tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post4745548041546767379..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Industrial Revolution - how I came to love historyMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-71952156438521752992012-06-06T15:02:55.804+01:002012-06-06T15:02:55.804+01:00So Good post and i will follow you Blog and i hope...So Good post and i will follow you Blog and i hope to follow my blog <a href="http://www.ancient-egypt.info/p/ancient-egyptian-god-and-goddess-map.html" rel="nofollow"> Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddess</a> and see more about <a href="http://www.ancient-egypt.info/2012/03/min-ancient-egyptian-god-of-fertility.html" rel="nofollow"> Min Egyptian God </a> thanks a gain admin ,,,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-7938011589163847532011-11-20T10:55:12.019+00:002011-11-20T10:55:12.019+00:00PPS Sorry to hog the comment column, but my late ...PPS Sorry to hog the comment column, but my late Uncle, Arthur Holden (he was a gorup manager for the CWS, retiring in the 1950s)when he was a child went to a small school at Greenbank which had been John Bright's home. <br />Margaret Pgalanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-44953447991960427912011-11-20T10:52:29.060+00:002011-11-20T10:52:29.060+00:00PS I would like to add that I also detested histo...PS I would like to add that I also detested history at grammar school. I even 'dropped' it at the end of the 4th year (whatever that year is into day's parlance!) However, since then I have written for History Today, BBC History Magazine and now write about antiques and garden history. Can I remember anything of my history lessons at school? Hardly a thing, except the 'dates' of Elizabeth 1 (1558-1603) ... furthermore, periods in history meant nothing to me. If the women wore long dresses I had no idea if they were Victorian or Medieval. It was all simly time out of mind!<br />Margaret Pgalanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-32167426032186704242011-11-20T10:48:58.052+00:002011-11-20T10:48:58.052+00:00Lovely to see Rochdale where my grandparents were ...Lovely to see Rochdale where my grandparents were born and where my great grandfather had a tobacconist's shop in nearby Whitworth. I lived in Whitworth until I was 6 years old, and myh parents had a shop in Toad Lane, which is now a conservation area I understand. But happy memories of my time there.<br />Margaret Pgalanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-89512973944894839892011-11-12T11:25:45.339+00:002011-11-12T11:25:45.339+00:00Thank you all for your comments and for the birthd...Thank you all for your comments and for the birthday wishes. I'm (still) having a wonderful time as my birthday spreads over at least ten days.Barbara Mitchelhillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-55836359554950524192011-11-11T22:20:50.009+00:002011-11-11T22:20:50.009+00:00Happy birthday and I love your story of how you ca...Happy birthday and I love your story of how you came to love history.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17526817272613512688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-44903002974223806922011-11-11T11:55:55.314+00:002011-11-11T11:55:55.314+00:00Happy Birthday! I am glad you came to a truce with...Happy Birthday! I am glad you came to a truce with history. <br /><br />I wonder if in fact your grim teacher hated history too? Perhaps she really wanted to be a maths or a geography teacher? If a teacher finds no joy in her subject, she easily transmits the misery. I had a maths teacher like that for a while. Which is not the ONLY reason why I write history now.michelle lovrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026972300195225090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-23960611704385704762011-11-11T11:41:29.902+00:002011-11-11T11:41:29.902+00:00Lovely post Barbara. Isn't it fascinating how ...Lovely post Barbara. Isn't it fascinating how history moves from the general to the personal sometimes in unexpected ways? Your photograph of the poppies is stunning. Happy Birthday!Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-25849595599393461612011-11-11T10:48:06.852+00:002011-11-11T10:48:06.852+00:00Lovely post Barbara. Isn't it fascinating how ...Lovely post Barbara. Isn't it fascinating how history moves from the general to the personal sometimes in unexpected ways? Your photograph of the poppies is stunning. Happy Birthday!Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-50559037772579029172011-11-11T10:35:36.408+00:002011-11-11T10:35:36.408+00:00Happy Birthday, Barbara! A wonderful post. And nic...Happy Birthday, Barbara! A wonderful post. And nice to see Rochdale highlighted!adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-28901691451820377172011-11-11T09:22:07.348+00:002011-11-11T09:22:07.348+00:00A very interesting post. I was recently at the Jos...A very interesting post. I was recently at the Joseph Arkwright mill in Cromford - the first factory, so it was said. And not far off is the viaduct over Monsall Dale, which horrified people when it was first built. It's interesting how these industrial monuments add to the landscape now, where once they were intrusions - and had such a huge effect on people's lives.<br /><br />Oh - and happy birthday!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com