Bryn Hammond
@brynleyh.bsky.social
FRHistS. Historian of the First World War, WW1, ‘the Great War’. Principal Curator with principles at l'ancien asile. Maps landed in my lap. Evertonian. Cricket lover. Father…more when I think of it.
All views here are mine, but I’m prepared to share them.
All views here are mine, but I’m prepared to share them.
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Bryn Hammond
@brynleyh.bsky.social
· Nov 27
So, when you say ‘forgotten’ … well, I mean, it’s not really, is it?
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November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Thats what maturity looks like, we all make mistakes. Onwards.
📱Idrissa Gueye’s latest Instagram story post apologising for his red card
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Thats what maturity looks like, we all make mistakes. Onwards.
Also, if that lad who was our mascot is your kid, you should be extra proud of him tonight. That fist clench before the game was the spirit we need! #EFC #Evertonian
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Also, if that lad who was our mascot is your kid, you should be extra proud of him tonight. That fist clench before the game was the spirit we need! #EFC #Evertonian
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Strange there’s little nostalgia outside France for these glasses.
At my very ordinary village primary school, we had these glasses for our water with school dinner. We used to have competitions about who had the highest number on the bottom of their glass.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
At my very ordinary village primary school, we had these glasses for our water with school dinner. We used to have competitions about who had the highest number on the bottom of their glass.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘The French people want to save us’: help pours in for glassmaker Duralex
The brand, which evokes nostalgia and pride, hit its €5m fundraising target within hours and orders have soared
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Strange there’s little nostalgia outside France for these glasses.
At my very ordinary village primary school, we had these glasses for our water with school dinner. We used to have competitions about who had the highest number on the bottom of their glass.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
At my very ordinary village primary school, we had these glasses for our water with school dinner. We used to have competitions about who had the highest number on the bottom of their glass.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Just seen the shites score, how are sky sports going to recover from this
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Just seen the shites score, how are sky sports going to recover from this
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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how much does one have to hate this breathtaking, marvel-filled, glorious, beautiful earth we are undeservedly blessed to live on to think this?
If there’s no shale gas then there’s no shale gas, but I still think environmentalism is basically bad and politicians should focus more on material prosperity.
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
how much does one have to hate this breathtaking, marvel-filled, glorious, beautiful earth we are undeservedly blessed to live on to think this?
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Dick Advocaat is the head coach of the Curaçao football team, who will be the first ever alcoholic drink managed by an alcoholic drink to play at a World Cup finals.
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Dick Advocaat is the head coach of the Curaçao football team, who will be the first ever alcoholic drink managed by an alcoholic drink to play at a World Cup finals.
Toilet flush napoo.
Luckily, na’ poo.
Luckily, na’ poo.
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Toilet flush napoo.
Luckily, na’ poo.
Luckily, na’ poo.
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🎥 Then & Now
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🎥 Then & Now
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
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🎥 Then & Now
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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La rue des Dardanelles, #paris17, débute boulevard Pershing et se termine boulevard de Dixmude.
Elle a reçu ce nom pour perpétuer le souvenir de la bataille des Dardanelles durant la Grande Guerre.
Elle a reçu ce nom pour perpétuer le souvenir de la bataille des Dardanelles durant la Grande Guerre.
November 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
La rue des Dardanelles, #paris17, débute boulevard Pershing et se termine boulevard de Dixmude.
Elle a reçu ce nom pour perpétuer le souvenir de la bataille des Dardanelles durant la Grande Guerre.
Elle a reçu ce nom pour perpétuer le souvenir de la bataille des Dardanelles durant la Grande Guerre.
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C'est tout le secteur qui renvoie vers la 1GM Rue du Dobropol, Rue de Salonique, Bd de Dixmude, Bd de l'Yser.
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
C'est tout le secteur qui renvoie vers la 1GM Rue du Dobropol, Rue de Salonique, Bd de Dixmude, Bd de l'Yser.
TNT IS quite simply K*pite TV.
November 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
TNT IS quite simply K*pite TV.
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Rand McNally, March 1939.
