The Dryad, from Liverpool to St. Jago de Cuba, was totally wrecked on the 10th November on a reef of...
My most treasured Christmas decorations are the ones that have been passed down through the family for generations.
Before online dating websites like Tinder or Match.com, how did our lonely ancestors find love? They placed advertisements in Matrimonial...
On the evening of 27 July 1827, 23-year-old Susannah Poole left her sister’s house at 3 Caroline Street near Commercial...
From the feather man who went from town to town, cleaning bedding made of feathers, to the cat-meat men who...
Tucked away in Tyler Jacques’ family memorabilia was a yellowed Christmas card from the Isle of Wight dated 1932. The...
Symptoms of Cholera: thirst, sunken features, blueness in the extremities, and rice watered stools. What is generally considered the first cholera...
The O’Hare family lived in Waterford City, a town built on the bank of the Suir River, in the south-east...
On the afternoon of Sunday, November 24, 1895, in a jealous rage, William Royce shot his former lover, Nellie Patton,...
What is perhaps the biggest challenge for social historians is to wrap our heads around the continuum of time: around...