Fairylight
@ericbearshug.bsky.social
Mancunian. Keen interest in all things WW1. Lover of loud music. Mum to Eric Bear. Womb cancer survivor. Refugee from the other place.
No DMs as I'm not happy about doing this identification stuff.
No DMs as I'm not happy about doing this identification stuff.
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Hey Keir Starmer, you’re talking about “tough choices” in this month's budget, how about just getting TOUGH on BILLIONAIRES?
Jim Ratcliffe owns almost a third of the UK’s MOST FAMOUS football team. Yet he “moved’ to Monaco to avoid paying £4 BILLION in tax.
📍Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester
Jim Ratcliffe owns almost a third of the UK’s MOST FAMOUS football team. Yet he “moved’ to Monaco to avoid paying £4 BILLION in tax.
📍Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Hey Keir Starmer, you’re talking about “tough choices” in this month's budget, how about just getting TOUGH on BILLIONAIRES?
Jim Ratcliffe owns almost a third of the UK’s MOST FAMOUS football team. Yet he “moved’ to Monaco to avoid paying £4 BILLION in tax.
📍Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester
Jim Ratcliffe owns almost a third of the UK’s MOST FAMOUS football team. Yet he “moved’ to Monaco to avoid paying £4 BILLION in tax.
📍Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Time for the next @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Maps blog from @stuartackland.bsky.social taking us back to the First World War & a close look at trench maps. What are these unusual numbered circles? Learn more at: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/
@bcsmaps.bsky.social @westernfrontww1.bsky.social
@bcsmaps.bsky.social @westernfrontww1.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Time for the next @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Maps blog from @stuartackland.bsky.social taking us back to the First World War & a close look at trench maps. What are these unusual numbered circles? Learn more at: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/
@bcsmaps.bsky.social @westernfrontww1.bsky.social
@bcsmaps.bsky.social @westernfrontww1.bsky.social
The hug are wearing their poppies and ready for Remembrance Sunday as Grandad tells them about the Lancashire Fusiliers.
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The hug are wearing their poppies and ready for Remembrance Sunday as Grandad tells them about the Lancashire Fusiliers.
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Hey up lovely people, ok, ok I know @gailmyerscough.co.uk is the Missus Wife but she’s an incredible talent and works double-double hard. Please have a look, pur-chase or simply spread the word 👍👊 xx
It's been a very quiet week.
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Hey up lovely people, ok, ok I know @gailmyerscough.co.uk is the Missus Wife but she’s an incredible talent and works double-double hard. Please have a look, pur-chase or simply spread the word 👍👊 xx
Postbox topper Timperley, Cheshire @remembrancewatch.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Postbox topper Timperley, Cheshire @remembrancewatch.bsky.social
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As the rather good alt text in the original post observes, that's, erm, somewhat phallic.
Keep a stiff uppe... Never mind.
Keep a stiff uppe... Never mind.
I miss the Giant Poppy Watch Twitter account. This is outstanding. Or should that be upstanding 🤔
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
As the rather good alt text in the original post observes, that's, erm, somewhat phallic.
Keep a stiff uppe... Never mind.
Keep a stiff uppe... Never mind.
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Terry’s of York’s famous Chocolate Orange was born in 1932. Its Chocolate Apple, launched in 1926 (which apparently didn't taste of apple), was discontinued in 1954 to allow more Oranges to be produced.
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Terry’s of York’s famous Chocolate Orange was born in 1932. Its Chocolate Apple, launched in 1926 (which apparently didn't taste of apple), was discontinued in 1954 to allow more Oranges to be produced.
One for you @moleymole.bsky.social
Ideal staycation for industrial and railway history buffs.
Postcard from Manchester: a Landmark Trust retreat at the heart of railway history
A house that was at the centre of the 19th-century rail revolution can now be yours for the weekend
www.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
One for you @moleymole.bsky.social
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Landing at Wolf's Fang, a staging camp on the Antarctic continent 🇦🇶
The team are on the way to Halley Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf.
They were meant to get to Halley today, but weather on the rest of their route is causing delays. Not a bad view to wait with though, eh?
The team are on the way to Halley Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf.
They were meant to get to Halley today, but weather on the rest of their route is causing delays. Not a bad view to wait with though, eh?
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Landing at Wolf's Fang, a staging camp on the Antarctic continent 🇦🇶
The team are on the way to Halley Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf.
They were meant to get to Halley today, but weather on the rest of their route is causing delays. Not a bad view to wait with though, eh?
The team are on the way to Halley Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf.
They were meant to get to Halley today, but weather on the rest of their route is causing delays. Not a bad view to wait with though, eh?
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
5th November and I am so thoroughly sick of Christmas ads 😡. If I see that Grinch one more time I will never go in Asda again!
