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"I have heard but little reference to fairies among the people. There are vague references to men being pursued by fairies, who would ride on their horses behind them, or on the cart tail.
"Those over eighty tell me that in their young days grown up people and children believed that the fairies held their moonlight dances in an avenue of ash trees near the village, where there were well defined fairy rings in the soft turf, and aged people of that time were so convinced of the existence of these beings, that they would affirm that they had seen the dances going on, and that when a human being approached the fays would disappear.
"An old woman relates that in a field on a farm where she worked there was a deep hollow in the ground from which they said the fairies used to come, and the people at the farmhouse told her the fairies used sometimes to come to them from that place 'to borrow a sieve to sift their corn'."
- Hastings M. Neville, Rector of Ford, Northumberland, 1909
#folklore #fairies #FairyLore #OldBeliefs #Northumberland #FairFolk #CountryBeliefs @folklore
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In 1847, Ann Marshall, wife of Richard Marshall, farmer of Heatherslaw, died.
The following year, at Kirknewton Parish Church (some miles and a couple of parishes away - was there some disapproval in their home parish?), Richard Marshall (65) married Jane Lilico (27).
Love? Lust? Prosaic practicality? We'll never know.
Richard Marshall died in 1858 and is buried in Ford Churchyard. He and Jane had no children.
In 1861, however, Jane can be found living at Henlaw, the second, smaller farm that Richard had held. (Heatherslaw Farmhouse was rented out as a gentleman's residence, the land of it and Henlaw presumably farmed by one of the neighbouring farmers.) She is listed as 'fundholder', which is a term I can't find a precise definition for in this context, but implies that she had private income.
She was 41 and a widow, the most independent status for a woman, if she had a little money - which Jane clearly did, as she was able to employ a servant.
As far as I know, Jane never remarried, but I like to think she got her happy ending!
#LocalHistory #WomensHistory #FolkHistory #Northumberland #NorthumberlandHistory #RuralHistory #19thCentury #HistoryInTheLandscape
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In 1847, Ann Marshall, wife of Richard Marshall, farmer of Heatherslaw, died.
The following year, at Kirknewton Parish Church (some miles and a couple of parishes away - was there some disapproval in their home parish?), Richard Marshall (65) married Jane Lilico (27).
Love? Lust? Prosaic practicality? We'll never know.
Richard Marshall died in 1858 and is buried in Ford Churchyard. He and Jane had no children.
In 1861, however, Jane can be found living at Henlaw, the second, smaller farm that Richard had held. (Heatherslaw Farmhouse was rented out as a gentleman's residence, the land of it and Henlaw presumably farmed by one of the neighbouring farmers.) She is listed as 'fundholder', which is a term I can't find a precise definition for in this context, but implies that she had private income.
She was 41 and a widow, the most independent status for a woman, if she had a little money - which Jane clearly did, as she was able to employ a servant.
As far as I know, Jane never remarried, but I like to think she got her happy ending!
#LocalHistory #WomensHistory #FolkHistory #Northumberland #NorthumberlandHistory #RuralHistory #19thCentury #HistoryInTheLandscape
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In 1847, Ann Marshall, wife of Richard Marshall, farmer of Heatherslaw, died.
The following year, at Kirknewton Parish Church (some miles and a couple of parishes away - was there some disapproval in their home parish?), Richard Marshall (65) married Jane Lilico (27).
Love? Lust? Prosaic practicality? We'll never know.
Richard Marshall died in 1858 and is buried in Ford Churchyard. He and Jane had no children.
In 1861, however, Jane can be found living at Henlaw, the second, smaller farm that Richard had held. (Heatherslaw Farmhouse was rented out as a gentleman's residence, the land of it and Henlaw presumably farmed by one of the neighbouring farmers.) She is listed as 'fundholder', which is a term I can't find a precise definition for in this context, but implies that she had private income.
She was 41 and a widow, the most independent status for a woman, if she had a little money - which Jane clearly did, as she was able to employ a servant.
As far as I know, Jane never remarried, but I like to think she got her happy ending!
#LocalHistory #WomensHistory #FolkHistory #Northumberland #NorthumberlandHistory #RuralHistory #19thCentury #HistoryInTheLandscape
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In 1847, Ann Marshall, wife of Richard Marshall, farmer of Heatherslaw, died.
