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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 1d

Nine years ago....and nothing has changed. Build public housing

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 1h

On the death of Prince, and why we grieve for musicians

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 1d

Wood & Goldstraw's 1930s exercise in modernism delivered the much-loved lido at Trentham Gardens, sadly demolished in the 1980s

Out soon, 'Designing the Future, Respecting the Past: The Wood Goldstraw Yorath Story'

Detailing the 150-year history of Stoke-on-Trent's oldest architectural practice

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 2h

A.R. Wood established a reputation for high-quality residential design, a fine example being Parville in Alsager

Out soon, 'Designing the Future, Respecting the Past: The Wood Goldstraw Yorath Story'

Detailing the 150-year history of Stoke-on-Trent's oldest architectural practice

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 3h

Up the Orient

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Leyton Orient aim to build 'world-class' stadium

Leyton Orient aim to build a new

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 9h

Poor old Seb, not many safe seats left now

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 12h

I have had many a day like this. I'm not sure that nationalisation would cure it quickly, but I'll say this:

With a nationalised system, I can vote out of office those who are ultimately responsible for it

Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1d

A paean to privatised public transport.

Today I had to go from Stockport to Salisbury. So I bought a ticket

Stockport > Bristol > Salisbury

The drive to Stockport should have taken 35 minutes. Satnav said it would take 2 hours, and I'd miss my train.

So I went to Macclesfield, where I found...

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 23h

Minton Door Surround #Leek #NorthStaffordshire

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 1d

Nine years ago....and nothing has changed. Build public housing

#MyBackPages

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · Aug 13

A view of Dumbarton Rock, site of a hillfort from the Iron Age to the early middle ages, taken from the paddle steamer Waverley #HillfortsWednesday

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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 1d

Southerness Lighthouse, Scotland (2024)

#ThePhotoHour #Photography

A squareish white lighthouse on rocks with rust and dirt all over. There's a balcony around the top but mostly on the other side of us. In the background is the sea, and the sky is pretty grey and flat

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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 1d

'Rail Lines through Redcar (Fire Sky)'
Paint : Oil Pastel

Unit 19
www.ianrpearsall.co.uk/post/french-...

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 1d

Wood & Goldstraw's 1930s exercise in modernism delivered the much-loved lido at Trentham Gardens, sadly demolished in the 1980s

Out soon, 'Designing the Future, Respecting the Past: The Wood Goldstraw Yorath Story'

Detailing the 150-year history of Stoke-on-Trent's oldest architectural practice

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting take on the new #NewTowns in the @news.architectsjournal.co.uk

www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/opinion...

New towns will fail without a plan to deliver quality at a local level

The New Towns Taskforce report focuses mainly on how to deliver housing numbers. The deeper challenge for the government concerns the quality of what is built, argues Tom Holbrook

www.architectsjournal.co.uk

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 2d

Queen Victoria Jubilee Buildings, Tunstall

A great civic hub built by A.R. Wood in 1889, now awaiting new life

Coming soon 'Designing the Future, Respecting the Past: The Wood Goldstraw Yorath Story'

Detailing the 150-year history of Stoke-on-Trent's oldest architectural practice

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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 2d

'Blood-Red Fire-Sky over Redcar'
Paint : Oil Pastel

Northern Art at Wilson55
Viewing Days Tomorrow & Wednesday
www.wilson55.com/auction/deta...

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 2d

Queen Victoria Jubilee Buildings, Tunstall

A great civic hub built by A.R. Wood in 1889, now awaiting new life

Coming soon 'Designing the Future, Respecting the Past: The Wood Goldstraw Yorath Story'

Detailing the 150-year history of Stoke-on-Trent's oldest architectural practice

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI:

'Big Trouble in Little Cheshire'

A few words on the proposed Adlington New Town in #Cheshire

open.substack.com/pub/thefootb...

BigTrouble in Little Cheshire

Why Adlington New Town might not be all it seems to be

open.substack.com

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 3d

The Manchester & Liverpool District Bank chambers, Tunstall - one of A.R. Wood's own commercial schemes

Out soon, 'Designing the Future, Respecting the Past: The Wood Goldstraw Yorath Story'

Detailing the 150-year history of Stoke-on-Trent's oldest architectural practice

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 3d

"When cast against the ogre that is modern football, the Shrove Tuesday game is the ultimate legacy version"

Out in 2026 via Pitch Publishing

'Street Football: The Real Grassroots of the Beautiful Game'

#StreetFootball

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 3d

Why I'm still a student of Pevsner, and probably always will be

#MyBackPages

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 3d

The Manchester & Liverpool District Bank chambers, Tunstall - one of A.R. Wood's own commercial schemes

Out soon, 'Designing the Future, Respecting the Past: The Wood Goldstraw Yorath Story'

Detailing the 150-year history of Stoke-on-Trent's oldest architectural practice

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 3d

Cheers!

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Goldie @rocksstoat.bsky.social · 3d

Just finished reading #workandplay by @daveproudlove.bsky.social, a really interesting and informative look at English football's roots in working-class communities - how things were, how they should be, and how they could be again. As Dave says, "It's not dark yet"...

@thefsa.bsky.social

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 3d

"When cast against the ogre that is modern football, the Shrove Tuesday game is the ultimate legacy version"

Out in 2026 via Pitch Publishing

'Street Football: The Real Grassroots of the Beautiful Game'

#StreetFootball

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