Michael Hall
@humberlevels.bsky.social
Theatre Lighting professional. Interested in the arts, growing, cooking and eating vegetarian food. Public transport user, serious about infra structure past and present. A Green, Leftie ,Yorkshireman , still proudly European.
First anniversary on Bluesky. Hundredth post!
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
First anniversary on Bluesky. Hundredth post!
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Reposted by Michael Hall
🎃Thei did the Mash; thei did the Monstere Mash.
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!🎃
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!🎃
October 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
🎃Thei did the Mash; thei did the Monstere Mash.
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!🎃
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!🎃
Reposted by Michael Hall
Railbus at the platform at the long closed station at Cirencester Town. An exhibition in the rarely-opened station building, its interior under heavy refurbishment, tea, coffee, biscuits. Nothing not to like - just today and Sunday.
A timetable on display too. Kemble - Cirencester: 11 minutes.
A timetable on display too. Kemble - Cirencester: 11 minutes.
October 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Railbus at the platform at the long closed station at Cirencester Town. An exhibition in the rarely-opened station building, its interior under heavy refurbishment, tea, coffee, biscuits. Nothing not to like - just today and Sunday.
A timetable on display too. Kemble - Cirencester: 11 minutes.
A timetable on display too. Kemble - Cirencester: 11 minutes.
Reposted by Michael Hall
A rare Railbus built in 1958 which is currently being restored returns to Cirencester station which closed in 1964. 👇
BBC News - Railbus returns to Cirencester 61 years after station closure - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Railbus returns to Cirencester 61 years after station closure - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Railbus returns to Cirencester 61 years after station closure
The railbus was built as a British Rail experiment to serve Cirencester, working until 1964.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
A rare Railbus built in 1958 which is currently being restored returns to Cirencester station which closed in 1964. 👇
BBC News - Railbus returns to Cirencester 61 years after station closure - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Railbus returns to Cirencester 61 years after station closure - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#OnThisDay 8 years ago the new Abbey Wood station was opened in prepartion for the Elizabeth Line's opening (which transpired to be another 5 years away!). A typically brilliant capture of the new building by the wonderfully talented @tubemapper.bsky.social buff.ly/bpKPEGm
October 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Reposted by Michael Hall
Rare win for public history! 😉
FT columnist Janan Ganesh recently wrote of his conversion to the 'Great Man' theory of history - but only a minority agree
-History is primarily shaped by major figures: 27%
-Primarily shaped by broad social / economic / cultural / tech changes: 51%
yougov.co.uk/topics/enter...
-History is primarily shaped by major figures: 27%
-Primarily shaped by broad social / economic / cultural / tech changes: 51%
yougov.co.uk/topics/enter...
October 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Rare win for public history! 😉
@lumilyon.bsky.social
This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.
October 21, 2025 at 7:07 AM
@lumilyon.bsky.social
@lumilyon.bsky.social
This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.
October 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
@lumilyon.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
October 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Forget best in show, let's talk about the seedy underbelly of big gardening! What's the WORST vegetable?
I'll go first: TURNIP.
It's for horses! It tastes like you cooked a radish! It smells bad! If you bake it, it LOOKS like a baked potato, but then EVERY BITE IS A DISAPPOINTMENT 😝😝😝
I'll go first: TURNIP.
It's for horses! It tastes like you cooked a radish! It smells bad! If you bake it, it LOOKS like a baked potato, but then EVERY BITE IS A DISAPPOINTMENT 😝😝😝
a large coconut is sitting on a wooden table with crumbs around it
Alt: a large turnip or rutabega is being carved into a jacket o lantern face
media.tenor.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Reposted by Michael Hall
Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one
October 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one
Reposted by Michael Hall
The fundamental divide is between…
Those who live off wages
And those who live of wealth
But those who live of wealth will do everything in their power to convince you the divide is between immigrants and non-immigrants, black and white, trans and non-trans…
… ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE REALITY.
Those who live off wages
And those who live of wealth
But those who live of wealth will do everything in their power to convince you the divide is between immigrants and non-immigrants, black and white, trans and non-trans…
… ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE REALITY.
October 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The fundamental divide is between…
Those who live off wages
And those who live of wealth
But those who live of wealth will do everything in their power to convince you the divide is between immigrants and non-immigrants, black and white, trans and non-trans…
… ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE REALITY.
