Lynn
@lynnshls.bsky.social
Like nature, animals, buildings, outdoors, dim sum, #AnneLister, some history, WSL. Trying to please two cats.
https://www.packedwithpotential.org/profiles/samuel-lister
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Buxton looking festive a couple of nights ago, though The Crescent was quite sober! It might catch up soon, as there were two large Xmas trees out front, presumably waiting for some decos.
November 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Buxton looking festive a couple of nights ago, though The Crescent was quite sober! It might catch up soon, as there were two large Xmas trees out front, presumably waiting for some decos.
Action to take in the third post in this thread.
Last night the Government steamrollered its Planning Bill through, slamming the door on vital protections for nature.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Action to take in the third post in this thread.
Pretty fed up* during a minor car breakdown and long wait, real upsides were (1) the number of people who stopped to ask if I needed help, and (2) a group of about 10 long tailed tits flitting about the tree canopy above.
* At least it was sunny - could have been much worse!
* At least it was sunny - could have been much worse!
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Pretty fed up* during a minor car breakdown and long wait, real upsides were (1) the number of people who stopped to ask if I needed help, and (2) a group of about 10 long tailed tits flitting about the tree canopy above.
* At least it was sunny - could have been much worse!
* At least it was sunny - could have been much worse!
Anne Lister's love, Miss MacLean, was busy OTD 1824: "Very kind letter crossed entirely throughout from Miss McLean, written at several different times from November 22 to December 27, on which day it was sent off from Tobermory" (22 Jan. 1825) (Tobermory. Image credit, Wikipedia)
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Anne Lister's love, Miss MacLean, was busy OTD 1824: "Very kind letter crossed entirely throughout from Miss McLean, written at several different times from November 22 to December 27, on which day it was sent off from Tobermory" (22 Jan. 1825) (Tobermory. Image credit, Wikipedia)
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Sadly, we have seen a big increase in avian flu cases in the UK - particularly in waterfowl
Whilst the risk to the public remains assessed as very low, Government advice is not to touch any visibly sick or dead birds, and to keep pets away
Read on for ways to help:
📷Ben Andrew
Whilst the risk to the public remains assessed as very low, Government advice is not to touch any visibly sick or dead birds, and to keep pets away
Read on for ways to help:
📷Ben Andrew
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Sadly, we have seen a big increase in avian flu cases in the UK - particularly in waterfowl
Whilst the risk to the public remains assessed as very low, Government advice is not to touch any visibly sick or dead birds, and to keep pets away
Read on for ways to help:
📷Ben Andrew
Whilst the risk to the public remains assessed as very low, Government advice is not to touch any visibly sick or dead birds, and to keep pets away
Read on for ways to help:
📷Ben Andrew
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2015 Shabana Mahmood really needs to have a word with 2025 Shabana Mahmood
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
2015 Shabana Mahmood really needs to have a word with 2025 Shabana Mahmood
1840s - so close! #annelister
Five women, 1840s, photo by Scottish pioneers David Octavius Hill (1802-70) and Robert Adamson (1821-48). Miss Ellen Milne, Miss Mary Watson, Miss Watson, Miss Agnes Milne and Sarah Wilson (Scottish National Portrait Gallery).
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
1840s - so close! #annelister
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Dorothy Wordsworth was a diarist, travel writer, and the first woman to record climbing Scafell Pike in 1818.
Sound familiar? Watch the full talk to explore her connections with #AnneLister, whose paths, friends, and ambitions overlapped in unexpected ways youtu.be/KoWklx4GAwY
Sound familiar? Watch the full talk to explore her connections with #AnneLister, whose paths, friends, and ambitions overlapped in unexpected ways youtu.be/KoWklx4GAwY
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Dorothy Wordsworth was a diarist, travel writer, and the first woman to record climbing Scafell Pike in 1818.
Sound familiar? Watch the full talk to explore her connections with #AnneLister, whose paths, friends, and ambitions overlapped in unexpected ways youtu.be/KoWklx4GAwY
Sound familiar? Watch the full talk to explore her connections with #AnneLister, whose paths, friends, and ambitions overlapped in unexpected ways youtu.be/KoWklx4GAwY
"driving about 6 1/2 miles an hour heated Caradoc – it is rather too fast for him with such a weight to drag, and perhaps a little beyond his speed ... Got out at the Great hotel (Buxton) at 8 35/60" (A Lister, 4 Aug. 1825)
Imagine the scene, a coach replacing the car, + lights differently powered 👇
Imagine the scene, a coach replacing the car, + lights differently powered 👇
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"driving about 6 1/2 miles an hour heated Caradoc – it is rather too fast for him with such a weight to drag, and perhaps a little beyond his speed ... Got out at the Great hotel (Buxton) at 8 35/60" (A Lister, 4 Aug. 1825)
Imagine the scene, a coach replacing the car, + lights differently powered 👇
Imagine the scene, a coach replacing the car, + lights differently powered 👇
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Rachel Terry explores how 19th-century magazines became the gold standard for style (even if #AnneLister thought them, ""a very stupid thing indeed."")
Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit to see how print and media shaped the fashions of her time: youtu.be/ZmBGx5cBCYQ
Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit to see how print and media shaped the fashions of her time: youtu.be/ZmBGx5cBCYQ
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Rachel Terry explores how 19th-century magazines became the gold standard for style (even if #AnneLister thought them, ""a very stupid thing indeed."")
Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit to see how print and media shaped the fashions of her time: youtu.be/ZmBGx5cBCYQ
Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit to see how print and media shaped the fashions of her time: youtu.be/ZmBGx5cBCYQ
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The long awaited Curriculum Review is out today. There is a general aspiration to increase environment and climate change across the board but there are no specifics and no mention of the Natural History GCSE.
This is a wasted opportunity to move the agenda forwards.
📷 Emilie Fox-Teece
This is a wasted opportunity to move the agenda forwards.
📷 Emilie Fox-Teece
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The long awaited Curriculum Review is out today. There is a general aspiration to increase environment and climate change across the board but there are no specifics and no mention of the Natural History GCSE.
This is a wasted opportunity to move the agenda forwards.
📷 Emilie Fox-Teece
This is a wasted opportunity to move the agenda forwards.
📷 Emilie Fox-Teece
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From roller printing to imported dyes like logwood and fustic, the 1830s saw a wave of experimentation in colour and pattern that influenced what people wore.
🎥 Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit:
🎥 Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit:
In 1830s Halifax, innovation wasn’t just industrial – it was fashionable.
Rachel Terry from Calderdale Museums explains how technological change shaped the fashions of Anne Lister’s time, from Caribbean-imported dyes like logwood and fustic to the introduction of roller…
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November 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
From roller printing to imported dyes like logwood and fustic, the 1830s saw a wave of experimentation in colour and pattern that influenced what people wore.
🎥 Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit:
🎥 Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit:
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Did you know that some of #AnnWalker’s relatives are buried in Halifax Minster?
Check out our new article, learn more about them, and find out where their graves are located within the church!
www.packedwithpotential.org/stories-arti...
#c19th #genealogy #oneplace #localhistory #AnneLister
Check out our new article, learn more about them, and find out where their graves are located within the church!
www.packedwithpotential.org/stories-arti...
#c19th #genealogy #oneplace #localhistory #AnneLister
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Did you know that some of #AnnWalker’s relatives are buried in Halifax Minster?
Check out our new article, learn more about them, and find out where their graves are located within the church!
www.packedwithpotential.org/stories-arti...
#c19th #genealogy #oneplace #localhistory #AnneLister
Check out our new article, learn more about them, and find out where their graves are located within the church!
www.packedwithpotential.org/stories-arti...
#c19th #genealogy #oneplace #localhistory #AnneLister
Buxton Opera House last night.
I do like Buxton!
I do like Buxton!
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Buxton Opera House last night.
I do like Buxton!
I do like Buxton!
This talk was brilliant!
#AnneLister was always writing about her merinos...
Fashion historian Gemma Esvelt unpacks the layers (literally) of Lister’s wardrobe in this session from the #AnneListerSummit. Watch the full recording to learn more about those iconic 1830s silhouettes! youtu.be/XaG-wvM_Sz8
Fashion historian Gemma Esvelt unpacks the layers (literally) of Lister’s wardrobe in this session from the #AnneListerSummit. Watch the full recording to learn more about those iconic 1830s silhouettes! youtu.be/XaG-wvM_Sz8
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This talk was brilliant!
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Here are our top tips for using old pumpkins:
✅ Make a soup, stew or nourishing hair mask
✅ Add to your compost heap
✅ Dispose of them in the appropriate waste bin
Please share. 🎃 Remember, pumpkins can harm or even kill our native wildlife. ⚠️
#halloween #trickortreat
✅ Make a soup, stew or nourishing hair mask
✅ Add to your compost heap
✅ Dispose of them in the appropriate waste bin
Please share. 🎃 Remember, pumpkins can harm or even kill our native wildlife. ⚠️
#halloween #trickortreat
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Here are our top tips for using old pumpkins:
✅ Make a soup, stew or nourishing hair mask
✅ Add to your compost heap
✅ Dispose of them in the appropriate waste bin
Please share. 🎃 Remember, pumpkins can harm or even kill our native wildlife. ⚠️
#halloween #trickortreat
✅ Make a soup, stew or nourishing hair mask
✅ Add to your compost heap
✅ Dispose of them in the appropriate waste bin
Please share. 🎃 Remember, pumpkins can harm or even kill our native wildlife. ⚠️
#halloween #trickortreat
Ah - happy times: pre-Covid; we’d had the wonderful Gentleman Jack earlier in the year; and it was my first (of several now, always so enjoyable in various ways) to Halifax and specifically Shibden Hall 🥰!
