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hikinghistorian.bsky.social
Hiking Historian
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 3h
Pendle Hill: Man rescued after searching for missing dog
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Pendle Hill: Man rescued after searching for missing dog
The man
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 6h
Museums in Lancaster get share of £20m funding
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Museums in Lancaster get share of £20m funding
The funding from the Museum Renewal Fund is to be shared between 75 civic museums across England.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 10h
Roman artefacts unearthed at Attingham Park
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Roman artefacts unearthed at Attingham Park
People were invited to take part in a two-week dig at Attingham Park in September.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 1d
Archaeologists to explore new area of Culloden battlefield
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Archaeologists to explore new area of Culloden battlefield
The ground that will be explored was where Jacobite forces advanced on the front line of an opposing government army.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 1d
Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum wins £200k grant
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Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum wins £200k grant
The Arts Council England grant must be spent at Worcester Museum and Gallery by the start of 2026.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 1d
Yorkshire museums to get £3.5m funding boost
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Yorkshire museums to get £3.5m funding boost
Museums minister Baroness Twycross says funding will ensure the attractions can remain open.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 1d
Relief at £800,000 cash boost for Derby Museums
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Relief at £800,000 cash boost for Derby Museums
The funding will pay for six month's of expenditure to run its three visitor attractions.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 1d
Police appeal after lead stolen from Kedleston Hall
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Police appeal after lead stolen from Kedleston Hall
The National Trust said thieves had damaged a
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 1d
Rudyard Kipling WW1 letters reveal search for missing son
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Rudyard Kipling WW1 letters reveal search for missing son
Letters dating back to 1915 reveal the author and poet seeking answers on his missing son.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 1d
St Helens World of Glass museum saved from closure
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St Helens World of Glass museum saved from closure
The World Of Glass in St Helens will receive £286,000 government funding after fears it could shut.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 1d
Remote Welsh island with population of three people searching for new tenant family
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Once in a lifetime chance to live on remote Welsh island
Island trust seeks adventurous family or couple to join three other permanent residents on Ynys Enlli.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 1d
Appeal launched to preserve last flying Vulcan bomber
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Appeal launched to preserve last flying Vulcan bomber
The trust which looks after Vulcan XH558 in South Yorkshire says it is under
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 1d
Museums in East of England get over £2m in government funding
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Museums in East of England get over £2m in government funding
The museums minister says the money will help preserve jobs at heritage attractions.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 1d
Yorkshire national parks a 'hotspot' for rare fungi - charity
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Yorkshire national parks a 'hotspot' for rare fungi - charity
Both the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors are home to rare species, according to a charity survey.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 1d
Manchester Science and Industry Museum Power Hall to reopen
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Manchester Science and Industry Museum Power Hall to reopen
Visitors will be able to rediscover engines that powered everything from cotton mills to railways.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 1d
Rare moth becomes Wicken Fen's 10,000th recorded species
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Rare moth becomes Wicken Fen's 10,000th recorded species
The National Trust believes the site is the
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 1d
Even if you take out all the Europeans and people of non-British origin, these islands are multicultural.

Countless languages, cultures, histories, customs, traditions. This was never was a homogeneous archipelago.

But we all know that this is just racist dogwhistling.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 2d
Strategy aims to reverse decline of wildlife in BCP Council area
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Strategy aims to reverse decline of wildlife in BCP Council area
BCP Council wants to protect greenspaces and ensure wildlife thrives in the area.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 2d
Repairs approved for Cromer building housing RNLI museum
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Repairs approved for Cromer building housing RNLI museum
Councillors hope the work, which will cost more than £350,000, means the attraction will reopen.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 2d
Campbell's Bluebird set for Coniston Water return in May
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Campbell's Bluebird set for Coniston Water return in May
An application is lodged for the craft to run on Coniston Water for the first time since 1967.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 2d
'Positive sign' as pine martens released on Exmoor
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Pine martens released on Exmoor in 'positive sign for nature'
They are "back where they belong" after being relocated from Scotland, conservationists say.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 2d
Thieves strip lead from famous Chesterfield crooked spire church
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Thieves strip lead from famous Chesterfield crooked spire church
Police say the damage to the Chesterfield landmark was
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 2d
Gold Bronze Age jewellery stolen from museum
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St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem
Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 3d
Derby team reunited with dog from cliff face rescue
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Derby team reunited with dog from cliff face rescue
The success in finding Figgy the spaniel prompted the greater use of drones in future call outs.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 3d
LS Lowry: Rare painting of rugby league fans could sell for £3m
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LS Lowry: Rare painting of rugby league fans could sell for £3m
Going To The Match was painted in 1928 and is one of only two rugby pieces by the Salford artist.
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