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What's nicer than a handmade card at Christmas?! And here's a very special one drawn by OH Mavor, aka playwright James Bridie, c.1937. ❄️.#ArchiveAdventCalendar #ChristmasCards
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In 1975 this sign at the entrance to Sainsbury's and Atkinson's stores caused smiles in Sheffield. But Father Christmas probably felt like his name was a bit left out!. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #WinterWonderland
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It doesn't get more traditional than a turkey at Christmas. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #FestiveTraditions
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For Day 1 #ArchiveAdventCalendar theme: #snow; some winter shots of Dublin suburban rail/bus services @ Sutton, Co. Dublin, c.1990s. @PhotosOfDublin #irishrailarchives🚉🚌❄️
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Behind today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar door is a lovely little Christmas #tree 🎄.(from The herball or Generall historie of plantes by John Gerard, c.1636)
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We love the sparkly, shiny decorations on this tree from the Mearnskirk Hospital Christmas party c.1949. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #ChristmasSparkle
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Image of Childrens Sparkle - dental gel bubblegum flavour with fluoride. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #ChristmasSparkle
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Today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar is all about #Family. This fascinating account of the household of Scottish surgeon John Hunter shows family, servants and tradesmen living at his residence in Leicester Square, 1792.
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In 1991 Sainsbury's started selling 'Make Your Own' Christmas crackers. Did any of you have a go?. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #ChristmasCracker
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Day 6 of #ArchiveAdventCalendar is all about the #chimney. We think Santa would have a grand old time sliding down our College Hall chimney! It was built in 1893 from designs by Glasgow architect John James Burnet
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#ArchiveAdventCalendar #ChristmasCards. Head here to see our selection of vintage Christmas cards:.
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Here's and image of the branch at Merry Hill Centre, with some bright car headlights. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #MerryAndBright
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Thinking of making your own preserves as #ChristmasGifts this year? Here are a couple of recipes for "Marmlit" and "Jille" from our 18th century herbal notebook.🫙.#ArchiveAdventCalendar
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For today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar it's #WinterSports. Fancy a bit of extreme trekking in the snowy mountains of the Himalayas? This book (c1899) by LA Waddell, surgeon with the Indian Army Medical Corp has handy tips on dealing with altitude sickness, frost-bite & snow blindness
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#ArchiveAdventCalendar The @britishmuseum Director used to live onsite at the Museum in Bloomsbury, often with his #family. The family apartment was in the West Wing, now used as staff office space. Here are some images from the 1970s. #BritishMuseum #archive #exploreyourarchive
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There are #Presents behind today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar door and here's a lovely festive photo of Santa (a.k.a. stage star Jack Radcliffe) delivering a sack full of presents to the children on the wards at Mearnskirk Hospital (c.1935) 🎁
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Day 4 of #ArchiveAdventCalendar and here are the staff of Mearnskirk Hospital (c.1953) ready and waiting for their #FestiveFeast. We don't know what was on the menu but we can see some lovely looking plates of fruit 🍇
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Ho ho ho! #Santa is behind today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar door and here's a lovely festive photo of the jolly man himself (and a St Bernard 🐶) delivering a sack full of presents to the children on the wards at Mearnskirk Hospital (c.1935)
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