The following year, at Kirknewton Parish Church (some miles and a couple of parishes away - was there some disapproval in their home parish?), Richard Marshall (65) married Jane Lilico (27).
Love? Lust? Prosaic practicality? We'll never know.
Richard Marshall died in 1858 and is buried in Ford Churchyard. He and Jane had no children.
In 1861, however, Jane can be found living at Henlaw, the second, smaller farm that Richard had held. (Heatherslaw Farmhouse was rented out as a gentleman's residence, the land of it and Henlaw presumably farmed by one of the neighbouring farmers.) She is listed as 'fundholder', which is a term I can't find a precise definition for in this context, but implies that she had private income.
She was 41 and a widow, the most independent status for a woman, if she had a little money - which Jane clearly did, as she was able to employ a servant.
As far as I know, Jane never remarried, but I like to think she got her happy ending!
#LocalHistory #WomensHistory #FolkHistory #Northumberland #NorthumberlandHistory #RuralHistory #19thCentury #HistoryInTheLandscape
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In 1847, Ann Marshall, wife of Richard Marshall, farmer of Heatherslaw, died.
The following year, at Kirknewton Parish Church (some miles and a couple of parishes away - was there some disapproval in their home parish?), Richard Marshall (65) married Jane Lilico (27).
Love? Lust? Prosaic practicality? We'll never know.
Richard Marshall died in 1858 and is buried in Ford Churchyard. He and Jane had no children.
In 1861, however, Jane can be found living at Henlaw, the second, smaller farm that Richard had held. (Heatherslaw Farmhouse was rented out as a gentleman's residence, the land of it and Henlaw presumably farmed by one of the neighbouring farmers.) She is listed as 'fundholder', which is a term I can't find a precise definition for in this context, but implies that she had private income.
She was 41 and a widow, the most independent status for a woman, if she had a little money - which Jane clearly did, as she was able to employ a servant.
As far as I know, Jane never remarried, but I like to think she got her happy ending!
#LocalHistory #WomensHistory #FolkHistory #Northumberland #NorthumberlandHistory #RuralHistory #19thCentury #HistoryInTheLandscape
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Another #LocalHistory snippet while the drizzle drips down outside. A shorter and simpler story today.
In 1841, a 20-year-old girl named Jane Lilico lived in the hamlet of Heatherslaw (below), #Northumberland. There was a family of Lilicos (presumably hers) in the village, but Jane lived and worked as a servant at Heatherslaw Farmhouse.
For a girl from a labouring family, this was probably a Good Job. Women in Northumberland worked in the fields alongside the men, although they were paid less, and indeed often had some of the more laborious, unpleasant jobs; cleaning out the cow byres, for example, was women's work. Young, unmarried women, if there was no work for them at home, might become Bondagers: female workers that a hind (male labourer) had to provide as part of his contract, and would hire if he didn't have a wife or daughter to fill the role. Bondagers were the lowest-paid, and often the poorest-treated, workers on the farm.
Jane, then, had done well to find work at the house. Richard Marshall, the 58-year-old farmer, was a prosperous man. In the 1830s, he sat as part of the Ford Prosecution Society (local groups of influential people, ranging from the titled landowners to the more affluent village tradesmen, who banded together to keep law and order, before a rural police force existed), and he farmed both Heatherslaw and the adjoining Henlaw Farm.
But Jane Lilico was not staying a maidservant all her life.
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Thanks to everyone who followed along and enjoyed that little story I posted! I was going to do a few different snippets, but that one ended up being five posts long, so that'll do for now. 😂
I have a lot of these stories, either local or family history, covering various periods. I like the stories that start personal and/or individual, and lead to explorations of historical context and social history. At one point I thought I'd start a blog of them, but I got one post in and never managed to do any more. If there's interest, I might resurrect that project!
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When I looked up the address (38 Nottingham Place, Marylebone) that Veronica gave as last place of abode on her marriage record in 1896, I found that it was being used as a boarding house of some sort for nurses and trainees. A nice confirmation of her training, but not helpful otherwise!
