M_W
@weavinweave.bsky.social
Midlander gone South | Railway worker | MA Railway Studies | transport geek | human geography | architecture | allotment | hiking | mental health first aider 💙 |🩸donor | #NFFC ⚽️ | 🏳️🌈 | Often late to the party | Views: own
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"I thought of how, as a child, I’d used pylons to calculate distance & time, and how they seemed to anchor space. I thought of how the turbines resisted this, how unmeasurable they seemed, in a nightscape with few visual referents."
'Landscapes of Power'
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'Landscapes of Power'
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November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"I thought of how, as a child, I’d used pylons to calculate distance & time, and how they seemed to anchor space. I thought of how the turbines resisted this, how unmeasurable they seemed, in a nightscape with few visual referents."
'Landscapes of Power'
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/landscapes...
'Landscapes of Power'
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/landscapes...
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The Ladybird look
The quilted anorak, 1973.
(Did we all have one?)
Artist: Martin Aitchison
The quilted anorak, 1973.
(Did we all have one?)
Artist: Martin Aitchison
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The Ladybird look
The quilted anorak, 1973.
(Did we all have one?)
Artist: Martin Aitchison
The quilted anorak, 1973.
(Did we all have one?)
Artist: Martin Aitchison
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The modern world in old Ladybird books. The diesel.
“It is sad to think that the last steam locomotive to be built in Britain left the workshops in March, 1960”
Artist: Robert Ayton (1961)
“It is sad to think that the last steam locomotive to be built in Britain left the workshops in March, 1960”
Artist: Robert Ayton (1961)
November 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The modern world in old Ladybird books. The diesel.
“It is sad to think that the last steam locomotive to be built in Britain left the workshops in March, 1960”
Artist: Robert Ayton (1961)
“It is sad to think that the last steam locomotive to be built in Britain left the workshops in March, 1960”
Artist: Robert Ayton (1961)
If only my allotment was as tidy as this! 😂😬
Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘October’
(From a 1958 calendar by the always fabulous Ronald Lampitt)
‘October’
(From a 1958 calendar by the always fabulous Ronald Lampitt)
October 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If only my allotment was as tidy as this! 😂😬
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Letter in the Times:
October 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Letter in the Times:
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“An example of the town of the future is Coventry.... Traffic and pedestrians are kept apart and the roads are planned to let traffic flow smoothly”
(Our Land in the Making, 1966)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
(Our Land in the Making, 1966)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
September 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“An example of the town of the future is Coventry.... Traffic and pedestrians are kept apart and the roads are planned to let traffic flow smoothly”
(Our Land in the Making, 1966)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
(Our Land in the Making, 1966)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
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The modern world in old Ladybird books.
"Carriages get very dirty inside from all the tobacco ash"
(On the Railways, 1972)
Artist: John Berry
"Carriages get very dirty inside from all the tobacco ash"
(On the Railways, 1972)
Artist: John Berry
September 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The modern world in old Ladybird books.
"Carriages get very dirty inside from all the tobacco ash"
(On the Railways, 1972)
Artist: John Berry
"Carriages get very dirty inside from all the tobacco ash"
(On the Railways, 1972)
Artist: John Berry
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DIESEL TRAIN RIDE (1959)
September 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
DIESEL TRAIN RIDE (1959)
Classic thriller soundtracks at the Proms tonight - turns out you can dance (well, move) to some of them!
September 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Classic thriller soundtracks at the Proms tonight - turns out you can dance (well, move) to some of them!
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Glasgow 'Blue Train' heading for Helensburgh in the 1960s. Pic: Stuart Neville.
September 2, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Glasgow 'Blue Train' heading for Helensburgh in the 1960s. Pic: Stuart Neville.
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Manchester's New Station: Piccadilly, 1960, painting by Claude Buckle, 1905-73 (National Railway Museum). #NorthernArt
September 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Manchester's New Station: Piccadilly, 1960, painting by Claude Buckle, 1905-73 (National Railway Museum). #NorthernArt
Class 31s galore at Mangapps Farm today!
