Susan Gillanders
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Limavady, Livingston. Scottish Co-operative History with some 17th Century History thrown in for good measure. Music. Killie
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OF INTEREST TO CHARTISTS!
Come Monday, I will be starting a funded project with the Co-operative Heritage Trust archive to create a research resource highlighting points of interaction between Chartism and co-operation. More details below:
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Come Monday, I will be starting a funded project with the Co-operative Heritage Trust archive to create a research resource highlighting points of interaction between Chartism and co-operation. More details below:
dnhamiltonblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/07/a...
A New Resource for Chartist Historians!
In my time as a postgraduate researcher, some of my most enjoyable times have been spent in Holyoake House, trawling through items from the Co-operative Heritage Trust’s impressive archive of mater…
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June 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
OF INTEREST TO CHARTISTS!
Come Monday, I will be starting a funded project with the Co-operative Heritage Trust archive to create a research resource highlighting points of interaction between Chartism and co-operation. More details below:
dnhamiltonblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/07/a...
Come Monday, I will be starting a funded project with the Co-operative Heritage Trust archive to create a research resource highlighting points of interaction between Chartism and co-operation. More details below:
dnhamiltonblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/07/a...
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Lloyd Cole in M&S, Glasgow. (1985) Pic: Kevin Cummins.
March 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Lloyd Cole in M&S, Glasgow. (1985) Pic: Kevin Cummins.
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Public service announcement:
The Microdisney documentary is only on iPlayer for 13 more days. Pass it on.
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The Microdisney documentary is only on iPlayer for 13 more days. Pass it on.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Four - The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
The story of trailblazers Microdisney, one of the most talented bands never to make it.
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March 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Public service announcement:
The Microdisney documentary is only on iPlayer for 13 more days. Pass it on.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The Microdisney documentary is only on iPlayer for 13 more days. Pass it on.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Happy #DarwinDay! Every year on Darwin's birthday, humanists celebrate his contributions to science and to non-religious understandings of human life. This year we're sharing a tale of the great scientist's student days in Edinburgh, which prove that we were all surly teenagers once! Link in replies
February 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Happy #DarwinDay! Every year on Darwin's birthday, humanists celebrate his contributions to science and to non-religious understandings of human life. This year we're sharing a tale of the great scientist's student days in Edinburgh, which prove that we were all surly teenagers once! Link in replies
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Irish playwright Brian Friel’s entire works to be staged in north-west of Ireland over the next five years www.irishnews.com/entertainmen...
Irish playwright Brian Friel’s entire works to be staged in north-west of Ireland over the next five years
FrielDays - A Homecoming will celebrate the centenary of one of Ireland’s great literary figures
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January 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Irish playwright Brian Friel’s entire works to be staged in north-west of Ireland over the next five years www.irishnews.com/entertainmen...
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As it's National Pie Day in the US we are using it as an excuse to post our favourite bakery line up. West Calder Co-op Society, Addiewell bakery 1898. Addiewell was a new town established in the 1860s to house the workers of 'Paraffin' Young's chemical works. The floury footprints make this photo.
January 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
As it's National Pie Day in the US we are using it as an excuse to post our favourite bakery line up. West Calder Co-op Society, Addiewell bakery 1898. Addiewell was a new town established in the 1860s to house the workers of 'Paraffin' Young's chemical works. The floury footprints make this photo.
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This feels especially prescient today.
January 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This feels especially prescient today.
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35 Watson Crescent, Edinburgh—16 flats in a tenement built along the Union Canal in 1898 for workers in the nearby foundries, breweries and rubber factories.
Former residents include:
Former residents include:
January 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
35 Watson Crescent, Edinburgh—16 flats in a tenement built along the Union Canal in 1898 for workers in the nearby foundries, breweries and rubber factories.
Former residents include:
Former residents include:
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Bo'ness Co-operative Society float for a Bo'ness Infirmary Pageant. Advertising both the ethos of co-operation and co-operative goods.
January 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Bo'ness Co-operative Society float for a Bo'ness Infirmary Pageant. Advertising both the ethos of co-operation and co-operative goods.
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Happy Festivus everyone. Always amazed this crazy episode birthed a real celebration that seems to be enjoyed by so many around the world. So may your feats be strong and your grievances few. Enjoy.
December 23, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Happy Festivus everyone. Always amazed this crazy episode birthed a real celebration that seems to be enjoyed by so many around the world. So may your feats be strong and your grievances few. Enjoy.
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This is good from Andy Arthur - the rise and fall of High Rise Edinburgh: a chronology of multi-storey public housing in the city ...
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The thread about the rise and fall of High Rise Edinburgh – a chronology of multi-storey, public housing in the city
Between 1950 and 1973, Edinburgh built a total of 77 municipal, multi-storey housing blocks. These provided the city with 6,084 new flats (give or take a few) across 968 storeys. I’m interest…
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December 5, 2024 at 2:22 PM
This is good from Andy Arthur - the rise and fall of High Rise Edinburgh: a chronology of multi-storey public housing in the city ...
threadinburgh.scot/2024/01/05/t...
threadinburgh.scot/2024/01/05/t...
