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Retired, formerly Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University
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... Images are going to make it - whatever it is. This is a possibility for the cover. Pictures often say more than words. ...
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... Images are going to make it - whatever it is. This is a possibility for the cover. Pictures often say more than words. ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-35 – persuasion – publication
Postcards from the Past 2026-35 – persuasion – publication I have been persuaded by some people I respect to commit what I am writing to print. Collaborators have been suggested and add…
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February 10, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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... Images are going to make it - whatever it is. This is a possibility for the cover. Pictures often say more than words. ...
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... Images are going to make it - whatever it is. This is a possibility for the cover. Pictures often say more than words. ...
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... And 802 years later, the next one’s in a couple of days on Wednesday. The midsummer pi55 up/fair is not at the moment celebrated although a farmers’ market is due to be held on the eve of the feast day of St Peter and St Paul in June 2026. ...
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... And 802 years later, the next one’s in a couple of days on Wednesday. The midsummer pi55 up/fair is not at the moment celebrated although a farmers’ market is due to be held on the eve of the feast day of St Peter and St Paul in June 2026. ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-34 – 800 years a market
Postcards from the Past 2026-34 – 800 years a market On my website I said: The naming of the village as Market Bosworth stems from the market charter granted by Edward I in 1285, transfo…
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February 9, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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... And 802 years later, the next one’s in a couple of days on Wednesday. The midsummer pi55 up/fair is not at the moment celebrated although a farmers’ market is due to be held on the eve of the feast day of St Peter and St Paul in June 2026. ...
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... And 802 years later, the next one’s in a couple of days on Wednesday. The midsummer pi55 up/fair is not at the moment celebrated although a farmers’ market is due to be held on the eve of the feast day of St Peter and St Paul in June 2026. ...
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Cataloging books - today found my copy of Bede, Really, really wanted to put "The Venomous" in the database as the forename. People who remember 1066 and all that will know why.
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Cataloging books - today found my copy of Bede, Really, really wanted to put "The Venomous" in the database as the forename. People who remember 1066 and all that will know why.
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Postcards from the Past 2026-33 – Jumbo Jones – Danelaw – English
Postcards from the Past 2026-33 – Jumbo Jones – Danelaw – English In 1964 or 1965 we had Jumbo Jones for English – a nickname, obviously, although he was called Jones. He wa…
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February 8, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Cataloging books - today found my copy of Bede, Really, really wanted to put "The Venomous" in the database as the forename. People who remember 1066 and all that will know why.
johncolby.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/p...
Cataloging books - today found my copy of Bede, Really, really wanted to put "The Venomous" in the database as the forename. People who remember 1066 and all that will know why.
johncolby.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/p...
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... have to go back to the developments of the Anglo Saxon church the minster system (why did autocorrect change that to monster system) and the Benedictine and Cluniac rule ...
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... have to go back to the developments of the Anglo Saxon church the minster system (why did autocorrect change that to monster system) and the Benedictine and Cluniac rule ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-32 – tonsures – feasts – Whitby – Hilda
Postcards from the Past 2026-32 – tonsures – feasts – Whitby – Hilda Books arrived today – and information in them has clarified a few things. We’re now back to the en…
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February 8, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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... have to go back to the developments of the Anglo Saxon church the minster system (why did autocorrect change that to monster system) and the Benedictine and Cluniac rule ...
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... have to go back to the developments of the Anglo Saxon church the minster system (why did autocorrect change that to monster system) and the Benedictine and Cluniac rule ...
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... message from a friend who's just moved to Cornwall and their unpacking and arranging mirrors mine.
Oh the joy of uncovering the floor. We are emptying boxes only to refill them. Called WTFDWPT (where the F..k do we put that) ...
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... message from a friend who's just moved to Cornwall and their unpacking and arranging mirrors mine.
Oh the joy of uncovering the floor. We are emptying boxes only to refill them. Called WTFDWPT (where the F..k do we put that) ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-31 – 1086 and all that
Postcards from the Past 2026-31 – 1086 and all that I’m attempting to flesh out he people in the medieval period. In Domesday we had two estates those of Count of Meulan and of Hugh of Grandm…
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February 6, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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... message from a friend who's just moved to Cornwall and their unpacking and arranging mirrors mine.
Oh the joy of uncovering the floor. We are emptying boxes only to refill them. Called WTFDWPT (where the F..k do we put that) ...
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... message from a friend who's just moved to Cornwall and their unpacking and arranging mirrors mine.
