manchesterhistory.uk - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

There’s a lovely discussion thread in the comments on this story on what we used for eat for tea in the North back in the day - tripe, ribs, sweetbreads, hash. I’d forgotten about the spare ribs my mum used to cook and can almost smell them cooking on the hob again now. #nostalgia #food #northern

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

In Manchester, the midday meal is called dinner and the evening meal is tea. Is it the same in your town? Here’s a story about why we call it dinner - and my Nan’s recipe for tatter ash. What did you eat for your dinner? #Manchester #nostalgia #food #genhour #ancestry #familyhistory #genealogy

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

Only a handful of tickets left...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

I'll be in the @agragenealogy.bsky.social experts corner at the online Family History Show tomorrow offering advice about Victorian ancestors, tracing WW1 soldiers and mapping ancestral homes. Do drop by if you want to ask anything. #Manchester #familyhistory #genealogy #ancestry #ww1 #genhour

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Booking for this event opened yesterday and over half of the tickets have already been snapped up! If you're interested in coming along, please book soon: bit.ly/3Q79itr

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

I'm looking forward to speaking at Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - formed in 1781 - about Friedrich Engels and Manchester. It's a huge honour. The society's past members have included John Dalton, Ernest Rutherford and Alan Turing. #Manchester #history @manlitphil.bsky.social

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Dr Dean Kirby, AGRA Associate, is running a session for Family Tree Plus on 6 February on how to plan and undertake your own First World War research trip. www.family-tree.co.uk/how-to-guide...

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

I'm looking forward to this talk for the brilliant @familytreeplus.bsky.social on Thursday. Do come along if you want to hear about planning a #WW1 research trip to France and how I followed my ancestor's final journey on the Somme. @helentovey.bsky.social #familyhistory #genchat #genealogy #genhour

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

With the final Weds of the month almost here, our #ProAmGenies group for alumni of the @pharostutors.bsky.social Pro #Genealogy course is due its first online meetup of 2025! @helentovey.bsky.social is joining us at 7:30pm GMT tomo to talk Pro #writing & speaking for @familytreeplus.bsky.social 😊

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

In my newsletter this weekened, you’ll find the story of the Battle of Clifton Junction #history #transport #railways #trains #uk

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

It’s worth tracking down a copy of Sam Fitton’s poem ‘Shuttle-Kissin’ too! @jenniferballads.bsky.social performs this number to great effect.

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Listen to this beautiful song on kissing the shuttle, lyrics by Sam Fitton (1868-1923), performed by @jenniferballads.bsky.social. (And thanks @bronterre1.bsky.social for bringing it to my attention.)

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

Today’s newsletter from the Manchester History Club is about the hidden practice in cotton weaving mills of kissing the shuttle - and how it damaged the health of generations of weavers. #Manchester #weaving #textiles #history

submitted 42 days ago • 5 comments

RIP United and Scotland legend Denis Law #MUFC

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Mot du jour: Seize quartiers #familyhistory #genealogy #ancestry #heraldry #genchat

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

A man walks towards the steelworks in Hartlepool in 1963 by Don McCullin. Industrial scenes like this had a grim majesty to them. I love everything about this photo, it is a masterful capture of a bygone age.

submitted 79 days ago • 10 comments

Looking forward to leading this family history course for the brilliant Hamilton Davies Trust, which supports the community in Irlam and Cadishead in Salford, Greater Manchester. Places already booked up. #Salford #Manchester #familyhistory #genchat #Irlam #Cadishead #genealogy #ancestry

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

A frosty morning bus ride into town, first person in the archives and a full day looking at old maps and books. What could be better? #lovemywork #archives #localhistory #genealogy #familhistory

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

There are still some tickets left for my talk tonight on tracing Irish ancestry. It's aimed at beginners tracing the birthplace of C19th Irish ancestors who settled in the UK. Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/manch... #Irishfamilyhistory #Irishanncestry #irishroots #familyhistory #genealogy

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Another fab session at the Burnage Local History Group yesterday looking at family heirlooms members brought in to chat about with a pot of tea - old maps, WW1 postcards, Masonic jewels and emigration papers. #localhistory #familyhistory #heirlooms

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

The bank of the Bridgewater Canal collapsed on New Year’s Day #UK #weather #BridgewaterCanal #Cheshire

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

A new way of testing DNA in ancient bones could force a rethink of key moments in Britain's early history. #history #ancestry #DNA #genealogy #UK

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Happy New Year everyone from the UK. Hope you solve all your family history brickwalls in 2025 🎉 #familyhistory #genealogy #newyearseve #newyear2025 #ancestryuk

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

How lovely to see the piece I recorded with Emma about Pharos Tutors still in the Top Ten. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #Podcasts #OnlineCourses

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Very nice to appear in this list. Thank you Emma Cox... Top 10 Journeys into Genealogy podcast episodes open.substack.com/pub/journeys... #Familyhistory #genealogy #ancestry #oneplacestudies #history #Manchester #AngelMeadow

submitted 60 days ago • 1 comment

Plaque find sends metal detectorist on World War One quest #familyhistory #ww1 #detectoring #ancestry #genealogy

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

This is fascinating if you’ve ever wondered about the 3x great-grandparents in your family tree. They’re really not that distant from you. #genealogy #genhour #ancestryuk #familyhistory

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Newly uncovered sites reveal true power of great Viking army in Britain amp.theguardian.com/science/2024...

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

A big thank you to everyone who has supported me this year and helped me turn my passion into a career. #MerryChristmas #Christmas2024

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

This morning #BookyMcBookface is away on the ferry to Rousay for his last trip of 2024. It's a bit wild out there but the BOOKS MUST GET THROUGH 💨🌊📚

submitted 72 days ago • 14 comments

@mcphilbrick.bsky.social Hi Marcia. Wondered if it'd be okay to add me to your fab genealogy starter pack?

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

@theroyaltour.bsky.social Hi Jonathan. Wondered if it'd be okay to add me to your history writers starter pack?

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

This weekend’s story from me: The last Christmas before the Cotton Famine In December 1861, magic goblets were all the rage at Manchester’s Christmas markets, but across town thousands of workers were being told their mills were closing. #Manchester #history #localhistory #genealogy #Christmas

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment