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rian moss also of liverpool university is going through the final stages before publication kathleen carpenter and brian moss shared a passion for the biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems together these two freshwater giants have secured an ever lasting place on the academic textbook stage inspiring generations of students kathleen carpenter at old bank house aberystwyth july 10 2016 july 10 2016 catherine duigan leave a comment old bank house aberystwyth the paired doorway characterises old bank house a historic building on bridge street aberystwyth the 6 panel split door on the left must have been opened wide for bank customers while the young assistant lecturer kathleen carpenter would have looked down past the edge of her skirt to step up to the right hand door leading to her accommodation she would have had a short walk through the sheltered back streets to the library and science laboratories in old college plaque on old bank house old bank house a late georgian building was the first bank in aberystwyth and possibly in wales it opened in 1760 and was established to serve the local maritime community it was eventually taken over by the north and south wales bank which in 1870 moved to another site the house was subsequently divided up as university accommodation record of kathleen carpenter s address and salary in aberystwyth university archives shortly before kathleen carpenter lived there the building had been a temporary red cross hospital for recuperating world war one soldiers before it was moved to a larger building the cambria opposite the pier the influx of soldiers must have changed the character of the town for its residents and especially its young women by december 1914 there were almost 9 000 troops in and around the town and a substantial number of refugees the convalescing soldiers many of them gas victims recovered by taking the sea air and funds were raised to buy a rowing boat for their recreation there were numerous fund raising events to support the hospital and war efforts including football matches concerts and christmas fancy dress parties romances blossomed between the soldiers and local girls but here were also war time tensions in august 1914 a german lecturer at aberystwyth university was given 24 hours to leave to the town by a large mob which gathered in front of his house three months later kathleen changed her german surname from zimmerman to carpenter in 1917 dr fleure invited the patient soldiers to visit the museum in old college it would have been an opportunity for kathleen carpenter to be on hand to explain some of the exhibits but did she do so the spanish flu epidemic reached aberystwyth in the autumn of 1918 with the remaining convalescing soldiers not allowed to visit private homes and some local businesses closed due to lack of staff kathleen carpenter would have seen the world change around her when she lived at old bank house as a young woman she would have realised the opportunity to contribute to society in new fields opening to women including science at aberystwyth university women students were in the majority during world war one with men returning to dominate after the war with a german born father she would have been acutely aware of the politics and perhaps have felt vulnerable but relatively safe in aberystwyth i would also like to think she enjoyed some of the social occasions i am grateful to julie archer records manager at aberystwyth university archives for the record linking kathleen carpenter to old bank house thank you julie main sources ellis e l 1972 the university college of wales aberystwyth 1872 1972 university of wales press troughton w 2015 aberystwyth and the great war amberley publishing did you know kathleen carpenter freshwater ecologist june 12 2016 june 14 2016 catherine duigan leave a comment dr kathleen carpenter we have found only one personal account of kathleen carpenter pioneering freshwater ecologist she is sitting in a garden in birkenhead eating cucumber sandwiches and discussing with her neighbours the recent outbreak of world war 2 it is a beautiful day but barrage balloons float overhead poignantly it is also one of the last references we have for her as her scientific career does not seem to extend beyond the duration of the war however she lived until 1970 so it is possible that there is somebody still alive who may have known her during the final part of her life which she spent in cheltenham for this reason we have sent the letter below to the gloucestershire echo please feel free to tweet this blog or direct others to it if you think they might have known kathleen carpenter or her sister bessey it is an exciting prospect to think we might talk to someone who talked to kathleen hope you can help bessey adams carpenter we are researching the life of a pioneering woman scientist named kathleen carpenter who was living in cheltenham when she died in 1970 aged 79 she was born in gainsborough lincolnshire but her love of science took her around britain and the usa she was one of the first women scientists in britain to study in the 1920 s and 1930 s the ecology of animals in rivers and lakes she studied and lectured at aberystwyth university before moving to america where she taught in illinois massachusetts and maryland she returned to the uk to lecture in liverpool during world war ii we don t know when she moved to cheltenham but she was living at norwood 39 leckhampton road when she died in 1970 she may have earlier lived at douglas house on parabola road she never married but was close to her sister bessey adams who also lived in cheltenham bessey was a widowed former school headmistress from stockton on tees who lived at 138 leckhampton road when she died in 1974 aged 93 we would be very pleased to hear from anybody who might have know either of these two accomplished women we can be contacted at warrenk kovcomp com warren kovach and catherine duigan dr mary gillham ireland donkeys and dna may 2 2016 may 2 2016 catherine duigan 2 comments one of the pleasures of biographical research is finding personal insights this has proven to be elusive in the case of freshwater ecologist dr kathleen carpenter who left a trail of scientific studies in the early half of the last century but few accounts exist of what she was like as a person however one of my work colleagues has shared with me his admiration for his inspirational teacher dr mary gillham a more recent welsh based ecologist her papers photographs and diaries are currently being curated as part of a special project a dedicated naturalist the dr mary gillham archive project mary gillham visited many of the classic natural history sites in ireland between 1963 and 1988 the burren connemara killarney and several offshore islands including inishboffin achill island and cape clear i could not resist asking if i could see some of the material from these trips with her extramural students from cardiff university i did not expect to find an abundance of donkeys the slides from almost every trip to ireland include donkeys and her island guide book describes her enjoyment of these surprise encounters this blog reunited her descriptions of these encounters with photographs she took at the time cape clear we also met an aged donkey who spent most of his time between feeds stretched on the ground he too past serving his master all the animals encountered were very forthcoming evidently regarding humans as friends