Looking for an interesting way to spend half an hour? Why not listen to Dr Jonathan Memel from the University of Nottingham's Florence Nightingale project team, who will be giving a free live-streamed talk on Tuesday 13 April at 2.30pm on the theme of ‘Florence Nightingale and Health at Home’. Florence Nightingale's family had a … Continue reading Florence Nightingale Talk
In conversation with Maggie O’Farrell
Our friends at Derbyshire Libraries are hosting an online conversation with acclaimed author Maggie O'Farrell on Thursday 15 April at 7.00pm. Maggie’s latest award winning novel Hamnet captures a Jacobean England haunted by a plague that tragically kills Hamnet, the only son of William Shakespeare. In reimagining the complex relationship between Hamnet’s parents as the … Continue reading In conversation with Maggie O’Farrell
Putting colour into the past
If you have followed our blog for a while, you will know that one of our favourite subjects is Sir John Franklin and his lost expedition to discover the northwest passage from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific via the Arctic. On 16 May 1845, the officers of Franklin's expedition had their photographs taken by … Continue reading Putting colour into the past
#ArchivesFromHome
When the country first went into lockdown in March 2020, I wrote about the tasks we would be working on while we were unable to access the archive and local studies collections. Of course, none of us still expected to be working from home a year later, and although we will be re-opening our onsite … Continue reading #ArchivesFromHome
Dr Frank Miller Bingham: Former Blackwell Colliery Company Doctor
Have you ever found yourself in a research rabbit hole? The kind where you start researching something else and then you end up finding a rather interesting tangent that was related to the original idea? I find myself often doing that, but this time I felt the need to share this one, especially as today … Continue reading Dr Frank Miller Bingham: Former Blackwell Colliery Company Doctor
Bit Part Players from The Dig — Buxton Museum and Art Gallery
Derbyshire Museums Manager Ros Westwood reveals the connections between Buxton and Sutton Hoo: Have you had a chance to catch the recent film The Dig, which tells the story of the discovery of the Sutton Hoo treasure? Catch the film on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81167887 – you’ll enjoy it, I am sure, and learn more at the […]Bit … Continue reading Bit Part Players from The Dig — Buxton Museum and Art Gallery
Finding Derbyshire Business archives
A guide to finding the archives of Derbyshire businesses. Derbyshire Record Office holds nearly 1000 collections for businesses and trades across the county and city of Derby, primarily for the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, although some date as early as the 16th century. Amongst the largest of these collections are: D1851 Bryan Donkin and … Continue reading Finding Derbyshire Business archives
Female Clerks in the Wage Agreement for Derbyshire Collieries, May 1937
Wages have always been a bone of contention in the mining industry. Many miners throughout the ages have believed that they were underpaid for the type of dangerous work that they did. In earlier times, wages were set by the individual colliery owners. This all changed from the 1880s when the Derbyshire Miners’ Association was … Continue reading Female Clerks in the Wage Agreement for Derbyshire Collieries, May 1937
A Friday Pie
As it's National Pie Week, I thought I'd try making a pie from one of the recipe books in our collection, and what better for today, particularly as we're in Lent, than 'A frydayes pye without either flesh or fish' from Jane Mosley's 17th century recipe book (reference number D770/C/EZ/394) . The recipes in this … Continue reading A Friday Pie
