Tag: Georgian
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Picking Up Threads or Spinning New Yarns? Presentation
I presented a paper (‘Picking Up Threads or Spinning New Yarns? Investigating the Uncanny in Industrial Communities’) at this year’s (2025) DVMWHS Research Workshop, in the Strutt Centre, Belper, today, summarising the IF project. For any who were unable to make it; and audience members who might find further perusal useful; I’ve provided the content…
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Exploring Otherworld Derby: Fact and Fiction
Industrial Folkways’ investigations begin in and around Derby, due to the availability and accessibility of both existing evidence, and previous research; and (informed by the primary and secondary sources), the potential for finding further data of relevance to the project. In an old town like this, we can reach out and touch the past: it’s…
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(Un-)decking the Halls
Sadly, the time has come to take down (most of) the Christmas decorations – including this kissing bough, made for the Markeaton event, at the end of November (pictured here, before installation outside – to keep fresh for bringing in again on Christmas Eve). Although this decoration has now shrivelled due to central heating, other…
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Interactive Guide Quiz Part Two: At the Hall Answers
Points are awarded for each part of the answer, with a total of 55. Let Industrial Folkways know how you’ve done by 28 December through the Quiz Completion questionnaire, and you can download a participation certificate; or share your scores through project social media, to get a shout-out for taking part.
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Interactive Guide Quiz Part One: A Walk in the Park Answers
Points are awarded for each part of the answer, with a total of 30. Let Industrial Folkways know how you’ve done by 28 December through the Quiz Completion questionnaire, and you can download a participation certificate; or share your scores through project social media, to get a shout-out for taking part.
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Dickensian Derbyshire Country Christmas Interactive Guide Quiz Part 2: At the Hall
The second part of the quiz is based on the content of the second section of the Dickensian Derbyshire Country Christmas Interactive Guide: At the Hall. The answers to each question are allocated points, so that groups of families and friends can in they like compete against one another, the highest number winning. The answers…
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Dickensian Derbyshire Country Christmas Interactive Guide Quiz Part 1: A Walk in the Park
The first part of the quiz is based on the content of the first section of the Dickensian Derbyshire Country Christmas Interactive Guide: A Walk in the Park. The answers to each question are allocated points, so that groups of families and friends can in they like compete against one another, the highest number winning.…
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Pickwick in the Park: Cut-out coach card Christmas Craft Activity!
Introduction This activity follows on from the Pickwick in the Park: Seasonal Soundscapes Activity, which explores the auditory environment with particular regard to the location of toll-roads and -gates near and next to Markeaton Park in the 1830s – as discussed in the Interactive Guide. The guide also considered the significance of coach travel at…
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Pickwick in the Park: Seasonal Soundscapes Activity
The Dickensian Derbyshire Country Christmas Interactive Guide considers the sights, sounds, and other sensations that visitors to Markeaton Hall could have encountered in the late Georgian – early Victorian era (1820s – 1830s), including those from the immediate environs, such as adjacent roads. The guide therefore discusses nearby toll-roads and -houses shown on mid-1830s maps…
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The Story of the Cup: Creative Writing Competition!
Part 2 of the Finding Festive Feasts Quiz briefly mentioned that porcelain cup sherds, dating to the late 1700s, were found during excavations of the stables and stable-yard (in what is now the Craft Village) at Markeaton.* Archaeological evidence (discussed in the Interactive Guide) points towards stable workers living in the loft above the tack…