August 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Class 31s galore at Mangapps Farm today!
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A rare, pre-war Ladybird book in my collection (circa 1930)
How can you not love the cover?
How can you not love the cover?
August 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A rare, pre-war Ladybird book in my collection (circa 1930)
How can you not love the cover?
How can you not love the cover?
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The modern world in old Ladybird books.
‘A modern signal box’
(The Story of Railways, 1961)
Artist: Robert Ayton
‘A modern signal box’
(The Story of Railways, 1961)
Artist: Robert Ayton
August 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The modern world in old Ladybird books.
‘A modern signal box’
(The Story of Railways, 1961)
Artist: Robert Ayton
‘A modern signal box’
(The Story of Railways, 1961)
Artist: Robert Ayton
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Part of History Day North, @jisc.bsky.social's ArchivesHub shared resources from the many catalogues they host, including ours, on the theme 'Railway 200' that celebrates 200 years of rail history. More here:
blog.archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/2025/07/16/f...
Poster from the ICOGRADA archive
ICO/3/14/166
blog.archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/2025/07/16/f...
Poster from the ICOGRADA archive
ICO/3/14/166
August 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Part of History Day North, @jisc.bsky.social's ArchivesHub shared resources from the many catalogues they host, including ours, on the theme 'Railway 200' that celebrates 200 years of rail history. More here:
blog.archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/2025/07/16/f...
Poster from the ICOGRADA archive
ICO/3/14/166
blog.archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/2025/07/16/f...
Poster from the ICOGRADA archive
ICO/3/14/166
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The modern world in old Ladybird books.
"Our roads are being improved in every way" (1966)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
(Our Land in the Making)
"Our roads are being improved in every way" (1966)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
(Our Land in the Making)
August 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The modern world in old Ladybird books.
"Our roads are being improved in every way" (1966)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
(Our Land in the Making)
"Our roads are being improved in every way" (1966)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
(Our Land in the Making)
Big little trains (and an interloper!) at the Spa Valley Railway diesel gala! 🛤️
August 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Big little trains (and an interloper!) at the Spa Valley Railway diesel gala! 🛤️
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“Under its modernisation plans, British Rail will replace all steam locomotives with diesel or electric”
(The Story of Railways, 1968)
Artist: Robert Ayton
(The Story of Railways, 1968)
Artist: Robert Ayton
August 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“Under its modernisation plans, British Rail will replace all steam locomotives with diesel or electric”
(The Story of Railways, 1968)
Artist: Robert Ayton
(The Story of Railways, 1968)
Artist: Robert Ayton
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The modern world in old Ladybird books.
The mail train, 1965
Artist: John Berry
(The Postman)
The mail train, 1965
Artist: John Berry
(The Postman)
August 4, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The modern world in old Ladybird books.
The mail train, 1965
Artist: John Berry
(The Postman)
The mail train, 1965
Artist: John Berry
(The Postman)
Made a friend at the allotment today (it’s a wasp spider apparently)! 🕷️
July 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Made a friend at the allotment today (it’s a wasp spider apparently)! 🕷️
Charity shop find in Cornwall @luketurner.bsky.social - so far so very good 👍😊
July 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Charity shop find in Cornwall @luketurner.bsky.social - so far so very good 👍😊
You’d think, in this day and age, that ants could march from one side of a yard to the other without bumping into each other 😂🤷♂️🐜
July 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
You’d think, in this day and age, that ants could march from one side of a yard to the other without bumping into each other 😂🤷♂️🐜
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Poster. Aage Rasmussen. 1937.
July 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Poster. Aage Rasmussen. 1937.
When did it become a thing to wear swimming trunks/shorts with underwear!?
July 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
When did it become a thing to wear swimming trunks/shorts with underwear!?