The #britishmuseum celebrates its birthday on 10th December & this year will be its 272nd anniversary. Here is the Deed of Foundation from 1753 & its 250th anniversary bow in 2003. It’s also the 25th anniversary of the Great Court, which opened in 2000! #EYA #eyaanniversaries #archives
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Irish stamp featuring books, a painter's palette with brushes, and a mythological illustration. Text reads "Éire 52" and "Rialtas na hÉireann 1922-1997."
We're delving into the Post Office Irish Postage Stamp Collection for today's #ExploreYourArchive theme #EYAAnniversaries #EYACuimhneacháin
This stamp was published in 1997 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Irish state:
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A round cake on a gold board with a patterned tablecloth. The cake has a sketch of Whitchurch Hospital in black and the word Centenary underneath in gold lettering
A large poster advertising the open day in April 2008
A booklet from the Centenary event to coincide with a lecture by Dr Ian Beech, I can’t believe it’s not butter.
Invite for the Open event back in April 2008
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For #EYAAnniversaries we thought we would look back at the Whitchurch Hospital Centenary back in 2008.
Who remembers coming along to the open day back in April 2008?
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2026 marks 350 years since Bethlem moved from its medieval Bishopsgate home to a purpose-built site at Moorfields, with the iconic Raving & Melancholy statues installed over the gates. Today’s site still sits on a 999-year lease from the City of London, so only 649 years left...
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Display case with four shelves, featuring a range of items, including a congratulatory address, photographs, a special issue newspaper, the Royal Charter of the University of Exeter, and a speech made by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956.
The Royal Charter of the University of Exeter with a large red seal.
This December marks the 70th anniversary of the University of Exeter, having been awarded its Royal Charter in 1955. To celebrate, this autumn we put the charter on display in the Forum Library for students, staff & the public to visit and enjoy.
📷 EUL MS 294
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Your listening age 400. Thank you to everyone who has helped us celebrate 400 years of Worsbrough Mill
#ExploreYourArchive Thank you to everyone who has helped celebrate 400 years of Worsbrough Mill with us this year.
#WorsbroughMill400 has been a year long celebration made possible with funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund &
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A yellowed photograph, black and white, of a crowd of people seated formally in front of a large white building. A smaller piece of paper in the upper right hand corner appears to label figures in the portrait, with numbers corresponding to those on a loose sketch of the scene.
Friends and family celebrating 25 years of marriage for the Silver wedding anniversary of D.H. and Rina Scott, with a handy key to remember all of those many faces. (SCO/1/6/3) #EYAAnniversaries
#ExploreYourArchive 2025 marked 80 years since the end of WWII. College was taken over by the military, and most BNC students moved to Christ Church. This is an image of sandbagging in 1939 from Principal Stallybrass’s photo collection. brasenosecollegelibrary.wordpress.com
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This year it’s our 90th birthday 🎂 and to celebrate we have recreated the exhibition put together for our Golden Jubilee in 1985, but this time it's online! Filled with collection highlights plus additions that reflect our last 40 years #EYAAnniversaries www.oxfordshirehistory.org.uk/public/exhib...
Colour photograph of the Rose Window engulfed in flames in the South Transept of the Minster.
This image was an entry as part of the “Snap your street” collection from 1998, which was a collection of images from York’s recent history. The image itself is from the 1984 York Minster fire, with this year marking the 41st #EYAAnniversaries of the fire.
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The image is square with a teal background. In the bottom left corner there is the UWTSD logo and in the right there is the UWTSD library logo. In the centre of the image there is an old photograph of Lampeter students wearing graduation robes.
The image is square with a teal background. In the bottom left corner there is the UWTSD logo and in the right there is the UWTSD library logo. In the centre of the image there is an old photograph of students wearing white robes and scarves around their faces. They are holding a sign that says “Druids.”.
The image is square with a teal background. In the bottom left corner there is the UWTSD logo and in the right there is the UWTSD library logo. In the centre of the image there is a scan of paper showing the Celebration of the Centenary of the College in 1927. There is a list showing the activities throughout the day.
The image is square with a teal background. In the bottom left corner there is the UWTSD logo and in the right there is the UWTSD library logo. In the centre of the image is a scan of an invitation for the Celebration of the Centenary of the College at St David’s College, Lampeter, in 1927.
The anniversary of the first 100 years of St David’s College started at 7am and finished with a well-deserved tea at 4.30. It included a series of student tableaux recording the history of Lampeter, from the Druids to Modern Lampeter.
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Various materials layered on top of each other so that corners and sections of pages are obscured. On the bottom is newsletter article opened on a two-page spread with a light green border and the title in the centre reads ‘The Millenium Seed Bank Project’. Underneath the title, two images are fully visible – on the left hand side, a person collecting seeds in Cumbria and to the right, a model version of the ‘Wellcome Trust Millennium Building’. Materials on top of the article from left to right are: section of a report on the Kew Seed Bank; a leaflet with a cream background and image of a small plant titled ‘Your Opportunity to Sponsor a Millennium Seed Bank Tree’; a leaflet with a logo of a plant with a green steam, yellow petals and a green globe in the centre reading ‘millennium seed bank appeal kew’ with a photograph of Sir David Attenborough outside the Palm House to the right. Article - MAFF Bulletin, Crown Copyright.
For #EYAAnniversaries, we delved into collections on our Millennium Seed Bank, which opened at Wakehurst 25 years ago. Among the reports & articles on the development of one of the world’s largest seed banks, we discovered publicity materials featuring none other than Sir David Attenborough! #KewLA
Image shows detail of a letter from Edward Thomas to Gordon Bottomley – the letter is dated Christmas 1911 from Wick Green. Collection held at Cardiff University Special Collections & Archives.
