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• London’s silent fauna

  
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  Clive James quipped that the only scary wildlife Britain could boast were a few adders with exclusive contracts with the BBC Natural History Unit.  The chance of being startled by adders in central London is remote but the city abounds in a panoply of arresting if pacific creatures: dragons, eagles, sea-monsters, ...
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• Strolling through the streets of Armagh

  
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  The sanctuary and choir of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh ... the venue for last night’s General Synod Eucharist (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2013) Patrick Comerford Each day while I am staying in Armagh for the General Synod of the Church of Ireland, I have pleasant strolls through the streets of ...
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• Contra Dancing in New Hampshire Then and Now

  
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  Bring your dancing shoes and kick up your heels!
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• Keep cool at the Canal Museum

  
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  Click here for more information about the London Canal Museum’s Ice project
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• A Treasure Trove of Documents, Courtesy of the City Council

  
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  A lesson in diplomacy and civics can be found among more than 930,000 City Council documents that have been microfilmed and digitized and are being made available by the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives at LaGuardia Community College.
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• Proof-reading some summer reading

  
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  Patrick Comerford I have been reading over some proofs in recent evenings of chapters in books that are being prepared for publication during the next few months. The first paper, ‘Comerford Monuments in Callan and the Search for a Family’s Origins,’ is due to be published in August in a book being edited by ...
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• Sarah Siddons: Westminster’s Shakespearean Starlet

  
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  Sarah Siddons (1755 – 1831) was born in Brecon, South Wales, at the Shoulder of Mutton Inn, into the Kemble family - the legendary acting dynasty of the time. She married Will Siddons, an actor, at the age of 17. Sarah made her Drury Lane debut in 1775. It did not go well! Her performances were poorly received, ...
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• Distinguished Women In Hawaiian History

  
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  Keeping in the spirit of the upcoming Mothers Day holiday, it is important to make an extra effort to show your appreciation for the women who have made a difference in your life. And it does not have to be your mother, your grandmother, or even a woman in your family. Mothers Day is a good time to take a step back to ...
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• Wray Scarecrow Festival

  
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  What a beautiful day we had today the sun shone, but better than that the air was warm, no arctic breeze blowing in from Scandinavia to spoil the fun. The morning began with a quick mission to the nearest shop, the 13 year old is cooking at school tomorrow and generally asks me to come up with the ingredients the ...
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• A Torquay exorcism

  
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  Torquay resident Violet Tweedale (1862-1936) wrote over 30 books on spiritual subjects and her own personal psychic experiences. In her memoirs Ghosts I Have Seen (1920), Violet described her investigations of Torquay’s Castel-a-Mare in the Warberries, a house which had reputedly been haunted for 50 years. A ...
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• A family history and local history digital community noticeboard

  
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  Guest blogger – Fiona Redhead – Coordinator, Nnub Nnub is digital community noticeboard and is based on the idea of a traditional community noticeboard as a place for anyone to share posts with a community. Nnub: Family History and Local History – Queensland   website is available online  and is also ...
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• An unexpected weekend break for Dad

  
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  Yesterday I planned to go to The Scarecrow Festival at Wray, an annual event with a fair which takes place in a little village in the Lune Valley a few miles North of us. The sun was forecast to shine late afternoon so on our way there we stopped by to see my Mum and Dad. Mum and Dad with my sister Amanda in ...
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• Spending a weekend in Dugort on Achill Island

  
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  Gray’s Guesthouse … the oldest and best-known guesthouse on Achill Island Patrick Comerford I am back on Achill Island, off the Co Mayo coast, for the second time this year, having spent a weekend here in February. This time, I am back for the ninth annual Heinrich Böll Memorial Weekend which opens this ...
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• Local and Community History Month – Exploring Burwell Museum

  
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  I have been on holiday from work this week, it has been a very productive and enjoyable week writing and researching possible ideas.  The weather has been brilliant and progressively lovelier throughout the week. At the beginning of the week my new website went ‘live’, you can view it at ...
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• Alabama Herbs: A video introduction to pokeweed.

  
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  Since Phyllis Light is the mentor of my two favorite herbalists, I was excited to find a video in which Phyllis goes on a little herb walk in her hometown of Arab, Alabama. A fascinating introduction to the ever-common pokeweed that lives so happily in the South.
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• Local history investigation: Does the Memson-Tierce house qualify as a Wright-style prairie house?

  
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  The Memnon-Tierce House in Tuscaloosa Right now, were knee-deep in the study of Frank Lloyd Wrights "prairie houses". In 1936, during the USA depression, Frank Lloyd Wright developed a simplified version of Prairie architecture called Usonian. Wright believed these stripped-down houses represented the democratic ...
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• Remember the U.S.S. Manchester?

  
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  On Thursday, April 11, 2013 Senator Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH announced that a new littoral combat ship (LCS) would be named after the city of Manchester.  However, according to the Navy Times , the Navy Secretary Ray Mabus personally informed Senator Shaheen via phone but it was not yet confirmed by the U. S. Navy. An ...
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• Edward Nangle (1800-1883): The Achill Missionary in a New Light

  
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  The Revd Canon Edward Nangle (1800-1883) ... a portrait in Saint Thomas’s Church, Dugort (Photograph: Patrick Comerford) Patrick Comerford I: INTRODUCTION The Great Famine of 1845 to 1849 left a bitter memory in many parts of Ireland, memories of forced emigration, lost generations, the loss of culture, and ...
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• Maybe ‘Mad Men’ Lawyers Knew More Than Lindsay’s

  
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  After City Room reported last week on the accuracy of a plot element in the TV drama, a readers comment on his real-life experience required our detectives to dig deeper.
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• Why All Librarians Should Take an Introduction to Archives Class

  
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  This post furthers a discussion about the need for librarians and archivists to study the others field.  In my last post, I presented the idea " Why All Archivists Should Take a Library Reference Class. " Any recognized gap between the fields of library science and archives management is becoming smaller. Yes, ...
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