Charlotte
@fjar.bsky.social
Knitter & stitcher 🧶 | Historic sites volunteer 🏰 | Lapsed medievalist 📜 | Genealogy & local history 📖 #OnePlaceStudy | Metal 🎧 | Folklore 🖤 | she/her
Tonight's viewing (the former for the first time!) Have a delicious Halloween.
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Tonight's viewing (the former for the first time!) Have a delicious Halloween.
I want to enjoy #DestinationX but it's so confusing. Marketing it as 'mind-bending' doesn't excuse it being difficult to follow!
Also I'm salty about getting the destination right for episode 2 but not getting the badge, because I didn't put my pin exactly where the bus was parked..! 🤨
Also I'm salty about getting the destination right for episode 2 but not getting the badge, because I didn't put my pin exactly where the bus was parked..! 🤨
August 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I want to enjoy #DestinationX but it's so confusing. Marketing it as 'mind-bending' doesn't excuse it being difficult to follow!
Also I'm salty about getting the destination right for episode 2 but not getting the badge, because I didn't put my pin exactly where the bus was parked..! 🤨
Also I'm salty about getting the destination right for episode 2 but not getting the badge, because I didn't put my pin exactly where the bus was parked..! 🤨
On this day in 1795, a tax on hair powder came into effect, intended to help finance Britain's part in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_on...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_on...
May 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
On this day in 1795, a tax on hair powder came into effect, intended to help finance Britain's part in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_on...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_on...
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I share the deep disappointment in today's Supreme Court ruling, and the concerns about what this will mean for trans women going forward.
Today and every day, I stand in unwavering solidarity with the trans community.
We must never stop fighting for trans rights.
Today and every day, I stand in unwavering solidarity with the trans community.
We must never stop fighting for trans rights.
April 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I share the deep disappointment in today's Supreme Court ruling, and the concerns about what this will mean for trans women going forward.
Today and every day, I stand in unwavering solidarity with the trans community.
We must never stop fighting for trans rights.
Today and every day, I stand in unwavering solidarity with the trans community.
We must never stop fighting for trans rights.
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I must admit, I am rather surprised to learn that the Equality Act 2010 all but repealed the Gender Recognition Act 2004, and that it took until 2025 for anybody to notice.
April 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I must admit, I am rather surprised to learn that the Equality Act 2010 all but repealed the Gender Recognition Act 2004, and that it took until 2025 for anybody to notice.
Meet Sammy Paradise, the rag-and-bone man of North Bradley: theranknorthbradley.com/2025/04/14/p...
#OnePlaceStudy #OneStreetStudy
#OnePlaceStudy #OneStreetStudy
Paradise on The Rank
No, I don’t mean The Rank is heaven on Earth though I’m sure some previous or current residents would say so! The subject this post is one the occupiers of a house at the very end of th…
theranknorthbradley.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Meet Sammy Paradise, the rag-and-bone man of North Bradley: theranknorthbradley.com/2025/04/14/p...
#OnePlaceStudy #OneStreetStudy
#OnePlaceStudy #OneStreetStudy
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'Side Approach' Henry Bismuth, tempera on canvas, 1994/5.
March 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
'Side Approach' Henry Bismuth, tempera on canvas, 1994/5.
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Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
February 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
Post your favourite #DoctorWho, wrong answers only
January 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Post your favourite #DoctorWho, wrong answers only
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Every year's a leap year if you're easily startled
January 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Every year's a leap year if you're easily startled
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A few potential words of the day:
Joblijock: a disturber of domestic peace (small children, cantankerous uncles, etc).
Yule-hole: the furthest notch in your belt that you need to resort to at Christmas.
Confelicity: joy in other people’s happiness.
Merry Christmas.
December 25, 2024 at 8:40 AM
A few potential words of the day:
Joblijock: a disturber of domestic peace (small children, cantankerous uncles, etc).
Yule-hole: the furthest notch in your belt that you need to resort to at Christmas.
Confelicity: joy in other people’s happiness.
Merry Christmas.
A vision in mustard, on a sofa bed in the study. #DuvetKnowItsChristmas
December 24, 2024 at 7:59 PM
A vision in mustard, on a sofa bed in the study. #DuvetKnowItsChristmas
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Shout out to all the neurodivergents, heading into a week of over stimulation, no routine, sky high expectations, and non optional socialising.
I see you.
I see you.
December 23, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Shout out to all the neurodivergents, heading into a week of over stimulation, no routine, sky high expectations, and non optional socialising.
I see you.
I see you.
A festive story from my #OnePlaceStudy theranknorthbradley.com/2024/12/20/a...
