Trevor Gibbons
@trevorgi.bsky.social
UK-based retired journalist, bibliophile
and rugby league fan. Up the Hull FC Millionaires. Also likes real ale.
and rugby league fan. Up the Hull FC Millionaires. Also likes real ale.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...
Chief Executive and Trustees of National Coal Mining Museum MUST RESIGN NOW!
The National Coal Mining Museum for England, based at Caphouse Colliery in Wakefield, is a national treasure. What makes the Museum so unique and special is that it is not just a Museum of objec...
www.megaphone.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...
Please don't attend events organised by the National Mining Museum at the moment whilst the mechanics and guides are striking.
#solidarity #unison
#solidarity #unison
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Please don't attend events organised by the National Mining Museum at the moment whilst the mechanics and guides are striking.
#solidarity #unison
#solidarity #unison
Very good read. Enough for the leaguie, without drowning in match stats, but some interest for general sport fan.
July 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Very good read. Enough for the leaguie, without drowning in match stats, but some interest for general sport fan.
A cracking read Grommit! A new biography of Roy Francis.. a true trailblazer and leader of men.
#rugbyleague
#biography
#blackhistory
#rugbyleague
#biography
#blackhistory
July 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A cracking read Grommit! A new biography of Roy Francis.. a true trailblazer and leader of men.
#rugbyleague
#biography
#blackhistory
#rugbyleague
#biography
#blackhistory
Here’s how to make a strong case pleasantly and with facts. Remember them?
Not true.
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
June 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Here’s how to make a strong case pleasantly and with facts. Remember them?
Some great typos in the Hull line up… Dave O’Hara knew his brother Dane. Pull? Etc
June 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Some great typos in the Hull line up… Dave O’Hara knew his brother Dane. Pull? Etc
Watched him play rugby league at Hull FC. Very sad.
May 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Watched him play rugby league at Hull FC. Very sad.
Thanks to a recent birthday and a productive visit to a bookshop I have a new reading list.
#Books
#Bibliophile
#Books
#Bibliophile
May 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Thanks to a recent birthday and a productive visit to a bookshop I have a new reading list.
#Books
#Bibliophile
#Books
#Bibliophile
Sorry, that’s the recycling centre near the river ponging again.
May 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Sorry, that’s the recycling centre near the river ponging again.
Ok, I’m probably in a minority on this and getting too old but that latest #Eurovision -style #DoctorWho was insipid, rubbish! The programme is disappearing up its own ego.
May 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Ok, I’m probably in a minority on this and getting too old but that latest #Eurovision -style #DoctorWho was insipid, rubbish! The programme is disappearing up its own ego.
Ashamed of Keir Starmer’s speech, you will never out right-wing the idiots. Immigrants bring youth, vigour, skills and they nurse and care for us. We are all immigrants!
May 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Ashamed of Keir Starmer’s speech, you will never out right-wing the idiots. Immigrants bring youth, vigour, skills and they nurse and care for us. We are all immigrants!
Can they fly by where I live to eat many greenfly please?
May 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Can they fly by where I live to eat many greenfly please?
Reposted by Trevor Gibbons
Trump: "Tariffs are the most beautiful word in the dictionary"
Trump: "Tariffs are working perfectly"
Trump: "Tariffs are making the USA $2bn a day"
Trump: "I will never change my policy on tariffs"
Trump: "I am pausing tariffs with immediate effect"
Trump: "Tariffs are working perfectly"
Trump: "Tariffs are making the USA $2bn a day"
Trump: "I will never change my policy on tariffs"
Trump: "I am pausing tariffs with immediate effect"
April 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Trump: "Tariffs are the most beautiful word in the dictionary"
Trump: "Tariffs are working perfectly"
Trump: "Tariffs are making the USA $2bn a day"
Trump: "I will never change my policy on tariffs"
Trump: "I am pausing tariffs with immediate effect"
Trump: "Tariffs are working perfectly"
Trump: "Tariffs are making the USA $2bn a day"
Trump: "I will never change my policy on tariffs"
Trump: "I am pausing tariffs with immediate effect"
Tickets for Wembley, Everton and Headingley bought. All three tests.
Bring on the Aussies this autumn.
Look Sir! Australians 13 of ‘em…. #rugbyleague #Ashes #Rourkesdrift
Bring on the Aussies this autumn.
Look Sir! Australians 13 of ‘em…. #rugbyleague #Ashes #Rourkesdrift
April 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Tickets for Wembley, Everton and Headingley bought. All three tests.
Bring on the Aussies this autumn.
Look Sir! Australians 13 of ‘em…. #rugbyleague #Ashes #Rourkesdrift
Bring on the Aussies this autumn.
Look Sir! Australians 13 of ‘em…. #rugbyleague #Ashes #Rourkesdrift
Oui Bomber: 25x GB, first loosing Lance Todd and 11 years a coach. Mr Egan played longer though I think.
Wish I’d seen em head-to-head.
Wish I’d seen em head-to-head.
March 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Oui Bomber: 25x GB, first loosing Lance Todd and 11 years a coach. Mr Egan played longer though I think.
Wish I’d seen em head-to-head.
Wish I’d seen em head-to-head.
😳😳
Met raids Quaker meeting house and arrests six women at Youth Demand talk
Met raids Quaker meeting house and arrests six women at Youth Demand talk
At least 20 officers forced their way into property and police said some present were planning direct action in London
Police have raided a Quaker meeting house and arrested six women attending a gathering of the protest group Youth Demand.
More than 20 uniformed police, some equipped with Tasers, forced their way into the Westminster meeting house at 7.15pm, according to a statement by the Quakers. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
😳😳
The crusty green badge of honour. Now just check your flies are done up.
March 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The crusty green badge of honour. Now just check your flies are done up.
Off to #CasVegas tomorrow, beers from the wood at Junction then Down’t Lane.
Oh to be alive in such times!
#HullFC #Castleford
Oh to be alive in such times!
#HullFC #Castleford
March 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Off to #CasVegas tomorrow, beers from the wood at Junction then Down’t Lane.
Oh to be alive in such times!
#HullFC #Castleford
Oh to be alive in such times!
#HullFC #Castleford
Billy Batten, Joe Oliver, Clive Sullivan, Roger Millward and Puig Aubert.
March 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Billy Batten, Joe Oliver, Clive Sullivan, Roger Millward and Puig Aubert.
Looked grim after 20 minutes but we grew into it.
March 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Looked grim after 20 minutes but we grew into it.
What a great game plan #HullFC an awful first 20 minutes, go well behind, lose a man for 10 minutes and engineer a gutsy comeback.
Let’s go my black and white beauties! #ChallengeCup
Let’s go my black and white beauties! #ChallengeCup
March 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
What a great game plan #HullFC an awful first 20 minutes, go well behind, lose a man for 10 minutes and engineer a gutsy comeback.
Let’s go my black and white beauties! #ChallengeCup
Let’s go my black and white beauties! #ChallengeCup
And lo did it come to pass!
March 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
And lo did it come to pass!
I hope not. Allez Les Diables Rouge
March 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I hope not. Allez Les Diables Rouge