It was the Worcestershire Chronicle that eventually gave me my final clue. On 15 Aug 1896, the marriage between Veronica and Thomas Badgery is reported. Veronica was the 'only daughter of the late Richard Herbert Maxwell Huntley, of Clonskeagh, county Dublin.'
Clonskeagh is now a suburb of Dublin, and I can't find much history for it, let alone for the Huntley family. The rest of Anne Veronica's early story remains a mystery.
Although her father died before she married, perhaps there was some money or family influence that enabled her to seek the divorce that was denied to many women. Certainly she was fortunate to have a means of earning her own living.
In a little final chapter, Annie Veronica died in Switzerland in 1954, leaving her fairly meagre savings to Veronica Marian Badgery, her granddaughter. Her ex-husband and her son both pre-deceased her.
And that's the strange story of how one inhabitant of this small, northern village led me through the #history of early nursing, divorce, and a little piece of women's rights history!
I hope she found some happiness in the rest of her life.
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CW: 4/ details of historical (19th century) domestic abuse; mental illness
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Divorce at that time was difficult to get, especially for a woman, who had to prove cruelty, or a combination of other faults, such as abandonment and adultery. It was prohibitively expensive, and came with a huge social taboo.
Veronica had been living separately from her husband since at least 1901, but her 1902 attempt was unsuccessful. However, in 1910 she tried again.
The details of her treatment are recorded meticulously in the petition, and it's not an easy read. It includes physical blows, insults and threats, keeping her without proper food or clothing (while pregnant and after the birth of her child), and preventing her access to money. He was also openly having an affair.
Although couched in Edwardian language ('low-spirited'; 'her weak and unhappy condition'), Veronica was clearly suffering depression.
At the end of 1899, eighteen months before she appears in Ford, she took her child and left him.
The 1910 petition was, thankfully, successful, and Veronica was granted not only a divorce but custody of their son. Thomas Badgery was ordered to pay expenses and upkeep. An amazing result pre-WW1.
By the time I got to this point in my research, I was invested in this woman. But finding out anything about her pre-marriage was more of a challenge. There was no trace of a birth record. No record of her 'gentleman' father. So who was she?
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In actual fact, the implementation of nurses in rural communities was a national scheme.
Before the mid-19th Century, nursing was not seen as a respectable job. It was practiced by the poorest women and society associated it with slovenliness, bad character, and drunkenness. That changed in the Crimean War (1853-56) through the efforts of women such as #FlorenceNightingale and #MarySeacole. The second half of the century saw the beginning of nurse training and the recognition of it as a profession.
Queen Victoria took a great interest in this. In 1887, for her Golden Jubilee, Women's Institutes all over the country raised the vast sum of £70,000 and presented it to the queen. Victoria decreed that it should be used to provide training and support for a new scheme: District Nursing. This was the start of the community nursing we still benefit from in the UK today.
Hence the Jubilee Cottage for the Jubilee Institute Nurse.
But who was Veronica Badgery? And what about her absent husband?
A bit more digging gave me some fascinating answers.
In Marylebone in 1896, Annie Veronica Huntley, daughter of Richard Herbert Maxwell Huntley ('gentleman') married Thomas William Badgery, a leather dresser from Worcester.
In 1898, their son, Thomas Maxwell Badgery, was born.
In 1902, Anne Veronica filed for divorce.
#LocalHistory #Northumberland #WomensHistory #HealthcareHistory #NursingHistory #19thCentury
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In actual fact, the implementation of nurses in rural communities was a national scheme.
Before the mid-19th Century, nursing was not seen as a respectable job. It was practiced by the poorest women and society associated it with slovenliness, bad character, and drunkenness. That changed in the Crimean War (1853-56) through the efforts of women such as #FlorenceNightingale and #MarySeacole. The second half of the century saw the beginning of nurse training and the recognition of it as a profession.
Queen Victoria took a great interest in this. In 1887, for her Golden Jubilee, Women's Institutes all over the country raised the vast sum of £70,000 and presented it to the queen. Victoria decreed that it should be used to provide training and support for a new scheme: District Nursing. This was the start of the community nursing we still benefit from in the UK today.
Hence the Jubilee Cottage for the Jubilee Institute Nurse.
But who was Veronica Badgery? And what about her absent husband?
A bit more digging gave me some fascinating answers.
