Who Was Adelaide Springett? Another iconic picture and another innocent life captured forever behind a lens, but who was the poor little girl whose life was perpetually framed in this picture and what was her story? The littl…

The life of Adelaide Springett, a child of Victorian London.

Behind one photograph is a story of loss, poverty, trauma, and survival against the odds.

If we’re to understand history, we have to remember lives like hers.

#SocialHistory #VictorianLondon
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Smorgasbord Book Promotions 2026 – New Book Spotlight and my Review – #Anthology #SocialHistory #Food This is How We Eat Delighted to share the news of the latest anthology in the This is How series This is How We Eat with many authors from the writing community you will be familiar with… About the anthology Fo…

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Smorgasbord Book Promotions 2026 – New Book Spotlight and my Review – #Anthology #SocialHistory #Food This is How We Eat Delighted to share the news of the latest anthology in the This is How series This is How We Eat with many authors from the writing community you will be familiar with… About the anthology Fo…

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Smorgasbord Book Promotions 2026 – New Book Spotlight and my Review – #Anthology #SocialHistory #Food This is How We Eat Delighted to share the news of the latest anthology in the This is How series This is How We Eat with many authors from the writing community you will be familiar with… About the anthology Fo…

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Smorgasbord Book Promotions 2026 – New Book Spotlight and my Review – #Anthology #SocialHistory #Food This is How We Eat Delighted to share the news of the latest anthology in the This is How series This is How We Eat with many authors from the writing community you will be familiar with… About the anthology Fo…

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#Scarce 1962 2-volume set about #French #dialects in #Acadia. More then 975 pages! Text in #French. Foldout #map. $150. #Booksky #Acadians #LocalHistory #history #GenevieveMassignon #language #SocialHistory

Smorgasbord Book Promotions 2026 – New Book Spotlight and my Review – #Anthology #SocialHistory #Food This is How We Eat Delighted to share the news of the latest anthology in the This is How series This is How We Eat with many authors from the writing community you will be familiar with… About the anthology Fo…

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Smorgasbord Book Promotions 2026 – New Book Spotlight and my Review – #Anthology #SocialHistory #Food This is How We Eat Delighted to share the news of the latest anthology in the This is How series This is How We Eat with many authors from the writing community you will be familiar with… About the anthology Fo…

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Smorgasbord Book Promotions 2026 – New Book Spotlight and my Review – #Anthology #SocialHistory #Food This is How We Eat Delighted to share the news of the latest anthology in the This is How series This is How We Eat with many authors from the writing community you will be familiar with… About the anthology Fo…

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The first social media app was Six Degrees in 1997. Feels ancient now! 👥📅 #SocialHistory

This 1998 #book of #historic #SaintJohn #photographs by #IsaacErb would be an excellent #gift! www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1741... #Booksky #NewBrunswick #LocalHistory #SocialHistory

Behind every 1500s record was a real life.

Read the blog here:🔗 buff.ly/sP1J5hO

#EchoesOfKinGenealogy #FamilyHistory #GenealogyLife #AncestryResearch #GenealogyResearch #AncestryJourney #16thCentury #KnowYourAncestors #16thCenturyLife #ParishRecords #SocialHistory #FindYourRoots #Genealogy

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The leading specialized journal in Europe in the field of #food and #drinkhistory

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#FoodHistory #History #CulinaryHistory #iehca #FoodSky #skystorians #Alimentation #CuturalHistory #SocialHistory #HistorySky

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#Hulme #Manchester #1970s #socialhistory

Of barbers, builders and a little book… — Little Bangor Stories Denis Neill tells tales based on the final edition of the Bangor Street Directory published 55 years ago.

News in #BangorNI that a very long-established estate agents Neills has been taken over. So re-sharing my chat with Denis Neill featuring his hilarious memories of his firm over the years. He really is what the pod is all about! #socialhistory #podcast

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Women in Textiles
Remuneration, #LabourRelations, and #Gender in Europe during #Industrialization
(Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries)
Edited by Manuela Martini

Info: bit.ly/4cgxEeY

#LabourHistory #SocialHistory #GenderStudies #GenderHistory #skystorians

Välkommen till Historiska föreningens vårmöte! Gunhild Eriksdotter & Linda Qviström, "Iscensättningar av värme och ljus: Boendepraktiker och inhomhusmiljöer under tidigmodern tid". 23 April, kl. 17, Geijersalen (ingen föranmälan, ingen avgift) Efterföljande sexa på Historiska institutionen. Pris: 120 kr (studenter 100 kr). Dryck finns at köpa. Anmälan (bindande) senast 14 april till historiskaforeningen@gmail.com OBS! Kontant betalning

@hfuppsala.bsky.social håller vårmötet 23 april 2026 i Geijersalen på @uu.se Engelska parken. Gunhild Eriksdotter och @lindaqvi.bsky.social presenterar "Iscensättningar av värme och ljus: Boendepraktiker och inhomhusmiljöer under tidigmodern tid". Häng med!

#EarlyModern #skystorians #SocialHistory

Medieval Sumptuary Laws and Their Unintended Consequences Explore how medieval sumptuary laws failed, fueling desire, social mobility, and economic disruption instead of enforcing class boundaries.

Medieval governments tried to control status through clothing laws… 👗👑

What they got instead? Imitation, resistance, and people finding ways around the rules.

You can regulate fabric—but not ambition.

#Brewminate #MedievalHistory #SocialHistory

A swirl of different coloured paints in a long, open S shape. Text reads 'Neurofestivity. An exploration and celebration of neurodivergent art.'

‪My work 'Don't let it drive you cuckoo' has been selected to be part of Neurofestivity festival. Produced by Cork Opera House. Free entry. April 25th, 2026. Booking essential: kathrynmcrowley.com/2026/03/24/t...
#Cork #theatre #poetry #neurodiversity #autism #newwriting #socialhistory

Little Bangor Stories Tales from the people of Bangor on the shores of Belfast Lough, a podcast featuring their own voices, their own social history.

Wonderful chat with four members of Bangor Drama Club about the Club's 90th birthday. Unexpected pleasure of presence of friend and former colleague - here she is in my little teaser! (Also YouTube!) Enjoy! x
#bangorni #SocialHistory #amateurdrama #artsni
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A brief rewind to 1978: social history talk, Tralee. I’m delighted that my paper has been selected to be part of the annual Irish Oral History Network gathering. The event, which runs for two days, will take place in Tralee this year. The organ…

A date for your diary. Tralee historical talk. I'm happy that my paper was selected for this: kathrynmcrowley.com/2026/04/04/a... #socialhistory #sociology #history #Ireland #music #Tralee #buses #classiccars #1970s #oralhistory

Attic find 2: Enjoy Potatoes in eighty- one ways, price 1/- (5p), circa late 1950s, published by the potato marketing board #cookery #socialhistory

Nice attic find, 120 ways of using bread, price 6d (2.5p) printed some time in the 1950s I would guess 😊
#cookery #socialhistory

Scarce 2001 #history of #Renous, #NewBrunswick written by community members. Lots of #B&W #photos! Large clear text. $120. #Booksky #LocalHistory #socialhistory

Blogging and Social Media Prompt, April 2026: #OnePlaceVisitors. Image: Part of a Visitors' List from an old newspaper, showing addresses (in Rhyl) and the names of visitors staying at those residences. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

Our #OnePlaceStudies blogging prompt for April is #OnePlaceVisitors. Who were the sojourners, travelling folk, itinerants, holidaymakers and other short-term residents or guests recorded in the records of your Place? Share their info and stories via blogs, vlogs or social media! #OnePlaceWednesday

We appreciate this thoughtful piece written by one of our customers! #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #NovaScotia #Maritimes #heritage

Published today! Hoxton Hall edited by Nicholas Till and Nadia Valman 📖

Learn more and order your copy ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/3j9hmk6v

#theatrehistory #architecturalhistory #socialhistory #eastend #london #victorianvalues #communityarts

This 2021 #book tells about the life of #SaintJohn #housewife, #IdaMartin, in her own words. www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1665... #Booksky #WomensHistoryMonth #SocialHistory #LocalHistory #NewBrunswick #woman

This details the major turning points in the story of the North Eastern (later Queen's Hospital) for Children between its foundation in 1867, and 1924 (twenty years after The Whitwar magazine was created to raise funds). #socialhistory #London #medicalhistory #hospitals #childrenshospital

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New post: a short biography of Susan St Maur, Duchess of Somerset—a fascinating figure in early 20th-century philanthropy, including her support for children’s hospitals.

#socialhistory #philanthropy
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