Liz Wood
@worsted.bsky.social
Tired, archive-themed, occasionally falling over a cat.
Going to work I got into the habit of nodding to this pigeon mug, left each day on a bench by the office. The spot on the bench varied, once or twice money was left on top.
The mug has been missing since new year. This week it reappeared in slightly tea stained glory, a low key moment of #TinyJoys
The mug has been missing since new year. This week it reappeared in slightly tea stained glory, a low key moment of #TinyJoys
January 23, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Going to work I got into the habit of nodding to this pigeon mug, left each day on a bench by the office. The spot on the bench varied, once or twice money was left on top.
The mug has been missing since new year. This week it reappeared in slightly tea stained glory, a low key moment of #TinyJoys
The mug has been missing since new year. This week it reappeared in slightly tea stained glory, a low key moment of #TinyJoys
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OK, English-speaking folks, I'm trying to think of a nice, short-ish poem for my adult audience. I thought of Wordsworth's Daffodils, or of Frost's Road not taken, but if you had to choose one poem for a French audience with an intermediate level, what would be your pick?
January 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
OK, English-speaking folks, I'm trying to think of a nice, short-ish poem for my adult audience. I thought of Wordsworth's Daffodils, or of Frost's Road not taken, but if you had to choose one poem for a French audience with an intermediate level, what would be your pick?
Have typically picked the time of the year with least sun to start playing around with cyanotypes at home
January 3, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Have typically picked the time of the year with least sun to start playing around with cyanotypes at home
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Here to share more about our work celebrating the craft and graft of framework knitting, plus our new programme of events, workshops and exhibitions coming up in 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Here to share more about our work celebrating the craft and graft of framework knitting, plus our new programme of events, workshops and exhibitions coming up in 2026.
Feet up, cat installed, that'll do for today.
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Feet up, cat installed, that'll do for today.
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Liz Wood introduces the headquarters building of the South Yorkshire Miners’ Association and its continuing importance now the coal industry has gone sslh.org.uk/2025/12/22/m...
Miners’ Hall, Barnsley: a place in labour history
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Liz Wood introduces the headquarters building of the South Yorkshire Miners’ Association and its continuing importance now the coal indus…
sslh.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Have bought a chocolate log, some tangerines and a poinsettia and am counting that as Christmas shopping done
December 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Have bought a chocolate log, some tangerines and a poinsettia and am counting that as Christmas shopping done
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Hi everyone! As some of you may know, our organisation, YHP, is focused on the promotion of the scholarship of Black British History.
We have some amazing projects which we can't wait to share with you next year. But the research, editing etc. for these projects are done on a volunteer basis.
We have some amazing projects which we can't wait to share with you next year. But the research, editing etc. for these projects are done on a volunteer basis.
December 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Hi everyone! As some of you may know, our organisation, YHP, is focused on the promotion of the scholarship of Black British History.
We have some amazing projects which we can't wait to share with you next year. But the research, editing etc. for these projects are done on a volunteer basis.
We have some amazing projects which we can't wait to share with you next year. But the research, editing etc. for these projects are done on a volunteer basis.
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Also if you're a fan of surprises in estate agent photies I commend this one to your attention www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 2 bedroom flat for sale on Rightmove
2 bedroom flat for sale in East Mayfield, Midlothian, Edinburgh, EH9 for £295,000. Marketed by Quicklister, Nationwide
www.rightmove.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Also if you're a fan of surprises in estate agent photies I commend this one to your attention www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Useful archival cataloguing term found
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Useful archival cataloguing term found
Call for papers #CFP
Blood is the Price of Coal: Coal Communities, Health and Welfare in Britain and Beyond from the 19th Century to the Present
18 June 2026: 1 day conference + NUM archive exhibition
Submit abstracts / express interest at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
Deadline: 25 Jan 2026
Blood is the Price of Coal: Coal Communities, Health and Welfare in Britain and Beyond from the 19th Century to the Present
18 June 2026: 1 day conference + NUM archive exhibition
Submit abstracts / express interest at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
Deadline: 25 Jan 2026
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The reason why I now know (1) what filter keys are and (2) how to turn them off so that I can use the keyboard again.
November 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The reason why I now know (1) what filter keys are and (2) how to turn them off so that I can use the keyboard again.
Having my DIY skills assessed after reattaching the wardrobe door
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Having my DIY skills assessed after reattaching the wardrobe door
Busy woman, Miss Todd.
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Busy woman, Miss Todd.
Name of the week goes to:
October 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Name of the week goes to:
#MondayMotivation from today's freshly catalogued archives
September 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
#MondayMotivation from today's freshly catalogued archives
Statement of health policy, 1957.
Literally the only document in the archive file with a cigarette burn.
Literally the only document in the archive file with a cigarette burn.
September 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Statement of health policy, 1957.
Literally the only document in the archive file with a cigarette burn.
Literally the only document in the archive file with a cigarette burn.
If you can get there, thoroughly recommend a visit - an outstanding building crammed with history
Looking forward to #HeritageOpenDays later this month!
Join us at the Miners' Hall, Barnsley, on 16-17 September - a fantastic opportunity to see inside the NUM & Yorkshire Miners' Association's historic home & find out more about the union archives
www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...
Join us at the Miners' Hall, Barnsley, on 16-17 September - a fantastic opportunity to see inside the NUM & Yorkshire Miners' Association's historic home & find out more about the union archives
www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...
September 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you can get there, thoroughly recommend a visit - an outstanding building crammed with history
In today's unexpected NUM find, a magazine featuring the launch of Mr Kipling in 1967 through "Shock Troops" "in the Van of the Cake Revolution" (or six blokes in branded suits brandishing platters of cake) ...
September 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
In today's unexpected NUM find, a magazine featuring the launch of Mr Kipling in 1967 through "Shock Troops" "in the Van of the Cake Revolution" (or six blokes in branded suits brandishing platters of cake) ...
Got the scruffy cat cardigan out from the wardrobe for the first time in months...
August 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Got the scruffy cat cardigan out from the wardrobe for the first time in months...
Week off ✔️
Bakery ✔️
Bread pudding the size and weight of a house brick ✔️
Bakery ✔️
Bread pudding the size and weight of a house brick ✔️
August 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Week off ✔️
Bakery ✔️
Bread pudding the size and weight of a house brick ✔️
Bakery ✔️
Bread pudding the size and weight of a house brick ✔️
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I have questions about archive distance courses and/or part time UCL MA course. If anyone are happy to talk to me as employer/student/mentor of such undertakings (or can point me in the direction of friendly people) please let me know. I am on a fact finding mission.
August 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I have questions about archive distance courses and/or part time UCL MA course. If anyone are happy to talk to me as employer/student/mentor of such undertakings (or can point me in the direction of friendly people) please let me know. I am on a fact finding mission.
Got distracted whilst looking for early 20th century sound effects.
Can we use this for a 1926 British soundscape? No.
Do I want to shoehorn it in regardless? Clearly, yes.
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Can we use this for a 1926 British soundscape? No.
Do I want to shoehorn it in regardless? Clearly, yes.
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
August 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Got distracted whilst looking for early 20th century sound effects.
Can we use this for a 1926 British soundscape? No.
Do I want to shoehorn it in regardless? Clearly, yes.
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Can we use this for a 1926 British soundscape? No.
Do I want to shoehorn it in regardless? Clearly, yes.
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Cryptic folk horror road sign season is here again...
August 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Cryptic folk horror road sign season is here again...