@chrisponting.bsky.social
Formerly known as Sporting_chin. Cheese, beer, tripe. Sharing Arthur Hirst’s 1947 diary. If you’re looking for Professor Chris Ponting of the University of Edinburgh, you’ll find him at @cgatist.bsky.social
#1947Diary
07.10.2025 21:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tuesday 7th October 1947 Really hot! Crossed Line at 6 a.m. Wrote Rendall and Frances Hamerton. 333
It’s suddenly got hot! Arthur writes letters and crosses the International Date Line.
Tuesday 7th October 1947
Really hot! Crossed Line at 6 a.m.
Wrote Rendall and Frances Hamerton.
333 [miles]
That was just plain showing off!
07.10.2025 21:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And Kevin Henderson is absolutely correct. And he knows it.
07.10.2025 20:39 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Barry the cat.
Barry here thinks otherwise.
07.10.2025 20:28 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0For some just a single boiled egg is too much, never mind this grim abomination.
07.10.2025 20:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0As usual, Jack Hargreaves has far too much it say for himself!
07.10.2025 20:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Gala Pie making on #gbbo, so what more excuse do you need to see Fred Dinenage explain how to make a 3ft long egg. (With thanks to @cheeseford.bsky.social for putting on the Youtube) #BakeOff
m.youtube.com/watch?v=d3Ng...
Received this from my GP surgery a few weeks ago. I’m only just 54 ffs.
07.10.2025 15:12 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Happy birthday Paul, hope you have a great day.
07.10.2025 09:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
There’s an earlier Noakes untethered climb to the top of a mast that also scares the bejesus out of me.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sSuZ...
Ginger bread with white icing themed Star Wars AT-AT Walker. With small matching Imperial figure carrying a candy cane.
For those who like Lego, Christmas, and Star Wars.
07.10.2025 05:57 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It certainly is!
www.lego.com/en-gb/produc...
No racist colours here. They could do it when they wanted to.
06.10.2025 22:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Nothing in Gloucestershire, though I can’t say I blame him.
06.10.2025 22:02 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ah! Thanks!
06.10.2025 21:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Isn’t that his wife Myra sat next to him? (On his left, obvs…!)
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Monday 6th October 1947 Still very cool. Wrote Edie Christie and Absolums a.m. Quiz in evening rather damped by preliminary oration on Patriotism by Reid! 327
Arthur writes letters a.m., and the evening quiz is marred by Reid’s speech on Patriotism..
Monday 6th October 1947
Still very cool.
Wrote Edie Christie and Absolums a.m.
Quiz in evening rather damped by preliminary oration on Patriotism by Reid!
327 [miles] #1947Diary
No one wears Wonderbra anymore
06.10.2025 19:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Barry the black and white cat looking up at the telly, which is showing an episode of Fred Dibnah’s Industrial Age.
It seems Barry is a big fan of Fred Dibnah.
06.10.2025 18:13 — 👍 25 🔁 1 💬 4 📌 0
More on the Humboldt Current…
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbold...
Sunday 5th October 1947 Still cool breeze thanks to Humboldt current. Played at Service a.m. Bridge with Miss McLean, George and Reid p.m. 340
Arthur plays at Sunday service a.m. and at Bridge p.m.
Sunday 5th October 1947
Still cool breeze thanks to Humboldt current.
Played at Service a.m.
Bridge with Miss McLean, George and Reid p.m.
340 [miles]
John Shuttleworth in Beige slacks, red polo neck, brown leather jacket white socks and beige slip on loafers, posing with his beige Austin Anbassador.
#AntiquesRoadshow at the Shuttleworth Collection. The fact they have a Spitfire but no space for an Austin Ambassador Y reg is an outrage.
05.10.2025 19:28 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nadiya doing a piece to camera. The subtitle reads “just... It's like a salty explosion in your mouth and it's lovely.”
Sheer filth.
05.10.2025 10:58 — 👍 18 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0#IntoTheGroove in the Mail on Sunday!
05.10.2025 07:55 — 👍 47 🔁 13 💬 4 📌 2
Saturday 4th October 1947 Nice day - cool breeze. Kept quiet. Euchre in evening. 337
A quiet day for Arthur, with cards in the evening.
Saturday 4th October 1947
Nice day - cool breeze.
Kept quiet.
Euchre in evening.
337 [miles]
We dipped in for a bit but didn’t stay long.
04.10.2025 20:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0She was out of bed and sitting in a chair when we saw her, in good spirits despite being wired up to all sorts of tech in ICU. Hopefully she’ll be home in a few days.
04.10.2025 15:13 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Off to Bristol to visit mum in hospital. They’ve got her out of bed and on her feet already, so all is going well.
04.10.2025 10:10 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
My pals @tom8enjamin.bsky.social and @eberlin.co.uk are putting on an exhibition about brutalist buildings in Bristol next week. I wrote a couple of things to help promote it, including this piece about brutalist car parks.
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
