Love the art of Ben Edge, whose chronicling of the English folk revival and the weirdness of our old customs offers a different vision of Albion to the fake patriots and flag-shaggers
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Family historian of many years standing, very amateur photographer, interested in local history (Wirral & Liverpool), walking, running, gardening. Happily retired π with time to dabble in all sorts.
Love the art of Ben Edge, whose chronicling of the English folk revival and the weirdness of our old customs offers a different vision of Albion to the fake patriots and flag-shaggers
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
We must be related! I just had an ancestor hint on Thru lines to someone who also had a distant ancestor called Mary (never mind that she lived in a distant part of the country with a husband with a completely different name - she was called Mary!)
28.10.2025 16:52 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Itβs a house roof, playing on the name Slayter.
28.10.2025 16:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Itβs something Iβve only noticed in recent years: a 1950s set of houses in an earlier row. Once you start looking β¦
27.10.2025 19:00 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Farage: epic grifter
27.10.2025 12:45 β π 7089 π 3937 π¬ 195 π 352Lord street opposite H&M (old BHS)?
27.10.2025 17:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0More power to your elbow πͺ! (you write more politely than whatβs in my head β¦π‘)
26.10.2025 23:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Enjoyed that one, but it was also one where I had a lot of prior background knowledge!
26.10.2025 23:03 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One, but many other countries and continents β¦
26.10.2025 23:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thought I saw you at the theatre - it was brilliant, wasnβt it?
26.10.2025 17:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yes, of course! I was thinking it was further towards Woodside.
26.10.2025 16:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks. Demesne St is where Guinea Gap baths is/are (?) I could have searched the business (Daniels?) opposite, but thought you'd know!
26.10.2025 16:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Nice view of the water tower in the background
26.10.2025 13:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Whatβs the tall tower in the upper right corner?
26.10.2025 13:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 011 more #ForgottenWomen have their stories told #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WomensHistory #UlsterHistory
www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/eleven-...
Do you know whereabouts this was?
26.10.2025 13:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Long Run Sunday on the #Wirral Way
26.10.2025 13:16 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No, βmodelβ meant it was a model of good practice.
26.10.2025 13:15 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0We love Shrewsbury and go to the Folk Festival every August Bank Holiday. Itβs a while since weβve done the museums though. Quite a lot of controversy (and online rumours) about the NT takeover.
26.10.2025 07:04 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0No Saturdays are for parkrun and a bacon buttyπββοΈπ₯ͺ !
25.10.2025 12:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Looking forward to it and thank-you for working to be make it even better than Iβm sure it was! (I might be doing some ironing at the same time β¦π₯)
25.10.2025 12:34 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0changed no 2 Central Park (OH recognised it at once - volunteers there twice a week!)
25.10.2025 06:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0No 4 Bidston Hall
No 2 Poulton Lancelyn?
Reuters reporting on what we already know - that Reform is accepting crypto donations.
As a former anti-corruption specialist, let me be clear. Crypto should be nowhere near UK politics.
The risks around anonymity, tracing ownership & manipulation of instruments are all good reason to act.
Friend of mine did this last year - Macclesfield? Nantwich? East Cheshire Iβm pretty sure.
23.10.2025 19:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0β¨ | ITS BACK! Enjoy the River of Light this Friday and explore, interact and play with 10 large-scale installations. Open every evening from Friday 24 October - Sunday 2 November.
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Nigel Farage wants to get rid of the NHS and replace it with US Insurance which would be 4x more expensive and worse in every way.
Except for the Β£600bn a year profit for him and his mates.
Took me a while β¦ π€¦ββοΈ
22.10.2025 22:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Iβve spent many a day there - in the basement on microfilm or the history annexe upstairs and to the left (or it was in those days). Must go back as an alumna as they have a good Quaker archive with some of my ancestors in.
22.10.2025 22:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yes, itβs called thinking. When do you get to eat the cake?
22.10.2025 10:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0