Travels with William Porden: French hotels in 1816

My love of snooping through, and blogging from, other people's diaries has been on hold for a while whilst I've had to concentrate on other things. Recently, however, I had an opportunity to look more closely at collection D3311 (from which I blogged William Porden's diaries earlier this year) and was delighted to discover a …

Dronfield 1917 (in 2017)

Last night, while others spending an evening at school may have been watching the typical (or less typical) Christmas nativity, I was privileged to attend Stonelow Junior School to see the year 6 give a dramatic presentation for Dronfield 2017: Stories from the First World War. For the last 12 months, the pupils have been researching …

Adopt A Piece of History discount extended

We're extending the 50% off discount for our Adopt A Piece of History scheme to Thursday 14 December, so there are still two weeks left to choose that perfect gift. Our Treasures include our oldest document from 1115, a delicious Bakewell Pudding recipe from 1837, an artist's tool roll, the Eyam Parish Register, a medieval …