Dr John Tanner
@historyjt.bsky.social
Passionate about heritage and what it can mean for people & places.
Head of Masterplan, National Coal Mining Museum for England. 🛠️
Director (voluntary, alongside amazing local history mates) of Lichfield Discovered CIC. 🏛️
Head of Masterplan, National Coal Mining Museum for England. 🛠️
Director (voluntary, alongside amazing local history mates) of Lichfield Discovered CIC. 🏛️
All of us at @ncmme.bsky.social were proud to host a very special event today: the launch of Brian Elliott’s major new publication ‘Miners at War’.
Thank you @TheWombwellRainbow.bsky.social for such poignant poetry readings & Andy Featherstone for sharing his remarkable memorabilia collection too.
Thank you @TheWombwellRainbow.bsky.social for such poignant poetry readings & Andy Featherstone for sharing his remarkable memorabilia collection too.
May 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
All of us at @ncmme.bsky.social were proud to host a very special event today: the launch of Brian Elliott’s major new publication ‘Miners at War’.
Thank you @TheWombwellRainbow.bsky.social for such poignant poetry readings & Andy Featherstone for sharing his remarkable memorabilia collection too.
Thank you @TheWombwellRainbow.bsky.social for such poignant poetry readings & Andy Featherstone for sharing his remarkable memorabilia collection too.
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Very excited to spot an Elsecar Davy #draincover in Pontefract today. Love it when an old job and a new job connect in unexpected ways ❤️
@bookishwonder.bsky.social @historyjt.bsky.social @michaelcurates.bsky.social
@bookishwonder.bsky.social @historyjt.bsky.social @michaelcurates.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Very excited to spot an Elsecar Davy #draincover in Pontefract today. Love it when an old job and a new job connect in unexpected ways ❤️
@bookishwonder.bsky.social @historyjt.bsky.social @michaelcurates.bsky.social
@bookishwonder.bsky.social @historyjt.bsky.social @michaelcurates.bsky.social
Over the last 6 months, we’ve transformed an 1851 surface tunnel into an accessible ‘Time Tunnel’ time machine…
It includes carefully crafted scenics, digital characters, immersive AV, digital special effects, original objects & our amazing mine guides.
More info: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It includes carefully crafted scenics, digital characters, immersive AV, digital special effects, original objects & our amazing mine guides.
More info: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New exhibition brings coal mining to life in Wakefield
Surface-level interactive displays at the National Coal Mining Museum take visitors back in time.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Over the last 6 months, we’ve transformed an 1851 surface tunnel into an accessible ‘Time Tunnel’ time machine…
It includes carefully crafted scenics, digital characters, immersive AV, digital special effects, original objects & our amazing mine guides.
More info: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It includes carefully crafted scenics, digital characters, immersive AV, digital special effects, original objects & our amazing mine guides.
More info: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Very excited to reveal that we have taken on large parts of The Old Grammar School here in Lichfield.
The site dates back to the 15th century. We plan to transform its extraordinary spaces into a community heritage hub & a place to celebrate all our city’s history.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The site dates back to the 15th century. We plan to transform its extraordinary spaces into a community heritage hub & a place to celebrate all our city’s history.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lichfield's old schoolmaster's house to be used as history hub - BBC News
Lichfield District Council says the building had never been previously open to the public.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Very excited to reveal that we have taken on large parts of The Old Grammar School here in Lichfield.
The site dates back to the 15th century. We plan to transform its extraordinary spaces into a community heritage hub & a place to celebrate all our city’s history.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The site dates back to the 15th century. We plan to transform its extraordinary spaces into a community heritage hub & a place to celebrate all our city’s history.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hi everyone, can you help one of my students with her MA dissertation? Amy is exploring the motivations, influences & ambitions of those who practice history (from professionals to amateurs, paid to hobbyist). Fill in her survey to add your experience (& please share): forms.office.com/e/mFNv6tAqxn
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Hi everyone, can you help one of my students with her MA dissertation? Amy is exploring the motivations, influences & ambitions of those who practice history (from professionals to amateurs, paid to hobbyist). Fill in her survey to add your experience (& please share): forms.office.com/e/mFNv6tAqxn
Privilege to help out with the install of a special new site-wide exhibition today…
Sculptures by Barnsley-born Graham Ibbeson, including mining memorials, coal queens & celebrities with (very) surprising links to coal!
More info: www.ncm.org.uk/whats-on/coa...
@ncmme.bsky.social
Sculptures by Barnsley-born Graham Ibbeson, including mining memorials, coal queens & celebrities with (very) surprising links to coal!
More info: www.ncm.org.uk/whats-on/coa...
