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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · 3h

Tomorrow morning, Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society are hosting what promises to be a very interesting talk by Rob Pritchard on the history of Bristol's harbour. Keynsham Masonic Hall at 1030, visitors welcome! b-i-a-s.org.uk/bias-events/

Events from 11 October – 11 October – Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society

b-i-a-s.org.uk

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · 18d

Waterloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to.

Mainly because I have a station visitor's pass, and Network Rail wouldn't be pleased if I walked off with it.

I had an ace day adjudicating at the National Railway Heritage Awards. Winners to be revealed at the awards ceremony soon!

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · 22d

If someone could buy me this house I’d be quite grateful ~ bydesignhomes.com/properties/4...

Mid-century modern home with sea and golf course views, in need of total renovation

Elbury Hall is a striking 1960s architect-designed home with panoramic views across Torbay and backing on to Churston Golf Course. Set on a private half-acre plot, the property includes four bedrooms,...

bydesignhomes.com

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Sep 7

You’re thinking of Broadway not Bourton. The same applies though

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Sep 5

YES

Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Sep 2

I’ve moved across to the private sector and am opening a Bristol office for a very decent Exeter-based consultancy called Avalon Planning & Heritage

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Sep 2

My marvellous ex-colleagues at Historic England gave me this lovely linoprint as a leaving gift by the talented victoriawillmott.com showing some the fantastic buildings that I worked on over 20 years, Kings Cross, Wolfeton, the National Theatre….and my folding caravan. Thank you!

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Aug 16

To Imberbus 2025, for the finals of the British polite queuing championships

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Aug 11

Back in Bristol after a trip to the Outer Hebrides. 2000 miles driven, absolutely worth it. Bloody windy though.

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Aug 5

I chose more conventional transport

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Aug 5

Here is a flight for Glasgow taking off from Barra airport’s runway, which is also a beach

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Aug 4

South Uist. Still windy but the ability to open the car door has been regained.

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Aug 4

Jesus it’s windy here on South Uist. Difficult to open the front door just now

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Aug 3

Leaving Mallaig, for Lochboisdale

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Aug 3

Today is a good day to be heading for the Western Isles

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Jul 31

Paid a visit to Rannoch, one of the UK’s most remote railway stations, and bumped into @timhedleyj.bsky.social! Went for a swim on Rannoch Moor afterwards.

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Jul 23

Last day with Historic England after 18 years! Few pints at the @kingsheadbs1.bsky.social

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Jul 23

This should be bought by the council, and the route from Temple Meads to the Cumberland Basin safeguarded for future public transport use. www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...

Historic railway cutting for sale

The cutting leads to a 260-metre long tunnel that once linked Temple Meads to Bathurst Basin

www.bristol247.com

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Tom Arnold @tjarnold.bsky.social · Jul 21

Increasingly convinced the cheapest way to address this is to reverse local government austerity. Returning English local authority budgets to 2010 levels would cost about £7bn. Factor in population and demographic change and you'd want maybe £15bn. Benefits could be seen quickly and felt widely.

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · Jul 21

"The truly unnerving thing about the fall of Rome (yes, I’m going there again, sorry) was that most Romans probably didn’t notice it had happened."

Morning all!

The decline and fall of Great Britain

From the graffiti to the economy, a sense of terminal rot has set in.

www.newstatesman.com

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Jul 21

The clientele are much less elegant these days

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Jul 21

On my way to work, and what do you know, the Spanish buccaneers have blockaded Wetherspoons.

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Jul 19

Yes, you can step off your vessel straight into the bar. Drifting round the harbour is super relaxing

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Jul 19

You can borrow a sailing boat at the Bristol harbour festival and drift round for an hour for just a fiver, it’s class.

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Jul 13

Took my folding caravan out for a weekend in the arid Somerset plains. I hadn’t raised the side panel before but it made an excellent temporary grandstand for watching the rounders

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Jul 8

I see they've announced the reopening of the Portishead Line. Comes round every couple of months.

a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone while a crowd looks on .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone while a crowd looks on .

media.tenor.com

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