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A Postcard From The Past National Mills Weekend

Posted on May 11, 2019 by

Don’t forget that National Mills Weekend is starting today. Water and windmills are quite magical places and have been a part of our landscape for hundreds of years. Not only are they places of peaceful contemplation, they are the guardians … Continue reading →

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Place Attachment

Posted on February 18, 2019 by

Landscape enlarges conciseness, we form place attachment so quickly, we don’t need to try. Place attachment is the way we relate, interact, experience and understand our relationship with our environment, our memory and our past. Wetton Mill is where I … Continue reading →

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A Significant Date

Posted on October 23, 2018 by

Friday 26th October 2018 marks the 160th anniversary of the first water to be pumped from Sandfields Pumping Station, Lichfield to the industrial Black Country in the industrial Midlands. The nineteenth century witnessed significant changes to the landscape. With the … Continue reading →

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A Black Jacket

Posted on September 11, 2016 by

Originally posted on DewsburyVictorianFamilies:
It’s interesting where this blog is leading me. I think I’m turning into a Victorian. Or at least, my culturally biased idea of a Victorian. Certainly my fashion sense has changed. I came across a Victorian…

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A Veil

Posted on July 10, 2016 by

Originally posted on DewsburyVictorianFamilies:
I’m fascinated with the idea of objects as a gateway to the past. The recipe book itself, of course is the original object linking me to Minnie, but I still keep my eye on eBay and…

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Making time for recycling

Posted on May 2, 2016 by

Some people think that recycling is a new idea, but in fact it has been around for years. Before the days of cheap mass produced products, things were made by the hand of the skilled craftsperson. Items were crafted with care, … Continue reading →

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A Dress

Posted on January 8, 2016 by

Originally posted on DewsburyVictorianFamilies:
I found this dress in an antique shop in Leominster:       I noticed it, went away and had a cup of coffee, then went back and bought it. I’d been thinking about Minnie and Dewsbury of…

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Pens, paper, scissors… It’s so easy to take these everyday objects for granted

Posted on December 22, 2015 by

This has to be one of the best short films I have seen for sometime now. It captures something very special, and something that not everyone can see, tacit knowledge. Just watch Cliff’s hands, and how he handles the scissors; … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Sandwich

Posted on July 28, 2015 by

Originally posted on DewsburyVictorianFamilies:
So, Eleanor sent George Finney a raspberry sandwich from Dewsbury to the trenches in France. What constituted a raspberry sandwich for the Kirk girls? I had a look in Minnie’s books to find out and discovered…

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History is not an Island, it is a Bridge to the Past

Posted on July 19, 2014 by

The attraction for ‘how things were’ is determined by a sense of wistfulness, and is driven by distant memories, stories and anecdotes told by parents, grandparents and other family members. This and other memories, images and feeling are created and … Continue reading →

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