All posts AudioThe parish: administration and recordsFriday 7 November 2008For hundreds of years the parish was the most important unit of local government....AudioVoices of the Armistice: Haig’s war diary, 29 October 1918Friday 7 November 2008Third extract from the diary of Field Marshal Douglas Haig. Original document catalogue reference:...AudioVoices of the Armistice: Haig’s war diary, 19 October 1918Thursday 6 November 2008Extract from the diary of Field Marshal Douglas Haig in the final weeks of...VideoA border crossing between Hungary and Austria 1956Wednesday 5 November 2008In the clip we see a small border checkpoint. Gradually more and more refuges...VideoHungary 1956Wednesday 5 November 2008In the film we see Soviet tanks and troops in the streets of Budapest,...AudioVoices of the Armistice: Haig’s war diary, 10 October 1918Wednesday 5 November 2008Extract from the diary of Field Marshal Douglas Haig in the final weeks of...AudioVoices of the Armistice: German soldier’s war diaryTuesday 4 November 2008The translation of a German soldier’s diary from August to September 1916. Original document...AudioVoices of the Armistice: Gas attack!Monday 3 November 2008An account of a gas attack in May 1915. Original document catalogue reference: WO 32/5169...AudioVoices of the Armistice: letters from the Front, March 1918Friday 31 October 2008Final extract of correspondence from employees of the Great Western Railway on active service....AudioCustoms and Excise service recordsThursday 30 October 2008Everyone hates taxes! Find out what Dr Johnson thought of them in this talk...AudioVoices of the Armistice: letters from the Front, October 1917Thursday 30 October 2008The third extract of correspondence from employees of the Great Western Railway on active...AudioVoices of the Armistice: letters from the Front, March 1916Wednesday 29 October 2008Further correspondence from employees of the Great Western Railway on active service. Original document... « 1 … 67 68 69 70 71 … 90 »