Our #Archives30 pick for today is this beautiful reflection on a milkman's last days on the job.
It's hard to pick just one of these little films but the story of James McMeekan and his last days as a milkman is truly special.
Our apologies in advance for the tears.
Our apologies in advance for the tears.
Super 8 Stories: The Last Milk Round - View media
Over 129 years of moving images from Northern Ireland, featuring amateur and professional films from 1897 to 2026, brought to you by Northern Ireland Screen.
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April 4, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Our #Archives30 pick for today is this beautiful reflection on a milkman's last days on the job.
We do out best at the archives to uncover #HiddenHistories. Our volunteers index and digitise our records so you can access them more easily. Take the 1905 inebriates register - now digitised for you to search and view on our Flickr page: www.flickr.com/photo... #Archives30
April 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
We do out best at the archives to uncover #HiddenHistories. Our volunteers index and digitise our records so you can access them more easily. Take the 1905 inebriates register - now digitised for you to search and view on our Flickr page: www.flickr.com/photo... #Archives30
We always want to spend more time #CataloguingCollections but we've still published descriptions online for over 14000 records, files, books, periodicals, photographs and other material in the last 12 months. Thank you so much to our amazing Cataloguing Volunteers for their help!
#Archives30
#Archives30
April 10, 2026 at 1:20 PM
We always want to spend more time #CataloguingCollections but we've still published descriptions online for over 14000 records, files, books, periodicals, photographs and other material in the last 12 months. Thank you so much to our amazing Cataloguing Volunteers for their help!
#Archives30
#Archives30
#ArchivesToday In books owned by 18th c. poet Alexander Pope, he added marginalia comparing text variants, including 'Paradise Lost'. See it on display in the ‘Provenance’ exhibition, L2, Philip Robinson Library #Archives30 @arascot.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
#ArchivesToday In books owned by 18th c. poet Alexander Pope, he added marginalia comparing text variants, including 'Paradise Lost'. See it on display in the ‘Provenance’ exhibition, L2, Philip Robinson Library #Archives30 @arascot.bsky.social
At present a lot of our volunteers are working on indexing our school admission registers up to 1924. We are hoping to have them all indexed and ready to go online later this year. (This is a detail from the Tay Street Admissions Register)
#MiniMilestones #Archives30
#MiniMilestones #Archives30
April 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
At present a lot of our volunteers are working on indexing our school admission registers up to 1924. We are hoping to have them all indexed and ready to go online later this year. (This is a detail from the Tay Street Admissions Register)
#MiniMilestones #Archives30
#MiniMilestones #Archives30
I suppose it is fitting that one of our largest volumes is a scrapbook to commemorate the big event that was the Dundee 800 celebrations. Do you remember any events from 1991 to celebrate our 800th birthday? #SomethingBig #Archives30
April 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I suppose it is fitting that one of our largest volumes is a scrapbook to commemorate the big event that was the Dundee 800 celebrations. Do you remember any events from 1991 to celebrate our 800th birthday? #SomethingBig #Archives30
Setting up our Kangchenjunga 1955 exhibition - the photo album shown here is our newest donation.
It's the photo album of John Kempe and documents his 1953 Kangchenjunga reconnaissance- his work in 53 and 54 laid the foundation for the successful ascent in 1955. #ArchivesToday #Archives30
It's the photo album of John Kempe and documents his 1953 Kangchenjunga reconnaissance- his work in 53 and 54 laid the foundation for the successful ascent in 1955. #ArchivesToday #Archives30
April 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Setting up our Kangchenjunga 1955 exhibition - the photo album shown here is our newest donation.
It's the photo album of John Kempe and documents his 1953 Kangchenjunga reconnaissance- his work in 53 and 54 laid the foundation for the successful ascent in 1955. #ArchivesToday #Archives30
It's the photo album of John Kempe and documents his 1953 Kangchenjunga reconnaissance- his work in 53 and 54 laid the foundation for the successful ascent in 1955. #ArchivesToday #Archives30
El nostre #FavouriteItem és el dibuix d'Antoni Gaudí i Cornet de la secció transversal d’un paranimf d’una universitat 📄 #Archives30
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🔗https://f.mtr.cool/eomcpgozay
April 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
El nostre #FavouriteItem és el dibuix d'Antoni Gaudí i Cornet de la secció transversal d’un paranimf d’una universitat 📄 #Archives30
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/eomcpgozay
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/eomcpgozay
We don't have many hats in the Archives. This bicorn hat is part of the Guildry collection, and would have been worn by the Lord Dean of Guild. Until 1975 the LDG was a member of the Council committee. The Guildry is now a charitable organisation.
#UnusualArchives #Archives30
#UnusualArchives #Archives30
April 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
We don't have many hats in the Archives. This bicorn hat is part of the Guildry collection, and would have been worn by the Lord Dean of Guild. Until 1975 the LDG was a member of the Council committee. The Guildry is now a charitable organisation.
