Janet Hargreaves
janeth56.bsky.social
Janet Hargreaves
@janeth56.bsky.social
Retired nurse. Enthusiastic explorer of history - particularly nursing. A reader, a walker & a dreamer for a just world.
Thanks for the reminder - abstract still in draft, but hotel reserved and place booked!
February 13, 2026 at 1:21 PM
In terms of history, thats not so long ago! - and plenty of nurses are still smokers ...
February 10, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Grange Over Sands today
February 10, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Thanks re unions - She has 7 addresses listed in London from 1925 to 1943. They give 20 July 1923 as her GNC registration date, but I cannot find the actual record of this.
February 9, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Great picture!
February 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Not known by me - she does not mention in her memoir union membership when she trained at the West London Hospital 1915 - 1919, or later in her career. Would there be records??
February 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Keeping up with the journals: our round-up looks at recent publications from the North West Labour History Society, North East Labour History Society, and Australian Society for the Study of Labour History 🗃️ sslh.org.uk/2023/11/18/l...
Labour history journals round-up, 2023
Labour history societies in the North West and North East of England and in Australia have published the 2023 issues of their journals (in the case of Australia's Labour History, the second issue of t...
sslh.org.uk
November 18, 2023 at 7:39 AM
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North West Labour History Society. 50th issue of the Society Journal is out now. Articles on David Graham, Leonard Hall of Windermere, the Chatterton Massacre and the Labour Party Women's Section in Eccles. To subscribe go to nwlh.org.uk
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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#OtD 8 Feb 1937 tens of thousands of Spanish civilians - mostly families with children and the elderly - fleeing Malaga in the Civil War were bombarded from the air and sea by Spanish, German and Italian fascist forces killing up to 5000 people. More: workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e...
February 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I like the assessibilty & the clusters of related material are really useful.
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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It’s the start of a new week, so here’s No 16 another of my recommended texts on the background, dynamics and politics of the 1926 General Strike in Britain in this 100th anniversary year - one book per day Mon-Fr
@strikemap.org @redhen90.bsky.social @keithbeard.bsky.social @nwlh.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Thanks to Warwick Digital Archives, but also the Marxist Internet Archive and the Internet Archive who make amazing historical documents like this available to unaffiliated researchers like me
#MollyMurphy #HistNursing
Papers of Tom Mann
wdc.contentdm.oclc.org
February 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Thanks for replying. That's fair - I am just looking at options
February 5, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Looks like an interesting book - you seem to be self publishing? Would you recommend?
February 4, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Its slow! But I am getting there and starting to post regularly, to keep myself on track
February 4, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Biography -draft 1, Chapter 8 - Moscow, March 1921, Molly Murphy witnesses the reality of the terrible famine that is unfolding: ‘animals falling exhausted in the streets and white faced haggard children pathetically clutch you as you pass and beg for bread.’

#MollyMurphy #HistNursing #RCN
Molly Murphy: the life of an activist nurse | RCN Magazines | Royal College of Nursing
Suffragette, revolutionary and wartime nurse – discover the extraordinary history of nurse Molly
www.rcn.org.uk
February 1, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Early spring in the Kadampa buddust temple woods, Ulverston
February 1, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Very frustrating. A suggestion [from my son] is to add 'PDF' to your Search phrase - if there is a copy ( usually posted somewhere by the author) this is more likely to bring up a usable link. I have tried this and sometimes it has worked
January 21, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Chewing the end of my pencil and trying to get an abstract right ! Looking forward to being there.
January 15, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Well done Kathrine!
January 15, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Lovely to read your words on here Ian, I am one of the many silent ones usually lurking in your rich oasis of creativity on X.
January 14, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Great to see this #airsoftuk
December 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Great to see this & well done to the team - a perfect Christmas present! looking forward to reading all the articles
December 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Great being back at LAC on Sunday. After nearly 6 years away(!) fantastic to play at The Farm CQB.

Used a custom build 4x2 pouch to hold my kit with the belt loop option so no rig needed.

I've since built a rear stock shotgun shell holder to go along with the Bandolier/sling I made previously.
December 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Today, a 29-day-old baby died at Nasser hospital, southern #Gaza, #Palestine, just two hours after arriving at the MSF- supported paediatric ward in the early hours of the morning. Despite treatment efforts, he could not be saved. According to the MoH, he died from hypothermia.
December 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM