We're struggling with today's ARA Scotland #ArchiveAdventCalendar theme of #ChristmasCracker! However, here's a recipe for 'Perfect Christmas Dinner' (minus the crackers!) from a December 2011 edition of Newcastle University student newspaper The Courier.

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Today's ARA Scotland #ArchiveAdventCalendar theme is #Shopping Here are 4 19th Century illustrations of various 'markets' from Newcastle and nearby where you might have done some festive shopping in days gone by, all part of our collection of Local Illustrations.

Parties are one of many #FestiveTraditions that people often enjoy. So for today's ARA Scotland #ArchiveAdventCalendar theme here are Kathleen Ainslie's peg dolls enjoying a Christmas Eve Party from her book 'Lady Tabitha and Us'. The book is in our Rare Books Collection.

We're wondering if snow was in short supply in 1964 as these students took to practicing skiing in the unusual surroundings of the University Sports Hall! This photo from the University Archive is perfect for today's ARA Scotland #ArchiveAdventCalendar theme of #WinterSports

Who's up for a game? For today's ARA Scotland #ArchiveAdventCalendar theme of #toys here's a home made game of 'Picture Lotto' made by Florence Bell in 1876, stepmother of Gertrude Bell. The game is from our Bridget Plowden Archive. How many matches can you spot?

New exhibition now open: Provenance: Former owners and their marks in Special Collections & Archives rare books. Bookplates, inscriptions & armorial stamps are common ways to identify a book’s previous owners, but there are others too! Find more info: ncl.ac.uk/library/specia…

Christmas can be a time for family, and two families that feature prominently in our archives are the Trevelyan and Bell families. For todays ARA Scotland #ArchiveAdventCalendar theme of #Family here are two photos of the families.

Are you hoping to find a nice present or two in a #Stocking on Christmas morning? We're not sure all these gifts would fit in a stocking, but here's a well known song we've found in our Broadside Collection about a whole 12 day's worth of gifts! #ArchiveAdventCalendar ARA Scotland

Today's ARA Scotland #ArchiveAdventCaldendar theme is #Star These pages from Malby's Celestial Globe Atlas, puublished in 1843 illustrate not just one star, but many stars and constellations visible in the sky! This book is part of our Rare Books Collection RB Folio 523.89 MAL

It's almost Christmas Day, so here's an illustration of Santa from a December 1880 edition of Punch, returning once again with gifts. This particular copy is Punch is part of our 19th Century Collection. #ArchiveAdventCalendar ARA Scotland #Santa

Wishing everyone who's celebrating a very happy Christmas! For today's final ARA Scotland #ArchiveAdventCalendar theme of #MerryChristmas here's a Christmas carol 'On Christmas Day' from 'A Garland of Christmas Carols' in our Chapbook Collection.

Wishing all our followers a Happy New Year! Here's a song from Joe Wilson to celebrate the start of a new year. We're away until the University break ends on the 6th of January. Until then all our virtual resources can be found on our website.ncl.ac.uk/library/specia…

#HappyNewYear2025 We're back in the office today. We hope everyone had an enjoyable break. Are you needing some #MondayMotivation for the 1st day back for many? Why not browse & search our webpages for inspiration ncl.ac.uk/library/specia… #HappyNewYear

Who knew it was #NationalBubbleBathDay? We found this print from the Joseph Crawhall II Archive, of a child taking bath, which was later used as a Pears' soap advert collectionscaptured.ncl.ac.uk/digital/collec…

Who else is feeling the cold this week? For #throwbackthursday here are some photos we've found in our University Archive of some well wrapped explorers on an expedition to the Arctic in 1961. Bonus points to anyone who can work out where they are. [Ref. NUA/022184]

The weather this week has got us feeling slightly obsessed with the cold. We image if we go out at the weekend we'll be dressed like this chap who's feeling the effects of the cold weather. Find many more Crawhall illustrations on CollectionCaptured: collectionscaptured.ncl.ac.uk/digital/collec…

Today is the start of the English agricultural year #ploughday & we've found this book from the Douglas Gilchrist Collection which contains illustrations, descriptions & accounts of horned bulls (1822) cdm21051.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collec…

Did you know? We house over 200 collections of archives & rare books! From British social history British politics, history of medicine to modern lit, children’s lit, architecture, visual arts & more. Find out more in this short video youtube.com/watch?v=TCfYtN…

On this dull January day here are some bright illustrations from Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal of 1739. Blackwell published the book to raise money to rescue her husband, from a debtor's prison where he had spent two years. [Ref. Rare Books Col. 633.88]