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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · 1d

Out in cold, windy and soggy Belfast delivering two @antislaverybelfast.bsky.social tours for @belfastfestival.bsky.social. Great response and really engaged people.

Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · 3d

Out in Belfast yesterday exploring Belfast's slavery links and abolitionist history. Lovely day. Was working with fellow @antislaverybelfast.bsky.social Mark Doherty.

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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · 4d

Out today doing a Troubles Tour in sunny West Belfast with guest from Minneapolis. Lovely crisp autumn day.

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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · 5d

This Saturday (25.10.25) leading two Anti Slavery Belfast Tours for the @belfastfestival.bsky.social 2025 that look at Belfast’s slavery past and abolitionist story. Times are 11am & 2pm. Book via the QR Code or 2025 or belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/event/belfas...

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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · 8d

Second of todays Doctors and Diseases walking tours for
@belfastfestival.bsky.social looking at Belfast’s medical history. Next two walks on 1.11.25, at 11am & 2pm. Book via the QR Code or 2025: belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/event/drs-an...

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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · 8d

Out this morning doing a Doctors and Diseases walking tour for @belfastfestival.bsky.social looking at Belfast’s medical history. Next two walks on 1.11.25, at 11am & 2pm. Book via the QR Code or 2025: belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/event/drs-an...

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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · 9d

Four Doctors and Diseases walking tours looking at Belfast’s medical history being run as part of the @belfastfestival.bsky.social 2025. Dates: 18.10.25 & 1.11.25, at 11am & 2pm. Book via the QR Code or 2025: belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/event/drs-an...

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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · 12d

I'm doing 2 walking tours for
@belfastfestival.bsky.social 2025:
DRS/DISEASES: on 18.10.25 & 1.11.25, at 11am & 2pm. Book: belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/event/drs-an...
ANTI SLAVERY BELFAST: on 25.10.25 & 3.11.25, at 11am & 2pm. Book:
belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/event/belfas...

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Dr Tom Thorpe MCIPR @kensingtons.bsky.social · 25d

Ep369 – Army Pay Services – Dr John Black
This week on MiD, Dr John Black, military historian and former pay sergeant, delves into the often-neglected history of the British Army Pay Services during the First World War.
kensingtons.org.uk/podcast/ep36...

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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · 27d

Out in town today doing an Anti Slavery Belfast tour looking at the history of Belfast's links to the transatlantic slave trade and abolitionist movement. More info at www.antislaverybelfast.com

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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · 29d

Out in sunny Belfast with Scott and Leona from Canada doing the Troubles, Blitz and architecture history of Belfast. Click here if you want to know more: www.drtomstours.com

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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · Sep 22

Out with Tom and Mary Lou from Nebraska doing the Linen, Cathedral and Titanic Quarters and ending up at the Titanic Museum. If you fancy a tour of Belfast, contact me here:https://drtomstours.com/

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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · Sep 20

Out yesterday with German guests from the MSC Preziosa. We did the titanic experience and a city tour including the peace wall.

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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · Sep 17

Out in the sun between the rain to take some Dutch travellers through the Troubles!

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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · Sep 13

One and half hour Spinning Yarns Tour for European Heritage Open Day on behalf of the Linen Quarter BID.

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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · Sep 10

Miss Isabella “Ella” Barbour Pirrie (1857-1929) was a pioneering nurse in Belfast. She was the first nurse at the Belfast Union Workhouse Infirmary (pic) & founded its nursing school. If you fancy learning more about the Queen’s Quarter, come on my tour of the area! drtomstours.com/index.php/qu...

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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · Sep 10

This autumn I’ll be teaching OLE3039: The Social History of Belfast and its Residents, 1798–1914 at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social. Across 10 weekly sessions (Wednesdays, 7.00–9.00 pm, starting 1 October 2025)
👉https://tinyurl.com/2dvu368v

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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · Sep 2

Out today looking at the cultural and social history of the city with Tom and Lisa from the USA. Lovely day despite the forecast!

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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · Aug 20

From the Falls to the Shankill, through history and the Troubles, with a touch of unclassic Belfast weather. Wonderful to share it with today’s visitors from the USA!

Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · Aug 17

Up and down the Falls and Shankill stepping through the Troubles in lovely unBelast weather. Group from USA today. Lovely to meet all!

Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · Aug 13

I’m running two courses as part of the QUB Open Learning programme for 2025/26. In the Autumn I’m looking at the social history of Belfast in the 19th century and in the Spring of 2026 I explore Belfast’s slavery past. If you fancy joining me, info is here: qubuk.estore.flywire.com/products?sto...

Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · Aug 8

Out this evening in Belfast taking some Belgians through our complex and contests past. Really great night. If you fancy doing a tour, DM me.

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Dr Tom Thorpe MCIPR @kensingtons.bsky.social · Aug 8

At the end of Jul25, the WFA's Mentioned in Dispatches pod hit 751,410 d/loads since Feb17. I’ve hosted 379 eps many aspects of the GW. I’ve spoken to a heavy metal band about songs inspired by WW1 to academics about widows. It has been a great journey to date: onward! Listen kensingtons.org.uk

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Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · Aug 7

Out and about with Czech guests from Prague. Covering the city's unique past. If you fancy a trip around the centre, give me a DM!

Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social · Aug 2

Out in the busy centre of Belfast with 39 Dutch tourists visiting our super city. Weather was great and we tackled the contested and complex part of NI's capital.