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Many of the gifts appear to be small amounts to people in need who were travelling through Ely, perhaps to pay for the next stage of their journey. ... What caught my attention was the variety of people being helped and the snapshot the accounts provide

During World War II, the need to keep people fed and the need to keep people safe also had an impact outside. ... The government’s 1941 ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign, which encouraged people to grow their own food at a time of rationing, saw

It was a wretched wet night, & very mild. [Richmond] Temple took me to dine with some people called Bigham (in Cheyne Walk) – B. ... Bigham & Godley argued that it is a very fine sight to see the people behaving in Bank Holiday style, & they got very

Vincent’s volcano La Soufrière in May 1902. The event devastated much of the northern part of the island and killed approximately 1,600 people. ... The diverse population of the Caribbean, including the indigenous peoples of modern Honduras and Belize,

Westgate’s glass plates provide a vivid pictorial history of his work, and reflect his interest in the traditions and culture of the people among whom he lived, Y30469F/GN. ... Eastman’s slides also include impromptu street scenes capturing people

We have seen in the history of the people of other nations that this is a good system’ (Vol. ... Supplying information to my people. […] What is your object in doing that; do you want to enlighten them? –

The collection captures the different levels of political and cultural engagement between colonial civil servants, local authorities and the local people themselves, particularly the Ashanti. ... Burns. Y30448Q/23 and 29 are, however, more characteristic

Do the jinn consciously intend to sting people, or does contagion occur through happenstance? ... How is it that people can contract the plague in the month of Ramadan, when the jinn are bound and fettered?

People die and their relatives contact an archive service, a business closes down, a hospital moves to a new building, solicitors want to make some space. ... There is no doubt that the people who should take the credit for that ‘discovery’ is those

This is an untitled album assembled by Margaret ‘Killie’ Campbell (1881-1965) documenting the peoples of southern Africa. ... There are accompanying typescript captions and explanatory notes supplied by Campbell, some of which use anachronistic or