Sam Guthrie
@samuelguthrie.bsky.social
Public/oral historian, working with community & placemaking in Belfast. Former projects inc. British Red Cross, Ionad na Fuiseogie, St Matthew's 150th, & Mid Ulster Council.
Currently researching & writing about postmemory & identity thru rugby league.
Currently researching & writing about postmemory & identity thru rugby league.
My project on the Mandurama Reds has received the Wes Smythe Award (from the Tom Brock Bequest) to further research the history of the village and rugby league team.
Lots of connections to labour union history, Irish migration, and rural life in this story
open.substack.com/pub/manduram...
Lots of connections to labour union history, Irish migration, and rural life in this story
open.substack.com/pub/manduram...
August 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
My project on the Mandurama Reds has received the Wes Smythe Award (from the Tom Brock Bequest) to further research the history of the village and rugby league team.
Lots of connections to labour union history, Irish migration, and rural life in this story
open.substack.com/pub/manduram...
Lots of connections to labour union history, Irish migration, and rural life in this story
open.substack.com/pub/manduram...
Flatford Mill and Dedham. Beautiful countryside and great @nationaltrust.org.uk spot: 10/10 scones and ice cream
August 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Flatford Mill and Dedham. Beautiful countryside and great @nationaltrust.org.uk spot: 10/10 scones and ice cream
Reposted by Sam Guthrie
The Parliamentary History Essay Prize 2025 is open!
The prize is worth £500 and winners will have their essay published in our journal!
The submission deadline is 30 Nov 2025!
For details 👇
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@histparl.bsky.social @georgianlords.bsky.social @victoriancommons.bsky.social
The prize is worth £500 and winners will have their essay published in our journal!
The submission deadline is 30 Nov 2025!
For details 👇
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@histparl.bsky.social @georgianlords.bsky.social @victoriancommons.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The Parliamentary History Essay Prize 2025 is open!
The prize is worth £500 and winners will have their essay published in our journal!
The submission deadline is 30 Nov 2025!
For details 👇
🧵1/4
@histparl.bsky.social @georgianlords.bsky.social @victoriancommons.bsky.social
The prize is worth £500 and winners will have their essay published in our journal!
The submission deadline is 30 Nov 2025!
For details 👇
🧵1/4
@histparl.bsky.social @georgianlords.bsky.social @victoriancommons.bsky.social
Reposted by Sam Guthrie
🪦 Ever walked through a graveyard & wondered what the stones can tell us?
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Archaeologist Lara Wilgaus shares how graves are recorded, from GPS mapping to grave motifs, in their #ADayInArchaeology blog.
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@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Archaeologist Lara Wilgaus shares how graves are recorded, from GPS mapping to grave motifs, in their #ADayInArchaeology blog.
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Grave Recording - How archaeologists record graves!
Learn more about the diverse work we carry out at the CBA.
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July 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🪦 Ever walked through a graveyard & wondered what the stones can tell us?
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Archaeologist Lara Wilgaus shares how graves are recorded, from GPS mapping to grave motifs, in their #ADayInArchaeology blog.
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@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Archaeologist Lara Wilgaus shares how graves are recorded, from GPS mapping to grave motifs, in their #ADayInArchaeology blog.
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We're trying to raise the profile of the work we're doing to support Heritage Work in the London Borough of Islington. Any insta follows would be appreciated!
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July 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We're trying to raise the profile of the work we're doing to support Heritage Work in the London Borough of Islington. Any insta follows would be appreciated!
www.instagram.com/islingtonher...
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Reposted by Sam Guthrie
"Slaves in Paris: A Digital Mapping Project" - a partnership between Miranda Spieler and Colonial Networks slavesinparis.org. Created with the support of our Kress Foundation Digital Art History Grant. Officially launched today in Paris at #GCFHSResist
July 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"Slaves in Paris: A Digital Mapping Project" - a partnership between Miranda Spieler and Colonial Networks slavesinparis.org. Created with the support of our Kress Foundation Digital Art History Grant. Officially launched today in Paris at #GCFHSResist
Sos lóin i Londain.
July 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Sos lóin i Londain.
Got a tour of the Emirates and Arsenal Museum today, caught this reference to Glentoran. Hadn't realised that Arsenal travelled to play the Glens in September of 1969! The night before the match there were attacks on the RUC and churches burnt out!
July 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Got a tour of the Emirates and Arsenal Museum today, caught this reference to Glentoran. Hadn't realised that Arsenal travelled to play the Glens in September of 1969! The night before the match there were attacks on the RUC and churches burnt out!
No one:
Local Authority Heritage Service:
"I've sent you a WhatsApp could you just confirm this isn't poop."
Local Authority Heritage Service:
"I've sent you a WhatsApp could you just confirm this isn't poop."
May 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
No one:
Local Authority Heritage Service:
"I've sent you a WhatsApp could you just confirm this isn't poop."
Local Authority Heritage Service:
"I've sent you a WhatsApp could you just confirm this isn't poop."
I'll be speaking at the Linen Hall Library on the history of the (British) Red Cross movement in Northern Ireland. 13 June!
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‘Oh, where have all the branches gone?’: Making the History of the British Red Cross in Northern Ireland - The Linen Hall, Belfast
The ‘Our Stories – Our Times’ project, the largest undertaking of oral history by the British Red Cross to date, took place in Northern Ireland from 2022 to 2024. Participants […]
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May 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I'll be speaking at the Linen Hall Library on the history of the (British) Red Cross movement in Northern Ireland. 13 June!
linenhall.com/event/oh-whe...
linenhall.com/event/oh-whe...
