I promised a few pals I'd provide a heating/gas/electricity #ArchiveAdvent calendar - I'm a day late starting so today you get two!

First up, Dishwash Electric with some classic horror tropes & what I'm reading as a queer romance plot

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#HistSci #HSTM

St Nick would have been visiting this #chimney from about 1780 onward! This is the Charles E Ives Birthplace in its original location on Main Street here in Danbury. With the bit of snow and bare trees, the photo looks to have been taken on a wintry day like today! #ArchiveAdventCalendar

#ArchiveAdvent Day 23 and here is a glowing #star taken from the pages of a sweet little Edwardian book called 'True Comforts' which we have in the library.

And then for today's #ArchiveAdvent - A Norweb 'Cook Electric' advert, which I can only assume is responsible for my mum thinking its okay to 'poach' fish in the microwave (it isn't, she's a vandal).

#HistSci #HSTM

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#ArchiveAdvent #ChristmasSports
Today, a photo of the Christmas Swimming race in Bopoto, Upper Congo-now the Democratic Republic of Congo, taken in 1896. A very energetic way to spend the day!

#ArchiveAdvent Day 22. For soldiers fighting in WW1, receiving an Xmas #Stocking may have been a far off dream, but the members of Baxter Gate Baptist Church in Loughborough were determined to ensure they received Xmas gifts. Here's a list of items church members could send in parcels to the troops.

Well yesterday I was in the archives, so missed a of #ArchiveAdvent, so I'll give you two. First up this 'Heat Electric' song, with dancing builders and slight Full Monty vibes www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re...

#ArchiveAdvent 17th December, #ChristmasGifts.
Our gift today is a Robin, taken from a beautiful Victorian scrapbook that we hold.
"Pretty bird! How beautifully dost thou sit and sing" wrote Bishop Joseph Hall in his 'Meditation on a Robin Red-breast' singing at his window.