Posts by HLB
Open Data for History in the Making…
Open Data, Linked Data accessible to all and able to be shared analysed and used by us all. Listen to short video from the excellent Nigel Shadbolt and you will soon see why this is relevant and important for anyone interested in history as well as jus…
Read MoreTim Berners Lee Video Open Linked Data TED Talk
What is ‘Linked Data’ why is open data relevant to anyone with an interest in history…listen to Tim Berners Lee web pioneer telling us all about it, tap into to some intriguingly linked resources and help change the world…
Read MoreEast Lancashire Regiment Military Cap Badge
Military cap badge of the East Lancashire Regiment, mother regiment of the Accrington Pals. This cap badge is one of a collection of intriguing cap badges being curated
Read MorePals Battalions WWI
Pals Battalions in WW1. The devastating consequences of the decision to raise ‘Pals’ Battalions, was realised after the Battle of the Somme, when whole communities suffered the terrible shock that a generation of their young men would not be coming home
Read MoreMilitary Cap Badge Suffolk Regiment
The Suffolk Regiment military cap badge, just one of an intriguing collection of military cap badges
Read MoreHistoric Old and Antique Maps of Norfolk on new website
Norfolk Old and Intriguing Maps available online, more country resources for you and your history project…
Read MoreLancashire Cotton Famine
The Lancashire Cotton Famine was a crisis in the Lancashire cotton industry in the early 1860’s, reminds us of the impact that global events have on individual economies. The world was as connected by trade and war 150 years ago as it is now. Nothing much changes
Read MoreBell’s Telephone Archive
Those historically important telephone calls. What a lot we have to be grateful for to Alexander Graham Bell, see his work digitized by the Library of Congress
Read MoreThe University of Cambridge Digital Library
What a fantastic gift to us all, to be able to view some of the world’s most marvellous historic manuscript collections, from home, not something we would have thought possible a decade ago. Take a look at the University of Cambridge Digital Library
Read MoreC18th Studies Resource
This great site from University of Southampton, on C18th resources, deserves to be explored by family and social historians for the wealth of excellent links it provides
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