Mark Over
@markover74.bsky.social
rugby 🏉 mad Harlequins 🃏 season ticket holder, passion for history especially military history, Great War Group member and IC, love reading 📖, always the happiest with a book 📚, a good 🇧🇪 🍻 and being in 🇧🇪
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FACT OF THE DAY. 4 December 1948. George Orwell completed the final draft of his landmark novel 1984 which depicts a totalitarian tyranny ruled by Big Brother and supported by a pervasive secret police operating blanket surveillance of the entire population.
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George Orwell's 1984: Why it still matters - BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
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December 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
FACT OF THE DAY. 4 December 1948. George Orwell completed the final draft of his landmark novel 1984 which depicts a totalitarian tyranny ruled by Big Brother and supported by a pervasive secret police operating blanket surveillance of the entire population.
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Remembering Ronnie Corbett, born this day in 1930.
December 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Remembering Ronnie Corbett, born this day in 1930.
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For today's #AdventDoor from #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity we bring you this ancient door at the church of #StLeonardAtTheHythe.
Patches in the timbers show where holes from which muskets could be fired were cut during the 11 week long #SiegeOfColchester in 1648.
For today's #AdventDoor from #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity we bring you this ancient door at the church of #StLeonardAtTheHythe.
Patches in the timbers show where holes from which muskets could be fired were cut during the 11 week long #SiegeOfColchester in 1648.
December 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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For today's #AdventDoor from #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity we bring you this ancient door at the church of #StLeonardAtTheHythe.
Patches in the timbers show where holes from which muskets could be fired were cut during the 11 week long #SiegeOfColchester in 1648.
For today's #AdventDoor from #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity we bring you this ancient door at the church of #StLeonardAtTheHythe.
Patches in the timbers show where holes from which muskets could be fired were cut during the 11 week long #SiegeOfColchester in 1648.
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🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #sww #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #sww #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 AM
🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #sww #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #sww #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
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"Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium" by Richard Tennant Cooper, 1918, Royal Signals Museum.
The #Ypres salient was a battleground for most of the #GreatWar. As such, the city and surrounding area were familiar to millions of #British and #Commonwealth #soldiers in the war years. #combatart #fww #fwwhist
The #Ypres salient was a battleground for most of the #GreatWar. As such, the city and surrounding area were familiar to millions of #British and #Commonwealth #soldiers in the war years. #combatart #fww #fwwhist
December 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium" by Richard Tennant Cooper, 1918, Royal Signals Museum.
The #Ypres salient was a battleground for most of the #GreatWar. As such, the city and surrounding area were familiar to millions of #British and #Commonwealth #soldiers in the war years. #combatart #fww #fwwhist
The #Ypres salient was a battleground for most of the #GreatWar. As such, the city and surrounding area were familiar to millions of #British and #Commonwealth #soldiers in the war years. #combatart #fww #fwwhist
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“Sacrificed on the altar of Armageddon at Passchendaele, the ridge upon which the hopes of so many of our young and promising men have been blasted.”
Stirring words in a newspaper article that announced the death of Second Lieutenant John Low MC MM.
📍Polygon Wood Cemetery 🇧🇪
Stirring words in a newspaper article that announced the death of Second Lieutenant John Low MC MM.
📍Polygon Wood Cemetery 🇧🇪
December 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“Sacrificed on the altar of Armageddon at Passchendaele, the ridge upon which the hopes of so many of our young and promising men have been blasted.”
Stirring words in a newspaper article that announced the death of Second Lieutenant John Low MC MM.
📍Polygon Wood Cemetery 🇧🇪
Stirring words in a newspaper article that announced the death of Second Lieutenant John Low MC MM.
📍Polygon Wood Cemetery 🇧🇪
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The Two Ronnies (3rd December 1977). Sid and George debate the big questions of life in this John Sullivan sketch.
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Two Ronnies (3rd December 1977). Sid and George debate the big questions of life in this John Sullivan sketch.
Modern “entertainers and stars” have no talent like they used to
Sunday Night at the London Palladium (3rd December 1961). Norman Wisdom is in charge.
December 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Modern “entertainers and stars” have no talent like they used to
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Remembering Mel Smith, born this day in 1952.
December 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Remembering Mel Smith, born this day in 1952.
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: The original photo by Robert Freeman for the Rubber Soul album cover. It was accidentally manipulated by Freeman to produce the actual close up distorted version (1965). 📷 Robert Freeman
December 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY: The original photo by Robert Freeman for the Rubber Soul album cover. It was accidentally manipulated by Freeman to produce the actual close up distorted version (1965). 📷 Robert Freeman
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PERSON OF THE DAY. 3 December 1967. Christian Barnard performed the world’s 1st heart transplant operation in Cape Town, South Africa. He transplanted the heart of Denise Darvall into 54-year-old, Louis Washkansky who survived for only 18 days.
December 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
PERSON OF THE DAY. 3 December 1967. Christian Barnard performed the world’s 1st heart transplant operation in Cape Town, South Africa. He transplanted the heart of Denise Darvall into 54-year-old, Louis Washkansky who survived for only 18 days.
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FACT OF THE DAY. 3 December 1992. Neil Papworth sent the world’s 1st mobile phone text message. It read: “Merry Christmas.” It was sent to the cellphone of Vodafone director, Richard Jarvis. It was a modest start, but it ultimately changed the way in which humans communicated with each other.