In Marylebone in 1896, Annie Veronica Huntley, daughter of Richard Herbert Maxwell Huntley ('gentleman') married Thomas William Badgery, a leather dresser from Worcester.
In 1898, their son, Thomas Maxwell Badgery, was born.
In 1902, Anne Veronica filed for divorce.
#LocalHistory #Northumberland #WomensHistory #HealthcareHistory #NursingHistory #19thCentury
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In actual fact, the implementation of nurses in rural communities was a national scheme.
Before the mid-19th Century, nursing was not seen as a respectable job. It was practiced by the poorest women and society associated it with slovenliness, bad character, and drunkenness. That changed in the Crimean War (1853-56) through the efforts of women such as #FlorenceNightingale and #MarySeacole. The second half of the century saw the beginning of nurse training and the recognition of it as a profession.
Queen Victoria took a great interest in this. In 1887, for her Golden Jubilee, Women's Institutes all over the country raised the vast sum of £70,000 and presented it to the queen. Victoria decreed that it should be used to provide training and support for a new scheme: District Nursing. This was the start of the community nursing we still benefit from in the UK today.
Hence the Jubilee Cottage for the Jubilee Institute Nurse.
But who was Veronica Badgery? And what about her absent husband?
A bit more digging gave me some fascinating answers.
In Marylebone in 1896, Annie Veronica Huntley, daughter of Richard Herbert Maxwell Huntley ('gentleman') married Thomas William Badgery, a leather dresser from Worcester.
In 1898, their son, Thomas Maxwell Badgery, was born.
In 1902, Anne Veronica filed for divorce.
#LocalHistory #Northumberland #WomensHistory #HealthcareHistory #NursingHistory #19thCentury
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In actual fact, the implementation of nurses in rural communities was a national scheme.
Before the mid-19th Century, nursing was not seen as a respectable job. It was practiced by the poorest women and society associated it with slovenliness, bad character, and drunkenness. That changed in the Crimean War (1853-56) through the efforts of women such as #FlorenceNightingale and #MarySeacole. The second half of the century saw the beginning of nurse training and the recognition of it as a profession.
Queen Victoria took a great interest in this. In 1887, for her Golden Jubilee, Women's Institutes all over the country raised the vast sum of £70,000 and presented it to the queen. Victoria decreed that it should be used to provide training and support for a new scheme: District Nursing. This was the start of the community nursing we still benefit from in the UK today.
Hence the Jubilee Cottage for the Jubilee Institute Nurse.
But who was Veronica Badgery? And what about her absent husband?
A bit more digging gave me some fascinating answers.
In Marylebone in 1896, Annie Veronica Huntley, daughter of Richard Herbert Maxwell Huntley ('gentleman') married Thomas William Badgery, a leather dresser from Worcester.
In 1898, their son, Thomas Maxwell Badgery, was born.
In 1902, Anne Veronica filed for divorce.
#LocalHistory #Northumberland #WomensHistory #HealthcareHistory #NursingHistory #19thCentury
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In actual fact, the implementation of nurses in rural communities was a national scheme.
Before the mid-19th Century, nursing was not seen as a respectable job. It was practiced by the poorest women and society associated it with slovenliness, bad character, and drunkenness. That changed in the Crimean War (1853-56) through the efforts of women such as #FlorenceNightingale and #MarySeacole. The second half of the century saw the beginning of nurse training and the recognition of it as a profession.
Queen Victoria took a great interest in this. In 1887, for her Golden Jubilee, Women's Institutes all over the country raised the vast sum of £70,000 and presented it to the queen. Victoria decreed that it should be used to provide training and support for a new scheme: District Nursing. This was the start of the community nursing we still benefit from in the UK today.
Hence the Jubilee Cottage for the Jubilee Institute Nurse.
But who was Veronica Badgery? And what about her absent husband?
A bit more digging gave me some fascinating answers.
In Marylebone in 1896, Annie Veronica Huntley, daughter of Richard Herbert Maxwell Huntley ('gentleman') married Thomas William Badgery, a leather dresser from Worcester.
In 1898, their son, Thomas Maxwell Badgery, was born.
In 1902, Anne Veronica filed for divorce.
