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
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."
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!
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-...
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?
Thrilled with this find! Cathal Byrne's "As I Roved Out", £15 at Keats & Chapman. Legendary book and bookshop in #Belfast.
A timely find as I plan to step back from EastSide Partnership and take on new heritage projects.
Are you working on something with oral history in Ulster? Get in touch!
A timely find as I plan to step back from EastSide Partnership and take on new heritage projects.
Are you working on something with oral history in Ulster? Get in touch!
December 5, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Thrilled with this find! Cathal Byrne's "As I Roved Out", £15 at Keats & Chapman. Legendary book and bookshop in #Belfast.
A timely find as I plan to step back from EastSide Partnership and take on new heritage projects.
Are you working on something with oral history in Ulster? Get in touch!
A timely find as I plan to step back from EastSide Partnership and take on new heritage projects.
Are you working on something with oral history in Ulster? Get in touch!
Sorry for the lack of posts, busy eating everything in sight at the Phuket Old Town markets.
November 17, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Sorry for the lack of posts, busy eating everything in sight at the Phuket Old Town markets.
Just Australia's Russell Hobbes British Film Festival excitedly and enthusiastically claiming Saoirse Ronan as British in their copy and audio adverts!
November 13, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Just Australia's Russell Hobbes British Film Festival excitedly and enthusiastically claiming Saoirse Ronan as British in their copy and audio adverts!
Finally took one of Jason Burke's First World War Historical Walking Tours around East Belfast. Great walk and greater stories from the Great War.
November 10, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Finally took one of Jason Burke's First World War Historical Walking Tours around East Belfast. Great walk and greater stories from the Great War.
Talisk are absolutely class. Last night at Limelight was brilliant.
October 25, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Talisk are absolutely class. Last night at Limelight was brilliant.
I'm a public and oral historian working in Belfast and across N Ireland. I work with communities to deliver projects, develop ideas, and upskill.
Currently supporting the below through my day job, come along if you'd like to learn more or be involved in a community driven project.
Currently supporting the below through my day job, come along if you'd like to learn more or be involved in a community driven project.
October 23, 2024 at 9:01 AM
I'm a public and oral historian working in Belfast and across N Ireland. I work with communities to deliver projects, develop ideas, and upskill.
Currently supporting the below through my day job, come along if you'd like to learn more or be involved in a community driven project.
Currently supporting the below through my day job, come along if you'd like to learn more or be involved in a community driven project.
Just Belfast things.
October 22, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Just Belfast things.
Lots of notifications, but too busy having a pie and a pint in Edinburgh.
October 20, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Lots of notifications, but too busy having a pie and a pint in Edinburgh.