#UnusualArchives #Archives30
#UnusualArchives #Archives30
The last day of #Archives30 is #WhyArchives? They give us a tangible link to the people of the past which shows we're really not that different: which parent doesn't still write very clearly and carefully so their child can read that they love them?
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A father’s letter
When you work with archive collections, sometimes you come across something that makes you stop in your tracks – a document that takes your hand and transports you through time to its author,…
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April 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The last day of #Archives30 is #WhyArchives? They give us a tangible link to the people of the past which shows we're really not that different: which parent doesn't still write very clearly and carefully so their child can read that they love them?
recordoffice.wordpress.com/2018/03/14/a...
recordoffice.wordpress.com/2018/03/14/a...
This lovely colourful drawing shows the Derbyshire Miners' Welfare Convalescent Home in Skegness in 1927. You can even see the sand in the bottom right of the picture, showing just how close to the sea it was, compared with the miners' native Derbyshire.
#ColourfulArchives #Archives30
#ColourfulArchives #Archives30
April 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This lovely colourful drawing shows the Derbyshire Miners' Welfare Convalescent Home in Skegness in 1927. You can even see the sand in the bottom right of the picture, showing just how close to the sea it was, compared with the miners' native Derbyshire.
#ColourfulArchives #Archives30
#ColourfulArchives #Archives30
#Archives30 #ArchiveConservation
We are a completely digital moving image archive without storage capacity. This is where partnership matters.
When UTV was bought by ITV, the archive was to move to Leeds - a politically and culturally sensitive decision that Stormont moved to prevent.
We are a completely digital moving image archive without storage capacity. This is where partnership matters.
When UTV was bought by ITV, the archive was to move to Leeds - a politically and culturally sensitive decision that Stormont moved to prevent.
April 15, 2026 at 11:36 AM
#Archives30 #ArchiveConservation
We are a completely digital moving image archive without storage capacity. This is where partnership matters.
When UTV was bought by ITV, the archive was to move to Leeds - a politically and culturally sensitive decision that Stormont moved to prevent.
We are a completely digital moving image archive without storage capacity. This is where partnership matters.
When UTV was bought by ITV, the archive was to move to Leeds - a politically and culturally sensitive decision that Stormont moved to prevent.
This document has an interesting alleged story. It is a proof of nobility for Charles d'Autefort dated 1714. It is said that the parchment was used as the cover for a cartridge on a French ship during the revolutionary wars. #ArchiveTravel #Archives30
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April 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This document has an interesting alleged story. It is a proof of nobility for Charles d'Autefort dated 1714. It is said that the parchment was used as the cover for a cartridge on a French ship during the revolutionary wars. #ArchiveTravel #Archives30
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I’ve been doing #Archives30 on my instagram but I guess I could be posting here too? Incoming thread of personal/MPOW nonsense
April 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I’ve been doing #Archives30 on my instagram but I guess I could be posting here too? Incoming thread of personal/MPOW nonsense
This #ArchivePlan depicts the 1923 Wheldale Colliery Disaster nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/ac... from the archives of the National Union of Mineworkers warwick.ac.uk/services/lib.... Note "wollen cap" next to green circle 2 (F. Chambers). No 7 (J. Bibb) was 14 years old and died at the scene #Archives30
April 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This #ArchivePlan depicts the 1923 Wheldale Colliery Disaster nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/ac... from the archives of the National Union of Mineworkers warwick.ac.uk/services/lib.... Note "wollen cap" next to green circle 2 (F. Chambers). No 7 (J. Bibb) was 14 years old and died at the scene #Archives30
Even after his release, Pigott continued to correspond with the French scientific community, and our collection includes this letter sending thanks for their help bringing his work to the attention of the Emperor [Napoleon].
#Archives30
#Archives30
April 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Even after his release, Pigott continued to correspond with the French scientific community, and our collection includes this letter sending thanks for their help bringing his work to the attention of the Emperor [Napoleon].
#Archives30
#Archives30
#Archives30 and it's #PopularItem day.
Charlie Witherspoon, UTV's longest serving broadcaster, gathered strange & quirky tales such as this very odd ghost story (told by an even odder man).
Our folklore and ghost collection is definitely our most popular!
digitalfilmarchive.net/media/the-m1...
Charlie Witherspoon, UTV's longest serving broadcaster, gathered strange & quirky tales such as this very odd ghost story (told by an even odder man).
Our folklore and ghost collection is definitely our most popular!
digitalfilmarchive.net/media/the-m1...
The M1 Ghost Story - View media
Over 129 years of moving images from Northern Ireland, featuring amateur and professional films from 1897 to 2026, brought to you by Northern Ireland Screen.
digitalfilmarchive.net
April 5, 2026 at 7:39 AM
#Archives30 and it's #PopularItem day.
Charlie Witherspoon, UTV's longest serving broadcaster, gathered strange & quirky tales such as this very odd ghost story (told by an even odder man).
