Tag Archives: history

Research communities

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Debbie Robson

It’s wonderful how research communities and people can cross paths. As mentioned in an earlier blog, World War I Link gathers a lot of these communities together under the one umbrella. My blog about the Scottish Women’s Hospitals is a member … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Oral History and the achievement of Sophia Turkiewicz

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Debbie Robson

Not everything makes it into the history books! Sophia Turkiewicz discovered this when she began to research her mother’s story in earnest. As she says herself: “Historians can tell lies. Their sins are the sins of omission. They choose what … Continue reading →

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My aims and what I’m working towards!

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Debbie Robson

Hello everybody! Just doing a quick post to outline my aims for the Starving in a Garret workspace and sanctuary. They are baby steps at the moment until I round up more volunteers but here they are: 1. to eventually … Continue reading →

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