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Our major fundraiser is vital to unlocking our collections for you all - and to give you exhibitions, research space and more. We are now 7% funded - can you help us to progress? Read the full story and donate at www.gofundme.com/manage/secur... And please share our story on. Rewards below. Thx!

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Our major fundraiser is vital to unlocking our collections for you all - and to give you exhibitions, research space and more. We are now 7% funded - can you help us to progress? Read the full story and donate at www.gofundme.com/manage/secur... And please share our story on. Rewards below. Thx!

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Just donated to this excellent cause, helping to safeguard and ensure access to a really important folk archive. Well worth supporting!

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We have now hit 6% of our fundraising target to secure new premises so that we can open our collections out to researchers and the public even more widely. In exciting news, we may have found a possible working partnership for this. So now is a great time to help! www.gofundme.com/f/secure-the...

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The success of our fundraiser to acquire new space for the Folklore Library and Archive will mean that we can put on public exhibitions with our collections, so that you can come and get up close with large items like our hobby horse. Please help us via this link: www.gofundme.com/f/secure-the...

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Why is our current fundraiser to secure new space so important? Too many of our items are living in store. We want to unlock our collections for everyone to enjoy. This flying demon is part of a set of Indonesian puppets we hold. Read our full story and help at www.gofundme.com/f/secure-the...

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Why is our current fundraiser to secure new space so important? Too many of our items are living in store. We want to unlock our collections for everyone to enjoy. This flying demon is part of a set of Indonesian puppets we hold. Read our full story and help at www.gofundme.com/f/secure-the...

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We are fundraising to secure the future of the Folklore Library & Archive. Thanks to everyone who helped us over the weekend. We have hit 3% of our target already. Please take a look at our story at www.gofundme.com/f/secure-the... Help if you can and share the post. Rewards for you are below!

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How cool is this work from @boundtobeused.bsky.social ?

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We are fundraising to secure the future of the Folklore Library & Archive. Thanks to everyone who helped us over the weekend. We have hit 3% of our target already. Please take a look at our story at www.gofundme.com/f/secure-the... Help if you can and share the post. Rewards for you are below!

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#RoyalNavy friends - can anyone tell me anything about this uniform and the officer's rank, please? The photo is from a glass slide, dated either 1920 or 1921. #archive #photograph #photography #military #Navy #sailor #HistorySky

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One of the delights of working with #archives is not only seeing what aspects of a subject interested the #collector the most, it's finding little gems like this: 'Most of this is crap, but there are bits possibly of interest'. #HistorySky #archive

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Launching our important new fundraiser: SECURE THE FUTURE OF THE FOLKLORE LIBRARY & ARCHIVE FOR ALL Please read our story at gofund.me/4e063560 If you can make a donation on that link, please help us. Donations will earn you a range of rewards to show our gratitude, pictured below. Thank you

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Launching our important new fundraiser: SECURE THE FUTURE OF THE FOLKLORE LIBRARY & ARCHIVE FOR ALL Please read our story at gofund.me/4e063560 If you can make a donation on that link, please help us. Donations will earn you a range of rewards to show our gratitude, pictured below. Thank you

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Come and chat to us about all things #folklore! We're in #Hartland Parish Hall til 3pm today. #heritage #HistorySky

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We acquired this fine title from the second hand bookshop / treasure trove at @romanpalace.bsky.social during our recent jolly, and now it is accessioned to our reference library. You can access our catalogue online for research access via www.folklorelibrary.com/library.html

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About to start working with these things of beauty from our collections. Dating from 1920 and 1921, these glass slides show various #Devon locations (& #HamptonCourt!) However, they aren't in the order stated - cue some #detective work! #archive #HistorySky #photography #vintage #camera

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Tonight. See you there! I'll be signing books thanks to The Roving Bookshop who stock all my books in print.

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Today is #InternationalYarnbombingDay Here are a selection of examples from our archives. If you have yarnbombing images to submit, please email them to us at [email protected] or tag us, preferably with location details, photographer, date and artist where known. Thank you

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THE SEVEN COUNTY WITCH HUNTS A new 6-part mini-series from the Folklore Podcast, with @witchesetc.bsky.social and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social EPISODE 1: METHODS AND STORIES Listen free, and learn more, at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/seven-county... Follow the project @witches7hunt.bsky.social

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Today is #InternationalArchivesDay We are very fortunate to have full digital copies of the only remaining notebooks which belonged to Charlotte Sophia Burne, first female president of @folkloresociety.bsky.social These are available to researchers on request. Contact us if you’d like to use them

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Some plant lore I photographed today during a visit to @romanpalace.bsky.social If you are ever in the Chichester area, this is such a fascinating place to visit. Massive thanks to #CuratorRob for the tour and extra information And yes, I bought a second hand book

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Had the most wonderful fun with #CuratorRob @romanpalace.bsky.social Thank you for giving us a glimpse behind the scenes of your fascinating work. It sparked many thoughts about the ways different organisations care for different areas of #heritage. #HistorySky #folklore #archive #BehindTheScenes

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Hey @themerl.bsky.social I spotted this on the noticeboard in #CuratorRob ‘s office whilst visiting @romanpalace.bsky.social today Want to fess up about your secret Roman connections?

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Obviously we don’t want @merchantshallyork.org to get jealous, so we will make sure to see you too. But you are further from Devon, so you’ll need to ensure more coffee

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Looking forward to our visit to @romanpalace.bsky.social this morning. I’m especially excited to see the biro for #mosaicmonday Get the kettle on…

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