Margaret Ford🌲🏠
@maggief.bsky.social
Family historian doing a One place study for Childs Ercall and Tibberton, Shropshire and also for West Smethwick, Staffordshire
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What an amazing sight - thousands of starlings swooping and diving in unison above the nature reserve at Whixall Moss. The birds made an incredible whooshing sound as they wheeled through the sky at sunset before settling down to roost for the night.
January 30, 2026 at 8:15 AM
What an amazing sight - thousands of starlings swooping and diving in unison above the nature reserve at Whixall Moss. The birds made an incredible whooshing sound as they wheeled through the sky at sunset before settling down to roost for the night.
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🚨NEW EPISODE 🚨
Find out what happened in the crucial minutes and seconds leading up to the Chernobyl explosion in the latest episode of Journey Through Time with @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social
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Find out what happened in the crucial minutes and seconds leading up to the Chernobyl explosion in the latest episode of Journey Through Time with @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social
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January 29, 2026 at 2:49 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE 🚨
Find out what happened in the crucial minutes and seconds leading up to the Chernobyl explosion in the latest episode of Journey Through Time with @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social
Link in replies 👇
Find out what happened in the crucial minutes and seconds leading up to the Chernobyl explosion in the latest episode of Journey Through Time with @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social
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Thank you to @museumsandheritage.com for this update on Shrewsbury's Flaxmill Maltings restoration. Proof that heritage doesn't just have cultural benefits, it makes financial sense too. "Independent evaluation shows £32m investment in Shrewsbury mill delivered £49.6m in economic benefits"
Flaxmill Maltings restoration positioned as model for heritage regeneration
Independent evaluation shows £32m investment in Shrewsbury mill delivered £49.6m in economic benefits and created 62 jobs.
museumsandheritage.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Thank you to @museumsandheritage.com for this update on Shrewsbury's Flaxmill Maltings restoration. Proof that heritage doesn't just have cultural benefits, it makes financial sense too. "Independent evaluation shows £32m investment in Shrewsbury mill delivered £49.6m in economic benefits"
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Always great to see digitisations made freely available online! I scanned the HLHS back run of newsletters and journals a few years ago: www.huddersfieldhistory.org.uk/publications...
January 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Always great to see digitisations made freely available online! I scanned the HLHS back run of newsletters and journals a few years ago: www.huddersfieldhistory.org.uk/publications...
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📢 New Post 📢
In my latest article, I have built upon previous research. It discusses the Coalport ferry disaster of 1799, and the many lives lost to the river. This one is personal to me, as it also includes my own families loss.
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/03/loss...
#History
In my latest article, I have built upon previous research. It discusses the Coalport ferry disaster of 1799, and the many lives lost to the river. This one is personal to me, as it also includes my own families loss.
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/03/loss...
#History
January 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
📢 New Post 📢
In my latest article, I have built upon previous research. It discusses the Coalport ferry disaster of 1799, and the many lives lost to the river. This one is personal to me, as it also includes my own families loss.
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/03/loss...
#History
In my latest article, I have built upon previous research. It discusses the Coalport ferry disaster of 1799, and the many lives lost to the river. This one is personal to me, as it also includes my own families loss.
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/03/loss...
#History
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Easington Tithe Barn is a complicated building surveyed by the YVBSG in 1997, thought to have been constructed from two completely different timber frames from unknown locations!
An early 20th century image of the old Tithe Barn at Easington, a threshing barn with a horse mill adjoining. The thatched barn dates back to the 16th century although the walls are later. The 19th century circular building housed the horse mill where the horse would walk round in a circle turning
January 12, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Easington Tithe Barn is a complicated building surveyed by the YVBSG in 1997, thought to have been constructed from two completely different timber frames from unknown locations!
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Hello Bluesky! My #onlinetalk all about #ArtsandCrafts in #Birmingham and #Worcestershire is tomorrow, 12 Jan - why was the #Midlands so important to the #ArtsandCrafts story? I usually talk rural A&C, but let's go urban! Join me at 7pm tomorrow! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1513549881...
The Arts and Crafts Movement in Birmingham and Worcestershire
Birmingham and Worcestershire were incredibly vibrant centres for the Arts and Crafts Movement. Discover the whats and whys in this talk!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Hello Bluesky! My #onlinetalk all about #ArtsandCrafts in #Birmingham and #Worcestershire is tomorrow, 12 Jan - why was the #Midlands so important to the #ArtsandCrafts story? I usually talk rural A&C, but let's go urban! Join me at 7pm tomorrow! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1513549881...
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Milk delivery, Manchester, 1946 (Daily Mail).
January 11, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Milk delivery, Manchester, 1946 (Daily Mail).
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Pre-order now.
Sarah J. Wager’s *Place-Names and Landholding in Early Medieval England* explores how names like Kingston and Eaton reflect landholding structures. #PlaceNames www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...
Sarah J. Wager’s *Place-Names and Landholding in Early Medieval England* explores how names like Kingston and Eaton reflect landholding structures. #PlaceNames www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...
Place-Names and Landholding in Early Medieval England
www.herts.ac.uk
January 9, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Pre-order now.
Sarah J. Wager’s *Place-Names and Landholding in Early Medieval England* explores how names like Kingston and Eaton reflect landholding structures. #PlaceNames www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...
Sarah J. Wager’s *Place-Names and Landholding in Early Medieval England* explores how names like Kingston and Eaton reflect landholding structures. #PlaceNames www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...
