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Philip Mallis 🇺🇦Tomorrow I'll be on ABC Radio Melbourne as a guest with David Astle on his 'Victorian Evenings' programme.We'll be talking about retro shopping centres and perhaps some other local history topics from 8pm on Wednesday 19 March.Tune in on your radio to 774 AM or online: <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/live/melbourne" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/listen/live/melbourne</a><a href="https://aus.social/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#radio</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LocalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LocalHistory</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Melbourne</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australia</a>

Society for One-Place StudiesResearching <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FamilyHistory" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FamilyHistory</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23LocalHistory" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LocalHistory</a> or <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23OnePlaceStudies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnePlaceStudies</a> in <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Dorset" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dorset</a>? Digitised maps and field books from the Valuation Office Survey of 1910-15 (a.k.a. the Lloyd George Domesday Survey) covering the county have just been released by The Genealogist—check out their <a href="https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/news/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">News and Articles from 2025</a>.

Carl JohnsonThe first college radio broadcast, in 1920, was under the personal call letters of Wendell W. King, a Black Union College student, the chief engineer and an avid amateur radio hobbyist from the age of 12.WRUC did an excellent job telling his story, including the race-based discrimination he faced at <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Schenectady" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Schenectady</a> General Electric. You can read it here:<a href="https://www.union.edu/news/stories/201708/making-waves-race-radio-and-legacy-wendell-king-24" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.union.edu/news/stories/201708/making-waves-race-radio-and-legacy-wendell-king-24</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackHistoryMonth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/UpstateNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UpstateNY</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LocalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LocalHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SchenectadyNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SchenectadyNY</a>

AnneTheWriterI saw this while researching <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genealogy</a> in old newspapers:"He decided to exit the highway where there wasn't an exit..." 😂[from the "Daily Herald" (DuPage County, Illinois, USA) 03 February 2004, Page 9]<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ThrowbackThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThrowbackThursday</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illinois</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LocalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LocalHistory</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LocalNewspapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LocalNewspapers</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewspaperArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewspaperArchives</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Newspapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newspapers</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewspapersDotCom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewspapersDotCom</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Roadways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Roadways</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewspaperClippings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewspaperClippings</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RoadwaySafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RoadwaySafety</a>

Sammie 🐨🦘Fantastic episode of The House Detective as she breaks down research on a c1916 Ipswich Queenslander style house. I love that she mentions the Picture Ipswich collection 😁 <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LocalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LocalHistory</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/QueenslanderHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QueenslanderHouse</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/IpswichQld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IpswichQld</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/nx1Yhh0PR-s?si=aWVsSBDiw9PziBxE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/nx1Yhh0PR-s?si=aWVsSBDiw9PziBxE</a>

Carl JohnsonWorking on a fun <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LocalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LocalHistory</a> piece, and it turns out that I've written about "Lefty Pierce" before without knowing it – under his real name, he's featured in a fairly famous photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine of a group of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Albany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Albany</a> newsboys. More to come. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AlbanyNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlbanyNY</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/UpstateNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UpstateNY</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/UpstateNewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UpstateNewYork</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/UpstateHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UpstateHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AlbanyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlbanyHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#histodons</a>

Rev.Hans@SacredBodies.ca :mstdnca:My mother just published her book. I’m super proud of her. If you’re interested in what a mid-century Vancouver Island marginal Mennonite woman’s life was/is like please take a look! The pic is of my Mom and my Dad in 1959, in Black Creek. <a href="https://bit.ly/3PttMwe" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3PttMwe</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/vi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vi</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/mennonite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mennonite</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/localhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#localhistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/womenshistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#womenshistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/vancouverisland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vancouverisland</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/comoxvalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#comoxvalley</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/vi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@vi</a>

Atlas ObscuraBlutgassenviertel in Vienna, AustriaOne of the Austrian capital's oldest (and perhaps most haunted) alleys allegedly has a bloody past that gave it its name.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=localhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#localhistory</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=haunted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#haunted</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#names</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#section-Atlas</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/blutgassenviertel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Blutgassenviertel</a>

Atlas ObscuraNekonoike Tunnel in Kamakura, JapanThis unassuming tunnel’s name recalls a storied "cat pond" that has now been lost.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=localhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#localhistory</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=pond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pond</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cats</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=tunnels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tunnels</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#section-Atlas</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nekonoike-tunnel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Nekonoike Tunnel</a>

Atlas ObscuraMimeguri Shrine in Tokyo, JapanThis shrine is home to an unusual trifold torii and a replica Trafalgar Square lion.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mythology</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=localhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#localhistory</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=foxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foxes</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=shrines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shrines</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#section-Atlas</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mimeguri-shrine" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Mimeguri Shrine</a>

