Editor, reviewer; Royalist, real ale, rail, classical & greenbelt backer; 1940/23 June 2016, our finest hours. England, Wales, Scotland, Ulster, Eire ~ united.
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Some excellent illustrations in the Florence Nightingale — especially of the soldiers marching off to the Crimean War. @DefenceAssoc @BritishSquare @LBFlyawayhome
Govt is asking us to keep radio sets handy. A while ago, the powers-that-be were all for switching off the VHF signal in favour of ‘streamed’ or digital… @AllisonPearson @GBNEWS @christopherhope @TomTugendhat @JohnHealey_MP @andyburnham @KemiBadenoch #emergencypreparedness
Mossy woods and stone bridges, that look as if they’ve grown into place… @thorneh @DerekTurner1964
A scene from the Maginogion, or Giraldus's journey through Wales. @UIBCampaign @MabinogionGame @cadwcymru @cadwwales @StDavidsCath @StDavCathLib #Wales #Cymru @HenebTWA
King Alfred the Great might have paused to survey this very landscape. @RSStGeorge
Sarsen stones on Milk Hill, looking across the huge valley towards Rybury Camp and Tan Hill, #Wiltshire
Just received a postcard from Port Stanley. (Delivery seemed quicker than some UK internal mail!) @RoyalMail @PostOffice
And we also need to be able to defend the Falklands & easily deter any threat. (Plus the policing and protection of our own southern border, and territorial waters.) @TomTugendhat @FalklandsGov @FalklandsRepUK @RoyalNavy
First Sea Lord calls to rebuild Royal Navy to fight Russia share.google/6MLnHxApwx15inx…
A blustery weekend, but calm weather at the moment. At least in the Cambrian south west. @StDavidsCath @metoffice @DerekTheWeather
Time will come when someone will walk past this spot and say: “Heavens, WW2, that was 300 years ago…” (Assuming of course that there was no intervening WW3.) @PoppyLegion @DefenceAssoc
Nothing better in Autumn than a wander, finding a church with a peculiar history — and then finding a pot-house with some Old Peculier. @Theakston1827 @VisitYorksWolds @VisitCornwall @VisitBritain @CPREBerkshire @DerekTurner1964
A story in the style of M.R. James is waiting to be written… @edward_parnell @socantscot
@oldweirdbritain @thecoastguy
#SocietyofAntiquaries
Mediaeval/Tudor hall or wool market to the right; wonder what the hills are in the background beyond the town? @DerekTurner1964 @cpreshropshire @cprelancs @CPRESurrey @CPREBerkshire
Excellent coverage for the launch of this year’s Poppy Appeal. You can tell it’s not the BBC: the reporter chap is wearing a tie. @GBNEWS @poppytonbridge @PoppyLegion @ArmyInWales @RoyalAirForce @RoyalNavy @christopherhope @BBCNews @DefenceAssoc @GarethBeerMS @TomTugendhat
Soothing and moving words from HM The King & Prince of Wales, yesterday… @YDdraigaGeorge @RSStGeorge #Aberfan #Aberfandisaster #Wales @KensingtonRoyal
Sixty years on, we remember the 144 people who lost their lives in the Aberfan disaster.
Today, The King and The Queen, with The Prince of Wales, spent time at the Aberfan Memorial Garden and the Aberfan and Merthyr Vale Community Centre to honour their memory.
The Aberfan Memorial Garden stands on the site of Pantglas School, where 109 children and 5 teachers died when the coal tip collapsed onto the village.
Watch His Majesty’s speech in full on our YouTube channel (link in bio).
BBC main evening news reporters seemed a bit sniffy about the new gas pipeline from the North Sea. Maybe they want us all to be heating our soya beans with the 2 hours-worth of heat that comes from a windfarm? Why do BBC types not wear ties? @christopherhope @GBNEWS @BBCJustinR
Happy Trafalgar Day. ‘England expects…’ @RSStGeorge @DefenceAssoc @UIBCampaign @NelsonSociety #Trafalgarday
#OTD in 1805, the Royal Navy defeated the combined forces of France and Spain at Trafalgar.
The tactical brilliance, professionalism, technology and training which underpinned Adm Lord Nelson’s stunning victory have driven and shaped the Navy ever since.
#TrafalgarDay
Glad to hear that Alberta has voted against separatism and has strongly reaffirmed its Canadian constitutional and national identity. @CanadianUK @canzuk4can @RSStGeorge @GarethBeerMS @YourAlberta 🍁 🇨🇦 #Canada #Alberta
The faint leylines in the landscape where branchlines once ran. @BetjemanSociety @GwiliRailway
