Month: February 2020

Across the pond with Rex Wailes: A trip to the “Talkies”

Extracts from Rex Wailes’ 1929 diary of his trip to the USA and Canada. Part 22. 3.6.29 On Monday evening...

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Across the pond with Rex Wailes: Chicago

Extracts from Rex Wailes’ 1929 diary of his trip to the USA and Canada. Part 21. 30.5.29 I left Pittsburgh...

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Across the pond with Rex Wailes: To Pittsburgh

Extracts from Rex Wailes’ 1929 diary of his trip to the USA and Canada. Part 20. Observation platorm of a...

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Volunteer Spotlight: Forged French Assignats Part II: Britain’s and Charles X’s Roles

You may remember from a previous blog post the story of Albury Park Paper Mill, Guildford, Surrey and forged French...

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Across the pond with Rex Wailes: Sunday in Philadelphia

Extracts from Rex Wailes’ 1929 diary of his trip to the USA and Canada. Part 19. Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church...

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Gems of the Archive: Milling Miscreants

Have you ever heard the phrase ‘an honest miller has hairy palms’? Or perhaps the old expression ‘safe as a...

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