Thursday 26 July 2012

Olympics diary: tweeting Games Time history

"The Museum of London is using Twitter to gather Londoners' experiences of the Olympics. Londoners who use Twitter and would like their everyday experiences of Olympics "games time" in the capital captured for posterity should get acquainted with the hash tag #citizencurators. The Museum of London and the University of Westminster are working together on a project of that name, which will collect the tweets of not only a core team of twelve contributors but also anyone else who uses the tag...."

Thursday 19 July 2012

New exhibition on Eric Liddell: Olympic athlete and missionary

"Eric Liddell, the Olympic runner who was the subject of 1981 film Chariots of Fire, is being celebrated in a new exhibition at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London."

Liddell attended Blackheath School for Sons of Missionaries, first at its location in Blackheath and then when it moved to Eltham. http://lewishamlegacy.wikidot.com/eric-liddell

New exhibition on Eric Liddell: Olympic athlete and missionary:
Posted from The National Archive

First World War airmen records now searchable by name

"The service records of the first 320,000 airmen to serve with the Royal Air Force (RAF) and its forebears are now searchable by name following the conclusion of a successful cataloguing project."

First World War airmen records now searchable by name
Posted from The National Archive