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A gathering of societies with an interest in and an understanding of the history of Cheshire. Reposts are not endorsements.
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Cheshire Lines Poster
Cheshire Lines Railway was formed in 1860s. There are some brilliant #railway posters for the company, very attractive and good for promoting travel in NW England. This one is from the Science Museum Group Collection.
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#Localhistory #posters #Cheshire
The Cheshire Lines Railway evolved to include the Great Northern, Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire, and Midland Railways to create a unified network connecting Liverpool, Manchester, and Cheshire, with its main line opening in 1877. This poster would have been displayed in stations.
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stephengrae.bsky.social
Brilliant documentary that explores the role that mosses have played in the Earth's evolution - the magical world of moss
BBC Four - The Magical World of Moss
How science is only beginning to unlock the secrets and potential of an amazing plant.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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chesterarchsoc.bsky.social
'Pompeii – Ephesus – Hawkedon: Gladiators at the British Museum and Beyond' - An online talk tonight, 22 Jan, by Dr Anna Willi of the British Museum, to finish the Gladiators of Britain exhibition at the Grosvenor Museum. See events.westcheshiremuseums.co.uk/event/pompei... for more info and booking
Pompeii - Ephesus - Hawkedon: Gladiators at the British Museum and Beyond | Events
On-line Event Join British Museum Curator Dr Anna Willi for a captivating journey through the archaeology of gladiatorial spectacles and learn what armour, gravestones and even oil lamps reveal about ...
events.westcheshiremuseums.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
Artist CF Tunnicliffe first came to prominence with his wood engraving illustrations for Henry Williamson’s book Tarka the Otter, 1933
A copy of the front cover of the puffin version of Tarka, dating from the early 1970s
January 20, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
Other work of the Ladybird artists.
‘Goldfinch’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
A cluster of goldfinch tackle some very fluffy thistle heads
January 21, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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chesterarchsoc.bsky.social
Many thanks to Prof Tim Grady of the University of Chester for a thought-provoking and touching talk tonight on the reburial of German war dead in the UK in 1962/3.
January 21, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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prehistoricwirral.bsky.social
Burton Point is an #IronAge promontory fort on the southern end of the peninsula. They are regarded as high status settlements. It is similar to hill forts found on rocky coasts of Cornwall, Wales and the Isle of Man, and rare nationally. #hillfortswednesday #Archaeology #Wirral
January 21, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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chiddickstree.bsky.social
I wonder what new and exciting discoveries will be made this morning at the @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social research centre!
#Cheshire #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
January 19, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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misshistoryg2.bsky.social
Book of Engravings
One of my favourite secondhand #books is a collection of engravings from the 18th & 19th centuries of #Cheshire. This is a beauty, "The Crosses at #Sandbach" by W. Alexander, 1810. The actual crosses are magnificent, too.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks #engravings #localhistory
A black and white engraving in landscape format. It shows a view entitled "Crosses at Sandbach", the artist was W. Alexander FSA and the engraver was J. Byrne. It shows one of the Saxon crosses on a worn stone plinth. Behind it are timber framed buildings (which are still there now) in the Market Place.
January 18, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
‘Footprints in the snow’
What to look for in Winter, 1959
Artist: CFTunnicliffe
Heavy snow has fallen in Woodland and two rabbits are chewing the bark of a tree in their hunger. With little food, an owl flies past hunting in daylight
January 18, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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prehistoricwirral.bsky.social
A murmuration of Oystercatchers. Swirling low above the water of the Dee Estuary before settling down on the sands to feed.
#SuperSeabirdSunday #Wirral #Sundayvibes
January 18, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
“To the left of the stile a hawthorn tree, bent by the prevailing wind, has a rich harvest of berries”.
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
January 4, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
‘The cowman’
What to Look for in Winter, 1959
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
The cow man stands on a cart and is forking kale for the rough coated cattle to eat
January 15, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
Other work of the Ladybird artists
‘Thaw’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Close up of a robin perched on a Hawthorn twig in Winter surrounded by jewel-like drops of water. I think this was produced for an RSPB Christmas card
January 17, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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stelingard.bsky.social
English Bridge and the United Reformed Church, #Shrewsbury. The bridge is the historic eastern route into and from the city, with the Benedictine Monastery (of #Cadfael fame, now Shrewsbury Abbey) a few hundred yards down the road to the right. #SteepleSaturday #RiverSevern #Shropshire
📷 My own
The view along the River Severn to an 18th century bridge, with a church on the far bank at the right hand end of the bridge. The water is still and mirror-like, reflecting the bridge, steeple and clouds above. The bridge was rebuilt in the 20th century, re-using the original materials.