Those who live off wages
And those who live of wealth
But those who live of wealth will do everything in their power to convince you the divide is between immigrants and non-immigrants, black and white, trans and non-trans…
… ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE REALITY.
Reposted by Michael Hall
This is the man the BBC elevated & is refusing to investigate despite @carolecadwalla.bsky.social l & @bylinetimes.bsky.social
having done all the work for them .
Do we have a precedent for a this ? A national broadcaster ignoring possible treason , isn’t that in itself sort of treasonous 🥴 ?
having done all the work for them .
Do we have a precedent for a this ? A national broadcaster ignoring possible treason , isn’t that in itself sort of treasonous 🥴 ?
Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.
He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.
No one believes you, Nigel.
Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.
He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.
No one believes you, Nigel.
Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.
October 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This is the man the BBC elevated & is refusing to investigate despite @carolecadwalla.bsky.social l & @bylinetimes.bsky.social
having done all the work for them .
Do we have a precedent for a this ? A national broadcaster ignoring possible treason , isn’t that in itself sort of treasonous 🥴 ?
having done all the work for them .
Do we have a precedent for a this ? A national broadcaster ignoring possible treason , isn’t that in itself sort of treasonous 🥴 ?
Reposted by Michael Hall
Despite everything else going on, France last night honoured Robert Badinter, the former justice minister who ended the death penalty in 🇫🇷 in 1981. He entered the Panthéon in a moving moment of national tribute that the French do so well
October 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Despite everything else going on, France last night honoured Robert Badinter, the former justice minister who ended the death penalty in 🇫🇷 in 1981. He entered the Panthéon in a moving moment of national tribute that the French do so well
Railway workers and managers at Spon Lane Station West Bromwich. Station next to chance Glassworks
The area of glassworks part of my One Place Study West Smethwick
#railways
#westBromwich
#Oldbury
#OnePlaceStudy
The area of glassworks part of my One Place Study West Smethwick
#railways
#westBromwich
#Oldbury
#OnePlaceStudy
October 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Reposted by Michael Hall
Lord Heseltine, "The number of people aged below 50 who think it was right for us to leave the European Union, is less than 20%
"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"
Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋♂️
"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"
Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋♂️
October 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Lord Heseltine, "The number of people aged below 50 who think it was right for us to leave the European Union, is less than 20%
"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"
Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋♂️
"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"
Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋♂️
October 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Was once at a Wales v Italy match at the Millenium stadium and the Welsh fans, always in good voice, were singing "You can stick you Frothy Coffee up your ar*e" To much amusement to the entire crowd 🙂
October 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Reposted by Michael Hall
🔴NEW🔴
Thread 🧵
@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
Thread 🧵
@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
bylinetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🔴NEW🔴
Thread 🧵
@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
Thread 🧵
@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
Was once at a Wales v Italy match at the Millenium stadium and the Welsh fans, always in good voice, were singing "You can stick you Frothy Coffee up your ar*e" To much amusement to the entire crowd 🙂
October 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Reposted by Michael Hall
The edict should go out from Starmer to every Labour MP to always refer to the small boats carrying asylum seekers as "Farage Boats" and, if challenged, explain that we're only seeing so many now because of Brexit.
He made that point in one GB News interview, but it needs to be made infinite times.
He made that point in one GB News interview, but it needs to be made infinite times.
October 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The edict should go out from Starmer to every Labour MP to always refer to the small boats carrying asylum seekers as "Farage Boats" and, if challenged, explain that we're only seeing so many now because of Brexit.
He made that point in one GB News interview, but it needs to be made infinite times.
He made that point in one GB News interview, but it needs to be made infinite times.
Reposted by Michael Hall
“I would gently point out to Nigel Farage that before we left the EU we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU. He told the country it would make no difference if we left. He was wrong about that. These are Farage boats in many senses coming across the channel” 👏
PM Keir Starmer
PM Keir Starmer
October 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
“I would gently point out to Nigel Farage that before we left the EU we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU. He told the country it would make no difference if we left. He was wrong about that. These are Farage boats in many senses coming across the channel” 👏
PM Keir Starmer
PM Keir Starmer