Category: History

Images of Historic Hampshire – thanks to the British Library

Stony Cross New Forest

I’ve just discovered* that the British Library has uploaded over a million images to Flickr Commons. Yes, that’s right – more than a million – completely free to use as there’s no known copyright. The British Library plans to launch a crowd-sourcing app in 2014, which will enable members of the public to help describe what the…… Continue reading Images of Historic Hampshire – thanks to the British Library

Something for the weekend, Sir?

The Village Barber by H Bunbury 1772 Image courtesy of City of London, London Metropolitan Archives

Visit a traditional barbershop and you can get a haircut for under a tenner. It may not have the exoticism of today’s stylist or unisex salons, but its history is every bit as exotic, and much longer. According to The Old Testament, in a tale of treachery and barbarism, Samson received one of the earliest recorded…… Continue reading Something for the weekend, Sir?