Hen Lockhart
@archivewhg.bsky.social
Curator at Winterbourne House and Garden, Birmingham, posting about collections, archives, The Winterbourne Press, University of Birmingham Herbarium www.winterbourne.org.uk
We also have a crinkle-crankle at Winterbourne House and Garden, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK, built in 1904, here pictured in the 1930s.
July 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We also have a crinkle-crankle at Winterbourne House and Garden, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK, built in 1904, here pictured in the 1930s.
Has anyone come across this clothing brand? Probably 1940s or earlier? We have it on a cotton apron - house livery or waitress. @19cdandtreframed.bsky.social @katestrasdin.bsky.social @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Has anyone come across this clothing brand? Probably 1940s or earlier? We have it on a cotton apron - house livery or waitress. @19cdandtreframed.bsky.social @katestrasdin.bsky.social @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social
#VEDay Female students lived at #WinterbourneHouseandGarden from 1944, and recall the impact of rationing. “On Saturday and Sunday evenings we had ‘supper supplies’ - a slice of ham, an egg, a tomato, a piece of plastic cheese, and some bread…allocations of butter and margarine and sugar.”
May 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
#VEDay Female students lived at #WinterbourneHouseandGarden from 1944, and recall the impact of rationing. “On Saturday and Sunday evenings we had ‘supper supplies’ - a slice of ham, an egg, a tomato, a piece of plastic cheese, and some bread…allocations of butter and margarine and sugar.”
#VEDay After the war Guest Keen & Nettlefolds (GKN) were keen to inform their employees about the contribution their products were making to reconstruction. This poster showed exactly how many screws went into a prefab house. #GKNarchive #WinterbourneHouseandGarden #WW2 @archiveswm.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
#VEDay After the war Guest Keen & Nettlefolds (GKN) were keen to inform their employees about the contribution their products were making to reconstruction. This poster showed exactly how many screws went into a prefab house. #GKNarchive #WinterbourneHouseandGarden #WW2 @archiveswm.bsky.social
#Archive30 #ArchiveCollection The arrival of archive collections can be chaotic. The #Herbarium was moved to Winterbourne in one day - 1000+ boxes plus the wooden cabinets. Now it's a calm and tranquil space! @arascot.bsky.social @lukaslarge.bsky.social @herbarium.bsky.social @cuherb.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
#Archive30 #ArchiveCollection The arrival of archive collections can be chaotic. The #Herbarium was moved to Winterbourne in one day - 1000+ boxes plus the wooden cabinets. Now it's a calm and tranquil space! @arascot.bsky.social @lukaslarge.bsky.social @herbarium.bsky.social @cuherb.bsky.social
#Archive30 #ArchiveBuildings Our store in the 1960s when it was first built as laboratories for the Botany Dept of the University of Birmingham. It now houses Winterbourne's archive and object stores, including the #Herbarium, #GKNarchive and family archives. @arascot.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#Archive30 #ArchiveBuildings Our store in the 1960s when it was first built as laboratories for the Botany Dept of the University of Birmingham. It now houses Winterbourne's archive and object stores, including the #Herbarium, #GKNarchive and family archives. @arascot.bsky.social
#Archive30 #ArchiveNightmares This series of hand-made lantern slides depicting Three Blind Mice is surely the stuff of nightmares! @arascot.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
#Archive30 #ArchiveNightmares This series of hand-made lantern slides depicting Three Blind Mice is surely the stuff of nightmares! @arascot.bsky.social
#Archive30 This #ArchiveObject came to us with our #GuestKeen&Nettlefolds archive. We had no idea what it was until a volunteer came across a reference to the 'constant velocity joint' designed for the new #Mini in the 1960s! A piece of motoring history. @arascot.bsky.social #vintagecars
April 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
