Trench, a Social History Mapping Project, 1901-21 @TrenchFrontLine
A Social History Initiative for you and your Community! #PayHistoryForward #FWW #LuvMaps #RollofHonour #CitizensHistory Nick trench-thegreatwarproject.co.uk/about-trench Map Leicester 2500 Joined March 2017-
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Talk re: 46 NM Division (Territorials) at Hohenzollern Redoubt Oct 1915 #WW1 Saturday, 26 July @ARWMP Open day at All Saints Church, Leicester Given by Robin Jenkins Local Historian &ex lead Leicestershire Records Office #Nottingham #Derby #Lincoln #Stafford #Leicester
Spent a couple of hours at the National Gas Museum, Leicester nationalgasmuseum.org.uk Many residential gas appliances of which you may recognise. Spent quite a time speaking to the curator, Andy. A great morning out. @visit_leicester
Barnsley Main or Oaks Colliery. Scene of England's worst coal mining disaster in 1866. [Wales had a worse one in 1913]
Day out in London today at Wesley’s Chapel for the @FederationFHS seminar ‘Your Future, Our Future.’ Lots of useful conversations with other societies and ideas for the future ! buff.ly/40xAab5
We've had a few questions about this recently, so here's a quick reminder. Visit Leicester is the official @VisitEnglandBiz approved LVEP (Local Visitor Economy Partnership) for the whole of Leicester and Leicestershire. 1/4
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The Old Contemptibles' Association Memorial Plaque placed on the grave of Chum Syrett was reported last year as having been stolen... The Death of Chum Albert Victor Syrett, of the Aylesbury Branch – 21 January 1943 …lesassociationscrapbook.wordpress.com/2025/01/02/the…
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