17th October is UK's 'One Day in History' blog day
Tomorrow is "One Day in History" day, set up by the National Trust, which will allow anyone in Britain with access to the Internet to record a short piece of blog-style text with their reflections on how history has influenced their daily life. The entry must be between 100 and 1000 words in length, written in English or Welsh.
As The History Matters site says:
"The History Matters campaign has designated 17 October a day for the public to make historic.
We want as many people as possible to record a ‘blog’ diary of this one day which will eventually be stored by the British Library as a permanent historical record of our national life.
This is a one off, one day diary done on a mass scale – that will itself make history and can be a resource for historians in the future.
We want to urge people participating to reflect in their diaries how history itself impacted on them that day – whether it be simply commuting through an historic environment, discussing family history, watching repeats on TV, or listening to mum’s incessant 80’s pop."