#Archive30 This #ArchiveObject came to us with our #GuestKeen&Nettlefolds archive. We had no idea what it was until a volunteer came across a reference to the 'constant velocity joint' designed for the new #Mini in the 1960s! A piece of motoring history. @arascot.bsky.social #vintagecars
#Archive30 #SomethingNew This portfolio, donated this year, was published in Birmingham for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. Birmingham artists inc. Walter Langley contributed drawings which were reproduced as mounted prints. @arascot.bsky.social @archiveswm.bsky.social @theironroom.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
#Archive30 #SomethingNew This portfolio, donated this year, was published in Birmingham for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. Birmingham artists inc. Walter Langley contributed drawings which were reproduced as mounted prints. @arascot.bsky.social @archiveswm.bsky.social @theironroom.bsky.social
#Archive30 #PopularItem This tiny sketch book full of hand-painted #botanicalillustrations by Beatrice Nettlefold of Winterbourne always proves popular at handling sessions! @arascot.bsky.social @lukaslarge.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
#Archive30 #PopularItem This tiny sketch book full of hand-painted #botanicalillustrations by Beatrice Nettlefold of Winterbourne always proves popular at handling sessions! @arascot.bsky.social @lukaslarge.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#Archive30 #CommunityArchives Our #GuestKeen&Nettlefolds archive at Winterbourne reflects the many communities within the company. During #WWII female employees enjoyed a strong community spirit and even taught each other dancing in the aisles. @arascot.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#Archive30 #CommunityArchives Our #GuestKeen&Nettlefolds archive at Winterbourne reflects the many communities within the company. During #WWII female employees enjoyed a strong community spirit and even taught each other dancing in the aisles. @arascot.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
#Archive30 #ArchiveAction 'The Way to Camp' by S.H.Walker (1946) offers all kinds of invaluable advice including the correct action when walking. As he says, 'Few townfolk know how to walk'. I am definitely guilty of what he calls the 'townie slouch'. @arascot.bsky.social @jdk653.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#Archive30 #ArchiveAction 'The Way to Camp' by S.H.Walker (1946) offers all kinds of invaluable advice including the correct action when walking. As he says, 'Few townfolk know how to walk'. I am definitely guilty of what he calls the 'townie slouch'. @arascot.bsky.social @jdk653.bsky.social
#Archive30 #ArchiveMyths The collection of Welsh tales, the Mabinogion, finds a place in our industrial #GuestKeen&Nettlefolds archive. It was translated in the 1840s by Lady Charlotte Guest, industrialist, educator and philanthropist, whose husband ran the Dowlais Ironworks. @arascot.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
#Archive30 #ArchiveMyths The collection of Welsh tales, the Mabinogion, finds a place in our industrial #GuestKeen&Nettlefolds archive. It was translated in the 1840s by Lady Charlotte Guest, industrialist, educator and philanthropist, whose husband ran the Dowlais Ironworks. @arascot.bsky.social
#Archive30 #FunandGames Evie and Nina Nettlefold loved real horses and ponies, and both look a little bit dissatisfied with this toy one! Taken around 1898. @arascot.bsky.social #vintagetoys
April 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
#Archive30 #FunandGames Evie and Nina Nettlefold loved real horses and ponies, and both look a little bit dissatisfied with this toy one! Taken around 1898. @arascot.bsky.social #vintagetoys
#Archive30 #ArchiveTravel W.S.Laycock's railway and steamship fittings were the pinnacle of luxury in the early 20th century, as this catalogue shows! They later became part of the #GKN group of companies. @arascot.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
#Archive30 #ArchiveTravel W.S.Laycock's railway and steamship fittings were the pinnacle of luxury in the early 20th century, as this catalogue shows! They later became part of the #GKN group of companies. @arascot.bsky.social
#GoodFriday #Crucifixion Auchonvillers cemetery, Somme.
April 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#GoodFriday #Crucifixion Auchonvillers cemetery, Somme.
