Friday, September 25, 2026

Findmypast Friday: Discover Even More Records From the Prestigious Royal School of Needlework

  I received this information from Findmypast today:

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Delve into the stories behind the embroidery this week.

This week's two new collections offer an in-depth insight into the Royal School of Needlework between 1889 and 1946.

With records for both teaching staff and students, you can glimpse what it was like to study and work at this unique school in years gone by.

Royal School of Needlework Teaching Staff Records

This new collection comprises 5,140 staff records from the Royal School of Needlework.

Royal School Of Needlework Student Records

This week's second new set contains 3,441 records, spanning 1895 to 1944.

New titles from Aberdeen to Armagh

We've added three new titles to our newspaper archive this week. We've also updated 22 existing publications, with a total of 266,842 pages added.

New titles:
  • Highbridge and Burnham Gazette, 1874, 1877
  • Musician of the Salvation Army, 1897–1985
  • Portadown Express and County Armagh Advertiser, 1906–1920
Updated titles:
  • Aberdeen Press and Journal, 1748–1959, 1963–2008
  • Argyllshire Advertiser, 1887–1888, 1974–1975, 1986, 1988–1994
  • Banffshire Advertiser, 1881–1902, 1905–1982, 1986–1989
  • Bicycling News, 1877, 1885–1887, 1890–1893
  • Birmingham Weekly Mercury, 1889, 1897, 1912, 1918–1921, 1923–1945, 1947–1999, 2001–2003, 2005
  • Blyth News Post Leader, 1986–2004
  • Catholic Standard, 1933–1963
  • Church in the West, 1885–1886, 1888, 1890–1891
  • Co-operative News, 1876, 1881, 1885, 1887–1888, 1890–1891, 1893
  • Doncaster Chronicle, 1889, 1950
  • East Cumberland News, 1898, 1900–1901
  • Hertford Mercury and Reformer, 1834–1837, 1840–1889, 1897, 1913, 1916–1918, 1939, 1950, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1963–1967, 1980–1999, 2002, 2004–2005
  • Isle of Wight County Press, 1884–1919
  • Knutsford Guardian, 1911–1913, 1919
  • Lloyd's List, 1801–1884, 1887–1890, 1892–1894, 1896–1919
  • Macclesfield Express, 1981–2003
  • Nation and The Athenaeum, 1907–1931
  • Pink (Newcastle), 1987–1990, 1993–1999
  • Shipping World and Herald of Commerce, 1883–1918
  • St. Mary Cray & Swanley Express, 1900–1917
  • Uxbridge Leader, 1986–2005
  • Wokingham Times, 1931–1942, 1944–1958, 1977–1981, 1983–1999, 2001–2002
Rise, Power, Ruin: A Family History of the Industrial Revolution

Forgotten workers. Remarkable archive discoveries. For this special episode, Jen Baldwin is joined by National Trust curators Helen Antrobus and Lauren Collier for a peek behind the scenes.

Watch the video on YouTube:  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26EAVWxz0tE

Together, they explore why the story of Ironbridge is far from finished.

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