Amanda Stewart
@shropshirelass.bsky.social
Belfast Child, now living in deepest Shropshire. Mum to Toby and servant to Paddy, the mad spaniel.
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
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NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
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[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
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MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
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NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
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KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
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[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
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[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
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[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
Happy Shropshire Day, everyone! x
February 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Happy Shropshire Day, everyone! x
I can’t resist a yellow sticker!
I would hate to have paid full price for this though - I really struggled to find much chicken… 🐥
I would hate to have paid full price for this though - I really struggled to find much chicken… 🐥
February 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I can’t resist a yellow sticker!
I would hate to have paid full price for this though - I really struggled to find much chicken… 🐥
I would hate to have paid full price for this though - I really struggled to find much chicken… 🐥
Shrewsbury Abbey tonight…
January 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Shrewsbury Abbey tonight…
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I didn't know how much I needed to see a donkey snacking on oranges until now 🖤
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December 31, 2024 at 1:56 PM
I didn't know how much I needed to see a donkey snacking on oranges until now 🖤
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The embedded video of the koala being removed is 10/10 no notes.
From Australia, have a happy annual break (if you get one) ~ and many thanks for your interest and support. Here’s my fave Xmas news story ~ the errant koala who wandered into an Adelaide home & took up residence in their lounge-room Xmas tree www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12...
December 22, 2024 at 6:53 PM
The embedded video of the koala being removed is 10/10 no notes.
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I’m going to IKEA tomorrow. I haven’t been for years. I am SO excited. I may not sleep tonight…
November 27, 2024 at 7:41 PM
I’m going to IKEA tomorrow. I haven’t been for years. I am SO excited. I may not sleep tonight…
I’ve become ever-so-slightly obsessed with avoiding food waste, so here’s last night’s leftover champ as potato cakes for Sunday brunch… 😋
November 17, 2024 at 11:01 AM
I’ve become ever-so-slightly obsessed with avoiding food waste, so here’s last night’s leftover champ as potato cakes for Sunday brunch… 😋
First C4 Dispatches and now this… 😳
November 15, 2024 at 11:50 AM
First C4 Dispatches and now this… 😳
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cartoon of the day
November 15, 2024 at 7:53 AM
cartoon of the day
Shrewsbury sunset… 😍
November 14, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Shrewsbury sunset… 😍
He’s listening to the birds… 😍
September 7, 2024 at 7:21 PM
He’s listening to the birds… 😍
Back from a chilled week on the Welsh coast…
September 7, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Back from a chilled week on the Welsh coast…
Hurrah! Quizzy Mondays are back next week!! 🥳
August 9, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Hurrah! Quizzy Mondays are back next week!! 🥳