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A warm welcome to #OnePlaceWednesday! As always, use the hashtag to join or follow the conversation about anything and everything relating to #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite. What places / people / events / sources are you focusing on this week?

#OnePlaceWednesday.
Image: Photo of a large country house (Fawsley Hall), looking slightly misty in the early midsummer morning light, and partially hidden behind trees. The rough pasture in front of the house is looking rather overgrown, with tall grass and lots of nettle patches.
One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

SFStreets: History of San Francisco Place Names

http://sfstreets.noahveltman.com/

#HackerNews #SFStreets #SanFrancisco #PlaceNames #HistoryOfSanFrancisco #UrbanExploration #LocalHistory

#Sheffield #Steam and Vintage Show is happening next weekend (28th and 29th June) on Rackford Road, North Anston (between Sheffield and Worksop)

Location: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/32694187#map=16/53.34987/-1.20762

I've never been but could be a fun day out!

#LocalHistory #CarShow

Visit us and have a great day out at our

51st Sheffield Steam & Vintage Rally

Rackford Road, North Anston, Nr Sheffield, 25 4DF (off the AS7 between Sheffield and Worksop) SAT 28th & SUN 29th JUNE 2025
Steam Engines & Rollers, Stationary Engines, Tractors, Cars, Commercial Vehicles, Motor Bikes, Caravans, Fair Organs, Ashleys Gallopers, Fairground, Models Displays, Land Train. Trade Stalls, Display & Exhibiton Stands, Arena Events, Bernese Carters, 'NODDY CAR@ - YAA Fundraiser - ALL WEEKEND

Gates open to Public 10am to 5pm

#AllestreePark in #Derby is celebrating 200 years of lake history this week.

A free event has been organised this Sunday.

Location: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23800746

If you must visit crappy facebook, this is the link: https://www.facebook.com/events/664869593036437/

Amongst others, James Glew (https://jamesglew.com/) from #EMOM will be playing 🎹 using a solar-powered PA.

🌳

#LocalHistory #NatureLovers #Wildlife #Lake #SolarPV

Allestree Park Lake 200 Celebration
Sunday 22nd June

Free event for all to celebrate 200 years of Allestree Lake’s history!
Wide variety of nature & history themed activities along with local community groups on the Oak Furlong field by the lake.

All set to solar powered music with some live local bands & solo artists to help us celebrate in style.
Bring a picnic blanket along with some family & friends to enjoy the day.

Programme:
10am: guided bird walk around the lake
11-3pm: Family activities and meet local community groups. Acoustic music (1-3pm).
4-6pm: Live music with local bands & solo artists

For more information visit:
facebook.com/FriendsOfAllestreePark or email friendsofallestreepark@outlook.com

The WA state history conference is going to be in Cockburn this year, 12-14 September:

https://www.cockburn.wa.gov.au/City-and-Council/Events-and-News/Events-and-Workshops/Culture/ROYALS-Conference-Faces-and-Spaces-of-Cockburn

#Perth #events #Cockburn #localHistory

Banner image wtih "Faces and Spaces of Cockburn" written alongside a montage of historical photos etc.

Checking in on Suzie Morley’s Debenham, Suffolk, England One-Place Study🔗 website for #OnePlaceWednesday, I noticed that the number of villages encompassed by that OPS has expanded. A great resource for #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory in the #Debenham area of #Suffolk!

Debenham One-Place Study.
Image: Photo of the Debenham village sign, with features including a ram, a house, the village church, and sheaves of wheat.
One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

In the 19th Century, Coalbrookdale was often described as ‘Hell On Earth’ due to the impact of Industrialisation. Perhaps it was this environment that contributed to tragedy below. All I know is that William Maybury deserves to be remembered.

https://nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-coalbrookdale-suicide-some-thoughts.html

#History #Victorians #Shropshire #Industry #industrialhistory #localhistory

The Georgia Room at Switzer Library in Marietta, Georgia#collections #localhistory #libraries #section-Atlas
The Georgia Room at Switzer Library

69,000 railway company records released!🔗 Great news from @rwldproject.bsky.social‬ the Railway Work, Life & Death project as its database of railway staff accidents grows to around 125,000 cases! Check out the new records, all from England and Wales. #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudies

Image: An old sepia toned photo of three railway workers standing with their backs to a train and its carriages.

A warm welcome to #OnePlaceWednesday and the wonderful world of #OnePlaceStudies the day is devoted to! Questions about this cracking combination of #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory? OPS-related news, views, blog posts, ideas, pics etc to share? Post them with the hashtag!