January 17, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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misshistoryg2.bsky.social
Ladybird Set, 1959-61
A favourite set of #Ladybird books from my collection. Text by E L Grant Watson, & fantastic #drawings by C F Tunnicliffe R.A. Three of my set have the original dustcovers, & look what was underneath! The best 2/6 you could spend in the 1960s!
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks
A colour picture in portrait format. It shows four small rectangular books from the children's Ladybird series. The illustrations by Charles Tunnicliffe are beautiful, works of art. Tunnicliffe used his local surroundings in Cheshire as inspiration. The set comprises "What to look for in" Spring/Summer/Autumn and Winter. A colour picture in portrait format. It shows four small rectangular books from the children's Ladybird series. The illustrations by Charles Tunnicliffe are beautiful, works of art. Tunnicliffe used his local surroundings in Cheshire as inspiration. The set comprises "What to look for in" Spring/Summer/Autumn and Winter. Three of these have loose dustjackets with this gorgeous tree in the season.
January 14, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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stelingard.bsky.social
Good morning from the #RiverWeaver, near #Northwich. #Cheshire
January 14, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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misshistoryg2.bsky.social
Heavy Tomes!
Hello Tuesday! Three wonderful volumes of Ormerod's History of Cheshire, 2nd edition, 1882 in splendid original covers. They are part of the collection at Cheshire Archives & Local Studies. More info in ALT text below.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks #localhistory #Cheshire
A colour photograph in portrait format. It shows three large volumes on a white shelf with green leather covers and gold lettering. I took this photograph for a talk I was involved in about the life of George Ormerod, the historian, in 2016. The archive is closed at the moment for the building of new archive centres in Cheshire.
January 13, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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From the contribution of the Global South to the development of human rights to making history: writing Scotland’s post-reformation, the Trust Board awards twenty-seven fellowships for research in the humanities and social sciences. www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/major-r...
Black background with gold swirls. Twenty-seven fellowships awarded to researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a piece of original research. Leverhulme Trust logo and URL leverhulme.ac.uk/news.
January 13, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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Sunday Snippets, 11 January 2026 www.birkenhead.news/sunday-snipp...
Sunday Snippets, 11 January 2026
Welcome to Sunday Snippets, a weekly feature from Birkenhead News. It is a round-up of the important local news stories you may have missed over the last seven days. Click…
www.birkenhead.news
January 11, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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prehistoricwirral.bsky.social
🪨Giant mystery: a Palaeolithic giant handaxe from Wirral. Read more 👀📖➡️ prehistoricwirral.com/giant-handax...
#Archaeology #Palaeolithic #Prehistory #Lithics #Gianthandaxe #Wirral
January 11, 2026 at 11:10 AM
clha.bsky.social
Cheshire Lines Poster
Cheshire Lines Railway was formed in 1860s. There are some brilliant #railway posters for the company, very attractive and good for promoting travel in NW England. This one is from the Science Museum Group Collection.
tinyurl.com/yj5wjfsy

#Localhistory #posters #Cheshire
The Cheshire Lines Railway evolved to include the Great Northern, Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire, and Midland Railways to create a unified network connecting Liverpool, Manchester, and Cheshire, with its main line opening in 1877. This poster would have been displayed in stations.
January 11, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
‘At the edge of the mere’

Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Winter, 1959)
Under a leaden sky, ducks are huddled together on a partially frozen silvery lake surrounded by reeds and bull rushes
January 11, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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davelifelines.bsky.social
While giving my talk on Crime & Punishment last night it occurred to me what a great source the witness statements found in the Quarter Sessions records are for the voices of 'ordinary' people. It's not often you get to hear them, particularly when it comes to 19th Century working class women.
Witness statement (deposition) of Sarah Stacey, cook in trial of William Wrenn, accused of receiving stolen goods (i.e. a leg of mutton). Hertfordshire Archives & Local Studies reference QSR 52 #119 Witness statement (deposition) of Mary Batt of Layston, Hertfordshire in trial of John Shadd, Thomas Patman and Edward Haycock, accused of stealing lead from the roof of Buntingford Church. Hertfordshire Archives & Local Studies reference QSR 63 #373
January 9, 2026 at 9:41 AM