Linda Maynard
@lindamaynard.bsky.social
Historian, writer, researcher, museum crawler
Amazing launch event for This is Slavery - by @rickardsisters.com at Queen's Mill in Burnley. A real celebration of Ethel Carnie Holdsworth
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Amazing launch event for This is Slavery - by @rickardsisters.com at Queen's Mill in Burnley. A real celebration of Ethel Carnie Holdsworth
Best homecoming present. A community response to the threat to my beloved Walshaw Moor.
October 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Best homecoming present. A community response to the threat to my beloved Walshaw Moor.
Microfilm Monday #archives #localhistory
September 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Microfilm Monday #archives #localhistory
One of the gems that turned up at our village history research group today #Heptonstall
September 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
One of the gems that turned up at our village history research group today #Heptonstall
One of those times when the exterior is more interesting than the interior.
August 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
One of those times when the exterior is more interesting than the interior.
Marquette of Pity of War memorial at Chester Cathedral
July 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Marquette of Pity of War memorial at Chester Cathedral
Fantastic card index at #Chestermuseum
July 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Fantastic card index at #Chestermuseum
'Mrs. Meredith's life can be looked upon, of course, as an episode in the lives of Meredith or Peacock, but it cannot have seemed that way to her.' - Diane Johnson
June 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
'Mrs. Meredith's life can be looked upon, of course, as an episode in the lives of Meredith or Peacock, but it cannot have seemed that way to her.' - Diane Johnson
Cow parsley heaven.
June 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Cow parsley heaven.
Mary Shelley's grave. Buried with her husband Percy's heart.
June 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Mary Shelley's grave. Buried with her husband Percy's heart.
A tribute to the power of peaceful protest. This statue of the late Brian Haw, is sited just outside the House of Common's one mile exclusion zone.
June 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A tribute to the power of peaceful protest. This statue of the late Brian Haw, is sited just outside the House of Common's one mile exclusion zone.
Portrait of a marriage in home furnishings. Commissioned designer Koloman Moser in 1902, wedding in 1903, home interior magazine article in 1904, split up in 1906.
June 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Portrait of a marriage in home furnishings. Commissioned designer Koloman Moser in 1902, wedding in 1903, home interior magazine article in 1904, split up in 1906.
A heady brew of birdsong up on the tops this morning.
May 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A heady brew of birdsong up on the tops this morning.
This touching article by Bee Wilson prompted me to dig out this photo of my nan's old pyrex mixing bowl. Brings back happy kitchen-bound memories of watching her bake cakes and fighting with my brother over who got to scrape out the bowl afterwards. www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ap...
April 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This touching article by Bee Wilson prompted me to dig out this photo of my nan's old pyrex mixing bowl. Brings back happy kitchen-bound memories of watching her bake cakes and fighting with my brother over who got to scrape out the bowl afterwards. www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ap...
Heptonstall Pace Eggers on parade #easter #mummingplays
April 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Heptonstall Pace Eggers on parade #easter #mummingplays
This little chaffinch has been stalking our window the last couple of days.
March 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This little chaffinch has been stalking our window the last couple of days.
One of the smallest objects in the Museum of the Warsaw Uprising - a hairpin belonging to an unnamed insurgent.
March 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
One of the smallest objects in the Museum of the Warsaw Uprising - a hairpin belonging to an unnamed insurgent.
Work in progress v final relief on corner of Warsaw's Constitution Square.
March 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Work in progress v final relief on corner of Warsaw's Constitution Square.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - first female doctor to qualify in Britain and first female mayor. Pictured here in Aldeburgh #InternationalWomensDay
March 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - first female doctor to qualify in Britain and first female mayor. Pictured here in Aldeburgh #InternationalWomensDay
Sorting through some old FWW files and came across one of my favourite nursing images - nothing like a strong cup of tea.
March 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Sorting through some old FWW files and came across one of my favourite nursing images - nothing like a strong cup of tea.
More signs of Spring
March 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
More signs of Spring