Nigel Amies MA
@nigela.bsky.social
Freelance Historical Educator, based in the UK, covering Roman to 1950s domestic and military life in schools, museums and at public events.
Taken during my 1stC Roman army presentation for Yr6 at King's Ely School yesterday: the children engaged well and we had a lot of fun!
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January 16, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Taken during my 1stC Roman army presentation for Yr6 at King's Ely School yesterday: the children engaged well and we had a lot of fun!
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
Back working at Ancient House Museum today with a lively group of Yr2 children - our topic was the Great Fire of London in September 1666!
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January 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Back working at Ancient House Museum today with a lively group of Yr2 children - our topic was the Great Fire of London in September 1666!
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I really enjoyed working with a very well-motivated Yr4/5 school group today at Stories of Lynn and Lynn Museum!
The topic was the Second World War and they looked at many aspects of the conflict including, with myself, the role of the Royal Navy.
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The topic was the Second World War and they looked at many aspects of the conflict including, with myself, the role of the Royal Navy.
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January 14, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I really enjoyed working with a very well-motivated Yr4/5 school group today at Stories of Lynn and Lynn Museum!
The topic was the Second World War and they looked at many aspects of the conflict including, with myself, the role of the Royal Navy.
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
The topic was the Second World War and they looked at many aspects of the conflict including, with myself, the role of the Royal Navy.
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
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Recently digitised - in London following heavy German bombing Indian troops of the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps, mostly former merchant sailors, clear rubble from Sloane Square underground station. #filmcataloguing #history #ww2
Full film: IWM AYY 57 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM AYY 57 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
January 14, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Recently digitised - in London following heavy German bombing Indian troops of the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps, mostly former merchant sailors, clear rubble from Sloane Square underground station. #filmcataloguing #history #ww2
Full film: IWM AYY 57 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM AYY 57 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
I'm very pleased to be running these Roman army workshops for Home Educators at Ancient House Museum on 17 February 2026, suitable for children aged 7-14 years:
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I particularly enjoy presenting this topic!
Photo: Mike Hill.
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facebook.com/events/s/rom...
I particularly enjoy presenting this topic!
Photo: Mike Hill.
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:49 AM
I'm very pleased to be running these Roman army workshops for Home Educators at Ancient House Museum on 17 February 2026, suitable for children aged 7-14 years:
facebook.com/events/s/rom...
I particularly enjoy presenting this topic!
Photo: Mike Hill.
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
facebook.com/events/s/rom...
I particularly enjoy presenting this topic!
Photo: Mike Hill.
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
For my Home Educator followers:
I'll be working at this women's suffrage event for Home Educators at Ancient House Museum on 20 February 2026:
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Hope to see you there!
Cost is £2 per child...
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
I'll be working at this women's suffrage event for Home Educators at Ancient House Museum on 20 February 2026:
facebook.com/events/s/dul...
Hope to see you there!
Cost is £2 per child...
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
For my Home Educator followers:
I'll be working at this women's suffrage event for Home Educators at Ancient House Museum on 20 February 2026:
facebook.com/events/s/dul...
Hope to see you there!
Cost is £2 per child...
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
I'll be working at this women's suffrage event for Home Educators at Ancient House Museum on 20 February 2026:
facebook.com/events/s/dul...
Hope to see you there!
Cost is £2 per child...
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
See the link below for a slow motion film showing some of our King's Shilling 1815 group blank-firing flintlock muskets at Kentwell Hall a couple of years ago!
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January 11, 2026 at 10:17 AM
See the link below for a slow motion film showing some of our King's Shilling 1815 group blank-firing flintlock muskets at Kentwell Hall a couple of years ago!
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Love this Imperial War Museum film from December 1944 - including skating clerics in a line!
British soldiers filmed ice skating with Dutch civilians at Deurne, 27 December 1944.
