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Margaret Roberts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬🐄🌳🏡 @researchdogsbody.bsky.social · 20d

Great day yesterday at the Secrets and Lies conference, lots of lovely comments after my talk on tracing female ancestors, thank you to all who came along. Also enjoyed flying the @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social flag with @janetfew.bsky.social and @helenshields.bsky.social

More of the same today

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 20d

Doris Storey the swimmer from Leeds who worked at Burton's who went to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin who won 2 gold medals at the 1938 Empire Games in Sydney. 👇
BBC News - 'Our Olympian grandma from Leeds refused to stand for Hitler' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Our Olympian grandma from Leeds refused to stand for Hitler'

As a Leeds building is named after swimmer Doris Storey, her grandsons speak of their pride in her.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Margaret Roberts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬🐄🌳🏡 @researchdogsbody.bsky.social · 20d

#LeavingMyKitchen - well left my kitchen a day or two ago!

30th Anniversary cake for brother & wife

Red velvet cake with vanilla/orange flavoured buttercream & handmade fondand, handpainted dog snouts peeking out from under a duvet [based on their favourite poster], bespoke topper to finish.

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Prof Dave Day. @natationist.bsky.social · 21d

What a great talk on researching women's lives by researchdogsbody. Really well received by a packed house.

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Prof Dave Day. @natationist.bsky.social · 21d

Big crowd for researchdogsbody. No surprise there.

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Damien Marie AtHope Ⓐ 🚩🏴🌍 @damienmarieathope.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · Aug 28

New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social the concluding part of @dralexanderjackson.bsky.social's series on the life of Clarice Vizard

"A man may be useful, but a woman is essential, in a pub.”
Link 👉 bit.ly/3HH3vKJ

@bssh.bsky.social
#Football
#WomensFootball
@nfmofficial.bsky.social
#WomenInSport

Black and white newpaper images of Clarice and the title of the article - The “Manageress”: The life and times of Clarice Vizard (nee, Singleton) Part 5 “A man may be useful, but a woman is essential, in a pub.”

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Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · Aug 26

If you've ever wondered about publishing an article on @playingpasts.bsky.social and the numer of people who will read your work - then take a look at the latest metrics

#Metrics
#SportsHistory

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Margaret Roberts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬🐄🌳🏡 @researchdogsbody.bsky.social · Aug 26

Very proud of latest numbers on my @playingpasts.bsky.social website

Playing Pasts @playingpasts.bsky.social · Aug 26

If you've ever wondered about publishing an article on @playingpasts.bsky.social and the numer of people who will read your work - then take a look at the latest metrics

#Metrics
#SportsHistory

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philsmithcross.bsky.social @philsmithcross.bsky.social · Aug 20

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philsmithcross.bsky.social @philsmithcross.bsky.social · Aug 19

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · Jul 29

Her name was Diana. She was 23 years old and 7 months pregnant.

Russia murdered her today in an attack on the maternity hospital in Kamyanske.

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philsmithcross.bsky.social @philsmithcross.bsky.social · Jul 16

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · Jul 10

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · Jul 7

The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds.

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Jack Tindale @jacktindale.bsky.social · Jul 6

It's funny but I cannot think of a sport where my personal interest is less in tune with my social media than F1. It's demonstrably a very physically and mentally challenging effort, there's a huge amount of skill, I respect the engineering, I just find it insanely, monumentally dull.