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  • Stephanie Blog 3

    Things I have learnt working in the Islington Heritage Museum: One of the first things I learnt and enjoyed about working here was to get to know the Museum. Roz kindly gave me a tour of the museum where I found a lot of interesting information. How to write a…

  • Banners for Islington!

    The Hammersmith Banners currently on display in the museum reflect Britain’s response to the Spanish Civil War and the campaigns held here to recruit new members of the International Brigade, collect food, money and arms for Spain, and remember those who had died. For our exhibition, our volunteer Susan, did…

  • Stephanie Blog 2

    One of my first tasks in Islington Museum was digitising some of the objects that belonged to an Odeon cinema in Islington that was built a long time ago and now has been demolished. We took photos of 5 different objects. The first three objects were banners that appeared below the…

  • Finsbury Rifles: Away from the Western Front. 9th July to 15th July 1916.

    Here we see a reference to Captain AL Lewthwaite, a member of the Rifles, who’s spectacular photography collections survives as part of the Imperial War Museum’s archive, providing a personal record of day to day life away from the Western Front. We link to the archive throughout this blog, but…

  • Finsbury Rifles: Away from the Western Front. 3rd July 1916 to 8th July 1916.

      Date 3 to 5/6/16 Work on defences as usual. Battn finding usual guards and picquets. Date 6/6/16 Work on defences as usual.2nd Lt Pethybridge (Sherwood Foresters) and 2nd Lt Hutchinson (S. Staffs Regiment) arrived from Base Detail Camp attached to Battn for duty. Date 7/6/16 Work on defences as…

  • Finsbury Rifles: Away from the Western Front. 25th June to 2nd July 1916.

    In recent posts we have seen various divine services taking place. Often these would be open air and represent some of the few times that the men could come together collectively, outside of battle. Location SHALLUFA EAST Date 25/6/16 Voluntary divine service. Battalion finding guards and outposts. 2nd Lt Allen…

  • Finsbury Rifles: Away from the Western Front. 18th June to 24th June

    Date 18/6/16 No work on defences. Divine Service in E7 Canteen. Date 19 to 22/6/16 Work on defences as usual also finding the battalion duties. Date 23/6/16 6.30am visit of inspection of post by Commander in Chief. Routine as usual. Date 24/6/16 Work on defences. Lt Noileen and Lt Hamilton…

  • Stephanie Blog 1

    Introducing Stephanie! My name is Stephanie and I am studying Digital Humanities at University College London (UCL). I am half Peruvian and half Italian with dual nationality, but have lived in Peru my entire life. Three years ago I moved to London to study Digital Marketing at King’s College and…

  • Finsbury Rifles: Away from the Western Front. 18th June to 24th June 1916

        Date18/6/16 No work on defences. Divine Service in E7 Canteen. Date 19 to 22/6/16 Work on defences as usual also finding the battalion duties. Date 23/6/16 6.30am visit of inspection of post by C in C. Routine as usual. Date 24/6/16 Work on defences. Lt Noileen and Lt…

  • Sifting the Paperwork

    Islington Museum’s paperwork is crucial in helping us understand what our objects are, where they are from and why they are interesting. An old brick is just a brick…until you have a piece of paper that shows it is an original  tile from Sadlers Wells ‘Musick House’ in the 1680’s where people would come…