Walk and explore around the Reformed Jewish burial ground at Balls Pond Road. Fascinating stuff and a great project underway!
March 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Walk and explore around the Reformed Jewish burial ground at Balls Pond Road. Fascinating stuff and a great project underway!
Corner of Church Rd and High Street, building on the right is now the Boots!
March 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Corner of Church Rd and High Street, building on the right is now the Boots!
Brilliant to see Templemore Baths on the BBC! Really pleased to do this as a bit of a farewell to both the building and my home of six years www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0028n2j
If Walls Could Talk - Series 2: 1. The Workhouse and Templemore Baths
The Workhouse in Enniskillen has transformed from its sombre past to a vibrant site of resilience, while Belfast's historic Templemore Baths remain a vital community hub.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Brilliant to see Templemore Baths on the BBC! Really pleased to do this as a bit of a farewell to both the building and my home of six years www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0028n2j
Moves to London, #Belfast gets all the sun. Am I doomed to gloom forever?
Lovely day back running an Intro to Oral History workshop for QUB's Our Place; Our Stories.
#OralHistory #History
Lovely day back running an Intro to Oral History workshop for QUB's Our Place; Our Stories.
#OralHistory #History
February 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Moves to London, #Belfast gets all the sun. Am I doomed to gloom forever?
Lovely day back running an Intro to Oral History workshop for QUB's Our Place; Our Stories.
#OralHistory #History
Lovely day back running an Intro to Oral History workshop for QUB's Our Place; Our Stories.
#OralHistory #History
Free oral history workshop, Tue 25th at the Linen Hall Library, Belfast. Plenty of participation, and I'll definitely be available to chat.
Made possible through a @qubhistory.bsky.social Centre for Public History comment project
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Made possible through a @qubhistory.bsky.social Centre for Public History comment project
Sign up via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...
February 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Free oral history workshop, Tue 25th at the Linen Hall Library, Belfast. Plenty of participation, and I'll definitely be available to chat.
Made possible through a @qubhistory.bsky.social Centre for Public History comment project
Sign up via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...
Made possible through a @qubhistory.bsky.social Centre for Public History comment project
Sign up via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...
Three years of freelancing, still find the exact words to politely enquire about remuneration awkward to formulate.
February 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Three years of freelancing, still find the exact words to politely enquire about remuneration awkward to formulate.
Today I found out I need a root canal and got invited to speak at Kings in London. Swings and round-a-bouts right?
February 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Today I found out I need a root canal and got invited to speak at Kings in London. Swings and round-a-bouts right?
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whenever i'm up all night writing with the cat i think of Pangur Ban - the cat of an Irish monk who lived in Reichenau Abbey in the 9th century, and the poem the monk wrote about him.
January 17, 2025 at 6:27 AM
whenever i'm up all night writing with the cat i think of Pangur Ban - the cat of an Irish monk who lived in Reichenau Abbey in the 9th century, and the poem the monk wrote about him.
Some heritage that needs saving on #heritagetreasures day:
Mountpottinger School, *I believe* the oldest purpose built public education building in East Belfast. Designed by Samuel Close and built in 1896.
Derelict today, leased to a furniture shop. Pictured with emoji.
Mountpottinger School, *I believe* the oldest purpose built public education building in East Belfast. Designed by Samuel Close and built in 1896.
Derelict today, leased to a furniture shop. Pictured with emoji.
January 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Some heritage that needs saving on #heritagetreasures day:
Mountpottinger School, *I believe* the oldest purpose built public education building in East Belfast. Designed by Samuel Close and built in 1896.
Derelict today, leased to a furniture shop. Pictured with emoji.
Mountpottinger School, *I believe* the oldest purpose built public education building in East Belfast. Designed by Samuel Close and built in 1896.
Derelict today, leased to a furniture shop. Pictured with emoji.
A local history group has brought the most Australian green grocers to my attention.
Davo's Fruit & Veg Mart, Blayney, NSW c. 1980
Davo's Fruit & Veg Mart, Blayney, NSW c. 1980
January 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A local history group has brought the most Australian green grocers to my attention.
Davo's Fruit & Veg Mart, Blayney, NSW c. 1980
Davo's Fruit & Veg Mart, Blayney, NSW c. 1980
Old Donegall Street Congregational Church. Anyone recognise these symbols? Lower appears to be St Patrick's Cross
January 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Old Donegall Street Congregational Church. Anyone recognise these symbols? Lower appears to be St Patrick's Cross
No snow, just rainy in Belfast but the cat buried himself in the doona.
January 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
No snow, just rainy in Belfast but the cat buried himself in the doona.
Totally acceptable to stay up until 03:30 to watch the Australia v India test when the cat's asleep on you, right?
January 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Totally acceptable to stay up until 03:30 to watch the Australia v India test when the cat's asleep on you, right?
A 2025 resolution is to explore BlueSky more. Another is to properly attempt to get into writing up all the bits of Belfast and Irish (and let's face it Australian) history that didn't make their way into work or research already!
January 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
A 2025 resolution is to explore BlueSky more. Another is to properly attempt to get into writing up all the bits of Belfast and Irish (and let's face it Australian) history that didn't make their way into work or research already!