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Their Finest Hour@ww2finesthour5 Jul 2023
Today is the 75th anniversary of the founding of the National Health Service!  Many future NHS medical professionals served at home and overseas in wartime! If your relatives were nurses, medics or doctors during #WW2, Share Their Stories for #NHS75: theirfinesthour.org
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Missing Pets GB@MissingPetsGB2 Apr 2023
Just one tiny snippet of info could end this nightmare for Otley’s family 💔 OTLEY is grey…she will be in survival mode and mostly moving around at dark…VERY difficult to see, but please report anything
Missing Pets GB@MissingPetsGB19 Nov 2022
🐕 female bedlington whippet OTLEY went #missing 7.30pm last night 18 November 2022 from Hauser and Wirth, Durslade Farm #Bruton #Somerset #BA10 Please share with anyone and everywhere - family is on holiday and OTLEY doesn't know the area 🙏 doglost.co.uk/dog-blog.php?d…
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Their Finest Hour@ww2finesthour10 Mar 2023
We’ve digitised some fascinating stories and objects today at Oxfordshire County Library. If you’re in Oxford, come along and share any #WW2 stories and objects that have been passed on to you. We’ll be here until 3pm!
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Their Finest Hour@ww2finesthour9 Mar 2023
Ernest Bevin, trade union leader, was born #OTD 1881. As Minister of Labour during #WW2, Bevin diverted 48,000 military conscripts ('Bevin Boys') to work in the coal industry. If one of your relatives was a Bevin Boy, share their stories/objects with us: theirfinesthour.english.ox.a….
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Their Finest Hour@ww2finesthour18 Feb 2023
The Royal Indian Navy revolt, which involved over 20,000 sailors in British India, began #OTD 1946. The mutiny was suppressed by British troops and Royal Navy warships. If your relatives were involved in the mutiny, share their story with us here: theirfinesthour.english.ox.a…
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The Cromwell Museum@MuseumCromwell5 Jan 2023
On Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 February we're bringing to life the Putney Debates in dramatised performances, the remarkable meetings in the aftermath of the 1st #EnglishCivilWar which discussed the idea all men should have the vote. Details and tickets at: cromwellmuseum.org/events/th…
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If anyone is interested in finding out more, I am a lightly fictionalised novel that tells the whole incredible story. – at Lambeth, London
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Their Finest Hour@ww2finesthour2 Dec 2022
Marking the 80th anniversary of the Beveridge Report, we are pleased to announce the launch of our online archive to record the "People's War"! Click on SHARE YOUR STORY on the Home page to upload stories, and images of objects, photographs and documents theirfinesthour.english.ox.a…
Courtesy of Imperial War Museums © IWM HU 141000 "VE Day Scenes" People walking in Trafalgar Square. People sitting and standing on the terraced base at the foot of Nelson's Column. The bronze relief of the column facing the camera, has been covered with a hoarding, exhorting people to deposit money in National Savings.

ALT Courtesy of Imperial War Museums © IWM HU 141000 "VE Day Scenes" People walking in Trafalgar Square. People sitting and standing on the terraced base at the foot of Nelson's Column. The bronze relief of the column facing the camera, has been covered with a hoarding, exhorting people to deposit money in National Savings.

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🗡️🗳️ An evening of electoral violence! Join us on Monday 24 Oct 2022 from 6pm to discover the weird world of C19th politics. Learn about democracy's dark side and explore your local history of electoral violence. Sign up to attend online or in person: tiny.cc/ux00vz
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The Cromwell Museum@MuseumCromwell11 Jul 2022
#OnThisDay 11 July 1649 Gerrard Winstanley appealed in vain to the House of Commons against the persecution of the #Diggers; as a result the St. George's Hill commune began to disperse and move to Cobham Heath. #17thCentury #OTD
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Tides of History@labour_history3 Jul 2020
#OTD 1945. Churchill is booed at Walthamstow Stadium as sections of the crowd chant ‘We want Labour’ The Tory candidate responds: 'I am sure they are going to get a thrashing such as their party has never received since it was born’. A thread on campaigning from July 3rd 1945
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Warwick MRC@MRCWarwick30 Nov 2021
Through the crackle & hum of an early sound recording, you can just make out the cadence of one of "new unionism"'s key orators, Ben Tillett, captured in 1915 Thanks to @BLSoundHeritage we can put a voice to the face (& other archives at MRC) - sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Ea…
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Tides of History@labour_history25 Nov 2021
🚨 INTRODUCING The Labour Movement Charity Calendar 2022, in collaboration with @LabourDesign 🌟Over 125 dates from labour history 🌟Includes 12 A4 poster prints 🌟All proceeds to the @TrussellTrust 🌟Pre-orders are open now - first 100 sold in 12 hours
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My uncle very kindly passed on a huge old Victorian family bible that belonged to my great great grandfather George Thaxton, president of the Amalgamated society of railway servants. Part of that generation of trade unionists who learnt to read, write and organise at chapel.
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Orwell Society@Orwell_Society9 Sep 2021
From George Orwell’s Preface to the Ukrainian translation of Animal Farm (1947) orwellfoundation.com/the-orw… Available to read on the Orwell Prize website.

Preface to the Ukrainian Edition of Animal Farm | The Orwell Foundation

"For the past ten years I have been convinced that the destruction of the Soviet myth was essential if we wanted a revival of the Socialist movement."

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English Radical History@EnglishRadical3 Sep 2021
“Nothing has contributed so much to the corruption of the original idea of Socialism as the belief that Russia is a Socialist country and that every act of its rulers must be excused, if not imitated.” George Orwell, 1947.
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Finborough Theatre@finborough26 Feb 2021
DEADLINE EXTENTION - due to recent government announcements we've extended the deadline for our #opencall for Poplarism! to MONDAY 15 MARCH. Open to everyone working and living in @RBKC. See here for more info on how you can win a £300 micro-commission: ow.ly/bcbM50DKvzq
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Tides of History@labour_history5 Feb 2021
Prime Minister Clement Attlee "State of the Nation" - August 1947 "I am a profound believer in the British way of life, in our combination of order and liberty, in our respect for justice and for moral values. These are the things that unite us"
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Past Tense@_pasttense_26 Jan 2021
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Our post on Alice Wheeldon’s activities, family links, networks & trial : wp.me/p74yfw-sz

Today in anti-war history, 1917: spycops’ fit-up! Alice Wheeldon & her daughters go on trial for...

“Alice Wheeldon and her family were commie scum Denounced World War 1, sheltered deserters on the run Fitted up by MI5, died from the prison damp – You won’t see Alice’s head on a stamp!” (&#…

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This might be of interest @StudyLabHistory @TolpuddleFest @EnglishRadical @radicalteatowel "Poplar Councillors' Revolt centenary: Labour comes to power!" eventbrite.co.uk/e/poplar-co… @EventbriteUK
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Tides of History@labour_history10 Nov 2020
We've teamed up with @LabourDesign to launch The Labour Movement Charity Calendar 2021 We wanted to help the hardest hit in our country - Over 100 dates from labour history - Includes 12 full page poster prints - All proceeds to The @TrussellTrust tidesofhistory.com/2020/11/1…
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