@ncmme.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Privilege to help out with the install of a special new site-wide exhibition today…
Sculptures by Barnsley-born Graham Ibbeson, including mining memorials, coal queens & celebrities with (very) surprising links to coal!
More info: www.ncm.org.uk/whats-on/coa...
@ncmme.bsky.social
Sculptures by Barnsley-born Graham Ibbeson, including mining memorials, coal queens & celebrities with (very) surprising links to coal!
More info: www.ncm.org.uk/whats-on/coa...
@ncmme.bsky.social
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A city packed with extraordinary architecture…
Lichfield has got plenty of Georgian buildings, a fair few of which hide much older medieval origins within.
Others more honest about their age include these part-timbered favourites, photographed this weekend on an icy early morning explore… ✨❄️
Lichfield has got plenty of Georgian buildings, a fair few of which hide much older medieval origins within.
Others more honest about their age include these part-timbered favourites, photographed this weekend on an icy early morning explore… ✨❄️
January 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A city packed with extraordinary architecture…
Lichfield has got plenty of Georgian buildings, a fair few of which hide much older medieval origins within.
Others more honest about their age include these part-timbered favourites, photographed this weekend on an icy early morning explore… ✨❄️
Lichfield has got plenty of Georgian buildings, a fair few of which hide much older medieval origins within.
Others more honest about their age include these part-timbered favourites, photographed this weekend on an icy early morning explore… ✨❄️
Spotted earlier, a huge Tudor Rose crafted & installed into Lichfield Cathedral 500 or so years ago.
From welcoming Henry’s army en route to Bosworth in 1485, to becoming a city in 1553 (Mary’s first year as Queen), Lichfield’s history in the first decades of the Tudor Age is extraordinary…
From welcoming Henry’s army en route to Bosworth in 1485, to becoming a city in 1553 (Mary’s first year as Queen), Lichfield’s history in the first decades of the Tudor Age is extraordinary…
January 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Spotted earlier, a huge Tudor Rose crafted & installed into Lichfield Cathedral 500 or so years ago.
From welcoming Henry’s army en route to Bosworth in 1485, to becoming a city in 1553 (Mary’s first year as Queen), Lichfield’s history in the first decades of the Tudor Age is extraordinary…
From welcoming Henry’s army en route to Bosworth in 1485, to becoming a city in 1553 (Mary’s first year as Queen), Lichfield’s history in the first decades of the Tudor Age is extraordinary…
It’s long been suggested locally that JRR Tolkien’s tree-like warriors, the Ents, may have been inspired in part by this ancient oak at Cannock Chase, where he was based during the First World War.
It’s extraordinary to see in person and well worth finding…
@tolkiensociety.org @digitaltolkien.com
It’s extraordinary to see in person and well worth finding…
@tolkiensociety.org @digitaltolkien.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
It’s long been suggested locally that JRR Tolkien’s tree-like warriors, the Ents, may have been inspired in part by this ancient oak at Cannock Chase, where he was based during the First World War.
It’s extraordinary to see in person and well worth finding…
@tolkiensociety.org @digitaltolkien.com
It’s extraordinary to see in person and well worth finding…
@tolkiensociety.org @digitaltolkien.com
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It’s really important to follow @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social - and it’s never felt more relevant in a Europe once more witness to conflict. My grandmother’s family who remained in France after 1900 died here in 1944: faces and people I will never know.
Auschwitz II-Birkenau
The main gate of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp & the freight car, which is situated at the unloading and selection platform inside the camp.
(Photos: buff.ly/4fOYiwi)
The main gate of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp & the freight car, which is situated at the unloading and selection platform inside the camp.
(Photos: buff.ly/4fOYiwi)
November 27, 2024 at 4:50 PM
It’s really important to follow @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social - and it’s never felt more relevant in a Europe once more witness to conflict. My grandmother’s family who remained in France after 1900 died here in 1944: faces and people I will never know.
Today is the 80th anniversary of the Fauld Disaster, understood to be the largest ever explosion in the UK.
Our community heritage group wrote an extended blog-post about the disaster and its legacy earlier this year: www.facebook.com/share/1ETEwF...
Our community heritage group wrote an extended blog-post about the disaster and its legacy earlier this year: www.facebook.com/share/1ETEwF...
November 27, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Today is the 80th anniversary of the Fauld Disaster, understood to be the largest ever explosion in the UK.
Our community heritage group wrote an extended blog-post about the disaster and its legacy earlier this year: www.facebook.com/share/1ETEwF...
Our community heritage group wrote an extended blog-post about the disaster and its legacy earlier this year: www.facebook.com/share/1ETEwF...
