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Andy Wade, Historian. Author. We research Keighley & Worth Valley people who served in wartime. We remember their service and try to ensure they’re not forgotten. Est. 2001, QAVS 2021. www.menofworth.org.uk Alt text: Embroidered badge, says ‘MEN OF WORTH'
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Just about sorted out displays for Thursday’s #VEDay80 event on Keighley’s Town Hall Square! We’re focusing on Keighley’s Home Front with first hand accounts of VE Day in 1945 and the closing down of Steeton Dump Royal Ordnance Factory with staff group photographs. BBC TV cameras might be there too!

#AllMetalMonday Brass war memorial Stainforth Yorkshire #LestWeForget

Yesterday, I finally met the lady who donated the medals I researched for the local museum. She didn't know how the medal recipient fit into her family tree, but now she does. It was a joy to answer her questions!

Démuin British Cemetery. One of the smaller cemeteries I’ve visited with only 43 graves.

New Munich Trench Cemetery on Redan Ridge, Somme, this afternoon.

Guillemont Road Cemetery this afternoon. Frankly, it was in a bit of a state in places, especially the entrance.

6 Young Men went to war, sadly not all of them returned find out what happened in the second part of this two part blog. chiddicksfamilytree.com/2022/07/10/a... #Genealogy #FamilyTree #FamilyHistory #WW1 #Herefordshire #Thiepval #Ancestry #BloggersTribe #Blog #WritingCommunity #AncestryHour

Enfys, Hen Ysbyty'r Eglwys Newydd, Caerdydd. Rainbow, Former Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff #Cymru #Wales #Caerdydd #Cardiff

Day 27 #Archive30 @arascot.bsky.social #ArchiveNighmares A number of individuals are very hard to research 🧐 some are very well hidden in the archives and are quite the nightmare to unravel If you have any parts of the Whitchurch Hospital history jigsaw 🧩 do get in touch

Day 28 #Archive30 @arascot.bsky.social #ArchiveBuildings The Cardiff City Mental Hospital, later: Whitchurch Hospital (Not our buildings, the stories that happened within these walls, we are researching & sharing) The beautiful buildings in better days 📷 3&4 @cdflibraries.bsky.social

@whitchurchhospital.bsky.social I was going to ask if you have an archive of patient information from during the war? Here in #Keighley we have a register of patients 1916 - 1919, with over 13,000 entries.

Day 26 #Archive30 @arascot.bsky.social #ArchiveObject A lovely framed certificate presented to the hospital for its service during the First World War #WW1 #FWW #militaryhospital #welshmetropolitanwarhospital #shellshock #orthopaediccentre #ColGoodall #MatronRaynes

For those on #BlossomWatch in #Bradford, Bolling Hall Museum's cherry blossom trees are in full bloom. Perfectly timed for the Cherry Blossom Festival there this Sunday.

Delighted to see this new ‘Valour & Victory’ stamp set featuring ‘lesser known’ heroes from the #WW2, presumable to mark #VEDay80. 3/10 are even women. - #LilianBader was the 1st Black woman (father fm Barbados), to join the British armed forces. Became a Corporal in the WAAF.

My lovely little Twingo has had a slightly higher MOT bill than I was expecting. So, I’ve made a load of #ww1 and #ww2 original paintings available at heavily reduced prices, here: timgodden.co.uk/shop Please do take a look and I hope you find something you like.

6 Young men from the same family went to war, sadly not all of them returned #WW1 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Blog #Ancestry #WorldWar1 A Family at War (Part 1) chiddicksfamilytree.com/2021/02/05/a...

New postcard: looks like a railway depot possibly Audruicq - note cranes in background Anyone help with the cap badges of the officers #Railway #WW1

Been to #CliffeCastle park in #Keighley today with my daughter Holly to take photos of the cherry blossom avenue. Just managed to get some decent piccies before it clouded over. It’s spectacular!

We know how much you all enjoy the detective work in some of our posts, so here is a special one for you on this fine Sunday morning. Several months ago we spotted this pipe for sale in an antiques centre near Haverhill. It is a Captain Comfy pipe, made in France… 1/