Explore Your Archive - round up January to May 2020

As promised we return to share our Explore Your Archive tweets for the year so far, so you can explore our archive.

Here's our round-up for January to May 2020:

Our New Year tweet reflected on our amazing National Lottery Heritage Funded project 'Deep Pockets and Dirty Faces', which saw the young people of our Ashcroft School explore the Together Trust's history through our archive collection.

...and you can read a lot more about the Deep Pockets & Dirty Faces campaign in 2017 on our history blog! https://t.co/qdKVB9y15g #OnceUponAnArchive #ExploreYourArchive #TogetherTrust150 (2of2) pic.twitter.com/ADAOgNw41F

— Together Trust (@TogetherTrust) January 7, 2020

Our archives help us uncover stories of inspiring people, like Edward who was born without arms and went on to became an accomplished painter. And that’s why we love our archives. More about Edward here: https://t.co/oXSG15sT7J #LoveArchives #ExploreYourArchives @disabledliving pic.twitter.com/aoQC7InKRZ

— Together Trust (@TogetherTrust) February 28, 2020

'The Ever Open Door – 150 Years of the Together Trust' by Andrew Simpson is helping us to #OpenArchives. Revealing the story of the Together Trust from 1870 to the present day https://t.co/6bFf6kKfEb#ExploreYourArchive @BHCARA @AndrewSimpson41 #TogetherTrust150 pic.twitter.com/0xMgL4Rb9F

— Together Trust (@TogetherTrust) March 24, 2020

Our collection of early annual reports are rich resources for 19th/20th century child welfare, philanthropy & social history studies. These will be digitised & accessible by the end of 2020.#ExploreYourArchive #Archive30 #TogetherTrust150 @HeritageFundUK @townsweb @MancLibraries pic.twitter.com/8E6xMOHnK6

— Together Trust (@TogetherTrust) April 4, 2020

Recently donated by a staff member: a commemorative tea towel created by Bethesda students to celebrate the school’s centenary. Have something to share? Look out for our memory collecting events post lockdown.#ExploreYourArchive #Archive30 #SomethingNew #TogetherTrust150 pic.twitter.com/IGhKa9jYTp

— Together Trust (@TogetherTrust) April 6, 2020

At the ‘Summer Camp for Poor City Boys’ (1883 – 1947) football, cricket, rambling, swimming, and outdoor games were the order of the day.#ExploreYourArchive #Archive30 #Sport #TogetherTrust150 #Sport pic.twitter.com/TbSuFomNW0

— Together Trust (@TogetherTrust) April 15, 2020

Our oral history collection reveals the stories of care experienced people. Help us to share your story by looking out for our memory collecting events later in the year https://t.co/IgoX2lvZRg#ExploreYourArchive #Archive30 #HiddenHistories #OralHistory #TogetherTrust150

— Together Trust (@TogetherTrust) April 22, 2020

Our archive has been undertaking lots of exciting digitisation projects recently. We’ll share these online later in the year to help you discover & enjoy our 150 year heritage. #ExploreYourArchive #Archive30 #ArchiveGoal #TogetherTrust150 @UoYBorthwick https://t.co/hEH6vooS8E pic.twitter.com/lPF2SUarvo

— Together Trust (@TogetherTrust) April 29, 2020

Our Children’s Garden Village in #Cheadle opened in 1920. Its lush orchard provided necessary fruit and veg during #WWII. https://t.co/kSdVggSbaX #GreenArchives #ExploreYourArchive #TogetherTrust150 pic.twitter.com/DJJJAtzm43

— Together Trust (@TogetherTrust) May 25, 2020

Have you been missing out? We regularly share gems from the archive on our social media pages - follow @TogetherTrust on Twitter or @SupportTogetherTrust on Facebook and never miss an archive treasure. Not a follower on social media? Fear not, we'll be doing another round-up our #ExploreYourArchive tweets on the blog later in the year.

You can also read about our previous Explore Your Archive campaigns for 2013 and 2015 on the blog, or you can visit the Explore Your Archive website to read more about the Archives and Records Association initiative.