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In the days before the NHS community ambulances were commonplace. In 1903 West Calder Co-op Society paid to provide an Ambulance Waggon for the use of their members. It was used regularly as the locality had 3 mines and the nearest hospital was the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh. Courtesy of AVHT
November 28, 2024 at 4:20 PM
In the days before the NHS community ambulances were commonplace. In 1903 West Calder Co-op Society paid to provide an Ambulance Waggon for the use of their members. It was used regularly as the locality had 3 mines and the nearest hospital was the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh. Courtesy of AVHT
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Finally some good advice from an advice column.
November 23, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Finally some good advice from an advice column.
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Interesting. New YouGov poll shows strong support for assisted dying across just about every demographic/political grouping.
November 22, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Interesting. New YouGov poll shows strong support for assisted dying across just about every demographic/political grouping.
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Unflappable to flappable was always the best Cary Grant
November 21, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Unflappable to flappable was always the best Cary Grant
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Had a go at creating a feed for Killie ..
Had a go at creating a feed for Killie ..
November 17, 2024 at 12:28 PM
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Had a go at creating a feed for Killie ..
Had a go at creating a feed for Killie ..
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Today's occasional archive.
A City Solitary was produced by John Hume & Derry filmmaker Terence McDonald.
They worked together on a number of film projects before Hume entered Politics.
This story of Derry is a hugely important work.
A City Solitary was produced by John Hume & Derry filmmaker Terence McDonald.
They worked together on a number of film projects before Hume entered Politics.
This story of Derry is a hugely important work.
A City Solitary - View media
Over 126 years of moving images from Northern Ireland, featuring amateur and professional films from 1897 to 2023, brought to you by Northern Ireland Screen.
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October 7, 2023 at 7:26 AM
Today's occasional archive.
A City Solitary was produced by John Hume & Derry filmmaker Terence McDonald.
They worked together on a number of film projects before Hume entered Politics.
This story of Derry is a hugely important work.
A City Solitary was produced by John Hume & Derry filmmaker Terence McDonald.
They worked together on a number of film projects before Hume entered Politics.
This story of Derry is a hugely important work.
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With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of vaccines. THREAD👇
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians
November 9, 2024 at 2:26 PM
With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of vaccines. THREAD👇
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians
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The shameless normalisation of far-right discourse | Sociologist Dr Russell Jackson asks ‘how should we respond to the recent riots and the return of the far-right as a political force?’
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How should we respond to the recent riots and the return of the far-right as a political force?
Sociologist Dr Russ Jackson on how Reform UK and the UK’s news media engage in the shameless normalisation of far-right discourse
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November 17, 2024 at 8:08 AM
The shameless normalisation of far-right discourse | Sociologist Dr Russell Jackson asks ‘how should we respond to the recent riots and the return of the far-right as a political force?’
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NEW in store - Mon the Killie lads of 2024.
Available on T-shirts, prints, mugs and tea towels at fitbatweets.com
Retweets and shares to your Kilmarnock supporting pals would be much appreciated.
Available on T-shirts, prints, mugs and tea towels at fitbatweets.com
Retweets and shares to your Kilmarnock supporting pals would be much appreciated.
November 15, 2024 at 7:34 PM
NEW in store - Mon the Killie lads of 2024.
Available on T-shirts, prints, mugs and tea towels at fitbatweets.com
Retweets and shares to your Kilmarnock supporting pals would be much appreciated.
Available on T-shirts, prints, mugs and tea towels at fitbatweets.com
Retweets and shares to your Kilmarnock supporting pals would be much appreciated.
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Building work is about to start here in West Calder in the next few weeks to turn our old Co-operative bakehouse into a centre to celebrate Scotland's co-operative movement. Have you got any co-operative photos, objects, stories from your area you'd like to share? Email Susan@westcalder.org
November 15, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Building work is about to start here in West Calder in the next few weeks to turn our old Co-operative bakehouse into a centre to celebrate Scotland's co-operative movement. Have you got any co-operative photos, objects, stories from your area you'd like to share? Email Susan@westcalder.org
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In 1934, 7368 East Donegal citizens petitioned to have their region transferred into NI.
It wouldn't have mattered as both sides of the NW border ended up abandoned by their respective governments.
But it highlights the folly of not treating Derry-Donegal as a single economic unit, then and now.
It wouldn't have mattered as both sides of the NW border ended up abandoned by their respective governments.
But it highlights the folly of not treating Derry-Donegal as a single economic unit, then and now.
Upcoming talk on 90th anniversary of East Donegal Border Petition - Donegal Daily
FacebookTweetLinkedInPrint A talk will be given in the Manorcunningham Community Resource Centre this Sunday concerning the 90th anniversary of the…
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November 15, 2024 at 7:22 AM
In 1934, 7368 East Donegal citizens petitioned to have their region transferred into NI.
It wouldn't have mattered as both sides of the NW border ended up abandoned by their respective governments.
But it highlights the folly of not treating Derry-Donegal as a single economic unit, then and now.
It wouldn't have mattered as both sides of the NW border ended up abandoned by their respective governments.
But it highlights the folly of not treating Derry-Donegal as a single economic unit, then and now.
Nothing says Christmas 24 like these Apprehensive Nutcracker Crackers.
November 14, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Nothing says Christmas 24 like these Apprehensive Nutcracker Crackers.
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West Calder Co-op Staff outing in a charabanc c 1925. My favourite photo from the Scottish Co-operative Discovery Centre project.
November 12, 2024 at 1:42 PM
West Calder Co-op Staff outing in a charabanc c 1925. My favourite photo from the Scottish Co-operative Discovery Centre project.