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Cinema test for #Doncasterandtheminersstrike #film premiering this Thursday at The Savoy cinema. #minersstrike #40years
November 26, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Cinema test for #Doncasterandtheminersstrike #film premiering this Thursday at The Savoy cinema. #minersstrike #40years
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This is J.W. A compact beefcake. Coalminer and later steward of Trafalgar Working Men’s Club, Burnley. Fathered 15 kids, did some great wrestling, esp. around 1908.
Loved writing his story.
The Catch Wrestling Collier, John Willie Price (1870-1957):
grapplingwithhistory.com/2020/07/24/j...
Loved writing his story.
The Catch Wrestling Collier, John Willie Price (1870-1957):
grapplingwithhistory.com/2020/07/24/j...
November 25, 2024 at 10:24 PM
This is J.W. A compact beefcake. Coalminer and later steward of Trafalgar Working Men’s Club, Burnley. Fathered 15 kids, did some great wrestling, esp. around 1908.
Loved writing his story.
The Catch Wrestling Collier, John Willie Price (1870-1957):
grapplingwithhistory.com/2020/07/24/j...
Loved writing his story.
The Catch Wrestling Collier, John Willie Price (1870-1957):
grapplingwithhistory.com/2020/07/24/j...
An inspiring day in the Midlands.
This morning exploring behind the scenes in the vast Coal Authority archives.
Then discovering the stunning site looked after by Pleasley Pit Trust and meeting their trustees and volunteers for the first time.
Brilliant.
This morning exploring behind the scenes in the vast Coal Authority archives.
Then discovering the stunning site looked after by Pleasley Pit Trust and meeting their trustees and volunteers for the first time.
Brilliant.
November 25, 2024 at 8:59 PM
An inspiring day in the Midlands.
This morning exploring behind the scenes in the vast Coal Authority archives.
Then discovering the stunning site looked after by Pleasley Pit Trust and meeting their trustees and volunteers for the first time.
Brilliant.
This morning exploring behind the scenes in the vast Coal Authority archives.
Then discovering the stunning site looked after by Pleasley Pit Trust and meeting their trustees and volunteers for the first time.
Brilliant.
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If you love #HistNursing and or architecture do come &visit the Christchurch Nurse’s memorial chapel & museum. It’s believed to the only chapel in the world to commemorate nurses who lost their lives in war & the influenza pandemic afterwards. We have some great treasures. Follow on instagram.
November 23, 2024 at 8:39 PM
If you love #HistNursing and or architecture do come &visit the Christchurch Nurse’s memorial chapel & museum. It’s believed to the only chapel in the world to commemorate nurses who lost their lives in war & the influenza pandemic afterwards. We have some great treasures. Follow on instagram.
One of (many!) privileges of working at England’s last surviving deep colliery is exploring secret places, underground & on the surface.
Inside this building never open to the public: machinery, electrical kit, tub rails, signage & more, & a mineshaft dating back to to 1827…
@ncmme.bsky.social
Inside this building never open to the public: machinery, electrical kit, tub rails, signage & more, & a mineshaft dating back to to 1827…
@ncmme.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 5:39 AM
One of (many!) privileges of working at England’s last surviving deep colliery is exploring secret places, underground & on the surface.
Inside this building never open to the public: machinery, electrical kit, tub rails, signage & more, & a mineshaft dating back to to 1827…
@ncmme.bsky.social
Inside this building never open to the public: machinery, electrical kit, tub rails, signage & more, & a mineshaft dating back to to 1827…
@ncmme.bsky.social
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A stunner of a 13th century moated site just to the west of Lichfield on Pipe Green.
Check out that LIDAR…
Wow. ✨
Check out that LIDAR…
Wow. ✨
November 18, 2024 at 9:17 AM
A stunner of a 13th century moated site just to the west of Lichfield on Pipe Green.
Check out that LIDAR…
Wow. ✨
Check out that LIDAR…
Wow. ✨
Any historic wallpaper specialists out there?
Trying to put a date on this…. Thoughts appreciated!
Trying to put a date on this…. Thoughts appreciated!
November 18, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Any historic wallpaper specialists out there?
Trying to put a date on this…. Thoughts appreciated!
Trying to put a date on this…. Thoughts appreciated!
We’re pleased to have brought @ncmme.bsky.social, the National Coal Mining Museum, to BlueSky.🦋
The very last accessible deep colliery in England, we’re committed to sharing the proud story of our coalfields, whilst recognising coal’s legacy, showcasing sustainable tech & the journey to Net Zero.
The very last accessible deep colliery in England, we’re committed to sharing the proud story of our coalfields, whilst recognising coal’s legacy, showcasing sustainable tech & the journey to Net Zero.