A Christmas Wedding
Something festive for the end of the year! Amelia Kate Alford (known as Kate) was born in 1869, the youngest of eight children. The Alford family were a long-standing fixture on The Rank; John Alfo…
theranknorthbradley.com
December 20, 2024 at 11:22 PM
A festive story from my #OnePlaceStudy theranknorthbradley.com/2024/12/20/a...
The Bosnian War. It went on for a few years so I can't remember which part specifically, but it's the first international event I remember hearing about.
What’s the first major news story your remember as a child?
Mine is OJ Simpson
Mine is OJ Simpson
December 17, 2024 at 7:50 PM
The Bosnian War. It went on for a few years so I can't remember which part specifically, but it's the first international event I remember hearing about.
Just saw Conclave in the cinema. What an amazing-looking film. Unsettlingly intimate and tense, but an absolute treat.
December 6, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Just saw Conclave in the cinema. What an amazing-looking film. Unsettlingly intimate and tense, but an absolute treat.
In the latest of my adventures in taking photos on film, I took my camera to Rievaulx Abbey. I had mixed levels of success, but I particularly like this one!
November 15, 2024 at 5:35 PM
In the latest of my adventures in taking photos on film, I took my camera to Rievaulx Abbey. I had mixed levels of success, but I particularly like this one!
I've been doing a #OnePlaceStudy on The Rank, a collection of houses in North Bradley, Wiltshire. I came across a name scribbled into the gap between two rows on the 1861 census and did a bit of digging. I uncovered a tragic, but not uncommon, story.
theranknorthbradley.com/2024/10/25/f...
theranknorthbradley.com/2024/10/25/f...
From The Rank to the railway: the short life of Fred Bennett
On the 1861 census, a young woman called Jane Bennett is recorded as the head of a household, living in a house on The Rank along with two other ‘households’. At first glance, it’…
theranknorthbradley.com
November 13, 2024 at 7:52 PM
I've been doing a #OnePlaceStudy on The Rank, a collection of houses in North Bradley, Wiltshire. I came across a name scribbled into the gap between two rows on the 1861 census and did a bit of digging. I uncovered a tragic, but not uncommon, story.
theranknorthbradley.com/2024/10/25/f...
theranknorthbradley.com/2024/10/25/f...
So this came to an end recently when I was driving and Long Dark Night came on the radio. It was just so good, so I looked at the screen and saw 'Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds'. I had a ridiculous moment of "oh no! that thing is now not a thing!", then just sat back and enjoyed it. Wow I've missed out.
I am quite confident that I would really, really, enjoy Nick Cave's music.
However I am equally confident that I have never, ever, knowingly heard any of his music.
So now it's become a weird thing where I have to always actively avoid it, so I don't lose my 'streak'. Make it make sense.
However I am equally confident that I have never, ever, knowingly heard any of his music.
So now it's become a weird thing where I have to always actively avoid it, so I don't lose my 'streak'. Make it make sense.
Who is a band/artist that based on your musical taste you should really like but just don't?
November 13, 2024 at 6:53 PM
So this came to an end recently when I was driving and Long Dark Night came on the radio. It was just so good, so I looked at the screen and saw 'Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds'. I had a ridiculous moment of "oh no! that thing is now not a thing!", then just sat back and enjoyed it. Wow I've missed out.
Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers gave us one of the greatest villains of all time, but it ALSO shows an accurate representation of knitting, something even live-action films don't always manage!
December 30, 2023 at 5:49 PM
Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers gave us one of the greatest villains of all time, but it ALSO shows an accurate representation of knitting, something even live-action films don't always manage!
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 23.
‘Mam Tor’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Mam Tor’
Artist: SR Badmin
December 23, 2023 at 7:56 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 23.
‘Mam Tor’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Mam Tor’
Artist: SR Badmin
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Everyone says I look like the back of a boat.
*stern face*
*stern face*
November 12, 2023 at 7:12 PM
Everyone says I look like the back of a boat.
*stern face*
*stern face*
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Beyoncé implies the existence of the French verb Beyoncer, with the conjugation je Beyonce, tu Beyonces, nous Beyonçons, etc.
November 2, 2023 at 4:56 PM
Beyoncé implies the existence of the French verb Beyoncer, with the conjugation je Beyonce, tu Beyonces, nous Beyonçons, etc.
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Check your kids' candy tonight. I just checked mine, and someone had put their housemate's cold breakfast plums into the bucket. Unbelievable.
October 31, 2023 at 9:51 PM
Check your kids' candy tonight. I just checked mine, and someone had put their housemate's cold breakfast plums into the bucket. Unbelievable.