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@mcrhistories.bsky.social

Manchester Histories is an award-winning charity that works collaboratively to reveal, share and celebrate Greater Manchester’s diverse histories and heritage. https://linktr.ee/manchesterhistories

@tuc.org.uk

Breaking news, campaigns and advice from unions and the labour movement. https://tuc.org.uk

@southeastcrp.bsky.social

Accredited rail partnership connecting communities to their railways across East and West Sussex, parts of Kent, Surrey, Berkshire and south-west London www.southeastcrp.org

@nicolaking.bsky.social

Fellow of the Society of Indexers, ex-archaeologist, also family historian, mum, bell ringer, knitter and learning the cornet. Easily found elsewhere. https://abookindexer.com/

@timhedleyj.bsky.social

Director of the Railway Heritage Trust. But I get distracted by military history, the natural world, Yorkshire, classic aircraft, beer, cheese…etc etc

@sogorg.bsky.social

🌳 A charity with the unique purpose of helping people to discover their place in history. 📜 Preserving the records of everyday lives & promoting family histories. 📍 Explore more: sog.org.uk #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #HistoryMatters

@mainlymuseums.bsky.social

A personal take on museums big and small from contributors across the globe.

@nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy

We are a non-ministerial department, and the official archive and publisher for the UK Government, and for England and Wales. [bridged from https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/ on the web: https://fed.brid.gy/web/nationalarchives.gov.uk ]

@atinybitwaring.bsky.social

Director of The Old Operating Theatre Museum. Previous: Science Museum, HSMOxford, Cambridge HPS & STS UCL. Material Culture, History of Science and Medicine. Easily distracted. Tea-drinker. Muma-bear. Own views.

@erinbeeston.bsky.social

'professional' neurospicy mama, historian, writer, researcher; amateur comedian

@historyworkshop.org.uk

// Radical History in a Digital Era // https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/ // || enriching the work of History Workshop Journal || https://academic.oup.com/hwj/ || \\ continuing the democratising spirit of the History Workshop movement \\

@chrisabbott.bsky.social

Theatre writer, reviewer for West End Best Friend. Pantomime enthusiast. Emeritus Reader, King's College London

@ninabake2.bsky.social

Independent engineering historian: women in engineering, motoring, aviation, construction. Writing book on women's motoring clubs worldwide. Ex-MN. Ex-Deacon Hammermen of Glasgow. OBE. No profile? I won't follow you https://womenengineerssite.wordpress.com

@ukdishisthub.bsky.social

UKDHHH is a network to allow those interested in Disabled, Neurodiverse, & D/deaf histories, from the ancient world to the modern era, to connect & collaborate. We are open to researchers, archivists, museum professionals, activists & everyone in-between.

@mattlodder.com

Senior Lecturer, University of Essex School of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies. Law Student. Historian of tattooing. Podcaster @beneaththeskinpod.history.tattoo. 'Painted People' and 'Tattoos' out now. ADHD.

@valerawlings.bsky.social

Writing about forgotten trade unionist Vale Rawlings and the ‘flycatcher girls’ strike. #LabourHistory #SocialHistory #tradeunions #Staffordshire Posts by Elaine Pritchard of Burton-on-Trent.

@noeldolphin.bsky.social

Electrify - everything today.... oh yes and public transportify it all. Was @noeldolphin on X.

@jtransporthist.bsky.social

The Journal of Transport History aims to circulate and promote the best and the widest possible range of peer reviewed analysis and commentary on all facets of transport pasts. More here: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/JTH

@christhedriver.bsky.social

Hello, I am a driver for SWR. All views my own and don't necessarily reflect those of South Western Railway. DM always open.

@earlyrailwaysconf.bsky.social

Since 1998 the International Early Railways Conference has been presenting and publishing the best, and most recent, research into Early Railways (in England 1604-1830) and Early Mainline Period (1830-1870), as well as the Classical and Medieval periods.

@coaltrimmers.bsky.social

Coal Trimmers at Cardiff, Penarth and Barry docks worked in the holds of ships levelling coal by shovel. This would ensure the coal would not move in transit and cause the ship to list or roll to one side.

@lshtmhistory.bsky.social

CHiPH is part of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social and at the forefront of historical research into public health and health services https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres/centre-history-public-health

@cycloxoxford.bsky.social

We campaign to put cycling at the heart of Oxford’s future. Our mission is to get more people cycling, more often, and more safely.

