Category: Social history AudioI’m All Right Jack! Britain in 1959Friday 12 March 2010The famous Boulting Brothers film ‘I’m All Right Jack!’ was released just over 50...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...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...AudioRailway disasters: an introductionFriday 13 November 2009This talk looks at some of the most famous railway accidents and disasters of...AudioRoll up, roll up: the evolution of the circus 10-in-1 showFriday 30 October 2009Circus sideshows have fascinated people for centuries. From the bearded lady to PT Barnum,...AudioApprenticeship records for family historiansFriday 23 October 2009In this talk, Mark Pearsall, The National Archives’ family history specialist, focuses on the...AudioThe Truth is in Here: UFOs at The National ArchivesThursday 8 October 2009From ghost rockets in Scandinavia to mysterious spheres tracked over Eritrea, the Past Masters... « 1 … 16 17 18 19 20 … 31 »