USING PRESERVICA FOR DIGITAL CONTINUITY In this age of information superhighways and instant access to data on the internet, we’ve grown accustomed to expecting instant information on demand 24/7 and that it will always be there at our fingertips whenever we need it. We take for granted the idea of preservation and assume that, provided […]
Read More OUR DIGITAL HISTORY NEED NOT BECOME A MYSTERYExperience the Past with the ‘What Was Here?’ app Free to download on Google Play or the App Store (search ‘what was here’) I’ve strolled around the beautiful town of Pocklington many times before, seen it’s bustling centre and quiet winding alleyways around the churchyard, but never before like this. My walk in Pocklington, using […]
Read More Pocklington – Tour The TownReflections on my Traineeship by Olivia Northrop (former trainee at East Riding Archives) In October 2019, I started my traineeship with The National Archives’ (TNA) ‘Bridging The Digital Gap‘ scheme, designed to increase digital skills in the Archives sector and also develop my own abilities in this area. I was seconded for 15 months to […]
Read More Bridging The Digital GapHalloween Night Broadcast Editor’s Note: This competition has now closed. As years go, the mere whisper of ‘2020’ will send a shiver down the spine for quite some time and, as we enter the darker months, the ghoulish season creeps upon us; Halloween! Traditionally, thought to be a Celtic holiday, in modern times it has […]
Read More Haunting The ArchivesThe ‘Snail Water’ (archive-ref DDHI/58/1/1) It’s now 205 years since the Battle of Waterloo, that famous victory over the ‘old enemy’ France. As a nation we tend to revel in the traditional rivalry between the British and the French but, thankfully, today this is a friendly one. Nevertheless, we still enjoy drawing comparisons between our […]
Read More 17th Century ‘Smoothie’by Naomi Peach Volunteer and History Graduate (guest contributor) As a keen baker and recent history graduate, the idea of trying my hand at some recipes from the East Riding Archives seemed right up my street. After perusing some of the recipes on the blog, I decided to give Mrs Wilson’s Gingerbread (1907) (archive-ref DDX1882/1) […]
Read More Mrs Wilson’s Gingerbread (1907)Using historical criminal justice records by Professor Helen Johnston Professor of Criminology, University of Hull (guest contributor) During 2017 and 2018, we led a collaborative public engagement project funded by the AHRC called ‘Our Criminal Ancestors‘ and we continue to work with a range of archives, museums and heritage organisations to engage the public in […]
Read More Our Criminal AncestorsLockdown has had many of us finally getting around to clearing out lofts, sheds and bookshelves and rediscovering family albums. I’ve certainly been forced to confront some overflowing cupboards and drawers although I have to admit any space I managed to free up has only encouraged me to buy more books. While we turn to […]
Read More Taking Time to Preserve your Documents at HomeLast year we gave you an app to turn back time. A virtual ‘time machine’ on your smartphone or tablet device to let you see what used to be at various locations across Hull and East Yorkshire, using historic photos. Pretty cool stuff – but what if we told you that was only half the […]
Read More Map To The Past, and Back To The FutureAnn Schofield’s Recipe for ‘Lemon Biscuits’, 1754 (archive-ref DDSD/643) When you work in a place like East Riding Archives, you can’t help but look into some of your own genealogy, or ‘family history’ as it were. It’s partly because doing so is good training for helping others to trace their ancestors, but also having all […]
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