The Wedale BookshopSomething a bit different for you today! Visitors are often pleasantly surprised to find a bookseller in Stow but we’re not the first to be established here. Sanderson & Son was in Stow around a century ago and was one of many businesses now lost to history. We’re lucky to own this little picture book of local views which was produced by this Stow bookseller and was once owned by the family of famous bookseller James Thin, whose summer residence was also in Stow! <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/localbookshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#localbookshop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/localhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#localhistory</a>

Atlas ObscuraGood Grief in Boundary County, IdahoPopulation: three people, two dogs, and one old grouch.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=signs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#signs</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#names</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=localhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#localhistory</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#section-Atlas</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/good-grief-idaho" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Good Grief</a>

KakeNew instance, new <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> — hello, I’m Kake, I live in South London, and I like making things.I make all my own clothes (except for socks), and I make patchworked textiles using my own hand-dyed fabrics. Sometimes I embroider them.I’m part of the creator team on the Discworld MUD; in other words, I help to build a game that’s set in an immersive world made entirely out of words, and I do this with a mix of creative writing, bad puns, programming, bugfixing, and esoteric knowledge of a 30-year-old codebase. <a href="http://discworld.starturtle.net/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://discworld.starturtle.net/</a>I’m good at cooking, but I’m mainly interested in simplifying it so it doesn’t take time away from the other things I want to do. I like to develop fast-to-prepare recipes with vegetables and pulses and wholegrains. I’m an omnivore, and I generally prefer fish to meat.I spent several years writing an ongoing local history of the land and buildings along a road near my house, but I put this on pause after the pandemic started, when I ran out of the material I’d already researched. One day I might pick it up again. <a href="https://london-road-croydon.org/history/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://london-road-croydon.org/history/</a>Also, in no particular order, and not limited to: trans people are valid, immigrants make societies better, it’s OK to be fat, the Fediverse has a racism problem, women are not second-class citizens, Israel’s genocidal behaviour is an outrage, disabled people have value.<a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Sewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sewing</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Quilting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Quilting</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Dyeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dyeing</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Embroidery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Embroidery</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cooking</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Discworld</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InteractiveFiction</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameDev</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Croydon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Croydon</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/LocalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LocalHistory</a>

Atlas Obscura'The Lacrosse Players' in La Crosse, WisconsinThis downtown statue pays tribute to the Native American game that gave the city of La Crosse its name.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=sculptures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sculptures</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=nativeamericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nativeamericans</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=localhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#localhistory</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indigenous</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#names</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=statues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statues</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=sports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sports</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#section-Atlas</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-lacrosse-players" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">'The Lacrosse Players'</a>

Atlas ObscuraOld School Privy in Genoa, OhioThis 19th-century outhouse has been recognized as a historic site.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=localhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#localhistory</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=bathrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bathrooms</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#section-Atlas</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/old-school-privy-outhouse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Old School Privy</a>

Atlas ObscuraChester L. Krause Legacy Park in Iola, WisconsinThis rural park in central Wisconsin honors one of the world’s most prominent numismatists.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=localhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#localhistory</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=parks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parks</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=memorials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#memorials</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=coins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coins</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=statues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statues</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#section-Atlas</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/chester-l-krause-legacy-park" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Chester L. Krause Legacy Park</a>

Atlas ObscuraFire Hydrant Plug Preserve in Brisbane, CaliforniaThis California town keeps a graveyard of its retired, decorated fire hydrants.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=artoutside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artoutside</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infrastructure</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=tradition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tradition</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=localhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#localhistory</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=firefighters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#firefighters</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#section-Atlas</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/fire-hydrant-plug-preserve-brisbane" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Fire Hydrant Plug Preserve</a>

Atlas ObscuraThe Green Man of Portland in Portland, OregonA Portland legend tells of small green archers shooting random passersby with visionary arrows.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=localhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#localhistory</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=signs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#signs</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=statues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statues</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#section-Atlas</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/green-man-of-portland" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Green Man of Portland</a>

Alex (2025 Edition)I see the remaining genealogists have finally given up on The Bad Place, greetings and salutations to any of you that have made it here to Mastodon. <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genealogy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/LocalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LocalHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/OnePlaceStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnePlaceStudies</a>

Atlas ObscuraGrave of the Last Court Jester in Berkeley, EnglandThe final resting place of Dicky Pearce, the last court jester in England.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=localhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#localhistory</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=history&culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history&culture</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=gravestones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gravestones</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=graves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#graves</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#section-Atlas</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/last-court-jester-grave" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Grave of the Last Court Jester</a>

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