Lesley
@4jonboy.bsky.social
Hello, I'm a Yorkshire lass. I'm the daughter of a 56 Recce who served in WW2.
Retired/Married. Interested in all things WW2, especially the Italian Campaign.
Enjoy walking, reading and making cross stitch samplers
Retired/Married. Interested in all things WW2, especially the Italian Campaign.
Enjoy walking, reading and making cross stitch samplers
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Lesley
@4jonboy.bsky.social
· Jul 13
In WW2 my father was in Italy with the British 78th Division, and in July 1944 his unit was sent to Quassasin camp near Ismalia for some rest and recuperation. They had fought in North Africa, Sicily and Italy since November 1942.
Always remember, never forget.
Always remember, never forget.
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What's especially cool about this:
It's a funky cut through a crinoid column. We're seeing the two halves of the column in the top and bottom "teeth," and the right side "tooth" is the back half of the column.
It's a 3D visualization puzzle!
(Also creepy and cursed as all get-out.)
It's a funky cut through a crinoid column. We're seeing the two halves of the column in the top and bottom "teeth," and the right side "tooth" is the back half of the column.
It's a 3D visualization puzzle!
(Also creepy and cursed as all get-out.)
The identification of a 'smiling' object found on Holy Island in Northumberland has been confirmed by BGS senior paleontologist Jan Hennissen.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Smiling' fossil discovered in Northumberland
The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 4:14 PM
What's especially cool about this:
It's a funky cut through a crinoid column. We're seeing the two halves of the column in the top and bottom "teeth," and the right side "tooth" is the back half of the column.
It's a 3D visualization puzzle!
(Also creepy and cursed as all get-out.)
It's a funky cut through a crinoid column. We're seeing the two halves of the column in the top and bottom "teeth," and the right side "tooth" is the back half of the column.
It's a 3D visualization puzzle!
(Also creepy and cursed as all get-out.)
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I reckon the last time the son of a sovereign was taken into custody in Britain was the Duke of Monmouth in 1685.
February 19, 2026 at 10:21 AM
I reckon the last time the son of a sovereign was taken into custody in Britain was the Duke of Monmouth in 1685.
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This is heart breaking
We managed to see them close up on the Farne islands. They really are cheeky chappies up close
It will take some time for populations to recover from this ☹️☹️☹️
We managed to see them close up on the Farne islands. They really are cheeky chappies up close
It will take some time for populations to recover from this ☹️☹️☹️
Heartbreaking: Right now, thousands of Puffins are washing up along our coasts and further afield.
It is devastating to see.
These birds are Red-listed in the UK and already under serious pressure.
Mass deaths like this, known as a “seabird wreck”, can take years for colonies to recover from...
It is devastating to see.
These birds are Red-listed in the UK and already under serious pressure.
Mass deaths like this, known as a “seabird wreck”, can take years for colonies to recover from...
February 19, 2026 at 3:32 PM
This is heart breaking
We managed to see them close up on the Farne islands. They really are cheeky chappies up close
It will take some time for populations to recover from this ☹️☹️☹️
We managed to see them close up on the Farne islands. They really are cheeky chappies up close
It will take some time for populations to recover from this ☹️☹️☹️
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#EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #landscape #nature #artic #Lofoten #lofotenhighlights #lofotennorway #svinøyarorbuer #sápmi
February 17, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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This is the first I’ve read of the Trump administration’s order to stop commemorating the Black American soldiers in a US military cemetery in the Netherlands. My God, how sick, petty & vindictive, how all-consumed with racist hatred do you have to be to order that?
Many people died to defend a "multicultural economic zone." And then Donald Trump had their deaths hidden because he's a racist. www.military.com/daily-news/i...
February 16, 2026 at 7:30 AM
This is the first I’ve read of the Trump administration’s order to stop commemorating the Black American soldiers in a US military cemetery in the Netherlands. My God, how sick, petty & vindictive, how all-consumed with racist hatred do you have to be to order that?
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On a plateau above the River Ure in North Yorkshire stand the remarkable Thornborough Henges, three vast, identical Neolithic earthworks built around 2500 BC. Aligned north-west to south-east over more than 3 kilometres, each henge measures about 250 metres across The overall 1/6
February 15, 2026 at 7:44 AM
On a plateau above the River Ure in North Yorkshire stand the remarkable Thornborough Henges, three vast, identical Neolithic earthworks built around 2500 BC. Aligned north-west to south-east over more than 3 kilometres, each henge measures about 250 metres across The overall 1/6
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We're gonna win.
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 6:33 PM
We're gonna win.
At last, a 🥇 gold medal for GB. Matt Weston
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
February 13, 2026 at 9:04 PM
At last, a 🥇 gold medal for GB. Matt Weston
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
Sad to hear the awful news from Canada this morning.
