Fiona Stone
@timeaftertimefh.bsky.social
Family and local historian of the Cotswolds area especially Gloucestershire. AGRA Associate.
Holds a One Place Study for Lechlade-on-Thames in Gloucestershire.Tries to see the funny side of life but it’s getting harder…
Holds a One Place Study for Lechlade-on-Thames in Gloucestershire.Tries to see the funny side of life but it’s getting harder…
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This is great!
@pharostutors.bsky.social are featured in the FamilyTreeDNA Gift Guide!
I LOVE being a Pharos Tutor 🥰
@pharostutors.bsky.social are featured in the FamilyTreeDNA Gift Guide!
I LOVE being a Pharos Tutor 🥰
#FamilyTreeDNA have pulled together a guide to #genealogy #courses as part of their Gift Guide series, and we are delighted to see our DNA courses featured. Read the full post here:
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Top Genealogy Education Gifts – FamilyTreeDNA Gift Guide 2025
Support the family historian in your life with genealogy education gifts that strengthen their research skills and deepen their connection to the past.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This is great!
@pharostutors.bsky.social are featured in the FamilyTreeDNA Gift Guide!
I LOVE being a Pharos Tutor 🥰
@pharostutors.bsky.social are featured in the FamilyTreeDNA Gift Guide!
I LOVE being a Pharos Tutor 🥰
The variation in dialects, even within counties, is one of the best aspects of our country. So interesting.
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The variation in dialects, even within counties, is one of the best aspects of our country. So interesting.
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She is largely forgotten because the Titanic sank the day before. Harriet Quimby was the first woman to make a solo flight across the English Channel from Dover to Boulogne on 16th April 1912 using a plane borrowed from Louis Bleriot. /1
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Harriet Quimby, the forgotten cross-Channel female flying pioneer
The first woman to fly across the Channel, the news was overshadowed by the sinking of the Titanic.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
She is largely forgotten because the Titanic sank the day before. Harriet Quimby was the first woman to make a solo flight across the English Channel from Dover to Boulogne on 16th April 1912 using a plane borrowed from Louis Bleriot. /1
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Well worth coming along to this public lecture if you can make it - from my @uophistory.bsky.social friend & colleague, @karlbell.bsky.social!
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Join me for 'Tidal Terrors: Folklore and Supernatural Storytelling at Sea', a public talk @ Portsmouth University on 3rd February (5.30-7 pm). It is free, but you need to book a place @ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tidal-terr...
@uopmaritime.bsky.social @uophistory.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
@uopmaritime.bsky.social @uophistory.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
Tidal Terrors: Folklore and Supernatural Storytelling at Sea
Public lecture: The real life lessons from supernatural stories of the sea.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Well worth coming along to this public lecture if you can make it - from my @uophistory.bsky.social friend & colleague, @karlbell.bsky.social!
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Where there’s a Will - there IS a way!
If you need a guiding hand researching or deciphering a Last Will and Testament - help is at hand.
Why not let your fingers do the talking and tap a message to [email protected]?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
If you need a guiding hand researching or deciphering a Last Will and Testament - help is at hand.
Why not let your fingers do the talking and tap a message to [email protected]?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Where there’s a Will - there IS a way!
If you need a guiding hand researching or deciphering a Last Will and Testament - help is at hand.
Why not let your fingers do the talking and tap a message to [email protected]?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
If you need a guiding hand researching or deciphering a Last Will and Testament - help is at hand.
Why not let your fingers do the talking and tap a message to [email protected]?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
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A landmark moment. Supervisor Connie Chan led a unanimous San Francisco Board of Supervisors resolution honoring the #InternetArchive & establishing Internet Archive Day.
archive.org/embed/establ...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A landmark moment. Supervisor Connie Chan led a unanimous San Francisco Board of Supervisors resolution honoring the #InternetArchive & establishing Internet Archive Day.
archive.org/embed/establ...
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blog.archive.org/2025/11/03/s...
#Wayback1T
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We’re still checking transcripts of Hearth Tax lists for Yorkshire North Riding before publishing them on Hearth Tax Digital. There are about 11,000 entries on my rough calculation. So checking them all is taking a while. We’ll keep posting tidbits here to whet appetites.
November 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We’re still checking transcripts of Hearth Tax lists for Yorkshire North Riding before publishing them on Hearth Tax Digital. There are about 11,000 entries on my rough calculation. So checking them all is taking a while. We’ll keep posting tidbits here to whet appetites.
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If anyone's curious about WeAre.xyz collaborative archiving platform, I'm presenting to GeneBloggers Sun 9th at 3pm ET. Will meander over ancestral country lanes, Kansas creeks & WW1 trenches; support from Kevin the drone
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Free, register here:
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#FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Free, register here:
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November 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
If anyone's curious about WeAre.xyz collaborative archiving platform, I'm presenting to GeneBloggers Sun 9th at 3pm ET. Will meander over ancestral country lanes, Kansas creeks & WW1 trenches; support from Kevin the drone
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Free, register here:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Free, register here:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....
October 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....
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Not all knocker-uppers were men. Mrs Bowers, of Sacriston, County Durham, was a familiar sight with her dog Jack. She got up at 1am each day to wake miners, starting in world war one and continuing for many years (Beamish Museum).
October 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Not all knocker-uppers were men. Mrs Bowers, of Sacriston, County Durham, was a familiar sight with her dog Jack. She got up at 1am each day to wake miners, starting in world war one and continuing for many years (Beamish Museum).
That well known place in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire! Thanks Ancestry for the good laugh. Nil points for accuracy.
October 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
That well known place in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire! Thanks Ancestry for the good laugh. Nil points for accuracy.
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In 1848, railroad worker Phineas Gage survived a 13-pound iron rod blasting through his skull. He lived, but his personality was never the same. His accident would change how we understand the brain forever. 🧵/1
October 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In 1848, railroad worker Phineas Gage survived a 13-pound iron rod blasting through his skull. He lived, but his personality was never the same. His accident would change how we understand the brain forever. 🧵/1
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Are you exhausted by the world? Come take refuge in my weird and wonderful corner of #Bluesky - where I post medical history content that will make you happy to live in 2025!
Medieval urine wheels! Opium toothpaste! Cemetery guns! I got it all. I love sharing my passion for this niche subject.
Medieval urine wheels! Opium toothpaste! Cemetery guns! I got it all. I love sharing my passion for this niche subject.
October 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Are you exhausted by the world? Come take refuge in my weird and wonderful corner of #Bluesky - where I post medical history content that will make you happy to live in 2025!
Medieval urine wheels! Opium toothpaste! Cemetery guns! I got it all. I love sharing my passion for this niche subject.
Medieval urine wheels! Opium toothpaste! Cemetery guns! I got it all. I love sharing my passion for this niche subject.
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What a fabulous day we’ve been having, chatting to people about Pharos courses, meeting some of our students and catching up with old friends
#TheFamilyHistoryShow #Genealogy
#TheFamilyHistoryShow #Genealogy
October 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a fabulous day we’ve been having, chatting to people about Pharos courses, meeting some of our students and catching up with old friends
#TheFamilyHistoryShow #Genealogy
#TheFamilyHistoryShow #Genealogy
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Holy SHIT they've identified an actual biomarker!!!
Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.
Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.
Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.
Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog
Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...
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October 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Holy SHIT they've identified an actual biomarker!!!
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Thanks to everyone who tuned in to my Legacy webinar last month. ☺️ If you missed it, it’s in the Legacy library along with my two other talks!
October 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Thanks to everyone who tuned in to my Legacy webinar last month. ☺️ If you missed it, it’s in the Legacy library along with my two other talks!
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Chuffed to be one of the top ten Legacy webinars for September with Ancestors on the Margins. You can listen to it and loads of other great #FamilyHistory webinars here familytreewebinars.com/top-10-genea...
Top 10 genealogy webinars PLUS the #1 rated — September 2025 - Legacy Family Tree Webinars
familytreewebinars.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Chuffed to be one of the top ten Legacy webinars for September with Ancestors on the Margins. You can listen to it and loads of other great #FamilyHistory webinars here familytreewebinars.com/top-10-genea...
Absolutely. Life does not move in convenient straight lines.
"Colleges are needed to allow people like myself and loads of other students, who for whatever reason, school hasn't been good to them, to be able to get into education and get to places they deserve to get to."
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'College gave me a second chance after my sister's murder'
Lindsay Brown, whose sister was a victim of serial killer Peter Tobin, now teaches forensics.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Absolutely. Life does not move in convenient straight lines.
Shame there aren’t a few more to list thanks to Mr Beeching. Not much forward thinking was there…
Five heritage railway stations, alongside two other railway sites, have been listed at Grade II on the advice of Historic England, in recognition of their historic and architectural interest and to mark 200 years of the modern railway. historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...
7 New Sites Listed to Celebrate 200 Years of the Railway | Historic England
Seven new listings announced to mark 200 years since the Stockton & Darlington Railway opened on 27 September 1825.
historicengland.org.uk
October 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Shame there aren’t a few more to list thanks to Mr Beeching. Not much forward thinking was there…
I’ve not come across the label ‘sheroes’ before. I like it.
Today a THREAD👇 of Scottish WWII sheroes who shone in adversity. 1st resistance fighter & nurse Mary Helen Young helped prisoners escape Nazi-occuped France. Killed in Ravensbruck, novelist, Simone St Clair, incarcerated with her said 'she kept her chin up' Mary we salute you./1
September 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I’ve not come across the label ‘sheroes’ before. I like it.
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136 years ago, on the 28th of September 1889, the length of a metre was defined by the General Conference on Weights and Measures. States participating received not only new prototype metres but also thermometers to guarantee measurement at the correct temperature. #otd #history 🗃️
September 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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From our blog archive: T is for Timetables, or perhaps more accurately, T is for Timetables Past. Steve Pickthall provides a quick guide to tracking down timetables for travel services that people in some of our #OnePlaceStudies might have used, including stagecoaches, buses, and of course – trains!
T is for Timetables - Society for One-Place Studies
This April we are once again blogging along with the A-Z Blogging Challenge. Our team of one-place studiers will be sharing some of the treasures to be found for a one-place study, particularly around...
www.one-place-studies.org
September 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
From our blog archive: T is for Timetables, or perhaps more accurately, T is for Timetables Past. Steve Pickthall provides a quick guide to tracking down timetables for travel services that people in some of our #OnePlaceStudies might have used, including stagecoaches, buses, and of course – trains!
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Today is the 200th anniversary of the 1st steam-hauled passenger journey on the Stockton & Darlington Railway!
Find out more about railway work, the people who did it, & the risks they faced in our thread.
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#Railway200
Find out more about railway work, the people who did it, & the risks they faced in our thread.
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#Railway200
OldRailwayAccidents (@rwldproject.bsky.social)
200 for #Railway200 - a new thread! We're 200 days out from the 200th anniversary of the 1st passenger journey on the Stockton & Darlington Railway, on 27 September 1825. To mark it, we'll post a…
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September 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Today is the 200th anniversary of the 1st steam-hauled passenger journey on the Stockton & Darlington Railway!
Find out more about railway work, the people who did it, & the risks they faced in our thread.
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#Railway200
Find out more about railway work, the people who did it, & the risks they faced in our thread.
👇
#Railway200