Oh the joy of uncovering the floor. We are emptying boxes only to refill them. Called WTFDWPT (where the F..k do we put that) ...
johncolby.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/p...
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... More floor has been uncovered today - at the expense of the sofa. Piles of sorted books ave appeared - five feet shelf space of Sandy’s undergrad psychology stuff and six feet of quilting publications. Now to find ways of disposing of them. ...
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... More floor has been uncovered today - at the expense of the sofa. Piles of sorted books ave appeared - five feet shelf space of Sandy’s undergrad psychology stuff and six feet of quilting publications. Now to find ways of disposing of them. ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-30 – climate enabling – medieval warm period
Postcards from the Past 2026-30 – climate enabling – medieval warm period The Medieval Warm Period (MWP) lasting from about 950/1000AD to 1250/1300AD was a climate anomaly limited to ei…
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February 5, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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... More floor has been uncovered today - at the expense of the sofa. Piles of sorted books ave appeared - five feet shelf space of Sandy’s undergrad psychology stuff and six feet of quilting publications. Now to find ways of disposing of them. ...
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... More floor has been uncovered today - at the expense of the sofa. Piles of sorted books ave appeared - five feet shelf space of Sandy’s undergrad psychology stuff and six feet of quilting publications. Now to find ways of disposing of them. ...
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... I’ve brought back into use one of Sandy’s craft storage drawer sets - he wheels had fallen off - literally. A new base frame with castors was constructed and I’m now removing sawdust from various parts of my anatomy ...
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... I’ve brought back into use one of Sandy’s craft storage drawer sets - he wheels had fallen off - literally. A new base frame with castors was constructed and I’m now removing sawdust from various parts of my anatomy ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-29 – lost village – Bronze Age to High Medieval – monastic Bosworth?
Postcards from the Past 2026-29 – lost village – Bronze Age to High Medieval – monastic Bosworth? Thus far I’ve been concentrating on the history that can be seen. Following on f…
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February 4, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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... I’ve brought back into use one of Sandy’s craft storage drawer sets - he wheels had fallen off - literally. A new base frame with castors was constructed and I’m now removing sawdust from various parts of my anatomy ...
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... I’ve brought back into use one of Sandy’s craft storage drawer sets - he wheels had fallen off - literally. A new base frame with castors was constructed and I’m now removing sawdust from various parts of my anatomy ...
johncolby.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/p...
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... Thoughts need more thinking, and how much story to put into the telling. ...
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... Thoughts need more thinking, and how much story to put into the telling. ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-28 – storytelling – swords and arrows
Postcards from the Past 2026-28 – storytelling – swords and arrows Presented the website this morning – I’ll get detailed feedback from the testers next week. And now the enthusia…
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February 3, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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... Thoughts need more thinking, and how much story to put into the telling. ...
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... Thoughts need more thinking, and how much story to put into the telling. ...
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... Tomorrow I’m introducing it to the volunteer testing team. They seemed enthusiastic - hope that the reality doesn’t destroy their illusions ...
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... Tomorrow I’m introducing it to the volunteer testing team. They seemed enthusiastic - hope that the reality doesn’t destroy their illusions ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-27 – open for testing
Postcards from the Past 2026-27 – open for testing Nothing more has been done today except put up the last images for the first test of the History Hub walk round guide. The philosophy is tha…
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February 2, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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... Tomorrow I’m introducing it to the volunteer testing team. They seemed enthusiastic - hope that the reality doesn’t destroy their illusions ...
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... Tomorrow I’m introducing it to the volunteer testing team. They seemed enthusiastic - hope that the reality doesn’t destroy their illusions ...
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... today I’ve been getting ready to release the guide for scrutiny. Judging by a conversation tonight at least one person is looking forward to it ...
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... today I’ve been getting ready to release the guide for scrutiny. Judging by a conversation tonight at least one person is looking forward to it ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-26 – more saints pets
Postcards from the Past 2026-26 – more saints pets Further to yesterday’s interpretation of the gospel writers in a stained glass window, the lectern of 1895 is supported by the same four gos…
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February 1, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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... today I’ve been getting ready to release the guide for scrutiny. Judging by a conversation tonight at least one person is looking forward to it ...
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... today I’ve been getting ready to release the guide for scrutiny. Judging by a conversation tonight at least one person is looking forward to it ...
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... Saint John. Looking heavenwards for inspiration, his eagle is being useful by holding the inkpot. (Well, I thought it was amusing) ...
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... Saint John. Looking heavenwards for inspiration, his eagle is being useful by holding the inkpot. (Well, I thought it was amusing) ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-25 – saintly symbolism – a sense of humour from 180 years ago.
