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Tag Archives: Facebook post

Home / Posts Tagged: Facebook post

The Jilting of Jane

Jan 6, 2021Eric CorbettEssays & short storiesFacebook post, Not on Wikipedia

Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1894, about an episode in the romantic life of a young maidservant who is engaged to be married.

Katherine Harley

Nov 10, 2020Eric CorbettWomen's historyFacebook post

A suffragist who in 1913 organised the Great Pilgrimage, a march along six routes to converge on Hyde Park, London, where a rally in support of women’s suffrage was held.

Pierre Adolphe Valette

Jul 27, 2020Daisy GraceGreater Manchester, PaintersCompletely different, Facebook post

A French Impressionist painter who taught at the Manchester School of Art from 1906 until 1920.

Adele Meyer

Jul 26, 2020Eric CorbettPhilanthropists, Women's historyCompletely different, Facebook post

Adele Meyer, Lady Meyer, (1862/3–1930) was an English socialite, social reformer, philanthopist and suffragist.

Brown Lady of Raynham Hall

Jun 16, 2020Eric CorbettHauntingsCompletely different, Facebook post

The Brown Lady is a ghost said to haunt Raynham Hall in Norfolk, and the subject of perhaps the most famous ghost photograph ever taken.

Herring girls

Feb 26, 2020Daisy GraceWomen's historyFacebook post

Women and girls who travelled across Scotland to gut and pack fish in the fishing ports on the east coast of Britain.

Euphame MacCalzean

Jan 29, 2020Georgie DarcyWitchesCompletely different, Facebook post

Wealthy Scottish heiress and member of the gentry convicted of witchcraft. A key figure in the North Berwick witchcraft trials of 1590–1591.

The Nightmare

Dec 31, 2019Eric CorbettPaintingsFacebook post

The Nightmare is an oil painting by Henry Fuseli, depicting an ape-like incubus crouching on a sleeping woman. It was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1782.

Trafford General Hospital

Dec 14, 2019Eric CorbettHospitalsFacebook post

Trafford General Hospital in Greater Manchester is generally considered to be the UK’s first NHS hospital, and the first in the world to offer free healthcare to all.

The Crystal Ball

Dec 5, 2019Eric CorbettPaintingsFacebook post

The Crystal Ball (1902) is an oil painting by John William Waterhouse.

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