A few history pics from a weekend in Buckinghamshire 🏰 🍺

At the ORNC Greenwich last week for the launch of a new exhibition and film ‘Cornwallis Cloth’ amplifying Caribbean stories from WWII.
Grateful to have been able to learn something new about the involvement and impact of Black Caribbean communities. Well worth a visit!

Lovely to visit St Stephen’s Wallbrook yesterday and hear about their recent restoration project ⛪️ A very gorgeous Wren church!

A few photos from the @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social’s Peaky Blinders night 🎠
An evening of great (bostin) food, entertainment, and some incredibly impressive outfits

Also a great example of #traditionalskills in action, with part of the museum still acting as a glass blowing workshop

Got to visit the museum itself with its amazing collection
Quite cool to find out my little town was once world renowned for glass production, winning gold at Prince Albert’s Great Exhibition!

A local-history fuelled weekend, with Saturday morning spent exploring the canals around the #GlassMuseum in Stourbridge, led by one of their volunteers 🦆🌳

HIM Haile Selassie’s pianola in action! First time seeing a piano play itself 🎶

Day was ended with a trip to Bristol visiting #UnderfallYard, an incredible site of industrial and maritime heritage!

The yard was victim to an arson attack two years ago, and are working and fundraising to rebuild. Learn more here: underfallyard.co.uk/about/recove...

Also visited @bathprestrust.bsky.social. Got to witness their usage of the cultural recovery fund for their incredible interactive displays at No1 Crescent (as well as a good nose in the gift shop)

Had chance to explore Bath itself with a visit to the #RomanBaths (part of of ALVA, a THA member)

Great to hear about the Baths work in community engagement, especially their work with local refugees and social prescribing. Another example of the link between heritage, identity, and wellbeing! 🏛️🪴

@heritagelizzie.bsky.social and I enjoyed blue skies in Bath visiting #FairfieldHouse, THA member, and a key symbol of many local and international communities

They’re working to preserve the memory of HIM Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia

We met a local sewing club that meet there regularly!

Travelling down to Bath for the weekend and stumbled across this bit of Victorian architecture at Worcester Shrub Hill station!
@railwayheritage.bsky.social #railway200 #mobileheritage

Spent a sunny afternoon exploring Harvington Hall (@harvingtonhall.bsky.social), one of Historic Houses’ members and just up the road! Learnt a lot about priest hides and the Elizabethan era.
Incredible scenery, history and lovely cakes too 🍰