Ian Dawson
@iandawson51.bsky.social
www.thinkinghistory.co.uk; edited HA's Exploring and Teaching Medieval History; ex-SHP Director; Hon Fellow HA, Leeds Trinity Univ; Nat Teaching Award 2003; retired from teacher-training; currently writing about the Redmayns of Harewood in 15thC
And i'll add this one - if you've used one of Barbara's 3 Tudor books do drop me a line - see below for explanation.
October 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
And i'll add this one - if you've used one of Barbara's 3 Tudor books do drop me a line - see below for explanation.
If you've found this book helpful, could you send me a few words about via DM or below. I'm hoping to put together a collection of positive comments for the author who's having medical treatment at the moment. Many thanks.
October 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
If you've found this book helpful, could you send me a few words about via DM or below. I'm hoping to put together a collection of positive comments for the author who's having medical treatment at the moment. Many thanks.
For VJ Day
Sergeant George Dawson (seated), Royal Artillery 39-45, served in Indian and Burma, 42-45. An intelligent and kind man, he would have been an excellent teacher if born in a different decade. Like so many, he never spoke about his war in India and Burma.
Sergeant George Dawson (seated), Royal Artillery 39-45, served in Indian and Burma, 42-45. An intelligent and kind man, he would have been an excellent teacher if born in a different decade. Like so many, he never spoke about his war in India and Burma.
August 15, 2025 at 8:18 AM
For VJ Day
Sergeant George Dawson (seated), Royal Artillery 39-45, served in Indian and Burma, 42-45. An intelligent and kind man, he would have been an excellent teacher if born in a different decade. Like so many, he never spoke about his war in India and Burma.
Sergeant George Dawson (seated), Royal Artillery 39-45, served in Indian and Burma, 42-45. An intelligent and kind man, he would have been an excellent teacher if born in a different decade. Like so many, he never spoke about his war in India and Burma.
Kirkstall costumes mostly home made, with old college curtains having a big role (this was pre-blinds). I hired mine and my lady's costumes. Time flies as this photo shows!
July 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Kirkstall costumes mostly home made, with old college curtains having a big role (this was pre-blinds). I hired mine and my lady's costumes. Time flies as this photo shows!
@apf102.bsky.social Kirkstall c1990 - asked by the abbot (local headteacher) to visit when his Y5 spent day at abbey as monks,all in costume. LTU History students & i went as travellers - we even had a horse - but one of us showed symptoms of the pestilence and the Y5s had to decide if we could stay
July 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
@apf102.bsky.social Kirkstall c1990 - asked by the abbot (local headteacher) to visit when his Y5 spent day at abbey as monks,all in costume. LTU History students & i went as travellers - we even had a horse - but one of us showed symptoms of the pestilence and the Y5s had to decide if we could stay
The original script was entirely Kate. My only role was taking part as Henry VIII in the first performance at Fountains with Helen's Y7. They leapt 2 feet in the air when they heard the king's voice behind them and saw a compete stranger in costume. Then i adapted the play for SHP after Kate died
July 1, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The original script was entirely Kate. My only role was taking part as Henry VIII in the first performance at Fountains with Helen's Y7. They leapt 2 feet in the air when they heard the king's voice behind them and saw a compete stranger in costume. Then i adapted the play for SHP after Kate died
Amazing how much fun we had on what was such a sad occasion - and even sadder to look back on now.
June 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Amazing how much fun we had on what was such a sad occasion - and even sadder to look back on now.
Not a serious reply - an example of the reverse, using the present to help write about the past, in this case Richard redmayn travelling to the 1414 parliament. Not sure it counts as 'proper history' though.
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Not a serious reply - an example of the reverse, using the present to help write about the past, in this case Richard redmayn travelling to the 1414 parliament. Not sure it counts as 'proper history' though.
The reverse - me at the 'I need to pretend I'm more mature than I look' stage many young male teachers go through.
