@catgqf
Sometimes a girls' education historian, other times a library assistant. IHR Life Cycles seminar administrator. Allotment keeper and one of those annoying cyclists who uses cycle lanes and obeys traffic lights.
We have walked along the beach at low tide from Lyme Regis to Charmouth several times. Today, I noticed how the recent storms have impacted this stretch of coast. Not just more cliff falls but bare parts of beach. Where there had been sand, it was bare rock.
Standing on Chesil Beach, wondering what the deceased sea creature might be without wanting to go near it, I thought it is about time I read On Chesil Beach. So when I got back to somewhere with the internet I requested a copy on the library app.
Elderly lady and her middle aged son complete a jigsaw puzzle.
Love is... completing another jigsaw puzzle. She will have forgotten we were there now, although it is only a few hours since we left. In the moment though, love. And she still gives the best hugs!🥲
I would like to go back to the Splash club at the Falcon. I think I will see 3 Colours Red there.
Raindrops falling into a large puddle, onto which bare trees are reflected.
Sunday morning reflections.
A fun debate about Local Government Reorganisation with Mum over dinner. I think this is the first time that's ever happened.
We both think the other is wrong. Nothing resolved.
It's a story time day! A trip to the local nursery this morning with picture books on the themes of pancakes and potty training. This afternoon is adult storytime. I have chosen three examples of London in literature with Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Ferrara and Jeanette Winterson.🙂
My mother in law, who has Alzheimer's, had to have a colonoscopy. She had no recollection of the procedure by the time she got home, just thought it was nice that her daughter was staying with her for a while. An advantage of dementia!
A "friendly warning": “There is always danger for girls who go abroad alone."
Learn how to guard against this by coming to our seminar tomorrow, 10/2/26 at 17:30 GMT, where Madgalene Klassen will tell us.
Join us online or at the IHR. Everyone is welcome!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
A young person volunteering in the library told us about her school's 146th birthday party coming up. It is one of the schools in my thesis so I told her how to access the original managers' minutes. She was delighted, although surprised. I'm discreetly encouraging education history 😅
Come travelling with us on 10th. February at 17:30GMT! Magdalene Klassen will safely escort us through 'Friendly Warnings: Youth & Protection in British Sexual Surveillance of International Travel, 1885–1914'. You may join us in London at Senate House or online.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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That does sound great.
I think it is interesting. That the variables relating to getting grammar school places are different across the country is an interesting aspect of education history. That there is no blanket passed/failed the 11+ is important.
Next Tuesday, 10th. February at 17:30 GMT - Madgalene Klassen and 'Friendly Warnings: Youth and Protection in British Sexual Surveillance of International Travel, 1885–1914'.
All who are interested are welcome to join us online or at the IHR in London.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
I was wondering about Ratte. They sound nice.
Further reasons why AI is not trustworthy: it doesn't understand my search for pink fir apple seed potatoes and comes up with ridiculous suggestions as to what I might mean. I do mean pink fir apples.
Has anyone found pink fir apples? #allotments #potatoes
Thank you.
Thank you. I am excited about working on it and submitting it. Elsie will be known!
I am so glad that I was given a place on @thelondonjournal.bsky.social's ECR publishing workshop today. Not just because the views were wonderful. The session was so supportive, informative & friendly. A brilliant idea! Thank you 🙂
Also nice to see @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social in person.
We found it difficult to find a good picture for my late father in law's funeral so I now take heaps of pictures of relatives so that when the time comes, there will be a good photo at their funeral. I don't tell them, so they are often unwittingly posing for the picture that will be used.
I thought I needed Harry Nilsson's Everybody's Talking At Me, which I did enjoy listening to but Traffic's The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys turned out to be what I required. Drifting off into the saxophone.
Lunchtime music therapy.
I feel the same is true in local councils. There will always be another restructuring process.
A local primary school has asked to visit the library to research local history! What an exciting prospect 😁
Join us this evening at the IHR in London or through Zoo to hear John Hide present 'Presenting the Boy with Two Penises; Participatory Science and the Public Sphere in Early Victorian London'.
We start at 17:30 BST & you're very welcome to come along.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Too soon!
We went haggis hunting in Sainsbury's. It was quite a hunt. There was none with sausages. Mr Bond asked a member of staff who said aisle 23, which is baby paraphernalia. Haggis, not Huggies! We've had this problem before.
Eventually found a member of staff who knew where some were. Phew! 🙄
Tuesday 27th. January, 17:30 - 19:00 GMT. John Hide of @ihr.bsky.social will give his paper, 'Presenting the Boy with Two Penises; Participatory Science and the Public Sphere in Early Victorian London'.
You may join us at the IHR or through Zoom to hear him.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Next Tuesday (27/1), John Hide will be speaking at our seminar. If you wish to hear "Presenting the Boy with Two Penises; Participatory Science and the Public Sphere in Early Victorian London', join us at the IHR or through Zoom.
Further details are in the link.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
My lungs resemble a broken accordion but nurse Tarragon has arrived for some purr therapy, which does help alleviate the boredom.