#OnePlaceWednesday.
Image: Photo of a view looking across some well-grazed pasture to a large Cedar of Lebanon tree on the right, and, on the left and a little further away, a large, two-storey, stone-built country house (Fawsley Hall). To the left of the house, in the middle of the picture and partially hidden by the Cedar and a large Laurel hedge, is a single-storey, brick-built building with a white clock tower on its roof.
One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

Lost Buildings of Ringwood🔗, a talk by Alex Bancroft, will launch The #Ringwood Society's latest exhibition of the same name. Tuesday July 1st at Ringwood Meeting House & History Centre. #LocalHistory #HouseHistory #OnePlaceWednesday

Today we went to the "Artisan Fair & Steam Event" #Papplewick #PumpingStation in #Ravenshead near #Nottingham (https://papplewickpumpingstation.org.uk/).
They were running the steam engine, there were 3 traction engines (various scales!), and you could have a tour round the brick-lined, vaulted-ceiling water storage structure, which sadly stopped being used in 1906 when a crack was found in one of the walls.

#LocalHistory #TractionEngines #SteamPower

Working scale model of a traction engine.
The current owner bought it second-hand and spent a long time stripping it down, fixing it, and repainting it.
It looked amazing, but cost around £30,000!! Not sure if that is before or after the renovation.

"G Saint & Family Papplewick Notts" traction engine.
The engine is idling, with steam coming out of the chimney.
The engine itself is painted a dark red, with a black roof.

The same engine, with a closeup of a copper kettle that has been plumbed into the engine to provide hot water.
The handle is still attached, but it pretty useless, as the kettle is unmovable! There is a little tap on the side at the bottom to access the hot water.

A picture showing the underground water storage structure with amazing vaulted-ceilings, that was used from the 1880 until 1906, when a crack was found in one of the walls, although a reason was never recorded, could have been due to subsidence.
Apparently it holds about 1.5m gallons.

The acoustics were amazing!
Sometimes choirs go to perform down here.

It's #OnePlaceWednesday! Join in by using the hashtag to post, at any time today, about #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite. Questions? Ask them! OPS updates, resources, blog posts, links, pictures? Share them! About One-Place Studies🔗 | Registered Studies🔗 | Join Us🔗

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Image: Photo of a view centred on a small village in West Northamptonshire, its church (with spire) and houses nestled amongst trees. In the foreground is a field and hedgerow; beyond the village is highter ground, partly wooded and partly farmed.
One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

☝️ Tonight! #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite.

#OnePlaceWednesday is here again! Have you got questions about #OnePlaceStudies? Do you have news, images, blog posts or other updates, relating to one-place studies or the fields of #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory which they combine? Share them with the hashtag, at any time during the day!

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Image: A photo of part of the East side of Fawsley Hall, constructed largely of honey-coloured limestone. The great hall, in the centre, features an oriel, which rises above the lowest part of the red-tiled roof but not quite to the height of the top-most part.
One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

Велике інтерв'ю Степана Бандери іноземним журналістам 1950 року

Пряма мова самого Бандери, яка черговий доказ доводить за що насправді і проти кого він боровся. Які ідеали, інтереси та переконання відстоював. Ще тоді, у 50х, він все знав і передбачив. Фактично, це філософ, стратег і політик світового рівня.

https://spadok.org.ua/ukrayinskyy-vyzvolnyy-rukh/velyke-interv-iu-stepana-bandery-inozemnym-zhurnalistam-1950-roku

#retro #history #localhistory #Ukraine #ukrainians #історія #постаті #interview #UPA #ОУН

Ey up me duck, I've just discovered this treasure trove of historical photos of Nottingham, digitised on behalf of the local studies library.

#Photography #LocalHistory #Nottingham

Picture Nottingham – Historical Photo Archive of Nottingham
https://picturenottingham.co.uk/

After writing about the #UpstateNewYork carpet heiress/big game hunter/POW in Germany, I paid a tiny bit of attention to her famous polo player brother, once on the cover of Time Magazine – though I was more interested in the time he was fined for bringing too many ducks into New York State:
https://hoxsie.org/2025/04/28/polo-player-nabbed-as-game-violator/ #localhistory #AmsterdamNY #UpstateHistory

It's #OnePlaceWednesday and on this last day of April, Spring has well and truly sprung in many of our Northern hemisphere study places! We look forward as always to your posts, with the hashtag, about anything and everything relating to #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory & #LocalHistory unite.

#OnePlaceWednesday.
Image: Photo of part of a woodland. The ground beneath the trees (the nearest of which has a very long branch stretching out from the trunk, on the left, across to the right) is carpeted with the green leaves and blue flowers of Bluebells.
One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

Grateful for community support that made 17th Century Tottenville History Comes Alive possible:
•COSHSI grant (1999)
• NY Public Library workshops
• NY State Assembly recognition as "Staten Island Woman in History" (2002)
• Local TV coverage including that of Gabe Pressman on WNBC

The interactive workshops revealed stories and connections no archive could provide.

Get your copy: https://www.amazon.com/Century-Tottenville-History-Comes-Alive/dp/B08WK2LD44
#CommunityHistory #HistoricalPreservation #LocalHistory #TottenvilleHistory

#localhistory

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