Today I’m back with an ole favourite, a Lucky Dip post. Lucky Dip posts are an experiment of mine where I grab a random record then try to prove how *any* document, however unlikely, can be fascinating. This Lucky Dip was not picked out by me in the usual way, but was noticed by a … Continue reading Lucky Dip #8 – Infectious Diseases Notification Register
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Lucky Dip #7 – Debtors’ Account Books
It’s time for another Lucky Dip! Aisle 7 contains various types of court records, which have been catalogued under the “F” class. Court records are not part of my cataloguing project, but have a place in the new structure that they will be put into later. I selected this box off the shelf... “Debtor’s Prisoners Account books.” At first glance … Continue reading Lucky Dip #7 – Debtors’ Account Books
Lucky Dip #6 – Micklegate Strays
Morning, and welcome to Lucky dip #6. I recently researched the strays whilst working on my authority files so when I saw this cluster of boxes marked “Micklegate Strays” I picked one out in order to see what original records survive. I found that this box refers chiefly to exactly how the 1907 Act of Parliament … Continue reading Lucky Dip #6 – Micklegate Strays
Lucky Dip #5 – Chamberlains’ vouchers 1799-1801
Time to kick off the new year with a brand new lucky dip. Aisle 5 now, which consists of documents packaged in archive boxes, rather than loose on the shelves (hurrah)! Here’s the one I picked, with a mysterious temporary label that says “CV – Vouchers 1799-1801.” Opening it up, we see bundles of paper receipts, in … Continue reading Lucky Dip #5 – Chamberlains’ vouchers 1799-1801
Lucky Dip #4 – Chamberlains’ account books 1666-1679
Aisle 4 contains some of our older civic records. Let me introduce you to Lucky Dip #4 – Chamberlains' account books 1666-1679 [CB 26]. The Chamberlains kept the official City accounts, and the post goes back at least as far as 1290 in York. We have two major series of their records, known as the Chamberlains’ … Continue reading Lucky Dip #4 – Chamberlains’ account books 1666-1679
Lucky Dip #3 – Emergency Feeding Committee 1941-1946
Welcome back to the blog and part three of my lucky dip experiment, thanks for your feedback – I’m glad they’re proving a hit. Onto aisle three, this time my eye was caught by a scruffy, hand-inked red spine labelled “Emergency Feeding”. This sounds suitably bizarre, so here we go. It is another minute book, (we … Continue reading Lucky Dip #3 – Emergency Feeding Committee 1941-1946
Lucky Dip #2 – Fire Service and Licensing Committee 1965-1974
Hello and welcome to Lucky Dip #2 – after the success of Lucky Dip #1 I have high hopes for this next one. Now, aisle 2 is also full of minute books like the first. As we had an older record last time, I looked for something a little more recent. Here we are: Fire … Continue reading Lucky Dip #2 – Fire Service and Licensing Committee 1965-1974
Lucky Dip #1 – Market Committee minutes 1827-1828
Welcome to the first of my lucky dip posts. The aim is to pick an item off the shelves and find out what it has to offer, to show that civic archives are always interesting – even when you might not expect it! So here we are with Strongroom 1, Aisle 1, which mainly consists … Continue reading Lucky Dip #1 – Market Committee minutes 1827-1828
New “lucky dip” posts
To mix things up a bit I'm going to start a series of posts on actual individual records, that will pop up between my other topics. I could carefully select items that are particularly special, but as I have a crazy notion that ALL archives are interesting if you just look at them in the right way, I’m going to try … Continue reading New “lucky dip” posts
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