All posts AudioSecurity Service file release March 2010Monday 8 March 2010Professor Christopher Andrew, formerly official historian of MI5 and author of ‘The Defence of...AudioKindertransport: Britain’s rescue planFriday 26 February 2010The Wiener Library holds many personal accounts of children evacuated from Nazi Germany, Austria...AudioFashion or ration: Hartnell, Amies and dressing for the BlitzThursday 18 February 2010How did the fashionable woman of the Second World War and post war era...AudioTracing ancestors in Nelson’s NavyMonday 8 February 2010An overview of the essential finding aids and documents held by The National Archives...VideoUFO file release February 2010Monday 1 February 2010Dr David Clarke, an expert in UFO history, guides us through the highlights of...AudioMedieval warfare: sources and approachesFriday 29 January 2010An exploration of how records created by the crown before 1485 can be used...AudioNew Britons – Immigration to the United KingdomFriday 22 January 2010Mark Peasall looks at immigration into Britain from the 16th to the 20th century...AudioShop workers: tracing your retail ancestorsThursday 14 January 2010We all go shopping, albeit with varying degrees of enthusiasm, and many of us...AudioNew files from 1979Wednesday 30 December 2009An introduction to newly releases files from 1979, covering subjects such as the winter...AudioFrom cotton spinning to coffins: specifications for patents of inventionFriday 18 December 2009Patents of invention cover a vast range of ideas, from the industrial and agricultural...AudioEducation in 1911Friday 4 December 2009What was education like for the majority of children in 1911, the year when...AudioTransportation to AustraliaMonday 30 November 2009Over 162,000 British and Irish convicts were transported to Australia between 1787 and 1868.... « 1 … 59 60 61 62 63 … 91 »