Natasha Anson

@natashaanson.bsky.social

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Collaborative PhD student (Durham) & museum person (Beamish) researching nostalgia and working class heritage, interested in all things open-air museums/heritage/memory 🪩 she/her, views own, sporadic skeeter

White woman with white dress, brown hair and 'bride' bag posing next to an extremely large pencil at the Derwent Pencil Museum
White woman with brown curly hair and sunglasses in a dress, sitting in the first class carriage on a heritage railway. She has a box of fish and chips and a J20 in front of her.
White woman in a stripy top and black jeans on a cobbled street, holding a poster clearly inspired by Gone with the Wind that says "Beamish presents 1913, the epic story of the North East and its people" and dramatic figures of the school teacher, dentist and a couple in an embrace
A Polaroid picture of a white woman holding a wedge of paper, on the front of which is a 1980s poster for Beamish. In the background is a laptop with a white screen.
A LinkedIn advert which promises the ability to add Dr before your name and receive an honorary doctorate in 'your own Passionate Skill'. It is accompanied by an image of an older white man in academic dress holding a scroll.
Lifebuoy with a label, "am I clean and tidy?" mirror in the centre, with a selfie by a white woman with long brown hair.
A poster with a milk and baby reminder so you know how much you need, measured in loaves and pints
White woman with brown hair and navy dress stands at a lectern, gesturing at an image of a man working a machine with the words "men" and "coal"
A pint of scrumpy cider held in front of a pub with green and cream tiled frontage
A white enamel mug with 'the floggings will continue until morale improves' in purple. Label with 'floggings will continue mug, Beamish Living Museum, £12.99'
Image of a book in front of a bookshelf. It is "Geordies" by Robert Colls and Bill Lancaster. The front cover features a drawing of a variety of people, most of whom are pulling a rope.
Hidden house church. There are pink barriers for the upstairs seats, with replica candles, and a row of individual seats in front of a small altar.
View from Seaham beach of the pebbled beach, receding tide and horizon and grey sky.
Museum display of important industries anf making a living, red panel with white text and interactive screen