December 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
FACT OF THE DAY. 3 December 1992. Neil Papworth sent the world’s 1st mobile phone text message. It read: “Merry Christmas.” It was sent to the cellphone of Vodafone director, Richard Jarvis. It was a modest start, but it ultimately changed the way in which humans communicated with each other.
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Private Edwin Whyman had a long career with the Royal Marine Light Infantry, serving on many ships, and saw action in a number of WW1 naval battles. He even survived a sinking after his ship, HMS Nottingham, was torpedoed in August 1916.
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Private Edwin Whyman had a long career with the Royal Marine Light Infantry, serving on many ships, and saw action in a number of WW1 naval battles. He even survived a sinking after his ship, HMS Nottingham, was torpedoed in August 1916.
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Nottingham General Cemetery 🇬🇧
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On this day in 1963, the Beatles taped their appearance with Morecambe & Wise. The show was broadcast on the 18th of April 1964.
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
On this day in 1963, the Beatles taped their appearance with Morecambe & Wise. The show was broadcast on the 18th of April 1964.
Such a great series
House of Cards - Part Three (2nd December 1990). "Not feeling guilty I hope? If you have pangs of pity, crush them now".
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Such a great series
The best comedy series ever
Only Fools and Horses - A Touch of Glass (2nd December 1982). "Now brace yourself Rodney".
December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The best comedy series ever
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Blankety Blank (2nd December 1988). Appearing tonight - Barry Cryer, Bella Emberg, Geoff Capes, Adrienne Posta, Bernie Clifton and Debbie McGee.
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Blankety Blank (2nd December 1988). Appearing tonight - Barry Cryer, Bella Emberg, Geoff Capes, Adrienne Posta, Bernie Clifton and Debbie McGee.
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PERSON OF THE DAY. 2 December 1923. Maria Callas (Maria Anna Cecilia Sophia Kalogeropoulos) was born in New York City, USA. She was one of the best opera singers of the 20th century, noted for her wide-ranging vocal range/ Her singing and dramatic talents led to her being called “The Divine One”.
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
PERSON OF THE DAY. 2 December 1923. Maria Callas (Maria Anna Cecilia Sophia Kalogeropoulos) was born in New York City, USA. She was one of the best opera singers of the 20th century, noted for her wide-ranging vocal range/ Her singing and dramatic talents led to her being called “The Divine One”.
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FACT OF THE DAY. 2 December 1697. St Paul’s Cathedral, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, was opened. Its construction was part of a major rebuilding programme after the 1666 Great Fire of London which had destroyed the Old St Paul’s Cathedral.
December 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
FACT OF THE DAY. 2 December 1697. St Paul’s Cathedral, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, was opened. Its construction was part of a major rebuilding programme after the 1666 Great Fire of London which had destroyed the Old St Paul’s Cathedral.
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Remembering Dr Cuthbert Stanley, a civilian doctor “who with magnificent fortitude died a cruel death at the hands of the Japanese military police.” Doctor Stanley is buried in Singapore and is remembered in his hometown.
📍Hinckley Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Hinckley Cemetery 🇬🇧
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Remembering Dr Cuthbert Stanley, a civilian doctor “who with magnificent fortitude died a cruel death at the hands of the Japanese military police.” Doctor Stanley is buried in Singapore and is remembered in his hometown.
📍Hinckley Cemetery 🇬🇧
📍Hinckley Cemetery 🇬🇧
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Top of the Pops (1st December 1983). Pop perfection with Aztec Camera and 'Oblivious'.
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Top of the Pops (1st December 1983). Pop perfection with Aztec Camera and 'Oblivious'.
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New redos of episodes are what Mondays are FOUR!
Listen to our all-new episode on Murder in the Mews v2.0, now with added denouement, wherever you get your podcasts. podfollow.com/1631666318
Listen to our all-new episode on Murder in the Mews v2.0, now with added denouement, wherever you get your podcasts. podfollow.com/1631666318
December 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New redos of episodes are what Mondays are FOUR!
Listen to our all-new episode on Murder in the Mews v2.0, now with added denouement, wherever you get your podcasts. podfollow.com/1631666318
Listen to our all-new episode on Murder in the Mews v2.0, now with added denouement, wherever you get your podcasts. podfollow.com/1631666318
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Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1st December 1986). Kitty and reincarnation.
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1st December 1986). Kitty and reincarnation.
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Our #ArchiveAdventCalendar begins with #presents.
This tin was given to soldiers in hospital at Christmas 1914. With a picture of Queen Alexandra on the front it contained cigarettes. The recipient was at Netley Hospital.
@arascot.bsky.social #netleychapel #localhistory #winchestermilitarymuseums
This tin was given to soldiers in hospital at Christmas 1914. With a picture of Queen Alexandra on the front it contained cigarettes. The recipient was at Netley Hospital.
@arascot.bsky.social #netleychapel #localhistory #winchestermilitarymuseums
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Our #ArchiveAdventCalendar begins with #presents.
This tin was given to soldiers in hospital at Christmas 1914. With a picture of Queen Alexandra on the front it contained cigarettes. The recipient was at Netley Hospital.
@arascot.bsky.social #netleychapel #localhistory #winchestermilitarymuseums
This tin was given to soldiers in hospital at Christmas 1914. With a picture of Queen Alexandra on the front it contained cigarettes. The recipient was at Netley Hospital.
@arascot.bsky.social #netleychapel #localhistory #winchestermilitarymuseums