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Dewsbury railway station, W. Yorks dates from 1848. Built in Tudor style for the London & North Western Railway Company. Next door to the station entrance is the former office building or station master's house clad in ivy which has been the West Riding pub since 1994 & part of the 'Ale Trail'. /1

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Stokesay Castle

Probably my favourite view of Stokesay Castle, I like how it sits among the fields. The name comes from the Anglo-Saxon word stoches, meaning cattle farm. You can start a walk from the Discovery Centre taking in the castle, Stoke Wood and Sallow Coppice. A good way to spend the day. #Shropshire

Bright and breezy illustration of three daffodils painted on a simple, grey background

St David's Day
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi

Artist: H Woolley (1954)

The mildest weather so far of 2026 & no rain has brought people flocking to Wakefield's Rhubarb Festival today.
#wakefield
#rhubarb
#RhubarbFest

This dated in 1963

Photo of Springfield Lane and edge of pap pap bridge, reason the bridge called this only room for one car and have to pap horn. Springfield Rowley Regis
#rowleyRegis
#Springfield

Professor finds Iron Age coin hoard near Bury St Edmunds Tom Licence says he feels a personal connection to the coins, which are to be auctioned.

*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder*

There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you

If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What an amazing sight - thousands of starlings swooping and diving in unison above the nature reserve at Whixall Moss. The birds made an incredible whooshing sound as they wheeled through the sky at sunset before settling down to roost for the night.

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Find out what happened in the crucial minutes and seconds leading up to the Chernobyl explosion in the latest episode of Journey Through Time with @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social

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Flaxmill Maltings restoration positioned as model for heritage regeneration Independent evaluation shows £32m investment in Shrewsbury mill delivered £49.6m in economic benefits and created 62 jobs.

Thank you to @museumsandheritage.com for this update on Shrewsbury's Flaxmill Maltings restoration. Proof that heritage doesn't just have cultural benefits, it makes financial sense too. "Independent evaluation shows £32m investment in Shrewsbury mill delivered £49.6m in economic benefits"

Always great to see digitisations made freely available online! I scanned the HLHS back run of newsletters and journals a few years ago: www.huddersfieldhistory.org.uk/publications...

An image of one of the Coalport ferries. A black and white building is in the background

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In my latest article, I have built upon previous research. It discusses the Coalport ferry disaster of 1799, and the many lives lost to the river. This one is personal to me, as it also includes my own families loss.

nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/03/loss...

#History

Easington Tithe Barn is a complicated building surveyed by the YVBSG in 1997, thought to have been constructed from two completely different timber frames from unknown locations!

The Arts and Crafts Movement in Birmingham and Worcestershire Birmingham and Worcestershire were incredibly vibrant centres for the Arts and Crafts Movement. Discover the whats and whys in this talk!

Hello Bluesky! My #onlinetalk all about #ArtsandCrafts in #Birmingham and #Worcestershire is tomorrow, 12 Jan - why was the #Midlands so important to the #ArtsandCrafts story? I usually talk rural A&C, but let's go urban! Join me at 7pm tomorrow! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1513549881...

Milk delivery, Manchester, 1946 (Daily Mail).

Place-Names and Landholding in Early Medieval England

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Sarah J. Wager’s *Place-Names and Landholding in Early Medieval England* explores how names like Kingston and Eaton reflect landholding structures. #PlaceNames www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

Plough Monday as illustrated in the Costume of Yorkshire

The first Monday after today Epiphany - 6 January) was Plough Monday, the traditional start of the agricultural year. It was celebrated with young men called "Plough Stotts" parading a decorated plough, performing sword dances, and collecting money for church plough

‘You could see bones’: Families’ anguish over coastal erosion threat to Norfolk graves Bereaved relatives say delays over risks at village churchyards are causing distress and call for council action

‘You could see bones’: Families’ anguish over coastal erosion threat to Norfolk graves

Society for the Study of Labour History Visit the post for more.

I’m planning to step down as web and social media editor for @sslh.bsky.social after six very rewarding and enjoyable years. If you might be interested in the role, please DM me. sslh.org.uk

Watch the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES archive Watch all the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES back to 1966, when the lectures were first televised.

Guys guys guys, I found the archive of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (it's not an achievement, they've not hidden them) - you can watch every single one since they started televising them in the 60s:

www.rigb.org/christmas-le...

I love watching them every year, now I can see them all!

Photo of Telford, edge of town park
#telford

Happy Christmas everyone
#Christmas

Postcard of five ways Birmingham the statue is still there
#birmingham

Oxfordshire museum purchases iron age hoard after fundraiser Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum has brought the hoard which includes a 2,000-year-old horse brooch.

A museum has successfully purchased an Iron Age hoard, after fundraising more than £11,000 to keep the haul in the county it was discovered. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Recently went to Scotland for weekend photo is off Christmas lights at Edinburgh opposite Edinburgh Waverley station in the rain

#Edinburgh

🎄 Day 18 of our #Shropshire advent calendar shows a frost-covered tree on the county’s ‘other’ Caer Caradoc in the Redlake Valley. This is the view along the ramparts of the hill fort looking towards Hopton Titterhill, on a day when it was so cold that the water had started to freeze in my flask. 🎅

🎄 Attingham Park at sunrise is the subject of Day 17 in our #Shropshire advent calendar. The sky was filled with a wonderful pink glow as I was driving past on my way to Shrewsbury, and I just had to pull over to take a picture. ☃️

🎄 Day 2 of our #Shropshire advent calendar takes us to the Stretton Hills and here we have the view from Hazler Hill, looking towards Helmeth Hill and Caradoc. The dark sky you can see was bringing more snow, and after this shot I headed up Caradoc and was caught in a blizzard for an hour. 🎅

Redwing on Bodmin moor this week.
#birds #birding #birdphotography
#Naturephotography #Naturelovers