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These people are certainly getting into the #HolidaySpirit in Wishaw, 1920s. Photograph taken by D. Lawrie. Do you recognise anyone in this image? Get in touch! #ArchiveAdventCalendar #ArchiveAdvent @ARAScot https://t.co/NLXHYeqfzi

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RT @GoIndustScot: #DYK where pig iron got its name? This bar represents the millions of tons of pig iron produced in the west of Scotland:…

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A festive Christmas #Tree in the Children's Department at Coatbridge Library in 1957 #ArchiveAdventCalendar #ArchiveAdvent #Coatbridge @acadvertiser @ARAScot https://t.co/Q21yGuaBZa

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Airdrie Cross covered in #Snow, looking south down Broomknoll Street in the mid-1950s, showing the Little Duchess Cafe, Robert Bennett & Sons and Gillies Tea Room @ARAScot #ArchiveAdventCalendar #ArchiveAdvent https://t.co/PlKRFLlFgY

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RT @CNLlearning: #Teachers we are offering FREE Victorian Christmas workshops @SummerleeMuseum & @NL_Heritage Centre this December. Learn a…

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It's been a stormy weekend. Not such an unusual occurrence for Scotland in November - as this image of a flooded Strathclyde Park in November 1977 pays testament! #stormyweather #Motherwell https://t.co/avIi9rKcdD

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RT @DorsetArchives: Today we're going to be highlighting #ConservationNightmare documents our conservator Jenny turned into a #Conservation…

NorthLan Heritage26 Nov

Not the worst #ConservationNightmare we've seen, but this bound volume of the 1932 Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser is very fragile, with torn pages, ripped spine and discolouration. To prevent further damage, we advise readers to view a microfilm copy instead #ExploreYourArchive https://t.co/F85dgL1zjl

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The pretty former fishing village of Footdee (Fittie in Scots) is hidden amongst the bustle of Aberdeen harbour & has inspired generations of artists. Here Ian James Bruce Short (1928-96) gives it the #Abstract treatment https://t.co/jPXRVaAUEa #OnlineArtExchange https://t.co/IdaQSqpmBv

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Today we celebrate #collaboration in archives. So here is a big shout out to our sector collaboration facilitators @ScotsArchives @ARAScot @NatRecordsScot @UkNatArchives @TheNMCT @ARAUK_IE @dpc_chat ! 🎉 #ExploreYourArchive https://t.co/taxLo1j7K9

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RT @NatRecordsScot: Online talk today, 5 pm: Dr Alison Rosie looks at what a list of Mary, Queen of Scots’ jewellery – annotated in Mary’s…

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