November 15, 2024 at 7:44 PM
We’re pleased to have brought @ncmme.bsky.social, the National Coal Mining Museum, to BlueSky.🦋
The very last accessible deep colliery in England, we’re committed to sharing the proud story of our coalfields, whilst recognising coal’s legacy, showcasing sustainable tech & the journey to Net Zero.
The very last accessible deep colliery in England, we’re committed to sharing the proud story of our coalfields, whilst recognising coal’s legacy, showcasing sustainable tech & the journey to Net Zero.
Excellent, thoughtful & provocative day yesterday at #Museums2024, including a spectacular evening!
Big thank you to all at @museumsassociation.bsky.social & Royal Armouries and hope everyone has a great second day of conference.
Big thank you to all at @museumsassociation.bsky.social & Royal Armouries and hope everyone has a great second day of conference.
November 13, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Excellent, thoughtful & provocative day yesterday at #Museums2024, including a spectacular evening!
Big thank you to all at @museumsassociation.bsky.social & Royal Armouries and hope everyone has a great second day of conference.
Big thank you to all at @museumsassociation.bsky.social & Royal Armouries and hope everyone has a great second day of conference.
Vital discussion around civic & ‘LA-born’ museums at #Museums2024
Key takeaways: Real £££ precipice facing many. We need to tackle that assertively, positively, and from a position of strength & confidence in our impact, with unity amongst museums & shared voice
@museumsassociation.bsky.social
Key takeaways: Real £££ precipice facing many. We need to tackle that assertively, positively, and from a position of strength & confidence in our impact, with unity amongst museums & shared voice
@museumsassociation.bsky.social
November 12, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Vital discussion around civic & ‘LA-born’ museums at #Museums2024
Key takeaways: Real £££ precipice facing many. We need to tackle that assertively, positively, and from a position of strength & confidence in our impact, with unity amongst museums & shared voice
@museumsassociation.bsky.social
Key takeaways: Real £££ precipice facing many. We need to tackle that assertively, positively, and from a position of strength & confidence in our impact, with unity amongst museums & shared voice
@museumsassociation.bsky.social
Excellent turnout for Sharon Heal setting a tone of outspokenness & reflection for this year’s conference. Big thank you to @tracybrabin.bsky.social for shoutouts for WY museums including the National Coal Mining Museum #Museums2024
@museumsassociation.bsky.social
@museumsassociation.bsky.social
November 12, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Excellent turnout for Sharon Heal setting a tone of outspokenness & reflection for this year’s conference. Big thank you to @tracybrabin.bsky.social for shoutouts for WY museums including the National Coal Mining Museum #Museums2024
@museumsassociation.bsky.social
@museumsassociation.bsky.social
Day of discovery for us about Great Grandad George.
A battling Welsh Bantam, he served 1914-18, was at Bourlon Wood & captured at the Battle of the Lys.
Thanks @BElliottAuthor (Twitter) for inspiring us to revisit his story, @Sommecourt for podcast on Bourlon & @1418Research for lecture about Lys.
A battling Welsh Bantam, he served 1914-18, was at Bourlon Wood & captured at the Battle of the Lys.
Thanks @BElliottAuthor (Twitter) for inspiring us to revisit his story, @Sommecourt for podcast on Bourlon & @1418Research for lecture about Lys.
November 10, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Day of discovery for us about Great Grandad George.
A battling Welsh Bantam, he served 1914-18, was at Bourlon Wood & captured at the Battle of the Lys.
Thanks @BElliottAuthor (Twitter) for inspiring us to revisit his story, @Sommecourt for podcast on Bourlon & @1418Research for lecture about Lys.
A battling Welsh Bantam, he served 1914-18, was at Bourlon Wood & captured at the Battle of the Lys.
Thanks @BElliottAuthor (Twitter) for inspiring us to revisit his story, @Sommecourt for podcast on Bourlon & @1418Research for lecture about Lys.
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Remembering the 900-1500 nurses across all nations who lost their lives in The Great War
November 10, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Remembering the 900-1500 nurses across all nations who lost their lives in The Great War
Pte (& Miner) George Tanner, in uniform after signing up & German records of his capture on front line during the German offensive, the Battle of the Lys, 9/4/18, whilst serving with the 18th Welsh.
He made it.
Last pic is back at pit top 30+ years later, 2nd row far left.
He made it.
Last pic is back at pit top 30+ years later, 2nd row far left.
November 10, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Pte (& Miner) George Tanner, in uniform after signing up & German records of his capture on front line during the German offensive, the Battle of the Lys, 9/4/18, whilst serving with the 18th Welsh.
He made it.
Last pic is back at pit top 30+ years later, 2nd row far left.
He made it.
Last pic is back at pit top 30+ years later, 2nd row far left.