Shawn Day, of the DHO, showed some inspiring visualisations at last weeks digital humanities seminar in the Boole Library which he’d done in his work on the brewing industry in Guelph in the nineteenth century. I have made several runs at turning all or parts of my old MA thesis on the history of Beamish and Crawford but it keeps getting pushed down the list. However, I pulled up my old spreadsheets to have another go at them, and found they have been slightly Y2Ked. The brewery, of course, closed down a few weeks ago, having been in continous operation in South Main St since 1792. Continue reading Beamish Sheets Got Y2Ked