1418 Chris
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I run The Long, Long Trail. Brummie then Lichfeldian and then whatever people who live in Leamington Spa are called. Alum of Unis of Nottingham and Birmingham.
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It's almost as if years of relentless media saturation bombing of flat-out lies, demonisation and blaming don't help the public to understand what is actually happening.
January 10, 2026 at 4:40 PM
It's almost as if years of relentless media saturation bombing of flat-out lies, demonisation and blaming don't help the public to understand what is actually happening.
Amazing to think that my great-great-grandfather Charles Smith was one of the victims of this. What a baker from Derby was doing in Norfolk VA I still have no idea. His wife and children were still at home in England. #genealogy encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/epid...
The Norfolk and Portsmouth Yellow Fever Epidemic - Encyclopedia Virginia
The Epidemic Arrives Market Square, Norfolk In 1855, Norfolk was a prosperous city of some 16,000 residents with one of the busiest harbors on the East Coast, five large hotels, five newspapers, and e...
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January 10, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Amazing to think that my great-great-grandfather Charles Smith was one of the victims of this. What a baker from Derby was doing in Norfolk VA I still have no idea. His wife and children were still at home in England. #genealogy encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/epid...
Rare as hen's teeth. #ww1 #supplyanddemand
January 10, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Rare as hen's teeth. #ww1 #supplyanddemand
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I, for one, cannot understand why men like Rupert Lowe are opposed to banning X, despite it assisting sex offenders, paying people to invite the foreign powers to invade the U.K, and allowing state-sponsored cyber warfare against our democracy.
It's a real mystery...🤔
It's a real mystery...🤔
January 9, 2026 at 9:35 AM
I, for one, cannot understand why men like Rupert Lowe are opposed to banning X, despite it assisting sex offenders, paying people to invite the foreign powers to invade the U.K, and allowing state-sponsored cyber warfare against our democracy.
It's a real mystery...🤔
It's a real mystery...🤔
Long overdue
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Long overdue
Ten years ago today I was an emergency admission to hospital. The day my original life ended, and NHS began process of giving me a new one, or at least buying me some time. #plasmacytoma, something I had never heard of, was found to be the cause.
January 7, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Ten years ago today I was an emergency admission to hospital. The day my original life ended, and NHS began process of giving me a new one, or at least buying me some time. #plasmacytoma, something I had never heard of, was found to be the cause.
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How totally predictable. Anyone curious about voting for Reform should pay close attention to what is happening at the various councils they run and just how many promises they are breaking
January 6, 2026 at 10:45 AM
How totally predictable. Anyone curious about voting for Reform should pay close attention to what is happening at the various councils they run and just how many promises they are breaking
My maternal grandmother's 130th birthday today. #genealogy Had she not died in 1978, there would have been quite a party today.
January 6, 2026 at 8:29 AM
My maternal grandmother's 130th birthday today. #genealogy Had she not died in 1978, there would have been quite a party today.
Do you get annoyed when the wrong 'un says "no comment" to every police question? That's how I'm feeling about UK response to Trump's actual and threatened foreign adventures.
January 5, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Do you get annoyed when the wrong 'un says "no comment" to every police question? That's how I'm feeling about UK response to Trump's actual and threatened foreign adventures.
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Under the Treason Felony Act 1848, it is a crime punishable by life imprisonment to intimidate parliament or encourage any foreign power to invade the U.K.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
January 5, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Under the Treason Felony Act 1848, it is a crime punishable by life imprisonment to intimidate parliament or encourage any foreign power to invade the U.K.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
I am tending to think that 2026 isn't going to be too great for the world.
January 4, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I am tending to think that 2026 isn't going to be too great for the world.
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Just a reminder: Reform UK is one of the largest foreign influence operations that the Russian intelligence services have ever run
January 2, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Just a reminder: Reform UK is one of the largest foreign influence operations that the Russian intelligence services have ever run
Good job they never gave him the Nobel Peace Prize, eh?
January 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Good job they never gave him the Nobel Peace Prize, eh?
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🥳 Welcome to the Public Domain: creative works from 1930 & sound recordings published in 1925! Duke Law's Center for the Study of the Public Domain has highlighted some of the most anticipated works entering the #publicdomain in 2026!
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January 1, 2026 at 5:02 AM
🥳 Welcome to the Public Domain: creative works from 1930 & sound recordings published in 1925! Duke Law's Center for the Study of the Public Domain has highlighted some of the most anticipated works entering the #publicdomain in 2026!
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2025, a year in which I have had three weeks off. In total. No weekends or public holidays. This "being a carer for a loved one" lark is bl**dy exhausting. And next year will be no different.
December 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
2025, a year in which I have had three weeks off. In total. No weekends or public holidays. This "being a carer for a loved one" lark is bl**dy exhausting. And next year will be no different.
A big happy birthday to my grand-daughter Charlotte, who is 4 today!
December 31, 2025 at 7:24 AM
A big happy birthday to my grand-daughter Charlotte, who is 4 today!
After two long motorway trips today I can definitely confirm that Tesla drivers have overtaken BMW and Audi drivers as the greatest tw*ts on the road.
December 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
After two long motorway trips today I can definitely confirm that Tesla drivers have overtaken BMW and Audi drivers as the greatest tw*ts on the road.
At long last! Great piece of work. Very pleased to have been asked to contribute a chapter. Well done, all. #ww1 #genealogy #London #londonpride
December 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
At long last! Great piece of work. Very pleased to have been asked to contribute a chapter. Well done, all. #ww1 #genealogy #London #londonpride
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If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
December 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
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Some people do my head in.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
December 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Some people do my head in.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
My best wishes to everyone for a peaceful, healthy and happy Christmas.
December 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
My best wishes to everyone for a peaceful, healthy and happy Christmas.
Highlights of my year: my daughter Harriet's wedding, marrying Steve 20 years to the day after they met; and catching up with old school friends in Lichfield, 50 years on. Great times.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Highlights of my year: my daughter Harriet's wedding, marrying Steve 20 years to the day after they met; and catching up with old school friends in Lichfield, 50 years on. Great times.
Anyone out there planning a trip to IWM archive who would be able to photo part of an officer's memoir papers for me? Circa 40 pages. Just need this one item and can't really justify a trip just for that. Happy to pay. No rush. Any thoughts welcome. #ww1 #genealogy
December 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Anyone out there planning a trip to IWM archive who would be able to photo part of an officer's memoir papers for me? Circa 40 pages. Just need this one item and can't really justify a trip just for that. Happy to pay. No rush. Any thoughts welcome. #ww1 #genealogy
@flandersbtour.bsky.social Hi Gen. An officer I am studying served in WW1 and again in WW2. In 1964 he was made a Freeman of the City of Ypres. Do you know if there is any way of finding out why?
December 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
@flandersbtour.bsky.social Hi Gen. An officer I am studying served in WW1 and again in WW2. In 1964 he was made a Freeman of the City of Ypres. Do you know if there is any way of finding out why?