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www.macearchive.org.uk has had a makeover. Online clips from the Midlands film and TV archive are now easier to load and some can be viewed on a full screen even if it does make them look a bit grainy. Can be searched by location and topic. www.corrugated-iron-club.info/ is a gateway website which provides links to other websites relating to corrugated iron. Until now I have never fully appreciated just how versatile it was (and remains) as a building material. www.tintabernacles.com/ is one of the links provided by the website aboe. We have given the odd mention to tin tabernacles over the years and there are still plenty in use as this website and others show. www.barnes-history.org.uk has come on in leaps and bounds since its launch despite the fact that sections of the site are still ‘in development’. I particularly like its use of interactive maps and a timeline feature plus its use of space. Far too many websites are cluttered which makes it hard to take all the information in, but not this one. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/Latin/advanced is the latest free online tutorial from the National Archives. It takes the form of 12 step-by-step online tutorials which teach medieval Latin to an advanced level. You are given lots of opportunities to practise what you learn with the help of extracts from original documents held at The National Archives. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/beginners/ is similar to the website mentioned above and is a 12 part course for beginners which we have mentioned in a previous listing, but now seems like a good time to mention it again. www.prestonherts.co.uk/ is a new website about a Hertfordshire village just south of Hitchin and west of Stevenage. Philip Wray, who has created the website, says ‘My family and ancestors have lived in Preston for more than 250 years — from at least 1751 until 2003 — and I was curious to discover how they lived’. Its family history roots make it a real treasure trove with lots of historic photographs of individuals plus a surnames link section. |
4 January 2008 |
