Work in history, heritage and nature communications. Views are all mine although sometimes my bosses agree with me - which is nice.
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Joined February 2011
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Missed the final episode of #HiddenTreasuresNT? Don’t panic!
Not only can you catch up on this week, but you can watch the whole series on iPlayer and uncover the untold stories for yourself: bit.ly/43WSp9O
ALT A person stands on top of a red laddered platform, cleaning a chandelier in a grand room with an ornate white ceiling and marble pillars in the foreground.
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“No memorials in Windermere. We did not die there, we came alive again!”. Sir Ben Helfgot - Ben - still with us every single day. A giant of a man and a great, great friend. This is a tough one to take.
Such a sad loss of such an important and impressive figure in holocaust education.
1/3 It is with the deepest sadness and sorrow that we have to share the news that we've lost the founder and father of @45AidSociety , Sir Ben Helfgott. Ben was one of the greatest ambassadors for the Boys and, indeed, for all Holocaust survivors. He represented Britain at the ..
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This portrait of two young sisters from the hard-partying family known as the 'Gay Delavals' may be a bit the worse for wear, but what state is it really in? 🍾🥂
📺 Hidden Treasures of the National Trust | @BBCTwo and @BBCiPlayer - new episode 9pm Friday.
This will be good tonight. Forthlin Road holds a magic from its past and this brings in a little more
Sir Paul McCartney's childhood home is a Beatles time capsule, but his brother Mike knew its brick wallpaper was missing...
Will this painstaking detective work get a thumbs up?
📺 Hidden Treasures of the National Trust | @BBCTwo & @BBCiPlayer - new episode 9pm Friday.
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Super photo, must be from around 1950, showing the ghostly outline of Short Brothers’ factory at Windermere. The empty concrete bases became a caravan site shortly afterwards.
On the shores of Windermere, and before the bases became a holiday park, the outlines of the huge factory buildings where the Short Sunderland flying boat was built during WW2 could still be seen at White Cross Bay. This photo does not do justice to the scale of these huge beasts
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The funeral procession of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, will pass along the A308 through Runnymede tomorrow to her final resting place at St George’s Chapel, Windsor
If you’re planning to visit to see the cortège, here’s everything you need to know 1/3
A special weekend, wonderful that they were welcomed back to Windermere. And such deep respect for the survivors
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Harry Olmer of The Windermere Children drama meets Daniel Libeskind on the shores of Windermere and shares stories of his time here in 1945, and much more. We learned he slept on top of his bedding on arrival as he was used to duvets and British traditional bedding was a novelty
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“When The Boys [the young Holocaust refugees] came to the UK, they were welcomed into this country. Why can we not bring the people over and worry about the paperwork afterwards? Why can’t we open the doors to them as the Windermere families did?”
My mum. mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-n…
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On this day 125 years ago: the Glasgow Subway opened. Keeping it simple since 1896 😀
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Book Binding Club
ALT Cartoon: two people at a table with paper, rulers, pens, knives, a jam jar with tools in. Third person entering the scene. Person at the table says "Welcome to Book Binding Club. Please make yourself a tome". I don't know how well puns work with readers. It's two separate words, "a" and "tome". Would welcome any feedback on this.
Love local newspapers’ parochialism
Me thinks THIS is the #TomorrowsPapersToday headline of the year 😂😂😂😂😂 ayrshiredailynews.co.uk/post…
When you wanted a pillar box but they only had a wall mounted one available #postboxsaturday
