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Frost Fairs at the Museum of London

Last week I visited a small display at the Museum of London about frost fairs on the Thames. Frost fairs had a carnival like atmosphere and combined market stalls with street entertainments set upon the river near London Bridge. They took place on the Thames in years where the depth of ice was sufficiently thick …

Getting into the archive – H.R. Potter

Although we’re still in the early stages of the project and very much finding our way through numerous ideas, technologies, and archive catalogues…  I have managed to complete a few days of work in the archives.  Deciding to start local, these days have been spent over at the Kings Meadow Campus of the University of …