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Librarian, knitter, graveyard enthusiast/bore, Sparks and Devo obsessive, general menace. All of your gifts are now melted or dead.
A puzzle in Whalley
February 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A puzzle in Whalley
The knobber who bought this church when it was deconsecrated made a number of "interesting architectural decisions" one of which was building a shed on top of a gravestone. Get fucked shed (and welcome back Howorths and Stephensons)
February 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The knobber who bought this church when it was deconsecrated made a number of "interesting architectural decisions" one of which was building a shed on top of a gravestone. Get fucked shed (and welcome back Howorths and Stephensons)
*cue joke about how ICE have a chance to do the funniest thing ever, except it isn't really funny, but also, fuck this fuckin guy*
Prominent figures within “gender-critical” feminism are absolutely enamoured with noted rapist Donald Trump.
February 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
*cue joke about how ICE have a chance to do the funniest thing ever, except it isn't really funny, but also, fuck this fuckin guy*
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I guess I just like to ask everyone who was patting themselves on the back for their moral victory that *we* achieved a peaceful transfer of power, does it feel like a fucking peaceful transfer of power now? Is this transfer *peaceful?* We just gave people who said they want to kill us all the guns.
February 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I guess I just like to ask everyone who was patting themselves on the back for their moral victory that *we* achieved a peaceful transfer of power, does it feel like a fucking peaceful transfer of power now? Is this transfer *peaceful?* We just gave people who said they want to kill us all the guns.
Based on my own family's history, I want to know if Matilda McDuck's family disowned her for marrying a German, and whether Ludwig's family ever really accepted her
January 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Based on my own family's history, I want to know if Matilda McDuck's family disowned her for marrying a German, and whether Ludwig's family ever really accepted her
I feel like we're at the point technologically where a microwave shouldn't have to cost £55 anymore
January 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I feel like we're at the point technologically where a microwave shouldn't have to cost £55 anymore
In classic adhd fashion, I got a new phone and held off logging into apps again until I *needed* them, because why would I...anyway. Hi. Here's Fleetwood beach at low tide, 7:45am last Saturday morning. (it was cold)
January 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
In classic adhd fashion, I got a new phone and held off logging into apps again until I *needed* them, because why would I...anyway. Hi. Here's Fleetwood beach at low tide, 7:45am last Saturday morning. (it was cold)
Finally, a teeny tiny Judith holding a teeny tiny head of Holofernes, from a 1709 Bible that was the official translation for use in CofE services (and included the Apocrypha). Every book opened with a tiny illustration linked to the story and this was the best one I checked out.
December 7, 2023 at 4:43 PM
Finally, a teeny tiny Judith holding a teeny tiny head of Holofernes, from a 1709 Bible that was the official translation for use in CofE services (and included the Apocrypha). Every book opened with a tiny illustration linked to the story and this was the best one I checked out.
"No I've never seen a lion, sure I'll draw one, how hard could it be?"
From "Walpoole's New British Traveller", 1784
From "Walpoole's New British Traveller", 1784
December 7, 2023 at 4:38 PM
"No I've never seen a lion, sure I'll draw one, how hard could it be?"
From "Walpoole's New British Traveller", 1784
From "Walpoole's New British Traveller", 1784
When your 19th century bookbinder is a thieving bastard
(It's true, the book only has 360 of 731 pages - it's "Defoe's History of the Union" published in 1786)
(It's true, the book only has 360 of 731 pages - it's "Defoe's History of the Union" published in 1786)
December 7, 2023 at 4:34 PM
When your 19th century bookbinder is a thieving bastard
(It's true, the book only has 360 of 731 pages - it's "Defoe's History of the Union" published in 1786)
(It's true, the book only has 360 of 731 pages - it's "Defoe's History of the Union" published in 1786)
Get your premium yeast at wholesale cost from your local yeast merchant. Shop small this Christmas etc etc
December 5, 2023 at 8:54 AM
Get your premium yeast at wholesale cost from your local yeast merchant. Shop small this Christmas etc etc
St. James, Accrington - very sparse graveyard but some standouts, still!
November 20, 2023 at 1:55 PM
St. James, Accrington - very sparse graveyard but some standouts, still!
