Our blog site looks at lots of areas of local history. However, it takes its name ‘The Past on Glass’ from a specific collection; that of the photographer, David Knights-Whittome and the glass plate portraits he took between 1905 and 1918. The digitised images are available on our Flickr site. This blog site was originally…
A short but sweet one for this Thursday evening which ties in nicely with our Sutton Historians talk tomorrow (24/11/23). Written by our search-room (and blog post!) regular, Ann Morton, it explores the Bawtree family. Ivan Bawtree was a 20th century photographer, as you will discover, and Sutton Archives proudly has some Bawtree photographs in…
Remembrance Day is a time of reflection, an opportunity to pause and honour those embroiled in conflict across the world. Unfortunately, war and hardship is currently at the forefront of people’s minds, when we read, watch, scroll through our news. May we use the memory of those gone before us to impact how we react…
A Routes Through Sutton’s Past Spinoff Our volunteer, Clive, is trying something new today. He’s playing time traveller on the bus, imagining local figure, Mr Thomas Hogg, joining him for a discussion on his family history and lasting legacy in Sutton. Read on to discover more! When Thomas Hogg boarded the history bus in Benhill…
The Past on Glass & Other Stories... 