Ben Steggles
@bensteggles.bsky.social
Family historian, Retired Civil servant, Spurs fan. Ben/Benny is old school nickname. Regular theatre & cinema goer.
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To all members of Northamptonshire Family History Society - next Monday 15th September is the Annual General Meeting of the society at Weston Favell Parish Hall 7:30pm. It is your society so if you are in the Northampton area please come!
September 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
To all members of Northamptonshire Family History Society - next Monday 15th September is the Annual General Meeting of the society at Weston Favell Parish Hall 7:30pm. It is your society so if you are in the Northampton area please come!
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Two views of Stratford-upon-Avon to yesterday. Went to see Edward II at the Swan Theatre. In 6th form for A-levels we "read it through" but I'd never had the chance to see it before.
April 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Two views of Stratford-upon-Avon to yesterday. Went to see Edward II at the Swan Theatre. In 6th form for A-levels we "read it through" but I'd never had the chance to see it before.
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If you are in Northampton on 17th Feb evening why not come along. Ample free parking. Non members £2. Tea/coffee & biscuits 20p.
February 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
If you are in Northampton on 17th Feb evening why not come along. Ample free parking. Non members £2. Tea/coffee & biscuits 20p.
Happy New Year folks🎆
December 31, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Happy New Year folks🎆
Thee Liverpool folk group "The Spinners" used to include this in their Christmas concerts.
I found this record of this 'extraordinary' Christmas carol being sung in Kentish villages in Notes & Queries (1863).
![EXTRAORDINARY CHRISTMAS CAROL
In a town in Mid Kent some children were going from house to house the other day, singing carols; one of them struck me as very odd; I took down the words as well as I could collect them, which ran thus,—
"As I sat under a sycamore tree [the last three words three times]
I looked me out upon the sea,
A Christmas day in the morning.
"I saw three ships a-sailing there, [three times, as above]
The Virgin Mary and Christ they bare,
A Christmas day in the morning.
"He did whistle and she did sing [three times]
And all the bells on earth did ring,
A Christmas day in the morning.
"And now we hope to taste your cheer [three times].
And wish you all a happy new year,
A Christmas day in the morning."
The children said there were a great many more verses, which they did not know. Has this very singular production ever been printed? The tune was that generally known among children as "A cold and frosty morning."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:debhak7qjrboc74gbhosc5e6/bafkreigq6rcicxw3nuotsjb47ueisrakarktwan7emalekta5r4a2n3t6a@jpeg)
December 23, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Thee Liverpool folk group "The Spinners" used to include this in their Christmas concerts.
Christmas means family, so for the festive season I abandon all social media. See you next week! 🎉🎄🥃🥂🍷🥃🎄🎉
December 23, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Christmas means family, so for the festive season I abandon all social media. See you next week! 🎉🎄🥃🥂🍷🥃🎄🎉
A time when I'm happy to be retired and able to stay inside in the warm?
November 19, 2024 at 8:47 AM
A time when I'm happy to be retired and able to stay inside in the warm?
Any theatre goers - I can recommend "Waiting For Godot" at the Theatre Royal Haymarket - London West end. Ben Whishaw is brilliant although the entire cast are magnificent.🎭
November 17, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Any theatre goers - I can recommend "Waiting For Godot" at the Theatre Royal Haymarket - London West end. Ben Whishaw is brilliant although the entire cast are magnificent.🎭
Just signed up - feeling my way on blue sky. Need a much better pic of me to put on here!!📸
November 15, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Just signed up - feeling my way on blue sky. Need a much better pic of me to put on here!!📸