My thoughts and prayers are with you 🙏.
My thoughts and prayers are with you 🙏.
February 11, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Sad to hear the awful news from Canada this morning.
My thoughts and prayers are with you 🙏.
My thoughts and prayers are with you 🙏.
John Virgo,'Voice of snooker' dies.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooke...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooke...
February 4, 2026 at 6:55 PM
John Virgo,'Voice of snooker' dies.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooke...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooke...
No surprise there, he's been allowed to quit the House of Lords
www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics
www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics
February 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM
No surprise there, he's been allowed to quit the House of Lords
www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics
www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics
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Think about how petty and despicable #maga bastards like #Hegseth are.
He spent time (getting paid by taxpayers) sitting there and thought..;
"How can we disrespect our dead veterans to benefit the regime? 🤔"
I'm not American obvs... But this pisses me off.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
He spent time (getting paid by taxpayers) sitting there and thought..;
"How can we disrespect our dead veterans to benefit the regime? 🤔"
I'm not American obvs... But this pisses me off.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 3, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Think about how petty and despicable #maga bastards like #Hegseth are.
He spent time (getting paid by taxpayers) sitting there and thought..;
"How can we disrespect our dead veterans to benefit the regime? 🤔"
I'm not American obvs... But this pisses me off.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
He spent time (getting paid by taxpayers) sitting there and thought..;
"How can we disrespect our dead veterans to benefit the regime? 🤔"
I'm not American obvs... But this pisses me off.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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What kind of people disrespect their OWN war dead?!
I mean, the American Republican party disrespected OUR war dead (that won't be forgotten, by the way) but to disrespect THEIR OWN as well!!
What kind of 'humans' are they?
I mean, the American Republican party disrespected OUR war dead (that won't be forgotten, by the way) but to disrespect THEIR OWN as well!!
What kind of 'humans' are they?
Think about how petty and despicable #maga bastards like #Hegseth are.
He spent time (getting paid by taxpayers) sitting there and thought..;
"How can we disrespect our dead veterans to benefit the regime? 🤔"
I'm not American obvs... But this pisses me off.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
He spent time (getting paid by taxpayers) sitting there and thought..;
"How can we disrespect our dead veterans to benefit the regime? 🤔"
I'm not American obvs... But this pisses me off.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 3, 2026 at 9:38 AM
What kind of people disrespect their OWN war dead?!
I mean, the American Republican party disrespected OUR war dead (that won't be forgotten, by the way) but to disrespect THEIR OWN as well!!
What kind of 'humans' are they?
I mean, the American Republican party disrespected OUR war dead (that won't be forgotten, by the way) but to disrespect THEIR OWN as well!!
What kind of 'humans' are they?
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Tennis star Fred Perry died on this day 1995, aged 85. Won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships 1934-6 and was World No 1 four years in a row. Born to a working-class family in Portwood, Stockport, where his father was a cotton spinner.
February 2, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Tennis star Fred Perry died on this day 1995, aged 85. Won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships 1934-6 and was World No 1 four years in a row. Born to a working-class family in Portwood, Stockport, where his father was a cotton spinner.
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Recently digitised; at an English port (poss Newhaven) British troops embark for service in France with the British Expeditionary Force. Filmed by Harry Rignold for the War Office in September 1939, preserved by IWM #filmcataloguing
Full film: AYY 1-2 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: AYY 1-2 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
February 2, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Recently digitised; at an English port (poss Newhaven) British troops embark for service in France with the British Expeditionary Force. Filmed by Harry Rignold for the War Office in September 1939, preserved by IWM #filmcataloguing
Full film: AYY 1-2 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: AYY 1-2 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
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‘It’s astonishing how well it has lasted’: Anglesey marks 200th anniversary of Thomas Telford’s Menai Bridge. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘It’s astonishing how well it has lasted’: Anglesey marks 200th anniversary of beloved bridge
Despite repair problems, its admirers say Thomas Telford’s Menai Bridge is good for another two centuries
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:56 PM
‘It’s astonishing how well it has lasted’: Anglesey marks 200th anniversary of Thomas Telford’s Menai Bridge. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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PERSON OF THE DAY. 21 January 1950. George Orwell (Eric Blair) died of TB (aged 46), His best known works were Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia. In 2008, The Times ranked him 2nd in “The 50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945” (behind Larkin).
January 21, 2026 at 9:27 AM
PERSON OF THE DAY. 21 January 1950. George Orwell (Eric Blair) died of TB (aged 46), His best known works were Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia. In 2008, The Times ranked him 2nd in “The 50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945” (behind Larkin).
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This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo