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Footsteps Into History: A Guide On Writing About Hampshire Local History for Children - Hampshire Archive Trust Author: Marilyn Wilton-Smith

Did you know today is #WorldBookDay2026?

If you’re working on #Hampshire #LocalHistory & want to learn more about presenting this information as a book to children & engage younger audiences with our county’s rich history, check out this blog post 📚📖
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It’s #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 this Sunday and we want to share the amazing stories about #Hampshire women starting with this blog post by Dr @zoevb.bsky.social

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Learn more about women amateur filmmakers in Wessex Film and Sound Archive

It'll be a sideways look at #Hampshire #history in my talk for this #webinar, focusing on some poems in my book with Hampshire and Solent connections... All very welcome!

2 weeks for our next #Webinar 📢

Join us to hear from Professor @cathamclarke.bsky.social about her book A History of England in 25 Poems and what we can learn about #Hampshire #LocalHistory

📍 Zoom
🗓️18th March
⏰ 7pm

Register here 👉 hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/events/a-his...

LAUNCH OF 2025-2026 HAMPSHIRE HISTORY COMPETITION FOR SCHOOLS AND SIXTH FORMS - Hampshire Archive Trust Do you love History? Do you want to become a good historian? Do you want to find out more about archives? Do you want to win a prize?

Did you know we run a History Competition for schools, sixth forms and university students in #Hampshire?

We’re looking to hear from individual students and groups who have a #Hampshire #LocalHistory project they’d like to share! Deadline is 13th March

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Series 4: Episode 9 - Exploring LGBTQ+ and Queer Histories - Hampshire Archive Trust In this episode, Daniella speaks to Professor Matt Cook, the Jonathan Cooper Chair of the History of Sexuality at Mansfield College at the University of Oxford, about his research into the history of ...

Professor Matt Cook joins the Hampshire Archives Trust podcast to explore how local history and LGBTQIA+ history intersect, and explores stories of queer individuals in Hampshire.

An insightful conversation not to be missed. ⤵️
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Series 4: Episode 9 - Exploring LGBTQ+ and Queer Histories - Hampshire Archive Trust In this episode, Daniella speaks to Professor Matt Cook, the Jonathan Cooper Chair of the History of Sexuality at Mansfield College at the University of Oxford, about his research into the history of ...

🚨New #Podcast episode🚨

In our latest episode, learn more about #LGBTQIA+ and #Queer #Hampshire stories from Professor Matt Cook of @ox.ac.uk

Learn about how local history and LGBTQIA+ history interact by listening here 👉 hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/stories/podc...

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Us too! We can’t wait to learn more about your book and the #Hampshire stories you researched 😃

We’re delighted to announce that our next #Webinar will be delivered by Professor @cathamclarke.bsky.social 🥳

Professor Clarke will explore #Hampshire stories in her book A History of England in 25 Poems

📍 Zoom
🗓️ 18th March
⏰ 7pm

Register here 👉 hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/events/a-his...

The community cast of the Stinking Fish of Southampton. A small group of people smiling wearing Regency era clothing.

#ICYMI: The Austen 250 programme during 2024-25 was a huge undertaking in Southampton, including our 'Placing Jane' conference.

Find out more about its impact, here: www.balh.org.uk/news-austen-...

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

Will you be joining us tonight to hear all about the swing riots in #Havant and #Emsworth?

There’s still time to book your space! Register here 👉 hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/events/defia...

Please join us on Wednesday!

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Series 2: Episode 8 - LGBT Histories in Hampshire - Hampshire Archive Trust In this episode, Daniella was joined by Dr Clifford Williams, a historian researching the history of the early gay and lesbian youth groups in England, to discuss

If you enjoyed Dr Clifford Williams’ blog post about #LGBTQIA stories, do check out this #Podcast episode in which we hear more from Dr Williams about his research into this area of #Hampshire #LocalHistory 🎙️

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Join us this Wednesday to learn more about the swing riots in #Havant and #Emsworth from Penny Munday, James Turner and Neil Spurgeon

📍 Zoom
🗓️ 25th Feb
⏰ 7pm

Register today 👉 hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/events/defia...

#Hampshire #LocalHistory

1 week to go for our next webinar 📢

Join us next Wednesday to hear from Penny Munday, James Turner, and Neil Spurgeon about the swing riots in #Havant and #Emsworth

📍 Zoom
🗓️ 25th February
⏰ 7pm

Register here 👉 hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/events/defia...

Hampshire's LGBT History - Hampshire Archive Trust The month of June has become the traditional Pride month and many parades and events are taking place across the UK. Its origins date back to the early 1970s

This #LGBTQIA history month let’s look back at #Hampshire #LGBTQIA stories in this blog post by Dr Clifford Williams

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Learn more about individuals across Hampshire and make sure to check out Dr Williams’ A Queer A-Z of Hampshire

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Information about the exhibition opening about the Emsworth Museum. It includes details of the exhibition, which opens in July, and the Emsworth Museum logo

Join the Hampshire Archives Trust for a webinar next week all about Swing Riots in Havant and Emsworth!

Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-d...

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

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Letters to Elsie - Hampshire Archive Trust The archive contains over 350 items, including:

We’re excited to announce that we’re supporting the Battle of Southsea Society to preserve, digitise, transcribe, interpret and secure the future of the Batchelor family archive through our grants scheme 🥳

Learn more about the archive and project here 👉 hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/news/hampshi...

2 weeks until our next webinar 📢

If you’re interested in the swing riots and learning more about #Havant and #Emsworth #LocalHistory, join us to hear from Penny Munday, James Turner and Neil Spurgeon

📍 Zoom
🗓️ 25th February
⏰ 7pm

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The community cast of the Stinking Fish of Southampton. People are dressed in a range of Regency era fashion outside of a church.

The Austen 250 programme during 2024-25 was a huge undertaking in Southampton, including our 'Placing Jane' conference.

Find out more about its impact, here: www.balh.org.uk/news-austen-...

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

The Very Old and the Very New: 3D Scanning in an Archive - Hampshire Archive Trust As a researcher of medieval history, one of my favourite parts of archival work is the actual handling of documents, some of them centuries old. In museums

🚨New blog post🚨

Check out the latest piece in our blog from @jjnewbury.bsky.social who shows how technology complements history and the amazing work that can be done through using 3D scanning on #Medieval seals

Learn more here 👉 hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/stories/blog...

Waterside Heritage - digitisation - Hampshire Archive Trust Waterside Heritage secured a grant from HAT for £389 to purchase a slide scanner to digitise and catalogue over 15,000 mounted slides. 35mm slides, especially

We’re starting the week by announcing that we’ve supported Waterside Heritage’s digitisation project through our grant scheme. With this grant, they’ll be purchasing a slide scanner to digitise and catalogue over 15,000 mounted slides 🎞️

Learn more here: hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/news/hampshi...

Waterside Heritage - digitisation - Hampshire Archive Trust Waterside Heritage secured a grant from HAT for £389 to purchase a slide scanner to digitise and catalogue over 15,000 mounted slides. 35mm slides, especially

We’re starting the week by announcing that we’ve supported Waterside Heritage’s digitisation project through our grant scheme. With this grant, they’ll be purchasing a slide scanner to digitise and catalogue over 15,000 mounted slides 🎞️

Learn more here: hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/news/hampshi...

Series 4: Episode 8 - Hampshire History Trust - Hampshire Archive Trust In this episode Daniella speaks to Liz King, Chair of the Hampshire History Trust. The episode explores what Hampshire History Trust is, its aims, and how it engages people with Hampshire’s local hist...

🚨New #Podcast episode!🚨

Check out our latest episode in which we spoke to Liz King of Hampshire History Trust and learnt about the amazing things they’ve been doing to promote #Hampshire history and engage communities with #LocalHistory 🎙️

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LAUNCH OF 2025-2026 HAMPSHIRE HISTORY COMPETITION FOR SCHOOLS AND SIXTH FORMS - Hampshire Archive Trust Do you love History? Do you want to become a good historian? Do you want to find out more about archives? Do you want to win a prize?

Did you know we run a history competition? 🏆

If you’re a school student & are passionate about #Hampshire #LocalHistory please enter!

Projects can be on any element of #Hampshire history & can be an oral history, a film, or a written piece 🎙️🎥📝

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Keeping Bigg-Wither archive in Hampshire - Hampshire Archive Trust Papers came up for sale at auction November 2025 relating to the Bigg-Wither family of Manydown, Wootton St Lawrence, near Basingstoke, containing estate,

We have exciting news to share! 🥳

We’re thrilled to announce that through our grant’s programme we have supported HRO to acquire papers relating to the Bigg-Wither family of Manydown, thereby adding to their existing material on this family

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Did you know we run a #Webinar series?

Join us for the next talk in our series Defiance and Destruction: Swing Riots in Havant and Emsworth with speakers Penny Munday, James Turner, and Neil Spurgeon

📍 Zoom
🗓️ 25th February
⏰ 7pm

Register here: hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/events/defia...

Historic Jewish Hampshire – Exploring the Hidden Jewish History on your Doorstep - Hampshire Archive Trust When considering Jewish sites in the UK, both religious and historical, most people would think of London or Manchester as the most significant locations. The

🚨New blog post!🚨

Learn more about #Hampshire’s #Jewish community in this piece by Immy Tozer, who writes about the Historic Jewish Hampshire project as part of her fellowship with with @parkesinstitute.bsky.social ⬇️

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Have you checked out our 2026 events?

We have webinars lined up to May covering a range of topics from poems exploring #Hampshire stories and riots in the county to solving a whodunnit mystery in #Winchester 🔎

Please join us for these fab talks ⬇️

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Did you know that we have a blog? We love hearing about your wonderful #Hampshire #LocalHistory #Heritage research and featuring this on our blog 😃 Please get in touch if you have a story to tell