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
5th November and I am so thoroughly sick of Christmas ads 😡. If I see that Grinch one more time I will never go in Asda again!
Mum doesn’t like fireworks so I’ve got my own (safe) little bonfire 🔥
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Mum doesn’t like fireworks so I’ve got my own (safe) little bonfire 🔥
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Guy Fawkes was born around Aprill in 1570 in Stonegate, York. He was baptised at St Michael le Belfrey (below) on the 15th of that month. His father, a Church of England lawyer, died when Guy was eight. His mother later married a Catholic, which, along with Guy’s schooling at St Peter’s
November 5, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Guy Fawkes was born around Aprill in 1570 in Stonegate, York. He was baptised at St Michael le Belfrey (below) on the 15th of that month. His father, a Church of England lawyer, died when Guy was eight. His mother later married a Catholic, which, along with Guy’s schooling at St Peter’s
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This Election Day, let your voice be heard. Speak up for wildlife, wild places, and the values you care about most. 📣#Votetoday
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This Election Day, let your voice be heard. Speak up for wildlife, wild places, and the values you care about most. 📣#Votetoday
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Only 18 days to go. I hope you can visit and check out all the fun and friendship of Anipal Holiday Bazaar. No stress, no cost.
Good morning everyone! We are super busy putting the final schedule together for the Anipal Holiday Bazaar! Participants are also beginning to move into the fairgrounds to holiday it up to bring you a full day of free imaginative fun! Everyone is warmly welcomed! 💙☃️🥳 #AnipalHB
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Only 18 days to go. I hope you can visit and check out all the fun and friendship of Anipal Holiday Bazaar. No stress, no cost.
@gardenstuff.bsky.social I love it when my acer turns this colour but I know that is its last gasp.
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@gardenstuff.bsky.social I love it when my acer turns this colour but I know that is its last gasp.
A postcard sent in 1912 featuring Bowdon church. The sender is reporting an emergency skirt repair!
November 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Got a spaniel that sees water and reacts similarly but rather than dancing it's Charge of the Light Brigade mode!
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Got a spaniel that sees water and reacts similarly but rather than dancing it's Charge of the Light Brigade mode!
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Guerre 1914-1915
Les Tranchées. Achèvement d'une tranchée
Présentation détaillée de la carte :
mercipourlacarte.com/picture?/100...
"Ed. Pays de France"
#cartepostaleancienne #cartepostale1915 #guerre1418 #guerre19141918 #officiers #poilus #PremièreGuerreMondiale #soldatsfrançais #tranchée #WW1
Les Tranchées. Achèvement d'une tranchée
Présentation détaillée de la carte :
mercipourlacarte.com/picture?/100...
"Ed. Pays de France"
#cartepostaleancienne #cartepostale1915 #guerre1418 #guerre19141918 #officiers #poilus #PremièreGuerreMondiale #soldatsfrançais #tranchée #WW1
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Guerre 1914-1915
Les Tranchées. Achèvement d'une tranchée
Présentation détaillée de la carte :
mercipourlacarte.com/picture?/100...
"Ed. Pays de France"
#cartepostaleancienne #cartepostale1915 #guerre1418 #guerre19141918 #officiers #poilus #PremièreGuerreMondiale #soldatsfrançais #tranchée #WW1
Les Tranchées. Achèvement d'une tranchée
Présentation détaillée de la carte :
mercipourlacarte.com/picture?/100...
"Ed. Pays de France"
#cartepostaleancienne #cartepostale1915 #guerre1418 #guerre19141918 #officiers #poilus #PremièreGuerreMondiale #soldatsfrançais #tranchée #WW1
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What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Another from my Irish Album ☘️
#Military No name on this🤔
Taken in #Missouri #India
#OldPhotos #FamilyHistory
The Royal Artillery, Bengal Artillery?
British cavalry regiment stationed in India, poss 7th Dragoon Guards, 9th Lancers, 17th Lancers?
Pic 2, photographer details.
#Military No name on this🤔
Taken in #Missouri #India
#OldPhotos #FamilyHistory
The Royal Artillery, Bengal Artillery?
British cavalry regiment stationed in India, poss 7th Dragoon Guards, 9th Lancers, 17th Lancers?
Pic 2, photographer details.
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Another from my Irish Album ☘️
#Military No name on this🤔
Taken in #Missouri #India
#OldPhotos #FamilyHistory
The Royal Artillery, Bengal Artillery?
British cavalry regiment stationed in India, poss 7th Dragoon Guards, 9th Lancers, 17th Lancers?
Pic 2, photographer details.
#Military No name on this🤔
Taken in #Missouri #India
#OldPhotos #FamilyHistory
The Royal Artillery, Bengal Artillery?
British cavalry regiment stationed in India, poss 7th Dragoon Guards, 9th Lancers, 17th Lancers?
Pic 2, photographer details.