You can find the full footage, shot by the Army Film and Photographic Unit, here: bit.ly/4b9KKf4
Film: IWM A70 222-2
British soldiers filmed ice skating with Dutch civilians at Deurne, 27 December 1944.
You can find the full footage, shot by the Army Film and Photographic Unit, here: bit.ly/4b9KKf4
Film: IWM A70 222-2
January 10, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Love this Imperial War Museum film from December 1944 - including skating clerics in a line!
British soldiers filmed ice skating with Dutch civilians at Deurne, 27 December 1944.
You can find the full footage, shot by the Army Film and Photographic Unit, here: bit.ly/4b9KKf4
Film: IWM A70 222-2
British soldiers filmed ice skating with Dutch civilians at Deurne, 27 December 1944.
You can find the full footage, shot by the Army Film and Photographic Unit, here: bit.ly/4b9KKf4
Film: IWM A70 222-2
I'm looking forward to working at this Roman life family event at Lynn Museum on 19 February!
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January 9, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I'm looking forward to working at this Roman life family event at Lynn Museum on 19 February!
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To the Immortal Memory!
Via the Nelson Society UK:
On this day in 1806 the body of Admiral Lord Nelson was carried by barge up the River Thames from Greenwich... before his funeral... at St Paul's Cathedral.
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Via the Nelson Society UK:
On this day in 1806 the body of Admiral Lord Nelson was carried by barge up the River Thames from Greenwich... before his funeral... at St Paul's Cathedral.
See: www.facebook.com/share/1DErm4...
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
To the Immortal Memory!
Via the Nelson Society UK:
On this day in 1806 the body of Admiral Lord Nelson was carried by barge up the River Thames from Greenwich... before his funeral... at St Paul's Cathedral.
See: www.facebook.com/share/1DErm4...
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
Via the Nelson Society UK:
On this day in 1806 the body of Admiral Lord Nelson was carried by barge up the River Thames from Greenwich... before his funeral... at St Paul's Cathedral.
See: www.facebook.com/share/1DErm4...
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
Memories of my fine day out at the Lord Mayor's New Year's Day Parade, in London with the Napoleonic Association, last week!
January 4, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Memories of my fine day out at the Lord Mayor's New Year's Day Parade, in London with the Napoleonic Association, last week!
Just a Norfolk lobsterback and matelot out in the big city in '1813'! 😄
Waiting with Ben for the parade to start yesterday...
Waiting with Ben for the parade to start yesterday...
January 2, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Just a Norfolk lobsterback and matelot out in the big city in '1813'! 😄
Waiting with Ben for the parade to start yesterday...
Waiting with Ben for the parade to start yesterday...
I've just had a cracking day in London with the Napoleonic 44th East Essex Regiment of Foot living history group and the Worcestershire Cavalry at the Lord Mayor's New Year's Day Parade!
January 1, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I've just had a cracking day in London with the Napoleonic 44th East Essex Regiment of Foot living history group and the Worcestershire Cavalry at the Lord Mayor's New Year's Day Parade!
One for my lovely Home Educator followers: Thomas Paine sessions at Ancient House Museum on 29th January 2026!
My topic will be Paine and the American War of Independence...
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My topic will be Paine and the American War of Independence...
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December 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
One for my lovely Home Educator followers: Thomas Paine sessions at Ancient House Museum on 29th January 2026!
My topic will be Paine and the American War of Independence...
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My topic will be Paine and the American War of Independence...
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www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
I love this!
Hope you're all having a good Boxing Day/St Stephen's Day?
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Film: Imperial War Museum
Hope you're all having a good Boxing Day/St Stephen's Day?
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Film: Imperial War Museum
December 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I love this!
Hope you're all having a good Boxing Day/St Stephen's Day?
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Film: Imperial War Museum
Hope you're all having a good Boxing Day/St Stephen's Day?
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Film: Imperial War Museum
Merry Christmas everyone!
Best wishes for 2026!
Best wishes for 2026!
December 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Merry Christmas everyone!
