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Terry Gourvish
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Business historian, interested in railways, brewing, archives and Leicester City

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · 3d
Good then, and good now!

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 4d
It's been a big week for me.

On Monday, @degruyterbrill.bsky.social published my first book, Selling Out Santa, which was a development of my PhD thesis which I defended one year ago today. It's been a long and difficult year since then, but I'm taking today to be proud of those two achievements.
Selling Out Santa: Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy|Hardcover
Christmas is not just a day or a frame of mind as Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) imparts in Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Christmas is also a vehicle for national mythmaking as an idealising mirror for ...
www.barnesandnoble.com

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Luke Foley @lukefoley.me · 7d
Kenny McLean sends Scotland to the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1998. I love sports. This is what it’s all about.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 16d
this is my favourite comment of the day on an FT story

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 27d
The decision is in! The Office of Rail & Road (ORR) has approved Virgin Trains’ application to access Temple Mills depot, paving the way for competition between London and Paris, Brussels & Amsterdam from 2030. www.railwaypro.com/wp/orr-appro...
ORR approves Virgin for new Channel Tunnel services
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has approved Virgin Trains’ application to access Temple Mills International depot in London, paving the way for a new era of competition on Channel Tunnel routes.
www.railwaypro.com

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · 29d
A simple railway label can tell you so much

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Oct 27
Cannaregio

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Oct 26
Get about as oiled
As a diesel train

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Oct 23
Your 2026 guide looks grubby already!
stymiesi.bsky.social Si Everitt - BRAPA @stymiesi.bsky.social · Oct 22
Pub 3097, Twa Dugs, West Kilbride. Translates as 'two dogs' cos Scottish people are mad as. Ironically walked into a plasma of cat protection league advert. A homely modern smart gaff, nicely local, heard Smile by the Supernaturals for first time since 1997.

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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · Oct 23
🚉 Cowley branch line: "Oxford rail link to reopen as ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’ takes shape.
The chancellor has given the green light, & £120m, to the reopen the Cowley branch line following a campaign co-founded by the Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford." ⏬️ 🆓
www.thetimes.com/article/37c8...
Oxford rail link to reopen as ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’ takes shape
Government funding backs investment by Larry Ellison’s new technology institute, which is planning to spend £10bn on science programmes
www.thetimes.com

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Si Everitt - BRAPA @stymiesi.bsky.social · Oct 22
Pub 3097, Twa Dugs, West Kilbride. Translates as 'two dogs' cos Scottish people are mad as. Ironically walked into a plasma of cat protection league advert. A homely modern smart gaff, nicely local, heard Smile by the Supernaturals for first time since 1997.

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Oct 21
A strong team

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Oct 19
Tetley Malthouse, Mill Street, Leeds, winter 1973, photo by Peter Mitchell.

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Oct 12
Drinking a pint of Kentish ale in memory of Gerald Crompton, the business historian, who has died

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · Oct 6
Please subscribe to my substack Christian Wolmar's Transport News today's post "Failure on the line" open.substack.com/pub/transpor...
Failure on the line
In the book on high speed rail that I have been writing
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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Sep 30
Football supporters shop, in restrained Venetian style

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Sep 30
Bin men, Venice style

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Sep 30
A surprisingly good beer from Puglia

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Sep 26
In the 9th century crypt of the old cathedral, Brescia. The crucifix is more recent. Is the cross made out of old railway sleepers? See photo to follow

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David Turner @railwayhistorian.bsky.social · Sep 24
It is a shame I cannot make it, but the Black Country Society's
Black Country History Day is on 8 November 2025, 1000 to 1630. It is titled "After Agenoria; Aspects of the Railway Revolution in the Black Country".

More info here:

#Railway200

www.blackcountrysociety.com/events/black...
Black Country History Day 2025 | black-country-soc
Black Country History Day 2025 After Agenoria; Aspects of the Railway Revolution in the Black Country
www.blackcountrysociety.com

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Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · Sep 21
Train ticketing broke. I have a hand written ticket to get me home.
Out of service ticket machine Ticket machine error message

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Cat Bauer in Venice @catbauer.bsky.social · Sep 21
Last days of summer in Venice☀️

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Sep 11
Age is just a number - but some numbers are bigger than others

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Sep 10
Copyright BRAPA - the Peyton Arms

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Sep 8
Wrong again! It’s Steam Shed!!!!
terrygh.bsky.social Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Sep 8
I should have written ‘Engine Shed’ Brewery, a relatively new venture with beers named after famous steam engines, e.g. ‘Black Five’.
terrygh.bsky.social Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Sep 6
Drinking an excellent beer from Swaffham's Train Shed Brewery!

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Sep 8
I should have written ‘Engine Shed’ Brewery, a relatively new venture with beers named after famous steam engines, e.g. ‘Black Five’.
terrygh.bsky.social Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Sep 6
Drinking an excellent beer from Swaffham's Train Shed Brewery!

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · Sep 7
This just doesn’t seem a sustainable account.
Nigel Farage admits he was wrong to say he had bought house in Clacton
Reform UK leader says he should not have claimed he was buyer of property that was really bought by his partner
www.theguardian.com

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Sep 6
Drinking an excellent beer from Swaffham's Train Shed Brewery!

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Sep 4
All looking good.
Nigel Farage MP V @Nigel_Farage X.com I had the misfortune of watching and listening to Nadine Dorries this morning. If she is the PM's defence then he really is a goner.

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Terry Gourvish @terrygh.bsky.social · Aug 28
Maybe football managers should shave off their beards