Gillian Lamb
@historicalbeans.bsky.social
Historian of Modern Britain. Focus on childhood, welfare, social mobility and poverty. Into public history. Always wishing I could do more and reach more. Keen but not very good hockey player, neglectful wife. Love cats
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Excited to be speaking at the @ihr.bsky.social War, Society and Culture seminar tomorrow evening! If you want to hear more about home-loss in the SWW and how it shaped understandings of wartime citizenship, then you can find all the details here! 👇
www.history.ac.uk/events/a-hea...
www.history.ac.uk/events/a-hea...
A “heartbreaking reality”: Coping with Home-Loss in Urban Britain during the Second World War
www.history.ac.uk
November 7, 2023 at 9:58 AM
Excited to be speaking at the @ihr.bsky.social War, Society and Culture seminar tomorrow evening! If you want to hear more about home-loss in the SWW and how it shaped understandings of wartime citizenship, then you can find all the details here! 👇
www.history.ac.uk/events/a-hea...
www.history.ac.uk/events/a-hea...
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Interested in doing a History PhD in Travel Writing? The history department at the University of Warwick has received a donation from Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet, for four fully-funded studentships! 2 with Autumn 2024 entry: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...
November 7, 2023 at 9:18 AM
Interested in doing a History PhD in Travel Writing? The history department at the University of Warwick has received a donation from Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet, for four fully-funded studentships! 2 with Autumn 2024 entry: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...
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Now feels like a good time to share the news that the IHR #London #SummerSchool 2024 will be on the theme of #Rivers Expert lectures, workshops & special access visits: from the #Thames to London's lost rivers, #mudlarks, #bridges, #environment and estuary - & more. Info soon!
A genuine 'strange law':
This is why a bale of hay is dangling below the Millennium Bridge in London
metro.co.uk/2023/10/17/t...
(Bylaw can be found on p31 of pla.co.uk/assets/1090t... )
#LegalHistory #RiverHistory #London
This is why a bale of hay is dangling below the Millennium Bridge in London
metro.co.uk/2023/10/17/t...
(Bylaw can be found on p31 of pla.co.uk/assets/1090t... )
#LegalHistory #RiverHistory #London
This is why a bale of hay is dangling below the Millennium Bridge in London
'Modern bridge, ancient traditions.'
metro.co.uk
October 18, 2023 at 12:27 PM
Now feels like a good time to share the news that the IHR #London #SummerSchool 2024 will be on the theme of #Rivers Expert lectures, workshops & special access visits: from the #Thames to London's lost rivers, #mudlarks, #bridges, #environment and estuary - & more. Info soon!