Fairylight
@ericbearshug.bsky.social
Mancunian. Keen interest in all things WW1. Lover of loud music. Mum to Eric Bear. Womb cancer survivor. Refugee from the other place.
No DMs as I'm not happy about doing this identification stuff.
No DMs as I'm not happy about doing this identification stuff.
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You cant parachute asylum seekers into deprived areas, in completely inappropriate housing, then say those migrants are 'dividing our country'. You divided the country because you can't organise a basic service and process claims in a timely way
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
You cant parachute asylum seekers into deprived areas, in completely inappropriate housing, then say those migrants are 'dividing our country'. You divided the country because you can't organise a basic service and process claims in a timely way
Thanks - they are like little cow bells
November 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Thanks - they are like little cow bells
@gardenstuff.bsky.social we found some new (to us) cyclamen at the garden centre - behind Eric - Cyclamen Wind Bell 😍
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
@gardenstuff.bsky.social we found some new (to us) cyclamen at the garden centre - behind Eric - Cyclamen Wind Bell 😍
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We need your help.
If anything I’ve shared has inspired you to plant something, help wildlife, or start a small project, would you send me a couple of lines and a photo of what you did?
It’ll help us show that ordinary gardens can make a difference. 🌱🦋🌎
If anything I’ve shared has inspired you to plant something, help wildlife, or start a small project, would you send me a couple of lines and a photo of what you did?
It’ll help us show that ordinary gardens can make a difference. 🌱🦋🌎
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We need your help.
If anything I’ve shared has inspired you to plant something, help wildlife, or start a small project, would you send me a couple of lines and a photo of what you did?
It’ll help us show that ordinary gardens can make a difference. 🌱🦋🌎
If anything I’ve shared has inspired you to plant something, help wildlife, or start a small project, would you send me a couple of lines and a photo of what you did?
It’ll help us show that ordinary gardens can make a difference. 🌱🦋🌎
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Squishy bear is finished. I’ve added lavender I dried from the garden to the stuffing so he smells lovely.
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Squishy bear is finished. I’ve added lavender I dried from the garden to the stuffing so he smells lovely.
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Let's shift our priorities towards the things that will protect our planet - our HOME 🏠 🐝
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Let's shift our priorities towards the things that will protect our planet - our HOME 🏠 🐝
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Aleister Crowley Reads Occult Poetry in the Only Known Recordings of His Voice (1920)
Aleister Crowley Reads Occult Poetry in the Only Known Recordings of His Voice (1920)
Image by Jules Jacot Guillarmod, via Wikimedia Commons
In 2016, we brought you a rather strange story about the rivalry between poet William Butler Yeats and magician Aleister Crowley.
www.openculture.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Aleister Crowley Reads Occult Poetry in the Only Known Recordings of His Voice (1920)
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My dad was a crime reporter on the Luton News in 1975.
Just a couple of the highlights from just one page of a British Newspaper Archive search 😆
Just a couple of the highlights from just one page of a British Newspaper Archive search 😆
November 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
My dad was a crime reporter on the Luton News in 1975.
Just a couple of the highlights from just one page of a British Newspaper Archive search 😆
Just a couple of the highlights from just one page of a British Newspaper Archive search 😆
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What kind of fucking tool just carries on an interview with Sooty and Sweep on his shoulders?
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What kind of fucking tool just carries on an interview with Sooty and Sweep on his shoulders?
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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Good morning. This week's theme is London at War.
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'London and Wartime: Nocturne' (1918) by Sir Claude Francis Barry
(Private collection)
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'London and Wartime: Nocturne' (1918) by Sir Claude Francis Barry
(Private collection)
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Good morning. This week's theme is London at War.
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'London and Wartime: Nocturne' (1918) by Sir Claude Francis Barry
(Private collection)
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'London and Wartime: Nocturne' (1918) by Sir Claude Francis Barry
(Private collection)
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This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
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It is ‘that’ time of year again!
Tickets for our annual ‘Trenches by Twilight’ event are now on sale. Hear the story of the 1914 Christmas Truce with Taff Gillingham as we make our way through the Trenches by the light of our lanterns.
10th-13th December. For tickets:
www.greatwarhuts.org/events
Tickets for our annual ‘Trenches by Twilight’ event are now on sale. Hear the story of the 1914 Christmas Truce with Taff Gillingham as we make our way through the Trenches by the light of our lanterns.
10th-13th December. For tickets:
www.greatwarhuts.org/events
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It is ‘that’ time of year again!
Tickets for our annual ‘Trenches by Twilight’ event are now on sale. Hear the story of the 1914 Christmas Truce with Taff Gillingham as we make our way through the Trenches by the light of our lanterns.
10th-13th December. For tickets:
www.greatwarhuts.org/events
Tickets for our annual ‘Trenches by Twilight’ event are now on sale. Hear the story of the 1914 Christmas Truce with Taff Gillingham as we make our way through the Trenches by the light of our lanterns.
10th-13th December. For tickets:
www.greatwarhuts.org/events
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Hey Keir Starmer, you’re talking about “tough choices” in this month's budget, how about just getting TOUGH on BILLIONAIRES?
Jim Ratcliffe owns almost a third of the UK’s MOST FAMOUS football team. Yet he “moved’ to Monaco to avoid paying £4 BILLION in tax.
📍Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester
Jim Ratcliffe owns almost a third of the UK’s MOST FAMOUS football team. Yet he “moved’ to Monaco to avoid paying £4 BILLION in tax.
📍Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Hey Keir Starmer, you’re talking about “tough choices” in this month's budget, how about just getting TOUGH on BILLIONAIRES?
Jim Ratcliffe owns almost a third of the UK’s MOST FAMOUS football team. Yet he “moved’ to Monaco to avoid paying £4 BILLION in tax.
📍Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester
Jim Ratcliffe owns almost a third of the UK’s MOST FAMOUS football team. Yet he “moved’ to Monaco to avoid paying £4 BILLION in tax.
📍Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Time for the next @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Maps blog from @stuartackland.bsky.social taking us back to the First World War & a close look at trench maps. What are these unusual numbered circles? Learn more at: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/
@bcsmaps.bsky.social @westernfrontww1.bsky.social
@bcsmaps.bsky.social @westernfrontww1.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Time for the next @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Maps blog from @stuartackland.bsky.social taking us back to the First World War & a close look at trench maps. What are these unusual numbered circles? Learn more at: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/
@bcsmaps.bsky.social @westernfrontww1.bsky.social
@bcsmaps.bsky.social @westernfrontww1.bsky.social
The hug are wearing their poppies and ready for Remembrance Sunday as Grandad tells them about the Lancashire Fusiliers.
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The hug are wearing their poppies and ready for Remembrance Sunday as Grandad tells them about the Lancashire Fusiliers.
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Hey up lovely people, ok, ok I know @gailmyerscough.co.uk is the Missus Wife but she’s an incredible talent and works double-double hard. Please have a look, pur-chase or simply spread the word 👍👊 xx
It's been a very quiet week.
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Hey up lovely people, ok, ok I know @gailmyerscough.co.uk is the Missus Wife but she’s an incredible talent and works double-double hard. Please have a look, pur-chase or simply spread the word 👍👊 xx
Postbox topper Timperley, Cheshire @remembrancewatch.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Postbox topper Timperley, Cheshire @remembrancewatch.bsky.social
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As the rather good alt text in the original post observes, that's, erm, somewhat phallic.
Keep a stiff uppe... Never mind.
Keep a stiff uppe... Never mind.
I miss the Giant Poppy Watch Twitter account. This is outstanding. Or should that be upstanding 🤔
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
As the rather good alt text in the original post observes, that's, erm, somewhat phallic.
Keep a stiff uppe... Never mind.
Keep a stiff uppe... Never mind.
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Terry’s of York’s famous Chocolate Orange was born in 1932. Its Chocolate Apple, launched in 1926 (which apparently didn't taste of apple), was discontinued in 1954 to allow more Oranges to be produced.
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Terry’s of York’s famous Chocolate Orange was born in 1932. Its Chocolate Apple, launched in 1926 (which apparently didn't taste of apple), was discontinued in 1954 to allow more Oranges to be produced.
One for you @moleymole.bsky.social
Ideal staycation for industrial and railway history buffs.
Postcard from Manchester: a Landmark Trust retreat at the heart of railway history
A house that was at the centre of the 19th-century rail revolution can now be yours for the weekend
www.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
One for you @moleymole.bsky.social