Postcards from the Past 2026-25 – saintly symbolism – a sense of humour from 180 years ago. The light was briefly good enough for inside pix of St Peter’s, Market Bosworth, today. Ventu…
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January 31, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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... Saint John. Looking heavenwards for inspiration, his eagle is being useful by holding the inkpot. (Well, I thought it was amusing) ...
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... Saint John. Looking heavenwards for inspiration, his eagle is being useful by holding the inkpot. (Well, I thought it was amusing) ...
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... Collected the specs. Despite the email hype mentioned yesterday, I managed to contain my excitement. They fit, they work, They don’t have a song and dance routine, just like a normal pair of specs like I’ve been wearing for more than sixty years...
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... Collected the specs. Despite the email hype mentioned yesterday, I managed to contain my excitement. They fit, they work, They don’t have a song and dance routine, just like a normal pair of specs like I’ve been wearing for more than sixty years...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-24 – low Covid – feature reuse
Postcards from the Past 2026-24 – low Covid – feature reuse Covid, fortunately, is at its lowest level for this time of the year since the start of the pandemic. Six years ago the pande…
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January 30, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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... Collected the specs. Despite the email hype mentioned yesterday, I managed to contain my excitement. They fit, they work, They don’t have a song and dance routine, just like a normal pair of specs like I’ve been wearing for more than sixty years...
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... Collected the specs. Despite the email hype mentioned yesterday, I managed to contain my excitement. They fit, they work, They don’t have a song and dance routine, just like a normal pair of specs like I’ve been wearing for more than sixty years...
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... I’ve been buying specs from Specsavers for a good thirty years. Today's email from them telling me they're ready is a bit OTT ...
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... I’ve been buying specs from Specsavers for a good thirty years. Today's email from them telling me they're ready is a bit OTT ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-23 – rounding some corners – Leland
Postcards from the Past 2026-23 – rounding some corners – Leland I’ve been reading Leland’s itinerary. Couple of quotes about Leicestershire which recalled the lectures I went to last s…
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January 29, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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... I’ve been buying specs from Specsavers for a good thirty years. Today's email from them telling me they're ready is a bit OTT ...
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... I’ve been buying specs from Specsavers for a good thirty years. Today's email from them telling me they're ready is a bit OTT ...
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... what started out as a Saxon farmstead, Bosá’s farmstead, went through Boseworde of Domesday, gained Market in 1285, lost it by the 1600s and regained it by 1811, all through various spellings. Rabbit holes, certainly, but interesting ones. ...
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... what started out as a Saxon farmstead, Bosá’s farmstead, went through Boseworde of Domesday, gained Market in 1285, lost it by the 1600s and regained it by 1811, all through various spellings. Rabbit holes, certainly, but interesting ones. ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-22 – Leland – Burton – names
Postcards from the Past 2026-22 – Leland – Burton – names Going through Nichols’ The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester (8 volumes, about 3,300 pages) there…
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January 28, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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... what started out as a Saxon farmstead, Bosá’s farmstead, went through Boseworde of Domesday, gained Market in 1285, lost it by the 1600s and regained it by 1811, all through various spellings. Rabbit holes, certainly, but interesting ones. ...
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... what started out as a Saxon farmstead, Bosá’s farmstead, went through Boseworde of Domesday, gained Market in 1285, lost it by the 1600s and regained it by 1811, all through various spellings. Rabbit holes, certainly, but interesting ones. ...
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... A dismal day outside has meant that the single trip outside was in depositing the recycling bin at the curb. The squelching underfoot confirmed how much rain we have had, as the spring outside the front door is functioning well. ...
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... A dismal day outside has meant that the single trip outside was in depositing the recycling bin at the curb. The squelching underfoot confirmed how much rain we have had, as the spring outside the front door is functioning well. ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-21 – fragmentary wall paintings
Postcards from the Past 2026-21 – fragmentary wall paintings Back in the summer I attended a talk in Hallaton by Dr Miriam Gill of Vaughan College on medieval wall paintings. Hallaton arrange…
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January 27, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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... A dismal day outside has meant that the single trip outside was in depositing the recycling bin at the curb. The squelching underfoot confirmed how much rain we have had, as the spring outside the front door is functioning well. ...
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... A dismal day outside has meant that the single trip outside was in depositing the recycling bin at the curb. The squelching underfoot confirmed how much rain we have had, as the spring outside the front door is functioning well. ...
