Clare Wichbold
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Community Historian: Rotherwas Then & Now, Hfds suffrage campaign: #HardWorkButGlorious: buy at @LedburyBooks. #HistoryWritersDay24 Views my own. She/her
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05-04-2017 13:56:25
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Interval leg stretch during the Rossini performance Three Choirs Festival this evening Worcester Cathedral & the light falling on this memorial was breathtaking....
Last night of Three Choirs Festival Worcester Cathedral - the festival rolls on to #Hereford for 2025....
We're going to have far less plums this season after a fully laden branch broke off last year, but here's the first few picked today. Plus a jar of medlar chutney which is rather yummy, using up a couple of pounds of fruit lurking in the bottom of the freezer. Paul Couchman - Regency Cook
.#OTD 1931 The Kington Times reported on Katharine Radcliffe Cooke's death, wife of the late Charles Radcliffe Cooke & Constance's step-mother. They didn't get on, Katharine had been governess to the children before their mother died then Charles & Katharine married. (The British Newspaper Archive)
National Alfa Day - a fantastic event, thanks to Alfa Romeo Owners Club UK & Bicester Heritage. Oscar enjoyed checking out the new #AlfaRomeoJunior! #AlfaRomeo #AlfaSZ Alfa Romeo
The entrance to College Cloisters Hereford Cathedral has a secret: under the hatch in the wooden seat is an ancient backgammon "board" scratched in the stonework. It was starting to get rather worn & an elegant solution to protect it & the wall has been devised by the Head of Estates.
1913 #OTD an article advertised a #Hereford #WSPU meeting in the #Suffragette newspaper. Unfortunately the invitation cards had a rather fundamental typo, but the resourceful Mrs Davis Hereford Cathedral had a simple solution! Read more: #HardWorkButGlorious (Images The British Newspaper Archive & HARC)
A month to go! Really looking forward to participating & sharing #Herefordshire #Suffrage stories from my ongoing research & my award winning book #HardWorkButGlorious. What will you discover from the writers who are taking part? History Book Chat #HistoryWritersDay24