If your hobby is looking into your family history, you’ve come to the right place! We provide free on-site access to Ancestry, Find My Past, & The British Newspaper Archive to help you research your relatives, plus directories, parish registers, electoral registers… #EYAHobbies

Snapping the light in 45 #MerrionSq has become something of a #hobby . #ExploreYourArchive #EYAHobbies ARA Ireland

35mm colour-slide from the #archives ; Classic steam-hauled excursion train on CIÉ🚂📸Mullingar, March 1963; one of several outings organised by the IRRS in the pursuit of its hobby of recording the Irish Railway scene. #irishrailways #ExploreYourArchive #EYAHobbies

We hold a number of Women’s Institute records, ranging from individual branches to the Gwent Federation. Found in the Llantilio Pertholey WI papers, we have a photograph of a ‘Knit In’ held at Usk Memorial Hall – Is there anyone you recognise?

#EYAHobbies

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Tennis today, for #EYAHobbies Explore Your Archive
The Lawn Tennis Club developed from a group of friends during the 1920s, including Henry Billington (Tim Henman's grandfather), and Violet Owen. The present Aldbourne Lawn Tennis Club website is at clubspark.lta.org.uk/aldbournelawnt…

For #EYAHobbies we are sharing a photo of the Registry of Deeds football team from 1906.

We have a list of all our players but we would love to know who the opposing team was.

#ExploreYourArchive ARA Ireland #FootballIreland

Today's #ExploreYourArchive theme is #EYAHobbies , and we have a rather unique one- pigeon racing! These souvenirs of the Kenilworth Homing Society include transportation labels and forms, a race verification card, a stray bird form, and a diploma.

📸 WCRO, CR3159/33-34

Today's
Explore Your Archive
is #EYAhobbies Where to start? We have had societies from #archaeology to #philately from #gourmet cooking to #beekeeping Here's a page from the #troutfishing minutes book
Radley College
The Radleian Society
Countryside Centre @ Radley College School Archives and Records Association

When it comes to hobbies what's a more fun combo than morris dancing AND playing the accordion. This lady seems to have it all! #exploreyourarchive #eyahobbies

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Tennis seems to have been a popular hobby among nurses in the mid-20th century, as documented in these photographs of tennis tournaments from our nursing collection

#ExploreYourArchive #EYAHobbies #HistNursing

If your hobby is cooking, check out our page for your recipes for success:
sainsburyarchive.org.uk/story/stories/…

#EYAHobbies

The pages of 'Teamwork', the inhouse magazine for the #Nuffield Organisation, were not only filled with #News about the company, but also provided some insight into the #Hobbies , social and sporting activities of its workers.

#Archive #ExploreYourArchives #EYAHobbies

In Jan 2021 the Royal College of Physicians museum began to collect & record the experiences healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. They told us about work-life & their experiences at home. Here, Professor Ramesh Arasaradnam discusses one of his hobbies during lockdown 👇
#EYAHobbies

These photographs from the Jersey Swimming Club Collection, held at #JerseyArchive , show the fun and excitement that took place at the Havre des Pas Bathing Pool in the 1930s.

#EYAHobbies #Archives #Swimming #OurIslandStory #JerseyCI Parish of St Helier @LidoJersey

Did you know pigeon-fancying used to be a popular pastime in Tower Hamlets? 🐦

These photos from the wonderful Island History Trust collection show that residents on the Isle of Dogs had a long tradition of keeping the birds as pets and for racing #EYAHobbies

Today's #ExploreYourArchive theme is #EYAHobbies
This child’s miniature sewing machine from the early 20th Century with its original box and instructions, cotton reel and packet of ‘lady’s own machine needles’.

This #illustration is the ideal representation of the themes #EYAFestive #EYAHobbies . Created whilst in a Japanese Prisoner of War Camp in #WW2 it depicts a beautiful winter scene. #POW #pwrr #WarArt #Trenchart #archive #art

Is it just me, or does anyone else always read these as ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ even though that’s not what’s written? No, just me?! Perhaps my #EYAHobbies is moonlighting as 007 #JamesBond #ArchiveLife

From our Groves of Castlegrove collection, a photo of a hot air balloon, possibly not in #Dongal but who knows? Presence of men in army uniform suggests possibly not a hobby either! #EYAhobbies

Can you spot a famous son of Athlone in this colourised photo from our archives?
This entertainer could be counted on to fill concert halls from London to New York and is famous for singing ballads such as 'Macushla'.

Roscommon County Council Explore Your Archive #EYA Hobbies #EYA #Roscommon