or did they know that the likes of us furnished with binoculars were unlikely to put them to work the aran islands donkeys ranged freely over rocks dunes and beaches serving their master well as mounts or when their paired wicker panniers were laden with seaweed potatoes or rye some hauled small jaunting carts with stores from the pierhead at killeany kerry returning to our farmhouse accommodation near killorglin the lane was blocked at one point by a dappled long eared donkey ruminating at right angles to the bordering stone hedges we drew to a halt and he turned to us with a self satisfied smile knowing he had the upper hand it took quite a while for mairead to push him out of the way one end at a time after which he trust his head through the driver s window to seek a reward for being so accommodating there is something endearing and stubbornly irish about irish donkeys even when they filch the apple from the hand before the first bite has been taken recent dna studies have revealed the far away origin of the donkey and the length of the relationship with people their ancestors were first recruited and tamed by people in the deserts of north africa more than 5000 years ago ancient trade routes and civilisations were supported by these faithful animals donkeys have come a long way but their joint journey with the people of ireland is set to continue with my sincere thanks to annie irving sconzani and al reeves for their assistance with the production of this blog you can follow follow progress with the mary gillham archive project on twitter and facebook kathleen carpenter returns to aberystwyth university international women s day 2016 april 3 2016 february 26 2017 catherine duigan 4 comments i was delighted to be invited by dr sarah davies of aberystwyth university to give a presentation entitled a life in fresh water the life and science of dr kathleen carpenter on the evening before international women s day 7 march 2016 the presentation was co authored with dr warren kovach angleseyhist and we had the enthusiastic collaboration of the carpenter family this blog is a twitter record of what transpired but please note i have now changed my twitter account to c_duigan it was a beautiful drive to aberystwyth on the day although we were surprised to encounter snow down to the margins of the road between maentwrog and trawsfynydd the study area for kathleen carpenter s ph d extended up to the afon dyfi so it seemed appropriate to stop after we crossed the dyfi bridge outside machynlleth carpenter country we spent part of the afternoon talking to sarah davies and making last minute preparations at 1800 the audience started to arrive for the reception there was an air of anticipation on international women s day dr kathleen carpenter provided advice to the next generation of women freshwater biologists via the freshwater blog you can read the blog kathleen carpenter mother of freshwater ecology here this blog generated tweets around the world and allowed her to truly claim the title mother of freshwater ecology from ireland switzerland and germany and netherlands it was very appropriate that some of the tweeters were women professors of freshwater ecology ph d students and researchers and conservationists in north america because kathleen carpenter went on to hold research and teaching positions in the us you can listen to her book preface here we know kathleen carpenter was a member of the british ecological society so thank you bes on international women s day we walked in the footsteps of kathleen carpenter in old college aberystwyth university where she studied hopefully she will feature in future accounts of the history of the college the lecture reviews were kind you can read this review in full here and it made all the research and preparations worthwhile thank you so much friendlybugblog the weekend before the lecture we set up a wikipedia page for kathleen carpenter following a suggestion by prof hilary lappin scott within two weeks it had hundreds of views on international women s day prof lappin scott launched a welsh government report on women in science in wales we need to recruit retain and promote women in science technology engineering and mathematics stem we also made links with two other important projects researching the lives of british women ecologists who worked around the world the project women freshwater biologists 1929 1990 is part of a wider initiative to archive the collections of samples correspondence and research of scientists who have worked with the freshwater biological association fba based on windermere love this picture although there are photographs of fba women working in skirts winifred frost circa 1950 is being practical and comfortable in her boots and trousers dr mary gillham of cardiff university has written books on the environmental history of the river valleys of south wales and the nature of welsh islands her diaries papers photographs are the subject of the mary gillham archive project gillhamarchive the research on kathleeen carpenter has not stopped with a new clue that she was at mcgill university in montreal but there is also more to find out at aberstwyth university the story continues and we will share our progress on this blog frongoch s waters of revolution march 27 2016 march 29 2016 catherine duigan 1 comment this weekend the media is dominated by accounts of the easter rising in ireland which occurred 100 years ago this blog focuses on a shared piece of welsh and irish human and environmental history with a revolutionary water undercurrent i am sure my irish history school books told me about frongoch near bala in north wales where irish rebels were interned after the easter 1916 rising but i am afraid i did not rediscover this story until i came to live in wales to work as a freshwater ecologist while driving along the road between bala and trawsfynydd through frongoch and past llyn celyn my colleague tim told me the history of llyn celyn a controversial reservoir built in the 1960 s to supply water to liverpool political analysts believe that the damming of the afon treyweryn to create this development with the loss of a welsh speaking community lead to the evolution of the distinct anglo welsh politics which continues today despite protests on the streets of liverpool the dam was constructed at the reservoir opening ceremony members of the illegal free wales army who would also attend the fiftieth anniversary of the rising in dublin protested by parading in uniform for the first time the common celtic history of oppression and protest resonated with me but the frongoch area has generated other historic freshwater connections between wales and ireland extending back to a shared appreciation of whisky in the late 1880 s r j lloyd price owner of the large local rhiwlas estate saw the afon tryweryn and its tributary tai r felin as a source of water and power to produce whisky to rival scottish and irish spirits the welsh whisky distillery company was established and a large distillery building was built at frongoch the poetic publicity claimed it to be the most wonderful whisky that ever drove the skeleton from the feast or painted landscapes in the brain of man it is the mingled souls of peat and barley washed white within the rivers of the tryweryn however the whisky connoisseurs were very disappointed with the quality of the product describing it as raw crude and practically flavourless in 1899 the company 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