Europe on the eve of #WW2. Current #borders in colour with pre- #WW1 borders in purple. France occupies the #Rhine; #Bohemia, #Moravia, & #Slovakia in red as part of Greater Germany. Many disputed or recently 'transferred' areas.
#antiquemap #maps #remembrance
Rand McNally, March 1939.
Europe on the eve of #WW2. Current #borders in colour with pre- #WW1 borders in purple. France occupies the #Rhine; #Bohemia, #Moravia, & #Slovakia in red as part of Greater Germany. Many disputed or recently 'transferred' areas.
#antiquemap #maps #remembrance
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Rand McNally, March 1939.
Europe on the eve of #WW2. Current #borders in colour with pre- #WW1 borders in purple. France occupies the #Rhine; #Bohemia, #Moravia, & #Slovakia in red as part of Greater Germany. Many disputed or recently 'transferred' areas.
#antiquemap #maps #remembrance
Rand McNally, March 1939.
Europe on the eve of #WW2. Current #borders in colour with pre- #WW1 borders in purple. France occupies the #Rhine; #Bohemia, #Moravia, & #Slovakia in red as part of Greater Germany. Many disputed or recently 'transferred' areas.
#antiquemap #maps #remembrance
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Would you like to know about 100 objects from the First World War in the Bavarian Army Museum? The link below is to a PDF of the whole of this fantastic book. Vielen Dank an das freundliche Bayerische Armeemuseum.
November 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Would you like to know about 100 objects from the First World War in the Bavarian Army Museum? The link below is to a PDF of the whole of this fantastic book. Vielen Dank an das freundliche Bayerische Armeemuseum.
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We have monthly relaxed openings at Experience Barnsley Museum and The Cooper Gallery for visitors who prefer a quieter experience.
Our next one is during half term, 28 October and we open an hour earlier for a 'quiet hour'
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekQForQuiet
Our next one is during half term, 28 October and we open an hour earlier for a 'quiet hour'
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekQForQuiet
October 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
We have monthly relaxed openings at Experience Barnsley Museum and The Cooper Gallery for visitors who prefer a quieter experience.
Our next one is during half term, 28 October and we open an hour earlier for a 'quiet hour'
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekQForQuiet
Our next one is during half term, 28 October and we open an hour earlier for a 'quiet hour'
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekQForQuiet
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Visited the Imperial War Museum today, and spent the entire day in just two exhibits.
The first is the new “Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus”
www.iwm.org.uk/events/emerg...
The first is the new “Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus”
www.iwm.org.uk/events/emerg...
Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus
At the end of the Second World War, a wave of independence movements swept the British Empire. Emergency Exits focuses on three often overlooked independence movements. These were brutal conflicts bet...
www.iwm.org.uk
October 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Visited the Imperial War Museum today, and spent the entire day in just two exhibits.
The first is the new “Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus”
www.iwm.org.uk/events/emerg...
The first is the new “Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus”
www.iwm.org.uk/events/emerg...
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It's been incredible this week to see something that I, along with many others, have been working on for several years... "Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya, and Cyprus" exhibit at the Imperial War Museum in London. The exhibition represents a significant evolution... 1/6
October 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It's been incredible this week to see something that I, along with many others, have been working on for several years... "Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya, and Cyprus" exhibit at the Imperial War Museum in London. The exhibition represents a significant evolution... 1/6
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Former Real Madrid Star Royston Drenthe Hospitalized After Stroke, Stable
#everton #football #RealMadrid #RoystonDrenthe #stroke
#everton #football #RealMadrid #RoystonDrenthe #stroke
Former Real Madrid Star Royston Drenthe Hospitalized After Stroke, Stable
Former Real Madrid and Everton footballer Royston Drenthe has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke last Friday, though his current team confirmed Sunday
blazetrends.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Former Real Madrid Star Royston Drenthe Hospitalized After Stroke, Stable
#everton #football #RealMadrid #RoystonDrenthe #stroke
#everton #football #RealMadrid #RoystonDrenthe #stroke