#LocalHistory #Northumberland #WomensHistory #HealthcareHistory #NursingHistory #19thCentury
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In 1901, in the North #Northumberland village of Ford, there lived a young woman called Anne Veronica Badgery.
Veronica (as she was calling herself at this point, although earlier she seems to have been known as Annie) was 33, from Worcestershire, and she was a nurse. She lived in the cottage still known as the Jubilee Cottage (next door to the building pictured below, which was actually the village smithy; I just like the picture), which village history tells us was built for the purpose of housing a community nurse.
Unusually for a working, professional woman, the census records that she was married, although her husband wasn't present and she's listed as Head of Household, which, unless there was an error, means that her husband wasn't living there, rather than that he was temporarily absent. She also had a two-year-old son, Thomas Maxwell Badgery.
But let's zoom out for a moment for the wider context.
Popular local history tends to give full credit for the implementation of a village nurse and early free healthcare to the charitable efforts of the local lady of the manor, Louisa Waterford, who'd died in 1891. She was well-known for her philanthropy (as well as for her art and her wild rake of a husband, but that's a whole different story) and her transformation of the estate. Everyone here knows the name of Lady Waterford.
There was more than personal charity going on here though...
#LocalHistory #Northumberland #WomensHistory #HealthcareHistory
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In 1901, in the North #Northumberland village of Ford, there lived a young woman called Anne Veronica Badgery.
Veronica (as she was calling herself at this point, although earlier she seems to have been known as Annie) was 33, from Worcestershire, and she was a nurse. She lived in the cottage still known as the Jubilee Cottage (next door to the building pictured below, which was actually the village smithy; I just like the picture), which village history tells us was built for the purpose of housing a community nurse.
Unusually for a working, professional woman, the census records that she was married, although her husband wasn't present and she's listed as Head of Household, which, unless there was an error, means that her husband wasn't living there, rather than that he was temporarily absent. She also had a two-year-old son, Thomas Maxwell Badgery.
But let's zoom out for a moment for the wider context.
Popular local history tends to give full credit for the implementation of a village nurse and early free healthcare to the charitable efforts of the local lady of the manor, Louisa Waterford, who'd died in 1891. She was well-known for her philanthropy (as well as for her art and her wild rake of a husband, but that's a whole different story) and her transformation of the estate. Everyone here knows the name of Lady Waterford.
There was more than personal charity going on here though...
#LocalHistory #Northumberland #WomensHistory #HealthcareHistory
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In 1901, in the North #Northumberland village of Ford, there lived a young woman called Anne Veronica Badgery.
Veronica (as she was calling herself at this point, although earlier she seems to have been known as Annie) was 33, from Worcestershire, and she was a nurse. She lived in the cottage still known as the Jubilee Cottage (next door to the building pictured below, which was actually the village smithy; I just like the picture), which village history tells us was built for the purpose of housing a community nurse.
Unusually for a working, professional woman, the census records that she was married, although her husband wasn't present and she's listed as Head of Household, which, unless there was an error, means that her husband wasn't living there, rather than that he was temporarily absent. She also had a two-year-old son, Thomas Maxwell Badgery.
But let's zoom out for a moment for the wider context.
Popular local history tends to give full credit for the implementation of a village nurse and early free healthcare to the charitable efforts of the local lady of the manor, Louisa Waterford, who'd died in 1891. She was well-known for her philanthropy (as well as for her art and her wild rake of a husband, but that's a whole different story) and her transformation of the estate. Everyone here knows the name of Lady Waterford.
There was more than personal charity going on here though...
#LocalHistory #Northumberland #WomensHistory #HealthcareHistory
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In 1901, in the North #Northumberland village of Ford, there lived a young woman called Anne Veronica Badgery.
Veronica (as she was calling herself at this point, although earlier she seems to have been known as Annie) was 33, from Worcestershire, and she was a nurse. She lived in the cottage still known as the Jubilee Cottage (next door to the building pictured below, which was actually the village smithy; I just like the picture), which village history tells us was built for the purpose of housing a community nurse.
Unusually for a working, professional woman, the census records that she was married, although her husband wasn't present and she's listed as Head of Household, which, unless there was an error, means that her husband wasn't living there, rather than that he was temporarily absent. She also had a two-year-old son, Thomas Maxwell Badgery.