Best wishes for 2026!
Best wishes for 2026!
Here's my friend/colleague Kathy Hipperson's new project, working with Annie Gray!
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December 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Here's my friend/colleague Kathy Hipperson's new project, working with Annie Gray!
www.facebook.com/share/r/1HG2...
www.facebook.com/share/r/1HG2...
December 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Love this photo taken yesterday at Kentwell Hall's Victorian Christmas event by Sue Longhurst!
Myself, Emma Mordue and Terry Mann had a lot of fun, and it made a change from drumming... 😄
Myself, Emma Mordue and Terry Mann had a lot of fun, and it made a change from drumming... 😄
December 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Love this photo taken yesterday at Kentwell Hall's Victorian Christmas event by Sue Longhurst!
Myself, Emma Mordue and Terry Mann had a lot of fun, and it made a change from drumming... 😄
Myself, Emma Mordue and Terry Mann had a lot of fun, and it made a change from drumming... 😄
Having fun at Kentwell Hall's Victorian Christmas event yesterday!
Lots of happy visitors, good friends and sunshine: could'nt ask for more... 🙂
Lots of happy visitors, good friends and sunshine: could'nt ask for more... 🙂
December 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Having fun at Kentwell Hall's Victorian Christmas event yesterday!
Lots of happy visitors, good friends and sunshine: could'nt ask for more... 🙂
Lots of happy visitors, good friends and sunshine: could'nt ask for more... 🙂
I'll be taking part, as a road mender, at next weekend's Victorian event at Kentwell Hall, in Suffolk:
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We always have a lot of fun!
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We always have a lot of fun!
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I'll be taking part, as a road mender, at next weekend's Victorian event at Kentwell Hall, in Suffolk:
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We always have a lot of fun!
www.facebook.com/share/p/1CyV...
We always have a lot of fun!
Today's topic at work at Ancient House Museum was the experience of British soldiers fighting on the Western Front over the Christmas season.
It was good to show my Princess Mary Christmas Fund tin to visitors again!
A good day!
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It was good to show my Princess Mary Christmas Fund tin to visitors again!
A good day!
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Today's topic at work at Ancient House Museum was the experience of British soldiers fighting on the Western Front over the Christmas season.
It was good to show my Princess Mary Christmas Fund tin to visitors again!
A good day!
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
It was good to show my Princess Mary Christmas Fund tin to visitors again!
A good day!
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
I've finally finished restoring my, rather battered, 1925 pattern, British army Wolseley Helmet!
It took over a year before I plucked up the courage to fit the pagri/puggarree onto it!
Contemporary image: laststandonzombieisland.com/tag/wolseley...
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It took over a year before I plucked up the courage to fit the pagri/puggarree onto it!
Contemporary image: laststandonzombieisland.com/tag/wolseley...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I've finally finished restoring my, rather battered, 1925 pattern, British army Wolseley Helmet!
It took over a year before I plucked up the courage to fit the pagri/puggarree onto it!
Contemporary image: laststandonzombieisland.com/tag/wolseley...
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
It took over a year before I plucked up the courage to fit the pagri/puggarree onto it!
Contemporary image: laststandonzombieisland.com/tag/wolseley...
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
I spent a very enjoyable day yesterday at Lynn Museum presenting WW1 Christmas for the lovely local Home Educators' group and, later, Yr4 from St Mary's School, Cambridge!
Kathy Hipperson covered Victorian and Mark Taylor WW2 Christmas too.
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
Kathy Hipperson covered Victorian and Mark Taylor WW2 Christmas too.
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I spent a very enjoyable day yesterday at Lynn Museum presenting WW1 Christmas for the lovely local Home Educators' group and, later, Yr4 from St Mary's School, Cambridge!
Kathy Hipperson covered Victorian and Mark Taylor WW2 Christmas too.
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com
Kathy Hipperson covered Victorian and Mark Taylor WW2 Christmas too.
www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com