Its 2 days later and I'm still annoyed at myself for leaving a teams meeting before looking at the chat and now I can't see it
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Its 2 days later and I'm still annoyed at myself for leaving a teams meeting before looking at the chat and now I can't see it
I presented my research and public history work last night in the Workhouse Lives seminar series.
Some really interesting and thought-provoking questions - keeping me up last night thinking about them!
It differs & I know some models just don't recommend jumping a non-hybrid car.
My MIL has the type that cuts the engine off when idling & none of us knew enough about hybrids or EVs to be confident in jumping.
I tried once to jump my mum's car with my grandad's hybrid & its owner manual said not to. Apparently it depends on the model, whether the battery is accessible or something. Just erred on the side of caution.
Definitely considering it after this weekend. Good to hear a positive review.
My car battery was dead yesterday. My husband tried to push it to get it going. Nothing.
We had jump leads. Knocked a few doors. Nothing.
Knew our next door neighbours would help but they have hybrids.
No one stopped to help. Depressing.
My latest piece for The Irish News all about man-midwives and my upcoming event on the history of pregnancy and childbirth.
www.irishnews.com/life/health/...
My first piece for @theconversation.com is now online!
Is it weird to have a favourite natural disaster? Mine is the Night of the Big Wind.
theconversation.com/how-a-feroci...
"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign."
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Another great project developed by the Centre for Public History at QUB
A green garden with a circular pond in the centre, with stairs leading up to a large house in the backdrop. - View of the house from the Spanish garden at Mount Stewart, County Down ©National Trust Images/James Dobson
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A large panel on Magherafelt workhouse with text on the left, a map in the middle and a key on the right.
Alongside the stone memorial, they also installed an information panel right at the entrance to what is now Mid-Ulster Hospital.
It gives a succinct overview of the site's history & shows the layout of the workhouse.
A granite headstone sits on grass. The words read "Magherafelt workhouse site. To the memory of all those who sought shelter within these walls 1842 - 1945"
Another week, another workhouse!
Last night I attended the unveiling of a new memorial at Magherafelt workhouse.
The Loup & District Historical Society, with the expert guidance of Dr Ciaran Reilly, did an excellent job with this project.
It is a beautiful example of a workhouse repurposed to help the local community while also acknowledging and remembering the lives of those affected by the institution.
If you're in the area, definitely give it a visit.
discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do...
You can visit the entrance block, dormitories and dining area of this workhouse which have been extremely well maintained. You can also see up into the added ventilation towers.
It is open on Mondays and tours are available.
Today, it is home to the Limavady Community Development Initiative. The activity of the Initiative is very impressive with a community cafe, garden and adult and children services. When I visited yesterday I saw the kitchens which provide meals on wheels and a baby bank.
Like many other Ulster workhouses, Limavady had transformed into a mainly medical institution by the 1930s and officially became Limavady District Hospital in 1932. The remaining paupers were transferred to Coleraine workhouse at this time.
A long two storey brick building with 3 story blocks either ends. Green grass in front.
Had a great excuse this week to revisit a workhouse.
Limavady (or Newtownlimavady) was opened in 1842 as a medium model capable of holding 500 paupers.
It is now better known in the area as Roe Valley Hospital where some outpatient services are still in operation.
#workhouse
Absolutely love your deep dive into the first female graduates from QUB. Really great historical detective work!
You may have heard me on Radio Ulster yesterday morning chatting with Anna Curran about a very interesting Belfast woman - Flora Lewis.
The full story of this woman and her life is now up on my website.
#womenshistory
www.robynatcheson.com/articles/flo...
NOTE TO SELF It’s OK to Start Over and TRY AGAIN You are doing the BEST you can You are WORTHY and LOVABLE It’s OK to ask for Help You are capable of AMAZING things Your boundaries are IMPORTANT Your FEELINGS are Valid You are ALLOWED to say NO
We are closed 11-14 July.
While we are away, here are some important things to remember!
Awesome stuff! Congrats.
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, I chatted sex history & the Georgians earlier this year for a new podcast -
Austen After Dark
This is very NSFW and also NSFMF (Not Suitable For My Family)
(You've been warned)
open.spotify.com/episode/0zQJ...
Join us! We are advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop in 2025-27.
Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.
www.historyworkshop....
I worked as historical consultant on a community-based short film on a little-known aspect of local social history in NI. would that be the kind of thing you'd be interested in?
#impact made me choke on my tea
Finished up exam marking today and fitted in some prep for a radio interview tomorrow.
Pre-recording some women's history for BBC Radio Ulster. Looking forward to chatting about women's education in Belfast & a special mathematician.
It's only Tuesday and I think this is the most interesting thing of the week.
My husband has also just told me about the Disney-inspired bomb developed in WW2 so I'll be in a Disney rabbit hole for the foreseeable.
This was before Snow White even. Mind. Blown.
I got an enquiry from a US academic about an exhibition held in Belfast in 1935. We had the catalogue in our archive. Who knew the Belfast Museum & Art Gallery @ulstermuseum.org
were so forward thinking! #WaltDisney