But let's zoom out for a moment for the wider context.
Popular local history tends to give full credit for the implementation of a village nurse and early free healthcare to the charitable efforts of the local lady of the manor, Louisa Waterford, who'd died in 1891. She was well-known for her philanthropy (as well as for her art and her wild rake of a husband, but that's a whole different story) and her transformation of the estate. Everyone here knows the name of Lady Waterford.
There was more than personal charity going on here though...
#LocalHistory #Northumberland #WomensHistory #HealthcareHistory
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In 1901, in the North #Northumberland village of Ford, there lived a young woman called Anne Veronica Badgery.
Veronica (as she was calling herself at this point, although earlier she seems to have been known as Annie) was 33, from Worcestershire, and she was a nurse. She lived in the cottage still known as the Jubilee Cottage (next door to the building pictured below, which was actually the village smithy; I just like the picture), which village history tells us was built for the purpose of housing a community nurse.
Unusually for a working, professional woman, the census records that she was married, although her husband wasn't present and she's listed as Head of Household, which, unless there was an error, means that her husband wasn't living there, rather than that he was temporarily absent. She also had a two-year-old son, Thomas Maxwell Badgery.
But let's zoom out for a moment for the wider context.
Popular local history tends to give full credit for the implementation of a village nurse and early free healthcare to the charitable efforts of the local lady of the manor, Louisa Waterford, who'd died in 1891. She was well-known for her philanthropy (as well as for her art and her wild rake of a husband, but that's a whole different story) and her transformation of the estate. Everyone here knows the name of Lady Waterford.
There was more than personal charity going on here though...
#LocalHistory #Northumberland #WomensHistory #HealthcareHistory
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The dog is walked, I have sourdough bread and coffee, and my cold seems to be on the run with the help of the magic medicine I brought back from Italy (I bought it in a pharmacy, I promise it's all legal), so today I might share a few little #LocalHistory #stories I've come across in my researches.
One of my favourite things is hunting out the stories of ordinary (but still extraordinary) people who don't appear in any history book or local guide book. I'm learning that when something catches my attention as seeming interesting or a little odd/unusual, it's generally worth following up. Sometimes it takes me somewhere amazing!
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As a #freelance #creative, the thing I struggle with most is self-promotion and marketing - which unfortunately is a big part of freelancing!
Which is leading up to say, I'm always looking for work. I don't intend to spam the feed on here with this sort of thing, but if anyone is looking for a #storyteller or someone to run #CreativeWorkshops, I have lots of dates available in the new year and beyond.
I have a background in #EFLTeaching and #CreativePractition and can offer #EFLTutoring; performance #Storytelling of #TraditionalStories; #StoryMaking and #CreativeWriting workshops (I have a Masters in Writing for Young People); and #Folklore talks for adults, with a focus on #Northumberland and the #ScottishBorders. I have lots of experience working with #schools and #YouthGroups.
I try to keep my prices affordable, I tailor sessions to the needs of a group, and I can offer online sessions as well as in-person events. I've been working in the above areas for over a decade.
There's more info on my website: https://spindriftstories.wordpress.com/ or just get in touch if you have any queries, ideas, or project ideas!
Apologies for the self-promotion, it won't happen often. Boosts appreciated, but no obligation!
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As a #freelance #creative, the thing I struggle with most is self-promotion and marketing - which unfortunately is a big part of freelancing!
Which is leading up to say, I'm always looking for work. I don't intend to spam the feed on here with this sort of thing, but if anyone is looking for a #storyteller or someone to run #CreativeWorkshops, I have lots of dates available in the new year and beyond.
I have a background in #EFLTeaching and #CreativePractition and can offer #EFLTutoring; performance #Storytelling of #TraditionalStories; #StoryMaking and #CreativeWriting workshops (I have a Masters in Writing for Young People); and #Folklore talks for adults, with a focus on #Northumberland and the #ScottishBorders. I have lots of experience working with #schools and #YouthGroups.
I try to keep my prices affordable, I tailor sessions to the needs of a group, and I can offer online sessions as well as in-person events. I've been working in the above areas for over a decade.
There's more info on my website: https://spindriftstories.wordpress.com/ or just get in touch if you have any queries, ideas, or project ideas!
