Greenhead College History department
Huddersfield, England
Joined October 2014
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“They gave their tomorrows for our todays”. Lest we forget. @GreenheadCol #RemembranceDay
Fantastic day accompanying our talented @MusicGreenhead students to @musicforyouth events in Birmingham. They were all stars as indeed were all the other performers. What a celebration of talent, dedication and collaboration! @GreenheadCol
Simon Schama: can Charles III’s coronation speak to modern Britain? ft.com/content/d744e0d5-c5b9…
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#TheRestlessRepublic is out in paperback on Friday! Just £9.99. Retweet for a free signed copy, winner chosen at random by Fidget the Cat on Saturday morning. (Plus optional paw print 🐾)
@WmCollinsBooks #cats
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Today is #HolocaustMemorialDay - the international day to remember the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside millions of other people murdered under Nazi persecution of other groups, and in more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. #HMD2023
A privilege to accept @KirkleesDofE award on behalf of @GreenheadCol students and staff tonight. They demonstrated great commitment and perseverance in successfully completing their Gold Award throughout the pandemic. P.S. Couldn’t have happened without BF! 🤩
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Want to banish the January blues? Then come along to the fantastic Greenhead College Music Department @MusicGreenhead @GreenheadCol Gala Concert! We are very pleased to be supporting this wonderful competition which showcases the talent of local young musicians.
Hugely enjoyable immersive production of Dickens’ finest. Bravo to the cast, designers, costume, make-up, technicians, sound team and directors! @GreenheadCol
What a marvellous eclectic mix of performances tonight. Bravo to one and all! 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻 @MusicGreenhead @GreenheadCol
To our @GreenheadCol students, hope you got the A Level results you wanted today. What a crazy 2 years you experienced but your hard work and tenacity are to be admired. You will be remembered. Good luck for the future!
A real treat to hear our ⭐️ @GreenheadCol students back performing live. Well done @MusicGreenhead for putting on such a splendid summer show!
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Today marks #WindrushDay2022 , a day celebrating the contribution of the Windrush Generation and their descendants to the UK.
74 years ago, passengers disembarked from HMT Empire Windrush.
We hold the passenger lists from Empire Windrush in our collection.
📷: BT 26/1237
ALT Passenger list from the HMT Empire Windrush
bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-a… Useful link after exploring Post-Colonial ties this week with our A2 Historians.
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By about 1300 memories of the First Crusade had become the focal point of a wide array of traditions. Some of these are still with us, often in forms that are not immediately apparent.
From the May issue:
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Although the Easter Rising failed, it sparked a growing and, in time, effective sympathy for the nationalist cause.
The attempt to overthrow British rule and found an Irish Republic began #OnThisDay in 1916.
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I am sorry to report the death on 8 April of Keith Dockray, medievalist and early modernist, and author of many books on the Wars of the Roses. He was also, briefly, my colleague @HistoryatHud. He had been there for 20 years when I arrived in 1993 and helped me find my feet. 1/n
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In 1464, England's most eligible bachelor, King Edward IV, shocked the nation by announcing that he had taken a bride: Elizabeth Woodville. @PrufrocksPeach explores what’s known of their marriage bit.ly/3v37rLk
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We are sad to report the recent passing away of Professor Eric Evans. Professor Evans spent most of his professional career with us at Lancaster, making important contributions to the study of modern British history. You can find his obituary here: portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intra…