Festive greetings between two poets from 114 years ago on #EYAAnniversaries. Our most recent collection comes from Cardiff University Special Collections & Archives and features letters from #EdwardThomas to fellow poet and friend, #GordonBottomley. @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #WWI #warpoets
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Read more about the 100th Anniversary of the construction of the Bodie Creek Bridge in our Archives newsletter from 2024 and 2025 (Issue. 1):
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![Courtroom sketch by William Hartley of a seated Edward Henry, his walrus moustache protruding above an opened case, possibly a portable writing case. An inscription below reads 'SIR EDW. HENRY WATCHES FO[R] THE POLICE', meaning it probably shows him at the January 1913 trial of his would-be assassin Alfred Bowes - he pleaded for mercy for him and paid for his passage to Canada after his release from prison in 1922.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jfhf44tj2dhltodlzdvcpgqh/bafkreig6k4dagbkgezphlmc5skdebbigffyllihsnh6vgeaqcxcdxldmlm)
Courtroom sketch by William Hartley of a seated Edward Henry, his walrus moustache protruding above an opened case, possibly a portable writing case. An inscription below reads 'SIR EDW. HENRY WATCHES FO[R] THE POLICE', meaning it probably shows him at the January 1913 trial of his would-be assassin Alfred Bowes - he pleaded for mercy for him and paid for his passage to Canada after his release from prison in 1922.
Our current #CM150 exhibition at Sidcup marks 150 years of the Crime Museum collection, whilst its successor next year will mark the 125th anniversary of Assistant Commissioner Edward Henry's formation of the Met's Fingerprint Bureau on 1 July 1901. #EYAanniversaries #ExploreYourArchive
Black and white photograph showing the new Sea Terminal building under construction. The Douglas Head Hotel can be seen in the background.
Black and white photograph showing the new Sea Terminal building under construction. The end of Loch Promenade and Peveril Buildings can be seen in the background.
The Isle of Man Sea Terminal turned sixty this year! The Modernist design with its 'crow's nest' was in complete contrast to the Victorian structure it replaced. Our Harbours records span nearly 250 years, starting with the first Commissioners' minutes from 1771. #EYAAnniversaries #ManxArchives
Letter which begins: Mansfield eleven o'clock Fryday Dec. 6 1745 Sir we were much allarm'd here last night with a report of the Rebels being within a few miles of this place the Derbyshire forces left us in no small hurry & confusion which contributed a good deal to encrease the allarm. we sent our horses to Warsop that they might be out of danger at all events & were resolved our selves to wait the event...
#OnThisDay in Derby in 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie abandoned his march to London to restore the Stuart monarchy in England, Scotland and Wales. The Jacobite rebels were ultimately defeated at the Battle of Culloden in Scotland on 16 April 1746.
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2025 has been a year of anniversaries for #CelebratingBexley and #BexleyArchives – Dissolution of Lesnes Abbey (500 years), Crossness Pumping Station (160 years), Danson Park (100 years), London Borough of Bexley (60 years). #EYAAnniversaries #ExploreYourArchive
2025 marked the anniversaries of the opening (1895) & closing (1935) of the Galway-Clifden railway. Arthur J. Balfour's album documents the railway's construction.
The Balfour album is fully digitised: digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor...
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On this day, in 1916, David Lloyd George became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Ar y diwrnod hwn, ym 1916, daeth David Lloyd George yn Brif Weinidog y Deyrnas Unedig.
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George Reuben Dowsett and Ann Portsmouth pose with the register and flowers next to the vicar and Vera Widdows.
In 1972 George Reuben Dowsett and Ann Portsmouth celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary by revisiting the original marriage register at Reading St Laurence. This register is now in our care as well as this lovely photograph. #EYAAnniversaries
A page from the Swaithe Main Colliery relief fund book
A commemorative roll listing all the men and boys killed in the disaster
The Swaithe memorial outside the church
A commemorative plate
#OnThisDay in 1875 - 143 men and boys lost their lives due to an explosion at Swaithe Main Colliery in Worsbrough.
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On day 8 of the Explore Your Archive focus week the theme is #EYAAnniversaries | #EYACuimhneacháin! We want to see all of your commemorations & anniversaries, don’t forget to tag 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann
A colour photograph of a document detailing the establishment of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. It details the patron (HRH The Prince of Wales) , President and Vice Presidents, the council and early donors. The article is dated 31st July 1884
Last year we celebrated the 140th anniversary of the establishment of @thembauk.bsky.social. This document is from the first minute book of the MBA's council and details the founding of the Association. You can find out more about our work at buff.ly/mAZcYD4 #EYAAnniversaries
🎈 How old is DMU? 33, 56 or 155? Honestly… it’s complicated. Celebrate all the #EYAAnniversaries in our @dmu.ac.uk story for #ExploreYourArchive Day 8! @arascot.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social #archives #dmuhistory
2025 sees the 1500th anniversary of the Cathedral and the City of Bangor, the oldest city in Wales. To mark this significant anniversary, the Archives and Special Collections at Bangor University has curated an exhibition that highlights the important moments in the history of the Cathedral with items from our archival collection and by including rare printed items from the Cathedral Library - a collection that has been in the care of Bangor University for several decades.
Today’s Explore Yor Archives theme is #EYAAnniversaries
“1500th anniversary of the Cathedral and the City of Bangor, the oldest city in Wales.”
You can view the exhibition online version through the following link
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Thank you to everyone who has participated in GBW and submitted their garden wildlife sightings helping to build up a detailed picture of garden wildlife all around the UK. 🐦🦋🐝 Find out more and get involved at www.bto.org/gbw #EYAAnniversaries
