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Dave Cole

@mrcheapseats.bsky.social

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Son of Norfolk, Family History Nerd, War Graves, Old Land Rovers etc. Evacuee from the Other Place. Tolle divitem et pauperem non invenies. Ramblings here: https://farmboysandpioneers.com/

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Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 22d

A late letter from over a century ago. A final piece in a family jigsaw?

Herbert Crook: The Last Post

Sometimes you have to accept that research is never finished when it comes to family history….. Family genealogy is such that you often reach the end of a road and have to park your investiga…

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Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 5h

The Saudis aren't stupid. They're rich enough, and the west is greedy enough, for them to buy our culture from under our feet

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 14h

A little history of Antifa

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 19h

The precursor of the Presidential Medal of Freedom was the Congressional Medal of Freedom, which was established in 1945 to honor civilians who aided the fight against fascism in WWII.

from wikipedia, a bronze medal with an image of Columbia crowned with stars and an eagle headdress over the word Freedom, with a red ribbon and a bronze palm.

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Gavin Hales @gmhales.bsky.social · 1d

This seems notable - on current data, the 90 homicides recorded by the Metropolitan Police in the year to August 2025 is the lowest 12-month total since the monthly data started in 2003. #crimestats

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 1d

As good as England are, ITV somehow managed to make a dogs dinner of the coverage

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 1d

14 October 1940 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Mirjam Lewkowicz, was born in Gouda.

In September 1943, she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

Vintage black and white photo of a young girl with large eyes and curly hair, wearing a patterned bib over a dark shirt.

Reposted by Dave Cole

Simon Verdegem @simonverdegem.bsky.social · 1d

Tragically, heavy artillery shelling struck their positions on 14 October. On the following day, the war diaries grimly noted: 'C Coy very heavily shelled in the early morning - 2 Lt L.W. ABLETT and 2 Lt E.D. BRUTY ‘C’ Coy killed – Batt HQ shelled heavily.

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 2d

Irish passport, lives in Spain, 13 grand cash and a Bentley. My leg is wet...

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 2d

BBC going big on lack of Labour transparency on China. Let's see the #RussiaReport while we're worried about foreign influence on our politics

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 2d

What's with the dead-eye camera thing. Weirdo!

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 2d

Laila Cunningham is a proper swivel eyed loon

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 2d

Do they have big bins at Dochy Farm?

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 2d

Trump could learn something from this

Royal Marines' bullseye shot stops £35m illegal drugs shipment in the Middle East

It comes as the latest in a series of drug seizures by the Royal Navy in the Gulf region.

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe if they made them of bacon they'd keep all the foreigners out of the men's loos too...

The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 4d

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 5d

Has he threatened to invade Norway yet or declared them as woke antifa?

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 5d

He'll call them woke antifa before the week is out

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 5d

Well yes, but that hasn't stopped the noise

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 5d

Nominations closed in January so he'll have to wait until next time

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s Nathan Gill, traitor, guilty of 8 charges of Russian Bribery.

By the point he recorded this he had already taken bribes but was yet to be arrested.

He was Leader of Reform UK in Wales.

Reform UK have been silent.

x.com/NathanGillME...

Nathan Gill on X: "I’ve just voted ➡️ Reform UK, if you vote for the same old parties, you cannot expect change. Go out and #VoteReformUK and we will change things for good. https://t.co/H0xg0MKe31" / X

I’ve just voted ➡️ Reform UK, if you vote for the same old parties, you cannot expect change. Go out and #VoteReformUK and we will change things for good. https://t.co/H0xg0MKe31

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 6d

Looked them up. Logo with a bullet, and their leadership page is like a casting room full of Devo rejects with military ranks. Bonkers

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 6d

I was going to play Ingoldisthorpe next 😂

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 6d

Bibi will find a way to break it. Peace means the money dries up.

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 6d

Hargham

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 6d

Garboldisham

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 6d

Folks over the road have got it now. I probably caught it off your last post 👍

Dave Cole @mrcheapseats.bsky.social · 6d

Didn't we used to call antifa 'Bomber Command'