Back when your job was your life (St. Leonard's, Wortley)
November 12, 2023 at 7:36 PM
Back when your job was your life (St. Leonard's, Wortley)
At Wortley Hall near Sheffield and I saw these three little gravestones. It's the pet cemetery. But not the haunted by a Wendigo type thankfully (so far)
November 10, 2023 at 5:49 PM
At Wortley Hall near Sheffield and I saw these three little gravestones. It's the pet cemetery. But not the haunted by a Wendigo type thankfully (so far)
Don't. Just don't.
November 8, 2023 at 7:44 PM
Don't. Just don't.
"the graveyard isn't for everyone I bet" it's more for everyone than this
October 31, 2023 at 8:04 AM
"the graveyard isn't for everyone I bet" it's more for everyone than this
Got to introduce 15 Brits to the joys of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark the other night. Definitely recommend alternating between things designed to scare 10 year olds and vintage early Victorian "fuck up my corpse and I'll fuck you up twice as hard" stories for max impact
October 31, 2023 at 8:02 AM
Got to introduce 15 Brits to the joys of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark the other night. Definitely recommend alternating between things designed to scare 10 year olds and vintage early Victorian "fuck up my corpse and I'll fuck you up twice as hard" stories for max impact
Had a moment today in Thornton, when I found my 8th great grandfather's name carved on the old font. I was born 4,000 miles away from here and I live 15 miles away from here, and moved without knowing this was "where I came from". Life is weird.
October 21, 2023 at 11:24 PM
Had a moment today in Thornton, when I found my 8th great grandfather's name carved on the old font. I was born 4,000 miles away from here and I live 15 miles away from here, and moved without knowing this was "where I came from". Life is weird.
Aldi. Mate. What the fuck.
October 21, 2023 at 11:22 PM
Aldi. Mate. What the fuck.
First walk post-covid wasn't as horrendous as I feared. Went uphill with little to no drama! Saw some beautiful trees, a nest inside a rotting trunk, and an supremely grumpy rock man down in the clough (don't ask me what he said when I took the photo, it's unprintable)
October 19, 2023 at 2:26 PM
First walk post-covid wasn't as horrendous as I feared. Went uphill with little to no drama! Saw some beautiful trees, a nest inside a rotting trunk, and an supremely grumpy rock man down in the clough (don't ask me what he said when I took the photo, it's unprintable)
Thomas and Mary Ann Ogden, mid-1860s, and her later. They married in 1868 ages 20 and 22. The way he's slouching but with one arm around her and she's in her absolute best, all made up for the camera - you could plonk these two on a park bench today, in today's clothes, and get the exact same photo
October 18, 2023 at 7:06 AM
Thomas and Mary Ann Ogden, mid-1860s, and her later. They married in 1868 ages 20 and 22. The way he's slouching but with one arm around her and she's in her absolute best, all made up for the camera - you could plonk these two on a park bench today, in today's clothes, and get the exact same photo
Back in the world of the living! Suitably misty morning. I feel misty so it's very on message!!
October 16, 2023 at 8:02 AM
Back in the world of the living! Suitably misty morning. I feel misty so it's very on message!!
Well, my new photos of the thing around me but chattier than insta social media plan has immediately failed thanks to sneaky covid. Felt low key bad for a week, 5 neg tests, didn't bother on day 6, day 7 = positive. So now I'm eating fig rolls in bed and watching coin push videos and dissolving
October 12, 2023 at 10:17 AM
Well, my new photos of the thing around me but chattier than insta social media plan has immediately failed thanks to sneaky covid. Felt low key bad for a week, 5 neg tests, didn't bother on day 6, day 7 = positive. So now I'm eating fig rolls in bed and watching coin push videos and dissolving
Met this knobbly chap on the way to work, growing out of a chestnut tree. @janesamuels.bsky.social you might meet him on your travels too!
October 10, 2023 at 12:28 PM
Met this knobbly chap on the way to work, growing out of a chestnut tree. @janesamuels.bsky.social you might meet him on your travels too!
Also met a Big Guy
October 8, 2023 at 9:18 PM
Also met a Big Guy