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Cheshire Local History Association
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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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Delamere Forest postcard, c1910
Sticking with an Autumnal feel, this wonderful #postcard by S. Hildesheimer & Co Ltd gives a view of Vale Royal, Delamere Forest. No artist name given, the original is likely an oil painting, still lovely.
#Cheshire #postcards #autumn #DelamereForest
A colour postcard in landscape format. It uses autumnal hues of red and orange to show a view across a lovely landscape. Sigmund Hildesheimer & Co produced it, the artist is not given, sadly.
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katecelyn.bsky.social
Daily #Wales definitely harking back to summer before going out to see what damage Storm Claudia has caused …
Sunset on the beach, empty of all but a few birds by the shoreline. The sky is shades of lemon yellow and the mountains across the bay look very close.
November 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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stephengrae.bsky.social
Cat Bells is one of our most popular Fells, its name may derive from 'cat bields', shelter of the wildcat; sadly extinct in the region since the 16th century

more: 'Folklore of the Lake District'
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/

#caturday #folklore #lakedistrict
📷 Tony Hamblin
Tony Hamblin's photograph of a Scottish Wildcat
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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clha.bsky.social
Delamere Forest postcard, c1910
Sticking with an Autumnal feel, this wonderful #postcard by S. Hildesheimer & Co Ltd gives a view of Vale Royal, Delamere Forest. No artist name given, the original is likely an oil painting, still lovely.
#Cheshire #postcards #autumn #DelamereForest
A colour postcard in landscape format. It uses autumnal hues of red and orange to show a view across a lovely landscape. Sigmund Hildesheimer & Co produced it, the artist is not given, sadly.
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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misshistoryg2.bsky.social
Bridge over the canal, Chester
Hello Friday folk! Here's a photograph of a cyclist on a bridge that crosses the Shropshire Union canal at Chester from 2021. Have a great day! 🚴
#Scape #cityscape #canals #Chester #Cheshire #reflections #PhotoOfTheDay #monochrome #HappyMemories
A black and white photograph in landscape format. It shows a canal scene in a city with a cyclist crossing a metal bridge. On both sides of the canal are old red brick buildings, a large canal boat is on the left, a towpath seen on the right and some nice reflections.
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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groomb.bsky.social
Gorton Monastery, Manchester, 1915 (Manchester Libraries).
November 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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misshistoryg2.bsky.social
Canal Boat Diaries, by Robbie Cumming
Lovely slow TV show while Robbie navigates the canals of the UK. He also writes and plays the gentle backing music. If you haven't seen it, it's a delight! BBC4 and I-Player, I think. 🎵🎶🎵
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision #ClassicMono #canals #Cheshire
A black and white photograph in landscape format. It shows a canal passing through rural countryside and a canal narrowboat about to go under Bridge 111 at Bickerton, Cheshire on the Shropshire Union Canal.
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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groomb.bsky.social
Road to Mum, by Manchester-based artist Jen Orpin. #WomensArt
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
clha.bsky.social
Delamere Forest postcard, c1910
Sticking with an Autumnal feel, this wonderful #postcard by S. Hildesheimer & Co Ltd gives a view of Vale Royal, Delamere Forest. No artist name given, the original is likely an oil painting, still lovely.
#Cheshire #postcards #autumn #DelamereForest
A colour postcard in landscape format. It uses autumnal hues of red and orange to show a view across a lovely landscape. Sigmund Hildesheimer & Co produced it, the artist is not given, sadly.
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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britwarmemorial.bsky.social
Galston war memorial. War Memorial Park, Galston, East Ayrshire. First and Second World Wars. #LestWeForget
Galston war memorial.
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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ruth-w.bsky.social
Dramatic skies over the old tower of St Hilary, Wallasey, after a dull, wet afternoon. #Wirral #Photography
Sunset over a graveyard and church tower.
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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rwldproject.bsky.social
Well worth coming along to this public lecture if you can make it - from my @uophistory.bsky.social friend & colleague, @karlbell.bsky.social!

👇
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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misshistoryg2.bsky.social
Remembering the village men lost in wars of the past.
We will never forget them ❤️❤️❤️
#Kelsall #Cheshire #RemembranceSunday
misshistoryg2.bsky.social Miss History G, Linda @misshistoryg2.bsky.social · 11d
Village Remembrance, Red Poppies
The village folk commemorated Remembrance Sunday in November 2018 by making, knitting and crocheting hundreds of red poppies to decorate the entrance, path and gravestones at #Kelsall, #Cheshire.
#ColorADay #RedWed #Remembrance2025 #churches #poppies #EastCoastKin
A colour photograph in landscape format. It shows a path leading to the entrance of a village church. Lining the path are hundreds of red poppies on stalks, some more climb up the side of the entrance porch to the apex. A colour photograph in portrait format. It shows a Commonwealth War Graves headstone in the graveyard dedicated to Lance Corporal W Stokes of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers who died in 1919, age 26. He was a resident of Kelsall, as was his family. There is a group of handmade poppies in front of the headstone.
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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misshistoryg2.bsky.social
Canal Bridge, Cheshire
This wide swing bridge at the canal at Whitegate, near #Northwich cast some lovely shadow on a bright day in March 2021
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows #canals #bridges #winterlandscape #Stunday #Cheshire
A black and white photograph in landscape format. The central feature is a wide swing bridge, one of a pair, that cross this canal on the Weaver Navigation in Cheshire. Painted black and white, it stands out very nicely, as do thr brick buildings and lamp posts. Across the canals is a view of winter trees.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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iansaxby.bsky.social
Been for a swim and now having a mooch around the CH3 before the rain arrives. #Chester.
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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archaeohistories.bsky.social
Isle of Man 🇮🇲 isn't part of Britain, it has its own parliament called 'Tynwald', the world’s oldest continuous legislature dating back over 1000 years.

