• Gym Knickers

    One day to go and this is what it all comes down to. When I first went up to the university archives in the Library and spotted these I knew this would be how the blog ended. So here they are – a pair of authentic* Edge Hill gym knickers size 22″ waist as modelled…

  • The College

    From a very early prospectus presented by The County Council for the County Palatine of Lancaster comes the following: The College offers a Three-Year course for men and women students preparing to teach in Primary and Secondary schools. Edge Hill College, which was founded in 1885 in Liverpool, was transferred to new buildings in September,…

  • Manifesto for Change and Race Online 2012

    In September, Edge Hill will be hosting a debate on Britain’s Digital Future led by Professor Tanya Byron: The role of the internet, safety online and digital inclusion are some of the topics that will be debated at an interactive panel discussion with some of the country’s most eminent leading voices on digital media. Edge…

  • Peter Smith and Friends

    Former student Peter Smith (1967 – 1970) and friends in the Rose Garden

  • Edge Hill Winery

    Only time for a couple more other Edge Hills and today yet another from across the pond: Established in 1867, Edge Hill was the first significant three-level, gravity-fed winery in Napa Valley, and by 1880, it was one of the four wineries responsible for over half of the Valley’s wine production. In 1999, this legacy…

  • Now the library is the social rendezvous

    From the Changing Face of Ormskirk series: By Clifford Rimmer, Librarian When the Lancashire County Library opened its first library centre in Ormskirk in 1926, it was housed in a room adjoining the old Fire Station in Derby Street, and opened for four hours a week. Borrowers visiting the library would see on the opposite…

  • Describe Edge Hill University in 140 characters

    Earlier I asked on Twitter and Facebook: Help me write a blog post by describing Edge Hill University in 140 characters (less the @MikeNolan!) Will post best to http://j.mp/ehu125 Let’s extend it to actual readers of the blog – how would you describe Edge Hill in 140 characters (a sentence or two)?

  • Edge Hill, Georgia

    An alert from Google this morning led me to find some more Edge Hills on Wikipedia including the City of Edge Hill, Georgia: Edge Hill is a city in Glascock County, Georgia, United States. The population was 30 at the 2000 census. It currently is the smallest town in Georgia. As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 30 people,…

  • “For those afraid of the torch” – Callum Moncrieff

  • Old College Place

    As well as visiting Edge Hill station last Sunday I paid a visit to the former site of Edge Hill College on Durning Road. Following the closure of Edge Hill Secondary Modern for Boys it’s been replaced with a housing estate but there’s a nice nod to its past with one of the streets called…