernist movement and cinematic star of ‘L.A. Confidential’.
🗓️ Wed 15 Oct 2025, 6.30pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ c20society.org.uk/events
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For over 240 years, our Fellows have used the post-nominals FSAScot to identify themselves as part of Scotland's oldest antiquarian society.
If you would like to become a Fellow in 2025 and help play an active role in safeguarding Scotland’s past, apply before 30 September: www.socantscot.org/join/
If you would like to become a Fellow in 2025 and help play an active role in safeguarding Scotland’s past, apply before 30 September: www.socantscot.org/join/
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
For over 240 years, our Fellows have used the post-nominals FSAScot to identify themselves as part of Scotland's oldest antiquarian society.
If you would like to become a Fellow in 2025 and help play an active role in safeguarding Scotland’s past, apply before 30 September: www.socantscot.org/join/
If you would like to become a Fellow in 2025 and help play an active role in safeguarding Scotland’s past, apply before 30 September: www.socantscot.org/join/
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Victorian and Edwardian Childhood and Education 1820-1920. This course will explore childhood and education throughout the Victorian and Edwardian eras in England and Wales, a period spanning one hundred years of considerable social change. www.pharostutors.com/details.php?...
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Victorian and Edwardian Childhood and Education 1820-1920. This course will explore childhood and education throughout the Victorian and Edwardian eras in England and Wales, a period spanning one hundred years of considerable social change. www.pharostutors.com/details.php?...
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🌳 Have you traced your family tree as far back as the 17th century? Few records survive from that period - but some do remain, and can even be found online. Find out more with our guide:
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
September 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🌳 Have you traced your family tree as far back as the 17th century? Few records survive from that period - but some do remain, and can even be found online. Find out more with our guide:
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
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Fellows of the Society are recognised for their contribution to historical understanding and knowledge.
We welcome invitations to join the Fellowship at any time from historians working in Higher Education and other sectors, as well as independent researchers bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians
We welcome invitations to join the Fellowship at any time from historians working in Higher Education and other sectors, as well as independent researchers bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians
September 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Fellows of the Society are recognised for their contribution to historical understanding and knowledge.
We welcome invitations to join the Fellowship at any time from historians working in Higher Education and other sectors, as well as independent researchers bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians
We welcome invitations to join the Fellowship at any time from historians working in Higher Education and other sectors, as well as independent researchers bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians
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#AATP25 is very much *not* the event in its usual format, more a look back at some of the fab things from the two events held so far—with a theme for each day. 👇🏻 However, @projectkin.bsky.social and ourselves will be contributing new material: keep your eyes peeled for details! #OnePlaceWednesday
September 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
#AATP25 is very much *not* the event in its usual format, more a look back at some of the fab things from the two events held so far—with a theme for each day. 👇🏻 However, @projectkin.bsky.social and ourselves will be contributing new material: keep your eyes peeled for details! #OnePlaceWednesday
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Feeling scattered with your DNA results?
Skip random videos—join the DNA Study Group:
✔️ 2 live expert sessions/month
✔️ Supportive community
✔️ Core lessons + handouts
Enroll by Sept 30 for bonus planner + welcome party!
Make your research organized + supported—join today! hubs.la/Q03K2tvf0
Skip random videos—join the DNA Study Group:
✔️ 2 live expert sessions/month
✔️ Supportive community
✔️ Core lessons + handouts
Enroll by Sept 30 for bonus planner + welcome party!
Make your research organized + supported—join today! hubs.la/Q03K2tvf0
September 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Feeling scattered with your DNA results?
Skip random videos—join the DNA Study Group:
✔️ 2 live expert sessions/month
✔️ Supportive community
✔️ Core lessons + handouts
Enroll by Sept 30 for bonus planner + welcome party!
Make your research organized + supported—join today! hubs.la/Q03K2tvf0
Skip random videos—join the DNA Study Group:
✔️ 2 live expert sessions/month
✔️ Supportive community
✔️ Core lessons + handouts
Enroll by Sept 30 for bonus planner + welcome party!
Make your research organized + supported—join today! hubs.la/Q03K2tvf0
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Join us on 15th October for a virtual lecture about the new book 'Drax of Drax Hall.' The work uses the story of the Drax family's history as enslavers in Barbados as a microcosm of Britain's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.
Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-d...
Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-d...
September 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Join us on 15th October for a virtual lecture about the new book 'Drax of Drax Hall.' The work uses the story of the Drax family's history as enslavers in Barbados as a microcosm of Britain's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.
Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-d...
Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-d...
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New this week in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'.
"Us and Them: Disability Ethics, Oral History and Inclusive Praxis in the Reuse of Asylum Photography", by Alana Harris and Laura Mitchison bit.ly/4gH9e0f
#Skystorians 1/2
"Us and Them: Disability Ethics, Oral History and Inclusive Praxis in the Reuse of Asylum Photography", by Alana Harris and Laura Mitchison bit.ly/4gH9e0f
#Skystorians 1/2
September 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
New this week in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'.
"Us and Them: Disability Ethics, Oral History and Inclusive Praxis in the Reuse of Asylum Photography", by Alana Harris and Laura Mitchison bit.ly/4gH9e0f
#Skystorians 1/2
"Us and Them: Disability Ethics, Oral History and Inclusive Praxis in the Reuse of Asylum Photography", by Alana Harris and Laura Mitchison bit.ly/4gH9e0f
#Skystorians 1/2
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The report featured in the Guardian today on the inclusion of women in hustory lessons is really important - lets make women’s voices heard and their actions remembered. www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
Report on Reclaiming Women’s Place in the History Curriculum
www.history.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The report featured in the Guardian today on the inclusion of women in hustory lessons is really important - lets make women’s voices heard and their actions remembered. www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
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A celebratory evening marking the publication of the 250th Big Red Book of #local & #place based #history from @vch-home.bsky.social: Westmorland vol 1, from VCH Cumbria (Cumbria County History Trust). Many congratulations to Sarah Rose and her colleagues, and to all the local contributors involved.
September 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A celebratory evening marking the publication of the 250th Big Red Book of #local & #place based #history from @vch-home.bsky.social: Westmorland vol 1, from VCH Cumbria (Cumbria County History Trust). Many congratulations to Sarah Rose and her colleagues, and to all the local contributors involved.
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We’re not just planning for a digital future: we’re living in a digital present. How do we make a sustainable cultural memory?
@TJOwens.bsky.social & @ShannonMattern.bsky.social discuss in the #booktalk AFTER DISRUPTION.
🗓 Thurs Sept 25
🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...
@TJOwens.bsky.social & @ShannonMattern.bsky.social discuss in the #booktalk AFTER DISRUPTION.
🗓 Thurs Sept 25
🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...
September 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We’re not just planning for a digital future: we’re living in a digital present. How do we make a sustainable cultural memory?
@TJOwens.bsky.social & @ShannonMattern.bsky.social discuss in the #booktalk AFTER DISRUPTION.
🗓 Thurs Sept 25
🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...
@TJOwens.bsky.social & @ShannonMattern.bsky.social discuss in the #booktalk AFTER DISRUPTION.
🗓 Thurs Sept 25
🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...
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On the #AATP25 Day 1 theme of introductions, welcomes, and getting started with #OnePlaceStudies and place-based #FamilyHistory, be sure to check out on our website:
✦ About us (the Society for One-Place Studies)
✦ What is a One-Place Study?
✦ A guide to one-place studies (PDF)
#OnePlaceWednesday
✦ About us (the Society for One-Place Studies)
✦ What is a One-Place Study?
✦ A guide to one-place studies (PDF)
#OnePlaceWednesday
We promised some new material from us for #AATP25, and the first video is now live on our #OnePlaceStudies YouTube channel! Check out Mini-AATP - Welcome and getting started presented by @willsmanonename.bsky.social Liz Craig on this wonderful #OnePlaceWednesday
September 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
On the #AATP25 Day 1 theme of introductions, welcomes, and getting started with #OnePlaceStudies and place-based #FamilyHistory, be sure to check out on our website:
✦ About us (the Society for One-Place Studies)
✦ What is a One-Place Study?
✦ A guide to one-place studies (PDF)
#OnePlaceWednesday
✦ About us (the Society for One-Place Studies)
✦ What is a One-Place Study?
✦ A guide to one-place studies (PDF)
#OnePlaceWednesday