Dr Kathryn Ferry
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Dr Kathryn Ferry
@seasideferry.bsky.social
Historian specialising in seaside, architecture & design. I write books, give talks and do a bit of telly.
Founder member @seasidenetwork.bsky.social
Fellow @royalhistsoc.bsky.social Rep'd by @pastpreservers.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/kathrynferry
Love the Venetian Waterways!
February 11, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Hope not- submission later this year 😱
February 6, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Yes indeed, wasn't there one at Brighton Aquarium too? Thanks for the congrats but I've got to write it yet!!
February 6, 2026 at 6:38 PM
😂
February 6, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I almost sent that post direct to you! Can't wait to share what I've found out... (though still looking for that pesky portrait!)
February 6, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Ah yes! Quite a come down but at least it still maintains a hint of its original Orientalist design
February 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Yes indeed. The Spa Bridge opened in 1829. Dr Granville wrote of his visit in the late 1830s and said he felt dizzy going across it!
February 6, 2026 at 12:11 PM
It is! well done 😊
the middle one is at St Sephulchre's Church in London, the first erected by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association in 1859.
the one on the right is in Bath
February 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Thank you - stitches due for removal tomorrow...
January 22, 2026 at 3:54 PM