Despite being situated between England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales it has its own language, flag, currency and distinct Norse-Celtic culture.
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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ancestralenq.bsky.social
The story of Sergeant Ghulam Hussain who fought in WW2 who didn't receive the Burma Star & other medals until 50 years after WW2 ended 👇
BBC News - Son's tribute to father who served in British Indian Army - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Son's tribute to father who served in British Indian Army
Mashuq Hussain from Colne says he is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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eicathomefinn.bsky.social
'British Asian families are being urged to record the experiences of relatives who fought for Britain for “future generations” as data reveals half the British public don’t know that Indian members of the armed forces served in the second world war.' 1/2
British Asian families urged to share stories of ‘greatest generation’ who fought for Britain
Half of UK public unaware of contribution made by 2.5m British Asian members of armed forces who served in second world war
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
“In late October tall bracken fronds are turning from russet to golden yellow, and the colours blend with fungi, the pheasants and the spindle-tree berries.”
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
An autumn scene with two pheasants, a tree stump and fungi
November 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
“A tawny owl is looking down from its high vantage point at the great bonfire”
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
The viewpoint of this picture is the owl’s as it looks down from a great height at the brightly burning bonfire
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
Other work by the Ladybird artists
Red Squirrel
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
A pair of squirrels pose with great drama high up on a branch of scots pine.
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
I bought these old RSPB magazines for their CF Tunnicliffe cover pictures. They look so good together (with that delicious typeface!)
12 different RSPB magazines called ‘bird notes’ laid out in a grid to show the bird illustrations on the front
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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researchdogsbody.bsky.social
The setting for my talk, 'Country Seats & Sporting Feats', at #TableyHouse this week, very grand, and some of the sporting items that were displayed from the archive to go along with the theme of my talk. Enjoyed it very much and delighted to have been asked back

#FamilyHistory
#SportsHistory
The Gallery at Tabley House in Cheshire, 18th and 19th century paintings on the walls and book cases housing a lot of the Tabley historical library Some sport related items from the house archives, ice skates, tennis racket and apron
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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stelingard.bsky.social
Roman actor's mask found at Stockton Heath, near #Warrington, in 1869. It is perhaps the most striking item found associated with the Wilderspool site, along what is now the A49, a little south of the Mersey. Now in Warrington Museum.
#RomanSiteSaturday #Theatre #Cheshire #RomanBritain
📷 my own
A ceramic face mask, with holes for eyes, nostrils and mouth. Part of the forehead and an eye socket are missing, due to damage. It is on display in a museum case.
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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fhsofcheshire.bsky.social
. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

Huge tranche of WWI updates to titles across the country including for #Cheshire and surrounds

#𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤 #𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐩 #𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝s #𝐔𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐱𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 #𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 & #𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 #𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐧

As many screenshots as I could add with #AltText as always
BNA updates Part 1 - Yarmouth Mercury 1915, 1917-1918; Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser 1914; Winsford & Middlewich Guardian 1916-1918; Willesden Chronicle 1915-1918; Whitehaven Advertiser and Cleator Moor and Egremont Observer 1915, 1919; Western Express 1917-1919; West Cumberland Times 1915, 1917; Waterford Standard 1920; Warminster & Westbury Journal 1914-1918; Warder and Dublin Weekly Mail 1918-1919; Walthamstow and Leyton Guardian 1918-1919 ; Uttoxeter Advertiser and Ashbourne Times 1915-1916 BNA Part 2 - Tyrone Courier 1914-1918; Tottenham and Edmonton Weekly Herald 1917; The World 1914-1916; St Marylebone and Paddington Record 1914-1919; Southern Times and Dorset County Herald 1916, 1920; Skegness Herald 1914-1916; Salisbury and Winchester Journal 1916-1918; Roscommon Herald 1914-1919; Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette 1914-1920; Pontypool Free Press 1914-1918; Peterhead Sentinel and General Advertiser for Buchan District 1914; Pearson's Weekly 1918. BNA PAart 3 - Pawnbrokers' Gazette 1914-1919; Orcadian 1917-1918; Offaly Independent 1914-1918; North Devon Gazette 1914-1918; Norfolk News 1914-1918; Newtownards Chronicle & Co. Down Observer 1914-1918; Midland Free Press 1914-1915; Loughborough Herald & North Leicetershire Gazette 1916; Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 1914-1917; Leominster News and North West Herefordshire & Radnorshire 1914-1918; Kings County Chronicle 1914-1920; Jewish World 1917. BNA PArt 4 - Islington Gazette 1918; Isle of Wight County Press 1914-1918; Irish Society (Dublin) 1917-1918; Irish Independent 1916; Irish Homestead 1916; Horwich Chronicle 1914-1916; Harrogate Advertiser and Weekly List of the Visitors 1918-1920; Hants and Berks Gazette and Middlesex and Surrey Journal 1914-1918; Hampstead & Highgate Express 1914-1918; Haltwhistle Echo 1902; Glossop-dale Chronicle and North Derbyshire Reporter 1917-1918; Finchley Press 1914-1918.
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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northages.bsky.social
Nov 7: Feast of Willibrord (658-739). Northumbrian who studied at Hrypis (Ripon) and Ráith Melsigi (Clonmesh, Ireland). He evangelised in Frisia and became archbishop of the Frisians in 695 with a see at Traiectum (Utrecht). He founded a monastery at Echternach, Luxembourg. 📸Rp #medievalsky
Statue of St Willibrord in Echternach.
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM