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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 3h

#31DaysofGraves Day 9: #Hands
This gorgeous headstone can be found in Christchurch cemetery in #Bristol It's for William (aged 79) and Betsy Angerson (aged 77) who just over two months apart.

#Grave #Memorial #RIP #History #Family #Downend
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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 4h

I was on the wrong page in my diary. Call it a 'spoiler'😂

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 5h

#31DaysofGraves Day 9: #Obelisk
Here is the grave of Pte Ephraim Rattle, who died died 26th Sept 1909 & Pte E Coote who died 8th Oct 1909 in the Pembroke Military Cemetery in #Malta. This was erected by their comrades

#Grave #Memorial #RIP #Military #History #Suffolk
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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 NEW BLOG KLAXON!

This month we take a look at Abbie Sweetwine, the woman the British press dubbed “the angel of platform 6”.

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Abbie Sweetwine and the Harrow and Wealdstone crash - Carve Her Name

When Abbie Sweetwine ran triage at the Harrow and Wealdstone train crash in 1952, she paved the way for the creation of paramedics.

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 1d

#31DaysofGraves Day 8: #Glass
I'll admit that I had to search for one this time as I didn't have any in my collection. I love the way the sun shines through this memorial to Marcie Ljunggren in Dell Rapids Cemetery, #SouthDakota
#Grave #Memorial #RIP #Family ##Cancer
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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 2d

It's St Michael 😘

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 2d

#31DaysofGraves Day 7: #Angel
This striking grave at #CricketStThomas in Somerset belongs to Alexander Nelson Hood, 1st Duke of Bronte, nephew of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson. He served in the Royal Scots Fusiliers & was a courtier to Queen Victoria
#Military #History
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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 3d

In 1924, the SS Ettrick ran aground on the River Avon and capsized overnight. By morning, locals lined the banks, scavenging tobacco, sweets, and boots from the wreck.

Listen to this fascinating tale in the new episode!
#Bristol #Maritime #History #Shipwreck #RiverAvon #Travel #Crime #Podcast

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 3d

#31DaysofGraves Day 6: #Gender
This charming grave is the final resting place of Leslie George Hunter who passed away at just 6 on the 3rd Dec 1925. It can be found in the Easter Compton Methodist cemetery.
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#Family #Cemetery #Bristol #RIP #History #Stone

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 4d

I’m about to go down a research tunnel for a few hours…
#Authors #Horror #Ghosts #Halloween #Books #Reading #Carrickfergus

Allie Nickell @alliethinks.bsky.social · 4d

Charlotte Riddell (nee Cowan), who sometimes published under the name 'F G Trafford', was the author of over fifty novels and short stories.

Charlotte Riddell: Queen of Ghost Stories honoured with blue plaque in Carrickfergus

Her more than 50 stories explored moral ambiguity and an obsession with the supernatural in the Victorian age.

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 4d

#31DaysofGraves ( #Bird )
Here's the grave of Elizabeth Lapthorne Flook in Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, who died 4th Dec 1888 aged 56. She was mother to T.J Moss Flower.
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#Greenbankcemetery #Mother #Cemetery #Bristol #RIP #History #Stone

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 5d

Well, I now have a new list of destinations I want to visit. I've always loved the romance of castles, even though I know that many dark events happened in them. #Castles #Europe #Fortress #Architecture #Battles
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World’s most beautiful castles | CNN

From the fairytale towers of Bavaria’s Neuschwanstein to the golden battlements of Jaipur’s Amber Fortress in India, these are some of the most beautiful castles around the world.

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 5d

Day 4 of #31daysofgraves Language
Wrexham Cemetery in Wales has over 1,200 Polish graves, 40 are servicemen. Among them is Jan Piłsudski, brother of Józef Piłsudski, who declared Poland’s independence in 1918. A trilingual memorial from 1989 honours them all. #History #Poland #WW2 #Military #RIP

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 6d

Day 3 of #31daysofgraves: Tomb
This Grade II* tomb for Raja Ram Mohan Roy is in Bristol's #Arnosvale cemetery. He's regarded as the ‘the founder of modern India’, His tomb the most visited of all in the cemetery. #History #India #Grave
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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 6d

#AdoorableThursday and my offering is this stunner. It’s the front door to St Mary Radcliffe in #Bristol The church is considered one of the country's finest and largest parish churches as well as an outstanding example of English Gothic architecture.
#Doors #Church #Architecture

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 6d

Titanic’s sister ship Britannic sank in 1916 after striking a German mine off Greece while serving as a hospital ship. For the first time, divers have recovered artefacts from the wreck.
#Shipwreck #Maritime #History #WW2 #Mediterranean #Military

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The Titanic's Sister Ship, the Britannic, Sank in 1916. For the First Time, Divers Have Recovered Artifacts From Its Wreck

The luxury liner was requisitioned as a hospital ship during World War I. Thirty people died after the vessel struck a German naval mine and sank off the coast of Greece

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 7d

Day 2: Nautical. #31DaysOfGraves
This is the gravestone of Ernest Hickman, the youngest son of Henry and Mary Davey. He passed away at the young ages of 24 on 24th Mar 1906. His parents are also buried in the same plot found in #GreenbankCemetery #Bristol #Family

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 8d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 1 Flower:
Remembering all those who served and now rest in #ArnosVale cemetery @arnosvalecemetery.bsky.social #LestWeForget #Military #WW2 #Casualties

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 8d

If you’re ever in #Birgu in #Malta the Malta At War Museum is well worth a visit. The underground bomb shelter gives a glimpse of what life was like during #WW2 complete with a maternity room. There’s also loads of interesting artefacts to check out. #History #Europe #military #lestweforget #battle

In 1941, following prolonged indignation by shelter users the authorities instructed Shelter Supervisors to start setting aside one cubicle for the exclusive use of expectant mothers. These instructions applied solely for large public shelters. During the war years there was a sharp rise in the birth rate and demand for such rooms was very high. These rooms, known as 'Birth-rooms' were operated by the local District Nurse and child deliveries would have been assisted by a mid-wife.

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 9d

#OnThisDay I was really into #JamesDean films when I was a teenager

Pasquinel 🎃👾🦇 @pasquinel.bsky.social · 9d

James Dean next to his Porsche 550, a few hours before his death. He was killed in a car accident at the age of 24 on this day 70 years ago (September 30, 1955)

#History #Movies #FilmSky #Hollywood #RIP #Actors #Hollywood #PopCulture

The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 9d

Star Trek is better than Star Wars in my opinion.

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 9d

Gorgeous photo

The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 10d

In 1881, philanthropist Emily Fazakerley got north Wales’ first private telephone—just five years after Bell’s patent—so she could listen to operas at the Denbigh Assembly Rooms from her Plas Castell mansion, under the castle’s shadow.
#History #Opera #Wales #Somerset
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Tech entrepreneur had north Wales' first phone - for opera

Emily Fazakerley had the first telephone installed in north Wales in order to listen to the opera.

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 10d

Eric Ronald Harper enlisted just after his 18th birthday in May 1940. He trained as an Air Observer (Navigator) with 207 Sqn, Bomber Command, and went on to fly many missions in WW2. We honour his memory and delve into his story.
#WW2 #RAF #BomberCommand #MilitaryHistory #History #Airforce #Aviation

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Nicholas Nicola @nicolasnicola.bsky.social · 11d

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The Oldest Photograph of the Acropolis of Athens - GreekReporter.com

French photographer and draughtsman Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey took the first picture of the Acropolis of Athens in 1842.

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