pferguson | July 19, 2017
Tempest and Tranquility Less than 15’ in length the 1937-constructed Tamzine is believed to be the smallest of the little ships that set forth to the beaches of Dunkirk where it helped save soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force; many of whom would fight on these shores again and across Northwest Europe. Tamzine, built of Canadian […]
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Tags: British Pathe, Dunkirk (film), Dunkirk (France), Dunkirk Evacuation, English Channel, Film History, Imperial War Museum, Little Ships, Spirit of Dunkirk, Tamzine
pferguson | June 11, 2017
The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies [NUWSS] Elsie Inglis who initially studied medicine at the Edinburgh School of Medicine in 1887, completed her studies in 1892 at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Inglis was especially cognizant of the required specialized knowledge and treatments for female patients and was appalled by the lack of standards turning […]
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Tags: Donation Box, Edinburgh, Elsie Inglis, Fundraising, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Hospitals, Imperial War Museum, Medicine, National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, NUWSS, Scotland, Scottish Women's Hospitals, Suffragette, Suffragist
pferguson | September 10, 2015
The Ordinary with the Extraordinary All nations have their awards and many of these symbols of valour (valor), honour (honor), bravery, and courage are well known. They take on many names such as the Victoria Cross, the Légion d’Honneur, Croix de Guerre, Ritterkreuz (Iron Cross), and the Medal of Honor. In earlier times, gallantry was […]
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pferguson | August 16, 2015
A Journey and Study of Context It was a curious thing I set out upon. Having traveled many times to London, England and ventured forth from various rail stations to different parts of the United Kingdom, I took on more and more the role of the observer of place. These built structures and landscapes […]
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Tags: Archives, Art, Artifacts, Connection, Context, Curiosity, Documents, Emotional Archaeology, Feelings, Great War, Hawthorne Crater, Images, Imperial War Museum, Landscape, Natural History, Notre Dame de Lorette, Parts of Many Things, Sound, Sympathetic Awareness, Works of Art
pferguson | July 27, 2013
What Black and White Film Can Do! Dad’s Army the well-known British Home Guard sitcom played from 1968 – 1977 with the first two series, of nine, being filmed in black and white. Recently I sat down and watched Series 1 Episode 1, The Man and the Hour, and chuckled my way through the dialogue. I […]
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Tags: Arnold Ridley, Arthur Lowe, Blitz, Clive Dunn, Dad's Army, Film History, Great War, Hancocks, Home Guard, Ian Lavender, Imperial War Museum, James Beck, John Laurie, John Le Mesurier, LDV, Local Defence Volunteers, Look Duck and Vanish, Second World War, The Man and the Hour, Victoria Cross