#Archive30 #ArchiveAdvice Don't pigeonhole archival collections! Artists have been inspired by our industrial, botanical and historical archives. Here is Carolyn Blake's interpretation of a 1911 lantern slide, in her exhibition @Winterbourne House and Garden till Sept. @arascot.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
#Archive30 #ArchiveAdvice Don't pigeonhole archival collections! Artists have been inspired by our industrial, botanical and historical archives. Here is Carolyn Blake's interpretation of a 1911 lantern slide, in her exhibition @Winterbourne House and Garden till Sept. @arascot.bsky.social
#Archive30 #MiniMilestones One of our archive volunteers is cataloguing around 1000 botanical prints by James Sowerby, engraved by Sowerby and then hand-coloured by a specialist team in the early C19. She was excited to reach the 700th print! @arascot.bsky.social #Herbarium @lukaslarge.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
#Archive30 #MiniMilestones One of our archive volunteers is cataloguing around 1000 botanical prints by James Sowerby, engraved by Sowerby and then hand-coloured by a specialist team in the early C19. She was excited to reach the 700th print! @arascot.bsky.social #Herbarium @lukaslarge.bsky.social
#Archive30 #SomethingSmall This 1920s invitation was from teddy bears Mary and Peter, addressed to dolls Isobel and Kate. We don't know whether the invitation was accepted, but all four are now part of our collection! @arascot.bsky.social #vintagetoys
April 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#Archive30 #SomethingSmall This 1920s invitation was from teddy bears Mary and Peter, addressed to dolls Isobel and Kate. We don't know whether the invitation was accepted, but all four are now part of our collection! @arascot.bsky.social #vintagetoys
#Archive30 #ArchiveFoodandDrink 'Cookery and Household Management' 1920s recommends this nursery breakfast for children - including raw carrots! @arascot.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
#Archive30 #ArchiveFoodandDrink 'Cookery and Household Management' 1920s recommends this nursery breakfast for children - including raw carrots! @arascot.bsky.social
#Archive30 #UnusualArchives Our #Herbarium archive has thrown up some fascinating items including a set of leaf-shape posters with real leaves pasted on to paper and hand-written titles, probably used for teaching, 1890s. @arascot.bsky.social #WinterbourneHouseandGarden
April 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
#Archive30 #UnusualArchives Our #Herbarium archive has thrown up some fascinating items including a set of leaf-shape posters with real leaves pasted on to paper and hand-written titles, probably used for teaching, 1890s. @arascot.bsky.social #WinterbourneHouseandGarden
#Archive30 #ArchiveTechnology Joseph Sankey of Bilston were at the forefront of providing component parts for the electrical industry at a time when this was still exciting new technology. @arascot.bsky.social @postcardjim.bsky.social #GKNarchive #WinterbourneHouseandGarden
April 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
#Archive30 #ArchiveTechnology Joseph Sankey of Bilston were at the forefront of providing component parts for the electrical industry at a time when this was still exciting new technology. @arascot.bsky.social @postcardjim.bsky.social #GKNarchive #WinterbourneHouseandGarden
#Archive30 #ArchiveFashion Catalogues from the 1970s and 1980s in our #GKNcollection reveal more than just the products! Women were often posed next to products as 'decoration', fashionably dressed, while men were shown in work clothes operating the machinery. @arascot.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
#Archive30 #ArchiveFashion Catalogues from the 1970s and 1980s in our #GKNcollection reveal more than just the products! Women were often posed next to products as 'decoration', fashionably dressed, while men were shown in work clothes operating the machinery. @arascot.bsky.social
#Archive30 Alongside the Nettlefold family, a whole community of servants lived at Winterbourne House. Margaret's household diary gives us a glimpse into these #HiddenHistories. She records the age and salary of each person she employed, and why they left. @arascot.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
#Archive30 Alongside the Nettlefold family, a whole community of servants lived at Winterbourne House. Margaret's household diary gives us a glimpse into these #HiddenHistories. She records the age and salary of each person she employed, and why they left. @arascot.bsky.social
#Archive30 #ArchiveAnimals Margaret Nettlefold's sister and nephew are putting the family dog through his paces - the photographer has brilliantly captured not just the leaping dog but also his shadow on the path! #dogs @arascot.bsky.social @postcardjim.bsky.social @jdk653.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
#Archive30 #ArchiveAnimals Margaret Nettlefold's sister and nephew are putting the family dog through his paces - the photographer has brilliantly captured not just the leaping dog but also his shadow on the path! #dogs @arascot.bsky.social @postcardjim.bsky.social @jdk653.bsky.social