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Stuart Jones

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Trains, boats and planes. And music. And wildlife, geology, genealogy, astronomy... All the right things, just not necessarily in the right order Flickr: owenthesignal (rail & transport) wildspaces (photography)

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · Jan 6

Common Blue Butterfly in the orchard
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBB #BlueMonday #Bluesky #butterfly #macro #olympus #naturephotography

A Common Blue butterfly on an orange daisy. Spotted during the Big Butterfly Count, July 2017 https://flic.kr/p/2qaZ2pt

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 21h

For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.

Reposts welcomed.

Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

observer.co.uk

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 22h

Today's the 959th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, so obviously I'm reposting my scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry in Playmobil.

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 14h

117 years on, Ashton Farm is on the market again.
In 1908, it was put up for auction at £6000. In 2025, it’s on for over £6,000,000

What are the lottery numbers this weekend?!
www.knightfrank.com/properties/r...

Ashton Farm, Hampshire, photo from the Knight Frank sales listing

Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 14h

Still can’t get my head round the font on the first line, could have been the font used on many a Co-Op and laundromat in the 50s and 60s.
But this is 1908!

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 14h

That’s extraordinary! The architectural equivalent of the Dead Brewers Society, recreating historic beers from old recipes and original strains of yeast.
I had hoped to try the recreation of Gales’ Horndean Special Bitter, much missed local favourite. Cunningly named ‘High Speed Bitter’ 😉

Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 15h

Came for the beer, stayed for the tiling. And stained glass toplights. And ‘VAULTS’

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maxanene.bsky.social @maxanene.bsky.social · 18h

He's with the Angles now

Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 18h

RIP to Harald Godwinson who died 959 years ago today you would have loved Buckinghamshire Archives xx

A bit of the Bayeux Tapestry where Harold Godwinson gets shot right in the eye by an arrow.

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 17h

‘Which fonts do you want for the sale poster?’

‘Yes’

#fonts #typography #museum #allthefonts
@fontsinuse.com @themerl.bsky.social

All the fonts, including a surprisingly modern 1960s style italic font, advertising the sale of Ashton Farm by auction at the Crown Hotel Bishops Waltham in 1908.
Photo from Bishops Waltham Museum, from the Austin & Wyatt archive

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 1d

Probably a couple of years before any worthwhile crop off the espalier of Egremont Russet that I planted a couple of years ago. Looking forward to it, as it will be different to the other varieties such as Cox and Margil elsewhere in the garden

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 1d

‘It’s Brains you want!’

Listing for Brains Rev James beer. ‘Rich and well-balanced with a mellow malty flavour, clean refreshing finish’

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 1d

And my N-NW horizon is covered by tall trees, would have to have both clear skies and a very early start to have a hope of seeing now.
Shame it wasn’t obvious when I had dark skies and a northerly location when on the Iceland trip

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 2d

Sussex was home for 8 years. A little part is still there, so I always bring back a bottle of Harvey’s when I visit the Bluebell Railway 🍻

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 2d

Great to see publicly owned ScotRail doing its bit for the half term next week. £50 Family Pass, allows for 1 week of unlimited travel across Scotland for up to two adults and four children 👏

www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/7-da...

7 days of unlimited ScotRail travel for families this half term

Ahead of the October holidays, ScotRail has launched a Family Pass to help make travel more affordable.

www.railadvent.co.uk

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 2d

The Best days
#beersky #bskybeer

Poured pint of Harvey’s Sussex Best and bottle
Amber bitter, blue label on the bottle with white text HARVEYS BREWERY SUSSEX BEST and an image of the iconic brewery in Lewes, in gold outline

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 2d

The best days
#sunset #hampshire #photography

Sunset over a dark treeline in the South Downs National Park, Hampshire. A small family herd of cows in the field

Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 2d

And a surprisingly sweet song

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 2d

#boomstammen
#Fot_O_ktober
@jolanda.bsky.social
#photography

Logs stacked in the rack ready for firewood. Dull days created opportunities to try out some ideas for shots of colours and textures
https://flic.kr/p/2i5y4YX

Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, that’s a beautiful memory.
And Patrick Moore - it’s no exaggeration to say this book changed my life. I took no notice of the headmaster at the school interview, straight into to the book on his table. Obvious test and it worked!
Just regret never meeting Patrick Moore himself

A very battered but cherished copy of Moon Flight Atlas by Patrick Moore. Dates from 1970. A description of the Voyager mission was included. Incredible to think that was a Past Future from so long ago.

Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 2d

Waning moon rising over the treeline in Swanmore #Hampshire yesterday.
Zoom in - just managed to capture the sun illuminating the tops of craters on the north edge of Mare Serenitatis in partial darkness, on the terminator, top.
See alt-text for descriptions
#moon #lunar #astrophotography

The 78% illuminated moon rising over the treeline, Swanmore, Hampshire. The terminator cuts through Mare Serenitatis (top) then Mare Tranqulitatis. two prominent craters at the top are Aristoteles and Eudoxus. Middle group of three craters on the terminator are Theophilus, Cyrillus and Catharina. The sun is just catching the tops of the craters on the north side of Mare Serenitatis, although the Mare itself is partly in darkness
https://flic.kr/p/2ryQYGL

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Curlew Action @curlewaction.bsky.social · 4d

Today (date), the Slender-billed Curlew was declared extinct. The first bird extinction on mainland Europe in 500 years — on our watch. Extinction is final. No going back. Think about that.

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Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 3d

Floyd On France is on iPlayer! Obviously has been on YouTube for ages but here he is in all his higher definition glory, being told off by old ladies, pissed, plating abysmally. It was this that made me love cooking

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Floyd on France - 7. A Farewell to France

In the final programme of the series, Floyd retraces his steps in all the regions in which he has filmed, as he celebrates French cuisine one last time. (1987)

www.bbc.co.uk

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 3d

Definitely on my bucket list!
In my what-if thoughts of a layout based on Bishop’s Waltham had it somehow survived, an ideal vehicle for a BW-Botley shuttle service

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Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social · 3d

It's Bookshop Day! Get down to your local independent bookshop and buy a book or three. No local bookshop? Snap up a book with us 10-12 October and you could WIN a £250 gift card.

EVERY sale supports indie booksellers, not billionaires. uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 3d

I hereby declare war on premature Christmassing.

Any shop caught doing this before 1st December must be shut down and turned into affordable housing.

Choose sanity. Vote Binface.

(Photo dated 9th October 2025)

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 3d

stop thinking right now

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