More myths surfaced with the sinking of the Titanic than were poor souls lost with the ill-fated liner. Digital history has fuelled an explosion of interest – with a lot more source material available to examine online.Titanic is the focus… Read More ›
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Red Sails in the Solent
An anniversary can be a prompt for a total revamp of a company’s website. This has some merit both in saving costs and integrating historical content into the main corporate story. And it is what Red Funnel, the original ferry operators… Read More ›
The Women of Royaumont – a unique film
This gem from the Scottish Screen Archive shows the work of some extraordinarily brave women – click on the picture to view. It is intriguing in many ways – as one of the earliest documentaries, perhaps the only moving image… Read More ›
More Bosch – and no tosh
An update from my earlier Bosch post ….there is also some fascinating written material produced for its 125th anniversary. It isn’t that easy to find on Bosch websites but if you have an interest in the development of the automotive… Read More ›
Bish Bash Bosch – the first vital spark
Ignorance about the history of Germany abounds in the UK, although at least Misha Glenny’s series on Radio 4 is now redressing the balance. School history largely focuses on Hitler and the Nazis and far fewer children are choosing to… Read More ›
Just another football post
Manchester United in 1905/06 Image via Wikipedia Football has always been about finding the net. And there is no doubt that it has found it over the last five years with an explosion in newly-digitised historical material. Digital history is… Read More ›
Who was the real RS McColl?
Another gem from British Pathe – featuring Robert Smyth McColl, co-founder of the sweetie shop and newsagent chain which bears his name to this day. Click on the image to view. He was one of Scotland’s greatest players, scoring a… Read More ›
USA takes on the Irish Free State
This is the second British Pathe film of the Irish Free State team – this time playing the USA at Dalymount Park, Dublin. Click on the image to view. Similar to the Celtic match on February 23 but this time… Read More ›
Celtic FC take on the Irish Free State in 1924
Now is maybe a good time to dig in the digital history archive…… given the recent abysmal performances of Scottish football clubs in Europe. Click on this photo to view this silent gem from British Pathe. It is probably the… Read More ›
Probably the best company history website in the world?
Brewer Carlsberg is currently celebrating 200 years since the birth of its founder JC Jacobsen. But the group website doesn’t really need an excuse. It is already a remarkable digital history treasure trove which is regularly mined by broadcast researchers for… Read More ›
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