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Margaret Ford🌲🏠 @maggief.bsky.social · 23h

Railway workers and managers at Spon Lane Station West Bromwich. Station next to chance Glassworks
The area of glassworks part of my One Place Study West Smethwick
#railways
#westBromwich
#Oldbury
#OnePlaceStudy

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 6d

Weekend bump!

#Railway200 #RailwayHistory #TransportHistory #MobilityHistory

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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · 16d

Dear Followers,

‼️JTH created an open-access collection of papers to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first railway journey in Britain‼️

Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12d

Have French scientists solved the mystery of Nelson’s lover Lady Hamilton?

Digital reconstruction of remains discovered in Calais graveyard bears ‘incredible’ likeness to Emma Hamilton, mistress of British naval hero Horatio Nelson, say experts

www.theguardian.com

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Margaret Ford🌲🏠 @maggief.bsky.social · 14d

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · Aug 30

#ResearchBuddies day at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

Still time to register to join us this afternoon where we will be discussing all things #Poynton and #Prestbury

Link to register/find out more 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events/resea...

FHSC Researh Buddies poster - light blue background with a laptop, glassses, cup of coffee and a notebook with the workd Cheshire Research Buddies

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · Aug 30

And more on the Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project via the link below.

Credit to the University of Portsmouth Heritage Hub for funding our work!

There's more to come from this project, so watch this space over the coming weeks and months!

www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/portsmouth-a...

Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts - Railway Work, Life & Death

Introducing our work with the Havant Local History Group, to find out more about Portsmouth area railway staff & their accidents.

www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk

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Margaret Ford🌲🏠 @maggief.bsky.social · Aug 21

Went on Seven Valley railway yesterday with family
#SevernValleyRailway

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Margaret Ford🌲🏠 @maggief.bsky.social · Aug 17

I went with Claire Julie and grandkids to local pub in oldbury for food

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Animals R Us…. @trumph8ters.bsky.social · Aug 1

Blacks Swans are majestic… 😊
And don’t get me started on how cute the babies are…. 🥰❤️
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Margaret Ford🌲🏠 @maggief.bsky.social · Jul 27

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This can be seen for miles in West Midlands area

Dozens of firefighters sent to tackle West Midlands factory blaze - BBC News

Fifteen fire engines are deployed to the scene in Great Bridge Street.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Philip Boyes @philipjboyes.bsky.social · Jul 20

ITV are putting all of Ivor the Engine up on YouTube! Just been watching it with the baby. Well, she was asleep but I'm sure it was doing her some good subconsciously.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPae...

Ivor The Engine | Season 1 Marathon Ep.1-8 | Full Episodes

YouTube video by ITV Retro

www.youtube.com

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Margaret Ford🌲🏠 @maggief.bsky.social · Jul 20

Storm has just started hail thunder
#westmidlands

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Hannah Boston @hannah-boston.bsky.social · Jul 15

A short-term paid research opportunity on the records of Snodhill Castle, details here: www.snodhillcastle.org/documentary-...

Documentary Research Opportunity | SNODHILL CASTLE

Snodhill Castle Preservation Trust now seeks a qualified person to help uncover its history.

www.snodhillcastle.org

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Dorothy Lepkowska #FBPE @dotlepkowska.bsky.social · Jul 14

Happy Bastille Day to French followers today 🇫🇷
And Happy Black Country Day to those of us who celebrate our great region.

The black, white and red flag of the Black Country in England's Midlands. The chain across the centre represents the industrial heritage of the region.

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Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social · Jun 22

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #manchester

Mary Higgs: How woman went undercover in workhouses in 1900s

Mother-of-four Mary Higgs went undercover to expose the awful conditions in the early 1900s.

www.bbc.co.uk

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NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social · Jun 21

According to Shropshire Folklore, those who visited the Wrekin on Midsummer morning were believed to receive their greatest wish or be bestowed with good fortune for the year ahead.

#Folklore #Shropshire #Midsummer

A black and white drawing of the view to the Wrekin. People are walking towards it. Perhaps to gain their own luck

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · Jun 21

Situated on what was the turnpike route from Sheffield to Chapel-en-le-Frith and Buxton in the Sheffield village of Ringinglow. This somewhat extravagant tollhouse was erected in 1778. An octagonal turret, of three stories and in the Gothic style of the period.

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Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social · May 25

Bucknell roll of honour. St. Peter’s Church, Bucknell, Oxfordshire. First World War. #LestWeForget

Bucknell roll of honour. First World War.

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Margaret Ford🌲🏠 @maggief.bsky.social · May 24

I have left too

Margaret Ford🌲🏠 @maggief.bsky.social · May 20

Weekend went to Titford Pools canal event at Titford pumphouse, Oldbury and went on Canal boat

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blackcountrysoc.bsky.social @blackcountrysoc.bsky.social · May 11

“The Black Country Miners: A Struggle For Justice” is one of our most popular books, laying bare the injustices of the Victorian age, and how miners fought to improve their lot. We now have less just 14 copies of this book left.

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Margaret Ford🌲🏠 @maggief.bsky.social · Apr 26

avoncroft.org.uk/archives/68854

International Living History Festival 2025 Time to Time Travel !

26 & 27 April 2025 It’s time…..to Time Travel! as Avoncroft Museum will come to life as over 40 of the best in Living History re-enactment groups set Join us at Avoncroft Museum the ' home’ of the Int...

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · Apr 26

PHOTO OF THE DAY: The graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, seperated by a cemetery wall in the Netherlands (1888). 📷 google images

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Margaret Ford🌲🏠 @maggief.bsky.social · Apr 20

Happy Easter everyone
#Easter

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Rosemary Griggs @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social · Apr 12

St Albans Clock tower, built by 1405 so the town could sound its own hours rather than be controlled by the abbot of the nearby abbey

The bell that sounded at the 1st Battle of St Albans in 1455 is still there

#SteepleSaturday #medieval

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