Search results for #Humap
"In the late 18th century, Georgian #London became the scene of one of the strangest criminal episodes in the city's history..." Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @LayersofLondon #Humap See more layersoflondon.org/map/collection… #TrueCrime #GeorgianEngland #BritishHistory
Joseph and Margaret Kagan, survivors of the Holocaust in Lithuania, came to the UK in 1946. They established Kagan Textiles Ltd. and opened a small factory in Elland. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from @the_ajr #Humap See more ukholocaustmap.org.uk/map/records/ka… #WorldWar2 #BritishHistory
John Bond inherited his wealth from family members who owned slavery plantations. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @FacingPast #Humap See more facingthepast.org/map/records/jo… #Lancaster #Lancashire #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade #History #MicroHistory
Pictured: J. & S. Godfrey, Bakers & Confectioners, No. 40 Spon Street. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @coventryatlas #Humap See more coventryatlas.org/map/records/sp… #History #Coventry #EnglishHistory #WestMidlands #BritishHistory #MicroHistory #CoventryHistory #Heritage
Ilse was sent on a Kindertransport from #Vienna to #England in July 1939. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @wienerlibrary #Humap See more refugeemap.org/map/records/il… #WW2 #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #BritishHistory #AustrianHistory
Trade, first beginning in 1990, was #London’s first #gay after-hours club night, hosted at Turnmills nightclub. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @IslingtonsPride #Humap See more islingtonspride.com/humap/ #Islington #BritishHistory #LGBTQHistory #LGBTHistory #QueerHistory
Pictured: #Liverpool Custom House, 1954. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #MappingMemory #Humap See more mappingmemory.org/map/records/cu… #AerialPhotography #LiverpoolDocks #LiverpoolWaterfront #EnglishHistory #BritishHistory #UK #UnitedKingdom #IndustrialHistory
North Street, #Scarborough, was home to several pubs and breweries...and the local Temperance Hall. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @ScarbsMuseums #Humap See more scarboroughatlas.org/map/records/no… #Yorkshire #History #Heritage #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory #GLAM
Robert Alan Overton, a shopkeeper from Rugby, organised foster homes and two hostels for over 250 Jewish boys who had fled Nazi-occupied Europe. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from @the_ajr #Humap See more ukholocaustmap.org.uk/map/records/li… #WW2 #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #BritishHistory
The Rawlinson and Lindow families were prominent slave-owning families in #Lancaster. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @FacingPast #Humap See more facingthepast.org/map/records/ra… #Lancashire #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade
George Padmore (1903 - 1959) was a leading activist, journalist, and author who was based in #London for over two decades. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @LayersofLondon #Humap See more layersoflondon.org/map/records/ge… #BlackHistory #BritishHistory #CivilRights #EnglishHistory
Pictured: aircraft workshops in #Coventry during the #SecondWorldWar Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @coventryatlas #Humap See more coventryatlas.org/map/records/co… #WW2 #WorldWar2 #History #MilitaryHistory #BritishHistory #UK
Ludwig Neumann travelled to the #UK where he was interned as an enemy alien on the #IsleOfMan. After his release he served as an anti-aircraft gunner for the British. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @wienerlibrary #Humap See more refugeemap.org/map/records/Lu… #WW2 #WorldWar2
Robert 'Bob' Crossman was the first openly gay Mayor in the #UK, serving as Mayor of #Islington from 1986-1987. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @IslingtonsPride #Humap See more islingtonspride.com/humap/ #LGBTQ #London #History #EnglishHistory #BritishHistory #LGBTQHistory
Pictured: the Scandinavian Church, #Liverpool, 1968. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #MappingMemory #Humap See more mappingmemory.org/map/records/sc… #OralHistory #LiverpoolDock #LiverpoolWaterfront #EnglishHistory #BritishHistory #UK #UnitedKingdom #IndustrialHistory
Pictured: Shuttleworth Gardens, #Scarborough. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @ScarbsMuseums #Humap See more scarboroughatlas.org/map/records/sh… #Yorkshire #History #Heritage #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory
The exiled Czech Jewish composer Arthur Willner and his wife Cecile spent most of the war years living in Herefordshire. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from @the_ajr #Humap See more ukholocaustmap.org.uk/map/records/fo… #WW2 #WorldWar2 #SecondWorldWar #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory
Pictured: Thomas Anson by Lela Harris Thomas Anson was an enslaved person who escaped from a farm in Dent, #Yorkshire Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @FacingPast #Humap See more facingthepast.org/map/records/th… #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade
Pictured: The magically healing Shrew Ash of #Richmond, #London in 1856, showing the ‘witch-bar’ and, seated, a possible ‘shrew mother’ Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @LayersofLondon #Humap See more layersoflondon.org/map/records/a-… #Folklore #Magic #History #BritishHistory
Pictured: John Brown's Cottage, Potters Green, #Coventry. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @coventryatlas #Humap See more coventryatlas.org/map/records/po… #History #EnglishHistory #WestMidlands #BritishHistory #MicroHistory #CoventryHistory #CulturalHeritage #Heritage