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The first Monday after today Epiphany - 6 January) was Plough Monday, the traditional start of the agricultural year. It was celebrated with young men called "Plough Stotts" parading a decorated plough, performing sword dances, and collecting money for church plough
January 6, 2026 at 11:45 AM
The first Monday after today Epiphany - 6 January) was Plough Monday, the traditional start of the agricultural year. It was celebrated with young men called "Plough Stotts" parading a decorated plough, performing sword dances, and collecting money for church plough
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‘You could see bones’: Families’ anguish over coastal erosion threat to Norfolk graves
‘You could see bones’: Families’ anguish over coastal erosion threat to Norfolk graves
Bereaved relatives say delays over risks at village churchyards are causing distress and call for council action
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:04 AM
‘You could see bones’: Families’ anguish over coastal erosion threat to Norfolk graves
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I’m planning to step down as web and social media editor for @sslh.bsky.social after six very rewarding and enjoyable years. If you might be interested in the role, please DM me. sslh.org.uk
Society for the Study of Labour History
Visit the post for more.
sslh.org.uk
December 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I’m planning to step down as web and social media editor for @sslh.bsky.social after six very rewarding and enjoyable years. If you might be interested in the role, please DM me. sslh.org.uk
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Guys guys guys, I found the archive of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (it's not an achievement, they've not hidden them) - you can watch every single one since they started televising them in the 60s:
www.rigb.org/christmas-le...
I love watching them every year, now I can see them all!
www.rigb.org/christmas-le...
I love watching them every year, now I can see them all!
Watch the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES archive
Watch all the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES back to 1966, when the lectures were first televised.
www.rigb.org
December 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Guys guys guys, I found the archive of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (it's not an achievement, they've not hidden them) - you can watch every single one since they started televising them in the 60s:
www.rigb.org/christmas-le...
I love watching them every year, now I can see them all!
www.rigb.org/christmas-le...
I love watching them every year, now I can see them all!
Happy Christmas everyone
#Christmas
#Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Happy Christmas everyone
#Christmas
#Christmas
Postcard of five ways Birmingham the statue is still there
#birmingham
#birmingham
December 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Postcard of five ways Birmingham the statue is still there
#birmingham
#birmingham
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A museum has successfully purchased an Iron Age hoard, after fundraising more than £11,000 to keep the haul in the county it was discovered. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oxfordshire museum purchases iron age hoard after fundraiser
Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum has brought the hoard which includes a 2,000-year-old horse brooch.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
A museum has successfully purchased an Iron Age hoard, after fundraising more than £11,000 to keep the haul in the county it was discovered. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Recently went to Scotland for weekend photo is off Christmas lights at Edinburgh opposite Edinburgh Waverley station in the rain
#Edinburgh
#Edinburgh
December 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Recently went to Scotland for weekend photo is off Christmas lights at Edinburgh opposite Edinburgh Waverley station in the rain
#Edinburgh
#Edinburgh
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🎄 Day 18 of our #Shropshire advent calendar shows a frost-covered tree on the county’s ‘other’ Caer Caradoc in the Redlake Valley. This is the view along the ramparts of the hill fort looking towards Hopton Titterhill, on a day when it was so cold that the water had started to freeze in my flask. 🎅
December 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🎄 Day 18 of our #Shropshire advent calendar shows a frost-covered tree on the county’s ‘other’ Caer Caradoc in the Redlake Valley. This is the view along the ramparts of the hill fort looking towards Hopton Titterhill, on a day when it was so cold that the water had started to freeze in my flask. 🎅
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🎄 Attingham Park at sunrise is the subject of Day 17 in our #Shropshire advent calendar. The sky was filled with a wonderful pink glow as I was driving past on my way to Shrewsbury, and I just had to pull over to take a picture. ☃️
December 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
🎄 Attingham Park at sunrise is the subject of Day 17 in our #Shropshire advent calendar. The sky was filled with a wonderful pink glow as I was driving past on my way to Shrewsbury, and I just had to pull over to take a picture. ☃️
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🎄 Day 2 of our #Shropshire advent calendar takes us to the Stretton Hills and here we have the view from Hazler Hill, looking towards Helmeth Hill and Caradoc. The dark sky you can see was bringing more snow, and after this shot I headed up Caradoc and was caught in a blizzard for an hour. 🎅
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🎄 Day 2 of our #Shropshire advent calendar takes us to the Stretton Hills and here we have the view from Hazler Hill, looking towards Helmeth Hill and Caradoc. The dark sky you can see was bringing more snow, and after this shot I headed up Caradoc and was caught in a blizzard for an hour. 🎅
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December 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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🎄 It's the start of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here is Ludlow Castle surrounded by hoar frost glistening in the winter sunshine. It was a beautiful morning up on Whitcliffe Common, but the cold was fierce and the only way to stay warm was to keep moving in between taking pictures. ☃️
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
🎄 It's the start of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here is Ludlow Castle surrounded by hoar frost glistening in the winter sunshine. It was a beautiful morning up on Whitcliffe Common, but the cold was fierce and the only way to stay warm was to keep moving in between taking pictures. ☃️
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November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Are you a scholar of the fifteenth century and have an interest in the British Isles and its wider connections? If so, then you will want to know that @memsunikent.bsky.social will be hosting the 2026 Fifteenth Century Conference in Canterbury and the CfP is now open: www.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
MEMS to Host the Fifteenth Century Conference 2026
www.kent.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Are you a scholar of the fifteenth century and have an interest in the British Isles and its wider connections? If so, then you will want to know that @memsunikent.bsky.social will be hosting the 2026 Fifteenth Century Conference in Canterbury and the CfP is now open: www.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...