Our folklore and ghost collection is definitely our most popular!
digitalfilmarchive.net/media/the-m1...
Charlie Witherspoon, UTV's longest serving broadcaster, gathered strange & quirky tales such as this very odd ghost story (told by an even odder man).
Our folklore and ghost collection is definitely our most popular!
digitalfilmarchive.net/media/the-m1...
Our #PopularItem is C18th-19th Sun Fire Office policy registers! Fire was a real threat to property so many took out insurance against it. They weren't just insuring buildings either, here's a 1793 policy for Gilbert Pidcock who has insured a rhino. Yes, you read that correctly... 🦏 📖 #archives30
April 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Our #PopularItem is C18th-19th Sun Fire Office policy registers! Fire was a real threat to property so many took out insurance against it. They weren't just insuring buildings either, here's a 1793 policy for Gilbert Pidcock who has insured a rhino. Yes, you read that correctly... 🦏 📖 #archives30
Today's #Archives30 theme is #SomethingSmall. Here is a tiny button showing the logo of Menzieshill High School. Does anyone know what the logo represents - other than just it being an M for Menzieshill! Do you know what the shapes represent?
April 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Today's #Archives30 theme is #SomethingSmall. Here is a tiny button showing the logo of Menzieshill High School. Does anyone know what the logo represents - other than just it being an M for Menzieshill! Do you know what the shapes represent?
Find our toolkit, guidance and advice for #CommunityArchives on our website www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/article/3088... #Archives30
Community archives toolkit - Norfolk Record Office
www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk
April 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Find our toolkit, guidance and advice for #CommunityArchives on our website www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/article/3088... #Archives30
The ship was captured at Toulon by British forces in 1793 and then it made its way to the UK. The document then somehow ended up in the hands of the Wedderburn family of Pearsie. So quite a journey. #ArchiveTravel #Archives30
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April 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The ship was captured at Toulon by British forces in 1793 and then it made its way to the UK. The document then somehow ended up in the hands of the Wedderburn family of Pearsie. So quite a journey. #ArchiveTravel #Archives30
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#Archives30 month is celebrating #SoundandVision archives today. A great opportunity to share some of my work on music in 19th-century asylums. Most recently the amazing Crichton archives academic.oup.com/ml/advance-a...
Concerts and Cures at the Crichton Royal Institution, 1840–1860
ABSTRACT. The Crichton Royal Institution in Dumfries, founded in 1839, was renowned for its programme of educational and recreative activities, firmly part
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April 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
#Archives30 month is celebrating #SoundandVision archives today. A great opportunity to share some of my work on music in 19th-century asylums. Most recently the amazing Crichton archives academic.oup.com/ml/advance-a...
How’s this for #SomethingBig?
A display board of strike & unemployment stats (1320 x 910 mm if you must know) from the Report/IFL photo bureau archive, ‘modelled’ here by one of our gravity-defying archivists.
#Archives30
A display board of strike & unemployment stats (1320 x 910 mm if you must know) from the Report/IFL photo bureau archive, ‘modelled’ here by one of our gravity-defying archivists.
#Archives30
April 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
How’s this for #SomethingBig?
A display board of strike & unemployment stats (1320 x 910 mm if you must know) from the Report/IFL photo bureau archive, ‘modelled’ here by one of our gravity-defying archivists.
#Archives30
A display board of strike & unemployment stats (1320 x 910 mm if you must know) from the Report/IFL photo bureau archive, ‘modelled’ here by one of our gravity-defying archivists.
#Archives30
Per la darrera publicació de #Archives30 ens preguntem #WhyArchives Per què som importants els arxius?
Desitgem que a través de les nostres publicacions de #Archives30 i #ConeixlArxiuUPC us en pugueu fer una idea, però per a qui no hagi pogut seguir-les totes, us en fem un resum.
#ArxiuUPC #ODAUPC
Desitgem que a través de les nostres publicacions de #Archives30 i #ConeixlArxiuUPC us en pugueu fer una idea, però per a qui no hagi pogut seguir-les totes, us en fem un resum.
#ArxiuUPC #ODAUPC
April 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Per la darrera publicació de #Archives30 ens preguntem #WhyArchives Per què som importants els arxius?
Desitgem que a través de les nostres publicacions de #Archives30 i #ConeixlArxiuUPC us en pugueu fer una idea, però per a qui no hagi pogut seguir-les totes, us en fem un resum.
#ArxiuUPC #ODAUPC
Desitgem que a través de les nostres publicacions de #Archives30 i #ConeixlArxiuUPC us en pugueu fer una idea, però per a qui no hagi pogut seguir-les totes, us en fem un resum.
#ArxiuUPC #ODAUPC
There’s not a lot of animals in our archive, but one of our windows does give us a view of peregrine falcons #Archives30 #ArchiveAnimals
April 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
There’s not a lot of animals in our archive, but one of our windows does give us a view of peregrine falcons #Archives30 #ArchiveAnimals