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Taken back in time
Catherine Clark and Jacqueline Moore from Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library on special activity sessions with an historic twist
A GROUP of seven-year-old children put their X boxes and Playstations aside and were momentarily transported back a century in time when they took part in specially-arranged activity... [more] (6 comments)
Published: March 17, 2011
Earthquakes and revolutions
Archivist Catherine Clark from Whitehaven Record Office and Local Studies Library, talks about the amazing colour old records can provide
MANY of the school pupils who have a class visit to the Record Office – and I suspect, a fair number of our adult researchers – have the belief that local life in by-gone times was... [more]
Published: March 17, 2011
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