Apologies for the self-promotion, it won't happen often. Boosts appreciated, but no obligation!
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As a #freelance #creative, the thing I struggle with most is self-promotion and marketing - which unfortunately is a big part of freelancing!
Which is leading up to say, I'm always looking for work. I don't intend to spam the feed on here with this sort of thing, but if anyone is looking for a #storyteller or someone to run #CreativeWorkshops, I have lots of dates available in the new year and beyond.
I have a background in #EFLTeaching and #CreativePractition and can offer #EFLTutoring; performance #Storytelling of #TraditionalStories; #StoryMaking and #CreativeWriting workshops (I have a Masters in Writing for Young People); and #Folklore talks for adults, with a focus on #Northumberland and the #ScottishBorders. I have lots of experience working with #schools and #YouthGroups.
I try to keep my prices affordable, I tailor sessions to the needs of a group, and I can offer online sessions as well as in-person events. I've been working in the above areas for over a decade.
There's more info on my website: https://spindriftstories.wordpress.com/ or just get in touch if you have any queries, ideas, or project ideas!
Apologies for the self-promotion, it won't happen often. Boosts appreciated, but no obligation!
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As a #freelance #creative, the thing I struggle with most is self-promotion and marketing - which unfortunately is a big part of freelancing!
Which is leading up to say, I'm always looking for work. I don't intend to spam the feed on here with this sort of thing, but if anyone is looking for a #storyteller or someone to run #CreativeWorkshops, I have lots of dates available in the new year and beyond.
I have a background in #EFLTeaching and #CreativePractition and can offer #EFLTutoring; performance #Storytelling of #TraditionalStories; #StoryMaking and #CreativeWriting workshops (I have a Masters in Writing for Young People); and #Folklore talks for adults, with a focus on #Northumberland and the #ScottishBorders. I have lots of experience working with #schools and #YouthGroups.
I try to keep my prices affordable, I tailor sessions to the needs of a group, and I can offer online sessions as well as in-person events. I've been working in the above areas for over a decade.
There's more info on my website: https://spindriftstories.wordpress.com/ or just get in touch if you have any queries, ideas, or project ideas!
Apologies for the self-promotion, it won't happen often. Boosts appreciated, but no obligation!
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As a #freelance #creative, the thing I struggle with most is self-promotion and marketing - which unfortunately is a big part of freelancing!
Which is leading up to say, I'm always looking for work. I don't intend to spam the feed on here with this sort of thing, but if anyone is looking for a #storyteller or someone to run #CreativeWorkshops, I have lots of dates available in the new year and beyond.
I have a background in #EFLTeaching and #CreativePractition and can offer #EFLTutoring; performance #Storytelling of #TraditionalStories; #StoryMaking and #CreativeWriting workshops (I have a Masters in Writing for Young People); and #Folklore talks for adults, with a focus on #Northumberland and the #ScottishBorders. I have lots of experience working with #schools and #YouthGroups.
I try to keep my prices affordable, I tailor sessions to the needs of a group, and I can offer online sessions as well as in-person events. I've been working in the above areas for over a decade.
There's more info on my website: https://spindriftstories.wordpress.com/ or just get in touch if you have any queries, ideas, or project ideas!
Apologies for the self-promotion, it won't happen often. Boosts appreciated, but no obligation!
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To add context for anyone interested in the layout of the #Prehistoric site, here is some lidar data, which makes it much clearer than Google Maps can, as it reveals what's hidden under the tree cover. I'd scrambled through those ditches a hundred times and never realised how they formed a picture with the landscape until I saw maps showing this.
My guess would be that they post-date the #CupAndRingMarks (second pic) outside the embankments, but I'm no expert.
#Prehistory #Archaeology #RockCarvings #RingDitches #Northumberland
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Something for #HillfortsWednesday.
We're littered with #IronAge #hillforts in the northern Cheviots.
This is an 1769 map of #Northumberland showing the belief of the time about these structures. I'm fascinated by the #stories we've told about the landscape over the centuries, trying to make sense of what was under our feet and on our horizons.
(Post copied over from previous server.)
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All set up to start at 11! Time for a coffee at the café behind me before we get going.