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Lorna @bluebellfhr.bsky.social · 29m

Good luck!

Possibly see if people you know in area can look for you as well (they may know landlord or someone who'd rent to you so they can move on).

There's many people looking that often you can't even get on the viewing list. I tried to see about 50 and got to look at four horrible places.

Lorna @bluebellfhr.bsky.social · 19h

Oooh this might be interesting for some researchers.

New Books at Project Gutenberg @new.gutenberg.org · 21h

New #ebook at Project Gutenberg: A brief summary in plain language of the most important laws concerning women by Barbara Leigh Smith https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77027

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Shropshire and Beyond @shropshirebeyond.bsky.social · 1d

Hello Oswestry! We have just added three new Oswestry jigsaws to our range of #Shropshire puzzles. Included is the latest in our names and places jigsaws, plus St Oswald’s Church and the view along historic Church Street. www.shropshireandbeyond.com/photos/shop/Shropshire-jigsaws/oswestry-jigsaws

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Lorna @bluebellfhr.bsky.social · 22h

a woman wearing a red dress and earrings is making a face .

Alt: a woman wearing a red dress and earrings is making a face .

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Lorna @bluebellfhr.bsky.social · 22h

Absolutely. 😛

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Lorna @bluebellfhr.bsky.social · 22h

I'm glad you weren't at the @shropshirefhs.bsky.social as I'd have been eye rolling the whole time. 😛 Your name was mentioned though.

#AllGood #SFHS #Shropshire #OnePlaceStudy #WatersUpton

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Mike W @gekido.bsky.social · 1d

so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome

Go through these steps to disable it:

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#chrome #aibullshit

How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus

Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · 1d

@afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social are out and about today at the @shropshirefhs.bsky.social Talking Family History Live day.

Great talk on what the #FewForgottenWomen team is all about by Ann - @gwilymsmum.bsky.social

We also have a stall with Ann and Margaret @researchdogsbody.bsky.social

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · 1d

Some stories and a new #ForgottenWomenFriday for #InternationalDayoftheGirl #DomesticServants #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #Genealogy www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/weston-...

Weston Park Servants - Celebrating International Day of the Girl with stories and a new Forgotten Women Friday Everyday

This year, for International Day of the Girl, we have a series of offerings inspired by some of those who appear in the Weston Park Servants' Database. Weston Park is a 1000+ acre estate that straddle...

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Lorna @bluebellfhr.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh name check for @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social. 😛

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Lorna @bluebellfhr.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to the talk about #AFewForgottenWomen with @shropshirefhs.bsky.social today.

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Lorna @bluebellfhr.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely view down the river in #Shrewsbury last night as the sun was setting.

Shrewsbury looking along the rubber with the sun setting. Clouds reflecting in the water.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

Printing presses kept their letters in cases.

Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.

This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’

Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?

MAJUSCULE and minuscule.

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Lorna @bluebellfhr.bsky.social · 2d

One of the tests I manage has that too.

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Lorna @bluebellfhr.bsky.social · 2d

Have to say it does feel less clear now actually.

Lorna @bluebellfhr.bsky.social · 2d

Ooooooh Ancestry Origins updated.

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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 4d

Shrewbury & Telford NHS Trust reintroducing masks as of today.

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Lorna @bluebellfhr.bsky.social · 4d

Perhaps because the sea is not in our blood probably explains why some of us suffer seasickness. I lasted a whole two weeks as a steward onboard a ferry!!
Hats off to anyone who survives that especially with regards to cleaning in rough weather. 🤢 🤮 🤢 🤮 🤢 🤮 🤢 🤮 🤢 🤮 🤢 🤮 🤢 🤮

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Lorna @bluebellfhr.bsky.social · 4d

And 4x Great Grandfather Daniel O'Brien GAVIN was Superintendent of Cardiff Dock Police. Some of his sons were involved with shoreside pursuits too but one was a Captain.

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Daniel Gavin (1856-1880) - Find a Grave Memorial

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Lorna @bluebellfhr.bsky.social · 4d

2x Great Grandfather Kit GOOSEY was Labourer on New Dock B at Durham in 1901.
10 years on Foreman for Contractor. Pearson & Co Works making Concrete Blocks for Dover Harbour.

Class: RG13; Piece: 4690; Folio: 6; Page: 4 1901 England Census. Ancestry.com
TNA;Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911

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Lorna @bluebellfhr.bsky.social · 4d

#52Ancestors - Water

Although coming from the Dover area of Kent, England actually have less ancestral lines who were found on the water (e.g. fisher people) but more in employments connected with the land and just a few who were water adjacent.

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Shropshire Live @shropshirelive.bsky.social · 4d

Two teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of arson following a major fire that engulfed the vacant Oxon Priory pub in Shrewsbury on Monday evening.

Two teenagers arrested on suspicion of arson after major fire at former Shrewsbury pub

Two teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of arson following a major fire that engulfed the vacant Oxon Priory pub in Shrewsbury on Monday evening.

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Cat Rees @catrees.bsky.social · 5d

Absolutely devastating news about a major theft from Amgueddfa Cymru - thieves have stolen Bronze Age gold artefacts held at the St Fagans galleries 😭! St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem - BBC News share.google/wHR1bDtJxDq4...

St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem - BBC News

Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.

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Lorna @bluebellfhr.bsky.social · 5d

Most comments online are along the lines of 'now there's a suprise'.

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OldPostcards4sale @oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social · 6d

Please note that our website is offline for the forseeable future - all links on this page to cards featured on that website will therefore not work. All our cards are, however, for sale in our Ebay store at www.ebay.co.uk/str/oldpostc...

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