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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 5d

These pin badges featuring the Skylon were made at Slape Mill, an old flax mill near Netherbury, Dorset

1951Festival of Britain pin badge featuribg the Skylon

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 5d

We now have the privilege once more of being serenaded nightly by his hoots from the nest he shares with his mate in the oak tree outside our house. One of the most surreal yet worthwhile commitments I’ve ever made.

If this folklore malarky ever falls through, I think I might have found my calling…

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 6d

Many thanks, it was there we had supper on the day!

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you, it was followed by a walk along the front at West Bay

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 6d

Our lunch venue today being our anniversary, as it was all those years ago!

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 8d

That takes me back to taking an external London degree at Portsmouth College of Technology as it was then and having to go to Russell Square to do the exam practicals

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 8d

Michelle, I have been asked by the UK sail makers Ratsey and Lapthorn to research their making of bags from sail canvas.
I am based in the UK and am looking for someone to visit the R&L archives at Mystic Seaport Museum for me.
Can you advise me how to go about this?

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 9d

It was always busy whenever we went. I believe her husband died and that led to the eventual decision to close.

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 9d

Sadly the cafe has closed

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 12d

to St Wites well?

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 14d

On Saturdays we tend to park in the Coop and walk into town

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 14d

The cost of parking at West Bay in the summer alone makes it worth while! The difference is that we have to drive into Bridport from home

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 14d

I also pay for Just Park by Apple Pay

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 14d

I have not had a problem that I am aware of. I get a confirmation message and reminder when near expiry.
However, I usually use the MiPermit app as for £95 per year I get 3 hours parking a day in almost any of the Dorset Council car parks throughout the County

secure.mipermit.com/dorset/appli...

MiPermit Dorset Council Portal

secure.mipermit.com

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Kevin Howells @kevinhowells.bsky.social · 16d

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

County Championship: Two divisions remain after counties reject reform

The County Championship is to remain a two-division structure of 14 matches per team after a vote rejected proposed changes.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Somerset County Cricket Club @somersetccc.bsky.social · 17d

The cricketing world has lost a legend today. Thank you for the memories, Harold Dennis “Dickie” Bird MBE OBE.

May you rest in peace.

#WeAreSomerset

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Shane McKee @shaneir.bsky.social · 19d

Just to note that to geneticists this is not a surprise, and the latest data confirms all the other data that has been building since the time of Darwin. We're all amazing mongrels, and this planet belongs to us all, to share and nurture.

Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 20d

“Harvard geneticist David Reich said … increasingly sophisticated analysis of genetic material made possible by technological advances shows that virtually everyone came from somewhere else, and everyone’s genetic background shows a mix from different waves of migration that washed over the globe.”

Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette

Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.

news.harvard.edu

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 19d

Are these the remains of pingos formed in the last ice age? I seem to remember there were a number of them in the Brecklands

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 19d

They have had such a fuss made that the old service will continue

www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/2548228...

U-turn over bus service cuts following outcry

Following the publication of the First Bus timetable for the X51 and X53 bus services - which were due to be severely reduced this winter - Dorset…

www.bridportnews.co.uk

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 20d

West Bay’s fishing fleet tied up in the harbour.

With Pier Terrace behind them, five fishing boats are tied up at West Bay, Dorset

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 20d

“The big perspective change from ancient DNA study is that people living today are almost never the descendants of the people in the same place thousands of years before”

news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette

Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.

news.harvard.edu

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 21d

Now, how do you rare the odds?

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 24d

I had a taste of it two years ago. Described the problem to reception, they passed it on to Dr. It was decided I needed physio. Six months to first appt, had no affect. Two more appts then review. Two years later just had a scan!

Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · 24d

Our GP has started an online triage system which you have to do before you can get an appointment, or you can explain the symptoms to the receptionist who does it for you

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Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social · Sep 9

@anjanakhatwa.bsky.social
While at Eype Church stewarding an exhibition, I have time to read Whispers of Rock. Within a few pages I am transported to the galleries at Grimes Graves where, in the 1970s, an antler was found, the thumb print of the Neolithic miner still visible in the puddled clay

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