@robdale.bsky.social

Historian of Russia and the Soviet Union. Cyclist, marathon runner, train traveller. Based in Newcastle and York.

@craigmills.bsky.social

Approved Labour candidate for Cornwall Council - Essa ward. Union activist, and Railway worker. Family man and a grandad!

@justinepick.bsky.social

Historian of 19/20 c, sanitation & public health; social & political history of Birmingham (UK); Exec Sec for https://sshm.org/; admin for Midland History https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ymdh20/; trustee https://www.archiveswestmidlands.org.uk/

@badlyparkedox.bsky.social

@terrygh.bsky.social

Business historian, interested in railways, brewing, archives and Leicester City

@keatsbabe.bsky.social

Writer (Hist. Med. and mental health &FWW) ghostwriter, social historian, proofreader and bookseller. Survive my anxious life with poetry,especially John Keats, classic detectives, Lake District holidays, coffee and chocolate.

@bostonoxford.bsky.social

Historian mostly, bunch of degrees; sporty, ex-elite athlete; MTBer; geocacher. Not much of a follow-backer. My book: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/rebuilding-britains-blitzed-cities-9781350168800/

@saytheirnamesir.bsky.social

Public historian (Irish slaveholders), genealogist, lover of justice, neurodiversity, an teanga, planting trees & music. https://irishhistorians.ie/members/martine-brennan/ https://iaamcfh.omeka.net/s/IAAM_CFH/page/south-carolina-slavery-related-records

@lauracking.bsky.social

Historian, latest book Living with the Dead (open access, OUP, 2025). Interested everyday life, emotional relationships, and how history gets passed on. Love collaborating with people in and outside the University

@wdytyamagazine.bsky.social

Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine is Britain's best selling family history magazine. Follow for the latest family history news and advice. www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com

@natashaanson.bsky.social

PhD student (Durham Uni & Beamish Museum) researching nostalgia and working class heritage 🪩 she/her, views own, still figuring it out

@richard-holt.bsky.social

I’m a professional genealogist and also tutor for Pharos Tutors. #Genealogy

@hernebayrailway.bsky.social

Historian of Herne Bay railway history, Southeastern Railway employee, and Railway 200 exhibition curator. #Railway200

@northerneditorial.bsky.social

Copyeditor and writer. Theatre bod. Researches dead people. Art history student. Obsessed with old photos. Northerneditorial.co.uk

@phd2b.bsky.social

History PhD student researching 19th century railway finances, builder of model aeroplanes and reader of crime fiction. Father to a keeper of fancy rats.

@neurotimes.bsky.social

Historian of medicine, violence, and sport. I also love neurology, neuroscience and the human sciences. Author of books, articles, anthologies, and expert reports. Keywords: 19~20thC; health policy; indigenous studies; gender; CTE; concussion; TBI

@lynncabrams.bsky.social

Feminist, gardener, knitter, cyclist. Professor of Modern History Uni of Glasgow, gender history, oral history, textiles esp knit

@cemeteryclub.bsky.social

Cemeteries are museums of people! Exploring places of rest as social history. By public historian Sheldon K. Goodman (he/him). ⚰️ 🏛💀 🏳️‍🌈

@harchivestrust.bsky.social

Supporting the preservation & conservation of #Hampshire related archives. Raising awareness of the county's rich & diverse documented past. Join us! https://hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/

@clairelanghamer.bsky.social

Director of the Institute of Historical Research. Sometimes writes about history and feeling.

@chris56cornell.bsky.social

Retired optical lab manager. Volunteer at Heritage steam railway, usually in the gift shop. Love family history

@gerwyn.uk

He/him Welsh gay guy living in Manchester with his cat. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈🐈 Recently divorced, ADHD / AuDHD. gerwyn.uk

@julienburcher.bsky.social

@alexhornbyrail.bsky.social

Commercial & Customer Director at Northern. Passionate about the people and places we serve, and the teams who help us do it.

@glamorganfhs.bsky.social

Family history society researching Glamorgan ancestors since 1974. Website https://www.glamfhs.org.uk

@jdk653.bsky.social

Associate Director of Collections Services at Science Museum Group, walker, fan: maps, culture, heritage, local distinctiveness. Gay, use hearing aids. Views own

@natashahouseman.bsky.social

Born in Yorkshire. Live in Camden. Love both. Passionately & ambitiously creating a more sustainable people focussed world alongside geeking out on #FamilyHistory. Everything I say or do is personal.