February 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The reverse - me at the 'I need to pretend I'm more mature than I look' stage many young male teachers go through.
Writing about Richard Redmayn attending November 1414 Parliament and this crossed my mind, using my experiences at teaching conferences
February 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Writing about Richard Redmayn attending November 1414 Parliament and this crossed my mind, using my experiences at teaching conferences
Really bizarre sensation reading @histassoc.bsky.social conference details for visit to Museum of Liverpool where a re-enactor will tell the story of a Liverpool Wren in WW2 - because my mother below joined WRNS under-age in Liverpool in 1943 (demobbed 1945). Cannot describe how strange this feels.
January 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Really bizarre sensation reading @histassoc.bsky.social conference details for visit to Museum of Liverpool where a re-enactor will tell the story of a Liverpool Wren in WW2 - because my mother below joined WRNS under-age in Liverpool in 1943 (demobbed 1945). Cannot describe how strange this feels.
Using reconstruction drawings to introduce the Industrial Revolution - Drawings of the same place in 1750,1830 and 1890 to set students thinking and asking questions about the Industrial Revolution. See link at
thinkinghistory.co.uk/index.html
thinkinghistory.co.uk/index.html
September 14, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Using reconstruction drawings to introduce the Industrial Revolution - Drawings of the same place in 1750,1830 and 1890 to set students thinking and asking questions about the Industrial Revolution. See link at
thinkinghistory.co.uk/index.html
thinkinghistory.co.uk/index.html
Wars of Roses timeline - part of KS3 material here thinkinghistory.co.uk/ActivityBase...
but could be adapted for other age-groups
but could be adapted for other age-groups
September 11, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Wars of Roses timeline - part of KS3 material here thinkinghistory.co.uk/ActivityBase...
but could be adapted for other age-groups
but could be adapted for other age-groups
Just found this from a TRB I co-wrote and edited in 1992 - a comparison of how we work in History and Science - aimed at Y7.
September 10, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Just found this from a TRB I co-wrote and edited in 1992 - a comparison of how we work in History and Science - aimed at Y7.
Hi Kirstie - i've got these 3 pics scanned and happy to email them if you wish. Just one attached. I'll put them on Thinkinghistory later in week.
September 10, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Hi Kirstie - i've got these 3 pics scanned and happy to email them if you wish. Just one attached. I'll put them on Thinkinghistory later in week.
Historical enquiry 1991 style from a textbook for the first Nat Curriculum
September 8, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Historical enquiry 1991 style from a textbook for the first Nat Curriculum
Discovered that my Tudor Century book costs 70p plus postage these days - 400 pages crammed with sources and quotations from historians, diagrams etc . Pub in 1993 but lots of that must still be useful for A level.
www.amazon.co.uk/Tudor-Centur...
www.amazon.co.uk/Tudor-Centur...
September 8, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Discovered that my Tudor Century book costs 70p plus postage these days - 400 pages crammed with sources and quotations from historians, diagrams etc . Pub in 1993 but lots of that must still be useful for A level.
www.amazon.co.uk/Tudor-Centur...
www.amazon.co.uk/Tudor-Centur...
Didn't you just! The costumes, the hats ...
August 29, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Didn't you just! The costumes, the hats ...
My grandfather aged 72 shortly before his death. In photo he's younger than I am now. Sums up my immense good fortune of being born in 1951, not 1876 as he was - working by 14, two children died as infants, 4 years on western front, WW2 rationing, no NHS etc
thinkinghistory.co.uk/Issues/Learn...
thinkinghistory.co.uk/Issues/Learn...
August 22, 2024 at 7:24 AM
My grandfather aged 72 shortly before his death. In photo he's younger than I am now. Sums up my immense good fortune of being born in 1951, not 1876 as he was - working by 14, two children died as infants, 4 years on western front, WW2 rationing, no NHS etc
thinkinghistory.co.uk/Issues/Learn...
thinkinghistory.co.uk/Issues/Learn...