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Maybelle Wallis

Maybelle Wallis

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    Tag: History

    The HistWriter August 2022

    The year is maturing, with tight green blackberries appearing along the lane, wasps on the prowl, and swallows fattening themselves up ahead of their journeys back south.… Read more “The HistWriter August 2022”

    August 6, 2022August 5, 2022 by M Wallis

    Shadows and Street Corners

    Storytelling from Wexford’s past in this intimate courtyard space, tucked against the ancient town wall by St John’s Gate. Sinister tales of haunted people: haunted by the… Read more “Shadows and Street Corners”

    August 6, 2022 by M Wallis

    The HistWriter May 2021

    This month in ‘The HistWriter Newsletter’: my ‘Neighbours from the Bronze Age’ and ‘The Irish Bookshop Show’ produced by writers and readers in Wexford. I also feature… Read more “The HistWriter May 2021”

    May 8, 2021 by M Wallis

    Peace Walls: a short story written in 2012

    When I wrote Peace Walls in 2012 I did not foresee peace in Northern Ireland unravelling and hoped that time would bring healing. Free to read on… Read more “Peace Walls: a short story written in 2012”

    April 11, 2021April 11, 2021 by M Wallis

    At the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month:

    We shall remember them. ‘Hinky-Dinky Parlay-Voo’ is a free to read short story about the call-up, the media frenzy, and the popular songs of the day –… Read more “At the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month:”

    November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 by M Wallis

    Haunted by Workhouses

    #HeartOfCruelty #Histwriter #Birmingham Wherever I had a job in the NHS – in London or the West Midlands – there was almost always an old workhouse, often… Read more “Haunted by Workhouses”

    October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 by M Wallis

    April Fools

    An amusing post from the OUP for 1st April: ‘This April Fool’s day, learn from the experts’

    April 1, 2016April 1, 2016 by M Wallis

    Birmingham: The Great Working City

    The heroine of my Victorian novel set in Birmingham has been out job-hunting recently. I have been her guide, with the help of an 1839 map, an… Read more “Birmingham: The Great Working City”

    January 19, 2016January 19, 2016 by M Wallis

    ‘The Birmingham Rat’: Freeth’s cheese and workhouse dripping

    If we understand attitudes to the poor in 19th century England it sheds light on our attitudes to the poor today. Being richer has not made us… Read more “‘The Birmingham Rat’: Freeth’s cheese and workhouse dripping”

    August 12, 2015August 12, 2015 by M Wallis

    Happy Birthday to the British Newspaper Archive!

    See more (and more) on the British Newspaper Archive website…

    November 29, 2014November 29, 2014 by M Wallis
     

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