Andy Skinner
@andyvskinner
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Dad/historian/educator.Flying the flag for Southampton's history and heritage. Learning Officer @TudorHseGarden and @SeaCityMuseum. All views my own.
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Joined May 2009
I'll be gving this online talk about the role of Southampton in D-Day tonight (Tues 22nd) if anyone is around and interested.
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A series of monthly online history talks hosted on Zoom and led by Andy Skinner (Learning & Engagement Officer at SeaCity Museum and Tudor House & Garden). All of the... Read more »
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I'm pleased to say 160 tickets for our next two history talks with @SeaSpitfires and @andyvskinner both sold out in under 2 hours. But unlike those brothers from Manchester, everyone pays just the one same price for our gigs. £5. Great value I think.
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When 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' and a school workshop on the Mayflower collide...
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For anybody interested, I'll be giving the FREE lecture on 9th October at 7pm all about the links between Southampton and its geography. https://t.co/WN3avMllRQ
@RGS_IBG @SouthamptonHid1 @HistoricalSoton
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We've had a new delivery of my short book 'The Ghosts of Tudor House?'. It's a compilation of spooky talesblinked to Tudor House. You'll be able to pick up a copy at @TudorHseGarden or @SeaCityMuseum soon! @Go_Southampton @supernaturaluk @VisitSoton @See_Southampton
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BEM medal awarded to Chandlers Ford man John Edmund Lewis. On display at the Operation Pluto (Pipeline Under the Ocean) Museum at Shanklin Chine IOW. #pirelli @andyvskinner
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Really excited and privileged to be speaking at the Romsey Show as part of their D-Day exhibit. If anyone is here, please say hello!
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This is one of a few dated covers from WW2 - 80 years old and from the time of D-Day. Chandler's Ford. @SouthamptonHid1 @HistoricalSoton
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🚨New blog post alert: this looks at a specific story from the Second World War, the bombing of 94 High Street in 1940. https://t.co/gvzbbPidAH
@SouthamptonHid1 @NewForestRamble @marie_keates @rod21198 @HistoricalSoton @SotonArchaeoSoc
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The onslaught of the Second World War on Southampton had a momentous impact on the town. During the war there were 57 occurrences of air raids, over 30,000 bombs were dropped on the town, and 631 p…
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Fantastic lunchtime spent visualising Roman Southampton with @andyvskinner . Photo taken from the base of the inner fosse looking south along the ditch.
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New blog alert - a delve into privateering in Tudor and Stuart Southampton. https://t.co/cjJDV0YYaE
@HistoricalSoton @SouthamptonHid1 @marie_keates @VisitSoton @TudorHseGarden
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In the late 2000s historic renovators at Tudor House made an astounding discovery. While peeling back plaster in an upstairs room they found a wall that was littered with post-medieval graffiti tha…
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A chance overhearing of a tour guide today has led to writing a new blog post about Tudor House's wonderful jetty. p.s. I don't think it was any of the guides from @See_Southampton or @TourGuides1976
https://t.co/036z5j9GYg
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There are a number of overhanging features in Tudor House.© Andy Skinner Today, as I was leaving Tudor House, my attention was caught by a tour guide (I think they were a tour guide – they lo…
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For anyone attending this year's Romsey Show please come along and say hi! Chris's work on D-Day logistics is really inspirational, so well worth checking his work out!
This year the Romsey Show will have a D-Day 80th flavour. In addition to all the normal attractions there will be a D-Day Marquee with talks, pop-up exhibitions, vintage vehicles and an Airsoft range. Tickets through the show site at https://t.co/FmKediT6Sy.
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Definitely one of the earliest. I have a vague memory that there's one from the late 1880s somewhere?
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I've just returned from Guernsey where I discovered a fascinating link to the south coast of England and, very probably, Southampton https://t.co/bP2mLd8Laj
@HistoricalSoton @SouthamptonHid1 @marie_keates @GuernseyMuseums @VisitGuernsey
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I have just returned from a holiday in Guernsey, where lots of my wife’s relatives still live today. There are plenty of links between the Channel Islands and Southampton, including major tra…
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Our summer holiday plans have been curtailed, but it did give me the time to check out a piece of D-Day archaeology close to home, with a fitting link! @HistoricalSoton @SouthamptonHid1 @thehistoryguy @DDayLogs @NewForestRamble
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A participant on a guided tour spotted this awesome bit of graffiti today. It's in a 15th century vault in Southampton. What does it show I wonder? @mjc_associates @MedievalG @SouthamptonHid1 @HistoricalSoton
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This is a special opportunity to spend some time reflecting on the ancient connections of Southampton - a service in French in the French Church in Winkle Street. @DaveDaveadcock are you officiating?
Don’t forget this once a year opportunity is coming soon. https://t.co/KqtAQQ7pPa? Please share widely @HistoricalSoton @andyvskinner @See_Southampton You don’t have to speak French or be religious to appreciate this occasion.
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