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'Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offence.' Robert Frost, Mending Wall Remains of the wall that bounded the North Riding Asylum, Clifton, York, photographed May 2020.

We asked our artists to tell us how lockdown has affected their lives and practice. Tony Heaton @AshokDMistry @LSaundersART @Ukuletty Fae Kilburn and Anita Roye all responded. You can read about what they've been making, feeling + thinking here: bit.ly/30xB6P6

We're so excited to be launching our twitter life by taking over York Museum's twitter page this Thursday! Make sure to follow to find out more about #York's vibrant Gypsy and Traveller history and how traditions continue today #GRTHM #GRTHM2020

A series exploring the heritage of mental health for my Heritage Consortium Marking the boundary wall and Friends Burial Ground at the Retreat Hospital York. Patients were permitted to be buried within this ground if they were Quaker Friends.

This #WorldMentalHealthDay we have been thinking about the power of recreation and creativity to support our mental health and wellbeing. 2020 has led many of us to (re)discover hobbies that provide a bit of escapism, help us learn new skills and enable us to express ourselves.

On a day when the spotlight has been on #MaryFrancesHeaton's story we thought we would leave the final word with Mary; her voice recorded in the needle and thread she so skillfully employed. SouthWestYorkshire Partnership NHS FoundationTrust Dream Time Creative Forgotten Women Wake BBC Radio 5 Live Emma Barnett

Thank you BGfm

Last week the first of the projects got underway with Durham Archaeology carrying out the geophys survey of St John's Close English Heritage Warkworth Castle. The results are currently being processed and we should know more what they have found in the summer.

#Middlewood Hospital, #Wadsley was one of four West Riding county asylums. #MaryFrancesHeaton, a patient who stitched her story into intricate samplers, was transferred from #StanleyRoyd Hospital to Wadsley and died there in 1878.

Our final presentation of the day is Jane from Mental Health Museum, telling us about rethinking the narratives told through their collection #MDYForum21

Sometimes only tiny traces remain. The orchard that was planted for patients and staff at Naburn Hospital (formerly York City Asylum). Now a community orchard. #mentalhealth #heritage

The Asylums Name Index has gone live! Family historians can search records from 1818-1948 to locate ancestors & find out about their time in the care of Staffordshire’s County Asylums at Stafford, Burntwood & Cheddleton staffsnameindexes.org.uk #ExploreYourArchive Wellcome

The sun is out, the world is waking up again. Who wants to go on an adventure? Come on; grab your sarnies and dig out your wellies. It's time to go exploring... what will we find today? (Stay with us, promise its worth it!)

Remembering the thousands of patients at Fairfield Hospital, Bedfordshire, buried in unmarked graves. Honouring lost stories - but what more can be done? #heritageofmentalhealth #asylums #heritage

Balls of steel. And inspirational. Especially red trouser man.

Denis Reed was born in Bristol in 1917. He attended the Royal College of Art. He suffered from physical and mental ill-health, spending time in Bristol Mental Hospital in the 1950s. During his stay he produced many ink drawings of the hospital & the people in it. #bristolmuseums

Yesterday we were out with Creative Minds and the SouthWestYorkshire Partnership NHS FoundationTrust grounds teams to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Caring Garden at Fieldhead. To mark the date we planted a tree and are now looking forward to the next phase of the Garden's development 🌱🐝🌍

Looking forward to this!

Thank very much Rob Ellis, your KTP presentation was inspiring!