Simon Briercliffe
@simonbriercliffe.bsky.social
Historian at the Black Country Museum and elsewhere: talk to me about the Black Country, Shropshire, modern and local British history, the Irish in Britain, museums, local heritage and all stops in between. Baby gaeilgeoir. https://simonbriercliffe.com/
A Better World Is Too Expensive Sorry
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A Better World Is Too Expensive Sorry
Cuirfidh mé "(c) Garreth Joyce" i litreacha bheag 🤣
November 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Cuirfidh mé "(c) Garreth Joyce" i litreacha bheag 🤣
Ba mhaith liom suaitheantas de seo!
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Ba mhaith liom suaitheantas de seo!
I say it's from the archive, I found it on Facebook and reverse image searched to find that out!
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I say it's from the archive, I found it on Facebook and reverse image searched to find that out!
I don't know the photographer I'm afraid, but it's from the Bham Post and Mail archive. I can't see it on the BNA - I'd love to know the immediate context for the picture.
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I don't know the photographer I'm afraid, but it's from the Bham Post and Mail archive. I can't see it on the BNA - I'd love to know the immediate context for the picture.
That's the sign of a top chippy tbh
November 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
That's the sign of a top chippy tbh
A secret third axis for organisation, but I can't think of any other use of the expression subfond
November 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A secret third axis for organisation, but I can't think of any other use of the expression subfond
This inspired childlike wonder in our cynical group of curators when we visited.
November 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This inspired childlike wonder in our cynical group of curators when we visited.
Maybe I have too much emotional baggage from being 15 to drop any of them...
November 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Maybe I have too much emotional baggage from being 15 to drop any of them...
I know people are allowed different opinions and everything, but I wasn't prepared for this
November 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I know people are allowed different opinions and everything, but I wasn't prepared for this
We have one in our collection at BCLM - it's a real indicator of post-war attitudes towards disability, generous and well-intentioned but patronising and over-medicalised. Really not a paradigm to go back to in its entirety.
October 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We have one in our collection at BCLM - it's a real indicator of post-war attitudes towards disability, generous and well-intentioned but patronising and over-medicalised. Really not a paradigm to go back to in its entirety.