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Lance Racey (aka CranesfootLance)

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Family historian & genealogist. Wrestles with history. IHGS Student. Background in HR, Wellbeing, Disability, Mentoring & FE. Europhile. Father, son & cousin. Researching New, Cammish, Atkinson, Martin, Gale, Higginbotham and Unknown. Racey by name....

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Campaign to save Ellisland Farm the home of Auld Lang Syne Ellisland Farm near Dumfries is where Robert Burns wrote the work regularly sung on New Year's Eve.

BBC News - Campaign to save Ellisland Farm the home of Auld Lang Syne - BBC News
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28.11.2025 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Courageous Hull children sought for Amy Johnson bravery award The cup, which was created in 1931, is awarded to Hull-born children for an act of bravery.

BBC News - 'Brave' Hull children sought for Amy Johnson award
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27.11.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney's Ness of Brodgar Neolithic site Archaeologists are to resume digging at the site after 3D radar technology uncovered a mystery find.

BBC News - 'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney Neolithic site
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27.11.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney's Ness of Brodgar Neolithic site Archaeologists are to resume digging at the site after 3D radar technology uncovered a mystery find.

BBC News - 'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney Neolithic site
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27.11.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Treasure finds in England reach record high Treasure finds in England have reached a record high according to provisional government figures.

BBC News - Treasure finds in England reach record high - BBC News
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14.11.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Top-secret Bedfordshire WW2 communications base women honoured A plaque is unveiled to Q Central in Leighton Buzzard, which played a key role in World War Two.

BBC News - Top-secret Bedfordshire WW2 communications base women honoured - BBC News
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12.11.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New exhibition celebrates the links between Norway and Dumfries Dumfries Museum marks the town's role in hosting thousands of Norwegians during World War II.

BBC News - New exhibition celebrates town's Norwegian links
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12.11.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Calls for WW1 piper, who won the Victoria Cross, to be honoured with a statue Daniel Laidlaw was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in the face of battle.

BBC News - The WW1 piper who marched through gas, bullets and bombs to save his regiment
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11.11.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Iraq war graves: One man's mission to campaign for cemetery restoration Tens of thousands of UK and Commonwealth soldiers died in Iraq in the two World Wars.

BBC News - One man's campaign for Commonwealth war graves restoration in Iraq
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09.11.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remembrance Sunday: Honouring Kenya's forgotten World War soldiers Thousands of Kenyans, who fought for Britain, are buried in unknown locations and were never commemorated.

BBC News - Trove of records reveals Kenya's forgotten World War soldiers
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08.11.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97 The Nobel Prize winner felt ostracised by the scientific community over his comments on race and intelligence.

BBC News - DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97
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08.11.2025 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spalding War Memorial restored in time for Remembrance Day The Grade 1 listed Lutyens memorial in Spalding's Ascoughfee Hall Gardens is 103 years old.

BBC News - War memorial restored in time for Remembrance Day
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04.11.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'I took a DNA test to trace my family - it blew my life apart' One man says he wishes he had never traced his family tree after he made a shocking discovery.

BBC News - 'I took a DNA test - it blew my life apart'
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27.10.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Heroes" of Hull train disaster must not be forgotten, says author A new book tells the story of a head-on crash between two trains outside Hull station in 1927.

BBC News - 'Heroes of train disaster must not be forgotten'
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26.10.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Memories of Goole's shipbuilding past wanted Goole Museum is planning an exhibition focusing on shipyard workers and their lives.

BBC News - Memories of town's shipbuilding past wanted
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25.10.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Roman coins found by detectorist could be Wales' biggest find David Moss discovered 15,000 coins at a "virtually untouched" secret location in north Wales.

BBC News - Discovery of 15,000 Roman coins could be nation's biggest ever
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23.10.2025 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Four WW1 Grimsby soldiers found during hospital build Privates Arthur Cook, Robert Cullum, John Fraser and William London were found during building work.

BBC News - Four WW1 soldiers found during hospital build
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20.10.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Story of Ravenser Odd told in touring exhibition at Grimsby Minster Ravenser Odd was a thriving port near Spurn Point in East Yorkshire before it was lost to the sea.

BBC News - Touring exhibition tells story of lost town
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20.10.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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History of underwear revealed in Sewerby Hall exhibition Underwear Autumn, at Sewerby Hall, looks back at 500 years of petticoats, corsets and bustles.

BBC News - History of underwear revealed in new exhibition
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20.10.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rare Saxon artefact to go on display at Chichester museum The Stopham sword mount has been bought for the Novium Museum after a crowdfunding campaign.

BBC News - Rare Saxon artefact to go on display at museum
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19.10.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kate Roberts - the little-known Nobel prize nominated author Kate Roberts’ writing captured the struggles of women in rural Wales in the early 20th Century.

BBC News - The little-known Welsh writer who was a Nobel nominee
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19.10.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The life of Lincolnshire pioneering women's rights campaigner Emily Langton Massingberd was one of the first ever woman in Britain to stand for election in 1889.

BBC News - The life of pioneering women's rights campaigner
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19.10.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'I work at York chocolate factory my ancestor founded 130 years ago' Giles Naish says he is proud of his connection to chocolatier and philanthropist Joseph Rowntree.

BBC News - 'I work at York chocolate factory my ancestor founded 130 years ago' - BBC News
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18.10.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How an old suitcase revealed a hidden family fortune, lost under Nazi rule The contents of his late father's case led Antony Easton to uncover a rich and tragic history.

BBC News - How an old suitcase revealed a hidden family fortune, lost under Nazi rule - BBC News
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18.10.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Glasgow university returns human remains to South Africa All of the remains had been unethically exhumed between 1868 and 1924 and left to Glasgow - as items to study - by university alumni and other donors.

BBC News - Glasgow university returns human remains to South Africa
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17.10.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stone from Sir Isaac Newton's Woolsthorpe Manor for sale Pieces of stone from the cellar at his Woolsthorpe Manor home are available to purchase.

BBC News - Pieces of Sir Isaac Newton's home up for grabs
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17.10.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why does the Peebles Bronze Age hoard have a silvery 'glow'? Conservation work reveals a surprising colour to hundreds of items unearthed in the Borders.

BBC News - Why does a Bronze Age hoard have a silvery 'glow'?
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17.10.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gothic revival Grade II-listed Gyrn Castle goes on sale for Β£2m Gyrn Castle in north Wales was once owned by a family with links to the Cunard Shipping Line.

BBC News - Gothic revival castle goes on sale for Β£2m
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17.10.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Soldiers From The Sky project keeps Arnhem troops' memories alive Project telling how troops prepared in Lincolnshire for the Battle of Arnhem has been unveiled.

BBC News - 'Unbelievable effort' to keep WW2 memories alive
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17.10.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Repair Shop restores 95-year-old design for Humber Bridge Angelina Bakalarou, from the BBC show, repaired the drawing, which helped to inspire today's bridge.

BBC News - Repair Shop restores 1930 design for Humber Bridge
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