The Christian chapel part of the mult-faith room at Heathrow T2.
07.03.2026 18:14 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@henrylong9.bsky.social
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The Christian chapel part of the mult-faith room at Heathrow T2.
07.03.2026 18:14 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This is a 'Bantam'. You don't see many of them.
07.03.2026 17:10 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The Postal Museum has lots of interesting postboxes #postboxsaturday @lbsg.org @letterappsoc.bsky.social
07.03.2026 15:30 β π 14 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The S.C. (455) overprint ; (S.C.714)
Persia, 1926.
The Qajar Dynasty, has come to an end.
Reza Khan, or Reza Shah Pahlavi would rule from 1925 until 1941.
The Persian inscription, Ψ³ΩΨ·ΩΨͺ ΩΎΩΩΩΫ reads; Pahlavi Dynasty.
GR pillarbox in Dulwich with a large attached pouch box. #PostboxSaturday
07.03.2026 07:26 β π 26 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0My first Charles III pillarbox! This one is in Dulwich. #PostboxSaturday
07.03.2026 07:26 β π 41 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0Good suggestion, although I don't use What3Words. It's easy enough to find though.
07.03.2026 11:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Santander bike in Burgess Park. It looks like it's been in the lake for a while.
07.03.2026 11:07 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Long overdue good news! Repairs to the Jabez West Drinking Fountain in #Southwark Park start this month, funded by developer levies from North #Bermondsey Ward. Huge credit to Pat Kingwell & local campaigners. Delighted to back this important memorial to the areaβs social history π§‘
02.03.2026 11:10 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Sometimes they replace damaged ones. Some are being converted into solar powered parcel boxes. I post pics of these sometimes.
07.03.2026 09:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#SteepleSaturday St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay, Northants, seen in 1978. The first big trip on my beloved Suzuki GT380...
28.02.2026 10:54 β π 22 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Magnolias and James Gibbs' St Mary Le Strand. #SteepleSaturday
07.03.2026 07:27 β π 15 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0GR pillarbox in Dulwich with a large attached pouch box. #PostboxSaturday
07.03.2026 07:26 β π 26 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0My first Charles III pillarbox! This one is in Dulwich. #PostboxSaturday
07.03.2026 07:26 β π 41 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0The bells of St Sampsonβs, South Hill, in Cornwall, silent for more than 50 years, are ringing once again, after Β£30,000 was raised to refurbish them π
06.03.2026 17:59 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Almond blossom in our garden in Camberwell.
06.03.2026 08:26 β π 23 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Where did my family's grave go?
The Brisbane City Council demolished over 1000 graves in Toowong Cemetery in the 1970's.
We've published data about 725 demolished graves in a searchable table.
See a photo of the grave before it was demolished. πΈ
www.fotc.au/headstones/d...
Almond blossom in our garden in Camberwell.
06.03.2026 08:26 β π 23 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0The remains of the Tudor jetty at Greenwich. #Woodensday
04.03.2026 07:24 β π 50 π 11 π¬ 0 π 0Blue plaque for Derek Jarman, Shad Thames. #WallsOnWednesday
04.03.2026 07:23 β π 24 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0The remains of the Tudor jetty at Greenwich. #Woodensday
04.03.2026 07:24 β π 50 π 11 π¬ 0 π 0Blue plaque for Derek Jarman, Shad Thames. #WallsOnWednesday
04.03.2026 07:23 β π 24 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to
28.02.2026 16:09 β π 13117 π 5309 π¬ 88 π 184Bus into bus accident on the Old Kent Road.
03.03.2026 07:56 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Lovely examples of original medieval floor tiles on show at Lacock Abbey #Wiltshire
#TilesonTuesday
Space Invader, Tottenham Court Road. #TilesOnTuesday
03.03.2026 06:28 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Gorgeous pink almond flowers against a turquoise sky with scudding clouds.
Ah! The almond blossom! One of the first trees to flower. This one is by the Thames in Rotherhithe at Surrey Docks Farm. Please support this special place to stay open. They need our help now: Surrey Docks Farm - Online Social Fundraising Donation Platform | Givey share.google/mJRInQlLulkx...
03.03.2026 01:12 β π 15 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0Nice!
02.03.2026 20:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Right, a bit niche, so feel free to scroll on if this is too dull for you, but my quest was to find Birkenhead post boxes from different eras.
* 2 x Victorian, Ashville Rd & Balls Rd
* Edward VII, Mallaby St
* Edward VIII, Buccleugh St (rare)
(Georges V & VI in following post)