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Sorting books - quite a few more to give away. Unfortunately a stinking cold has got me, alone with runny nose and sneezing, so completion hasn’t happened. Neither has much more.
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Sorting books - quite a few more to give away. Unfortunately a stinking cold has got me, alone with runny nose and sneezing, so completion hasn’t happened. Neither has much more.
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Postcards from the Past 2026-20 – Plymouth blitz
Postcards from the Past 2026-20 – Plymouth blitz I was sorting though books, including mum’s, and this fell out. It’s from the Daily Mirror for Thursday 6th April 1944 showing St Andrews Chur…
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January 26, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Sorting books - quite a few more to give away. Unfortunately a stinking cold has got me, alone with runny nose and sneezing, so completion hasn’t happened. Neither has much more.
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Sorting books - quite a few more to give away. Unfortunately a stinking cold has got me, alone with runny nose and sneezing, so completion hasn’t happened. Neither has much more.
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... Out of the house sessions performed today, if a little damply, first to market and then to speak. Alongside this sorting books for giving away. A load of fiction stuff can be given a new life with someone else - they are only gathering dust here ...
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... Out of the house sessions performed today, if a little damply, first to market and then to speak. Alongside this sorting books for giving away. A load of fiction stuff can be given a new life with someone else - they are only gathering dust here ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-19 – chantry in the south aisle – more harp
Postcards from the Past 2026-19 – chantry in the south aisle – more harp Correspondence has continued over the number pf chantry chapels in Market Bosworth. My friend has given some str…
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January 25, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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... Out of the house sessions performed today, if a little damply, first to market and then to speak. Alongside this sorting books for giving away. A load of fiction stuff can be given a new life with someone else - they are only gathering dust here ...
johncolby.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/p...
... Out of the house sessions performed today, if a little damply, first to market and then to speak. Alongside this sorting books for giving away. A load of fiction stuff can be given a new life with someone else - they are only gathering dust here ...
johncolby.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/p...
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... I’m trying to find out local book exchanges and seeing if there’s any interest in some of Sandy’s sewing and quilting books and materials. I’d rather to go to someone who can use them rather than just be here for the sake of it. ...
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... I’m trying to find out local book exchanges and seeing if there’s any interest in some of Sandy’s sewing and quilting books and materials. I’d rather to go to someone who can use them rather than just be here for the sake of it. ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-18 – mills – water – wind – horse – hand
Postcards from the Past 2026-18 – mills – water – wind – horse – hand Part of the enquiry into the history of any place, but is seldom put into any prominence in writt…
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January 24, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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... I’m trying to find out local book exchanges and seeing if there’s any interest in some of Sandy’s sewing and quilting books and materials. I’d rather to go to someone who can use them rather than just be here for the sake of it. ...
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... I’m trying to find out local book exchanges and seeing if there’s any interest in some of Sandy’s sewing and quilting books and materials. I’d rather to go to someone who can use them rather than just be here for the sake of it. ...
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... Today a venture out to the capital of Anglo Saxon Mercia for supplies. It was wet and cold. ...
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... Today a venture out to the capital of Anglo Saxon Mercia for supplies. It was wet and cold. ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-17 – hunting the chapel – chantry
Postcards from the Past 2026-17 – hunting the chapel – chantry Today’s rabbit hole concerns the existence, location and purpose of a chapel which may have been the original church of Bo…
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January 23, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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... Today a venture out to the capital of Anglo Saxon Mercia for supplies. It was wet and cold. ...
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... Today a venture out to the capital of Anglo Saxon Mercia for supplies. It was wet and cold. ...
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... Reading the manual was an exercise in trying to find out which icon was which, and trying to follow reset instructions when the camera you are holding in your hand differs a little from that shown in the manual. ...
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... Reading the manual was an exercise in trying to find out which icon was which, and trying to follow reset instructions when the camera you are holding in your hand differs a little from that shown in the manual. ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-16 – camera complexity – Victorian typo
Postcards from the Past 2026-16 – camera complexity – Victorian typo In reviewing pix today I’ve got as far as the sanctuary, and the typo. In 1895 or so someone paid a LOT of money for…
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January 22, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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... Reading the manual was an exercise in trying to find out which icon was which, and trying to follow reset instructions when the camera you are holding in your hand differs a little from that shown in the manual. ...
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... Reading the manual was an exercise in trying to find out which icon was which, and trying to follow reset instructions when the camera you are holding in your hand differs a little from that shown in the manual. ...