October 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Ah - happy times: pre-Covid; we’d had the wonderful Gentleman Jack earlier in the year; and it was my first (of several now, always so enjoyable in various ways) to Halifax and specifically Shibden Hall 🥰!
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The world's deadliest wind farm for birds must be stopped.‼️
We need clean energy, but not like this.
Add your voice: seabird.org/cancel-berwi...
We need clean energy, but not like this.
Add your voice: seabird.org/cancel-berwi...
Berwick Bank could kill more birds than any other windfarm on Earth, devastating colonies of Gannets, Puffins and Kittiwakes off Scotland’s coast. 🚨
We support renewables, but not at catastrophic cost to seabirds already in crisis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3JE...
We support renewables, but not at catastrophic cost to seabirds already in crisis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3JE...
Add your voice to a campaign to stop an offshore wind farm that threatens seabirds
YouTube video by RSPB
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October 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The world's deadliest wind farm for birds must be stopped.‼️
We need clean energy, but not like this.
Add your voice: seabird.org/cancel-berwi...
We need clean energy, but not like this.
Add your voice: seabird.org/cancel-berwi...
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👂 that politicians think swift bricks would UP 🏡 prices so swifts aren’t worth saving. If you don’t want to be the 1st nation to let swifts become ☠️, email both steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk & james.cleverly.mp@parliament.uk to SAVE OUR SWIFTS. put it in the subject line 🙏
October 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
👂 that politicians think swift bricks would UP 🏡 prices so swifts aren’t worth saving. If you don’t want to be the 1st nation to let swifts become ☠️, email both steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk & james.cleverly.mp@parliament.uk to SAVE OUR SWIFTS. put it in the subject line 🙏
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Psst! Pumpkins are a treat for birds but can be harmful to hedgehogs. 🦔❌
Keep them high up out of reach and compost any leftovers to protect our garden wildlife.
Keep them high up out of reach and compost any leftovers to protect our garden wildlife.
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Psst! Pumpkins are a treat for birds but can be harmful to hedgehogs. 🦔❌
Keep them high up out of reach and compost any leftovers to protect our garden wildlife.
Keep them high up out of reach and compost any leftovers to protect our garden wildlife.
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It’s spooky season, but let’s not make it scary for wildlife! 🎃👻
Fake web decorations can trap and injure our garden wildlife. Stick to sustainable, indoor decorations and let real spiders do the work outdoors!
Share these tips & help spread awareness 👇
Fake web decorations can trap and injure our garden wildlife. Stick to sustainable, indoor decorations and let real spiders do the work outdoors!
Share these tips & help spread awareness 👇
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
It’s spooky season, but let’s not make it scary for wildlife! 🎃👻
Fake web decorations can trap and injure our garden wildlife. Stick to sustainable, indoor decorations and let real spiders do the work outdoors!
Share these tips & help spread awareness 👇
Fake web decorations can trap and injure our garden wildlife. Stick to sustainable, indoor decorations and let real spiders do the work outdoors!
Share these tips & help spread awareness 👇
The two of four sessions that I was able to attend were brilliant. Can’t wait to watch the other two. Ver. fine indeed!
#AnneLister Summit recordings and resources now available! If you missed it on Saturday, now's your chance to catch up on the sessions. Featuring: #fashion, #localhistory, and #AmericanHistory.
#c19th #research
#c19th #research
🍂 The Autumn #AnneListerSummit may be over, but the conversations continue!
Missed a session or want to revisit ideas? Recordings & Resources are now available: www.annelisterresearchsummit.org/2025/recordi...
Missed a session or want to revisit ideas? Recordings & Resources are now available: www.annelisterresearchsummit.org/2025/recordi...
October 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The two of four sessions that I was able to attend were brilliant. Can’t wait to watch the other two. Ver. fine indeed!
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Exasperated. Gutted. Furious. Terrified. Sometimes swear words are the only ones that fit.
Our delightful government - who we put our trust in - is u-turning on THE easiest Nature action *ever*.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Our delightful government - who we put our trust in - is u-turning on THE easiest Nature action *ever*.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes
Housing minister Steve Reed refuses to back mandating measure, despite giving support while in environment job
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Exasperated. Gutted. Furious. Terrified. Sometimes swear words are the only ones that fit.
Our delightful government - who we put our trust in - is u-turning on THE easiest Nature action *ever*.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Our delightful government - who we put our trust in - is u-turning on THE easiest Nature action *ever*.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I don’t know many plant names, but it’s usually easy to spot a dahlia. I love how they keep going strong even in the second half of October.
October 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I don’t know many plant names, but it’s usually easy to spot a dahlia. I love how they keep going strong even in the second half of October.