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... I may be learning another foreign language. That’s in addition to the English, Gibberish and Rubbish I normally speak ...
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... I may be learning another foreign language. That’s in addition to the English, Gibberish and Rubbish I normally speak ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-15 – organ – detail
Postcards from the Past 2026-15 – organ – detail I’ve managed to update the guide with more information, (temporary site) and in doing so finding more and more detail. The research toda…
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January 21, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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... I may be learning another foreign language. That’s in addition to the English, Gibberish and Rubbish I normally speak ...
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... I may be learning another foreign language. That’s in addition to the English, Gibberish and Rubbish I normally speak ...
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... I have been notified by Royal Mail that there should be ten more used books arriving tomorrow. Now if only I could remember what I’d ordered ... But it's prevented me from ordering any more until I have this lot so that I don't duplicate. ...
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... I have been notified by Royal Mail that there should be ten more used books arriving tomorrow. Now if only I could remember what I’d ordered ... But it's prevented me from ordering any more until I have this lot so that I don't duplicate. ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-14 – little bits of history add up
Postcards from the Past 2026-14 – little bits of history add up Today there was actually some good light, so went up to take some internal pics. It was a trifle cold and blowy for external pi…
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January 20, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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... I have been notified by Royal Mail that there should be ten more used books arriving tomorrow. Now if only I could remember what I’d ordered ... But it's prevented me from ordering any more until I have this lot so that I don't duplicate. ...
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... I have been notified by Royal Mail that there should be ten more used books arriving tomorrow. Now if only I could remember what I’d ordered ... But it's prevented me from ordering any more until I have this lot so that I don't duplicate. ...
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I am generally opposed to AI, but if you're going to use it, this is one of the better ways to do so. And if Americans have the right to bear arms, why shouldn't Greenlanders have the right to arm bears (and walruses)? youtu.be/hS0wFiWpU4U?...
Greenland Defense Front - The Hungry Giant (Official Music Video)
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January 19, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I am generally opposed to AI, but if you're going to use it, this is one of the better ways to do so. And if Americans have the right to bear arms, why shouldn't Greenlanders have the right to arm bears (and walruses)? youtu.be/hS0wFiWpU4U?...
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... Shakespeare linked Richard III and his Norse forebears. The Bard reported that at the end of the Battle of Bosworth , when White Surrey stumbled in the marsh and threw his rider, Richard called out “A Norse, a Norse, my kingdom for a Norse” …
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... Shakespeare linked Richard III and his Norse forebears. The Bard reported that at the end of the Battle of Bosworth , when White Surrey stumbled in the marsh and threw his rider, Richard called out “A Norse, a Norse, my kingdom for a Norse” …
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Postcards from the Past 2026-13 – Norse invasion and technology – Mon église est meilleure que la vôtre
Postcards from the Past 2026-13 – Norse invasion and technology – Mon église est meilleure que la vôtre Following on from looking at the timings of the phases of building in Britain, I…
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January 19, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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... Shakespeare linked Richard III and his Norse forebears. The Bard reported that at the end of the Battle of Bosworth , when White Surrey stumbled in the marsh and threw his rider, Richard called out “A Norse, a Norse, my kingdom for a Norse” …
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... Shakespeare linked Richard III and his Norse forebears. The Bard reported that at the end of the Battle of Bosworth , when White Surrey stumbled in the marsh and threw his rider, Richard called out “A Norse, a Norse, my kingdom for a Norse” …
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... Today I have made the kitchen into a walk-in through area, as opposed to a shuffle sideways area, by moving stuff around to clear my construction attempts. I’ve also found three empty 35 litre Really Useful Boxes which I’d forgotten about. ...
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... Today I have made the kitchen into a walk-in through area, as opposed to a shuffle sideways area, by moving stuff around to clear my construction attempts. I’ve also found three empty 35 litre Really Useful Boxes which I’d forgotten about. ...
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Postcards from the Past 2026-12 – economy and trading – settlement development
Postcards from the Past 2026-12 – economy and trading – settlement development The earliest documented evidence we have for what medieval Bosworde was like comes from Domesday, where th…
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January 18, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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... Today I have made the kitchen into a walk-in through area, as opposed to a shuffle sideways area, by moving stuff around to clear my construction attempts. I’ve also found three empty 35 litre Really Useful Boxes which I’d forgotten about. ...
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... Today I have made the kitchen into a walk-in through area, as opposed to a shuffle sideways area, by moving stuff around to clear my construction attempts. I’ve also found three empty 35 litre Really Useful Boxes which I’d forgotten about. ...
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