Mark Fowell
@mfowell.bsky.social
Blackburn born and bred but now residing in Perth Western Australia. Ex-season ticket holder at @rovers. Follow @brfc, Lancaster City FC, Perth Glory FC, rugby both codes but favour League.
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Pie and Peas, Rawtenstall Market, painting by Don McKinlay (1929-2017). #NorthernArt
August 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Pie and Peas, Rawtenstall Market, painting by Don McKinlay (1929-2017). #NorthernArt
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Manchester Dusk, by Janet Ledger, industrial landscape artist, b.1934 in Northampton. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
August 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Manchester Dusk, by Janet Ledger, industrial landscape artist, b.1934 in Northampton. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
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Stockport Gloom: From Rostron Brow To St. Mark’s, pencil drawing by Dave Hartley (b.1970). #NorthernArt
August 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Stockport Gloom: From Rostron Brow To St. Mark’s, pencil drawing by Dave Hartley (b.1970). #NorthernArt
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The only 3 people to benefit from Brexit were.
Johnson - got to be prime minister
Farage - got himself a cult following
Putin - got himself a weaker UK and Europe.
The rest of us just got poorer, more divided, less rights and for some very angry at the world.
Johnson - got to be prime minister
Farage - got himself a cult following
Putin - got himself a weaker UK and Europe.
The rest of us just got poorer, more divided, less rights and for some very angry at the world.
August 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The only 3 people to benefit from Brexit were.
Johnson - got to be prime minister
Farage - got himself a cult following
Putin - got himself a weaker UK and Europe.
The rest of us just got poorer, more divided, less rights and for some very angry at the world.
Johnson - got to be prime minister
Farage - got himself a cult following
Putin - got himself a weaker UK and Europe.
The rest of us just got poorer, more divided, less rights and for some very angry at the world.
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Yates’s Wine Lodge, Bolton, 1983, photo by Martin Parr.
August 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Yates’s Wine Lodge, Bolton, 1983, photo by Martin Parr.
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Lead The Way Boy, painting by Mal Burton. #NorthernArt
August 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Lead The Way Boy, painting by Mal Burton. #NorthernArt
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Did you know that Ramsay McDonald, former Prime Minister, played 5 games at inside left for Blackburn Rovers in the 1905-06 season?
August 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Did you know that Ramsay McDonald, former Prime Minister, played 5 games at inside left for Blackburn Rovers in the 1905-06 season?
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Bob Dylan at Dublin Street, north docks, Liverpool, 1966, by Barry Feinstein.
July 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Bob Dylan at Dublin Street, north docks, Liverpool, 1966, by Barry Feinstein.
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Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire, 2022, photo by Helen Brown.
July 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire, 2022, photo by Helen Brown.
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Ian Curtis born in Stretford Memorial Hospital, Seymour Grove, one year after me.
In memory Ian Kevin Curtis, lead singer, lyricist and occasional guitarist of the post-punk band Joy Division, born on this day in 1956, Stretford, Lancashire, England.
Photo by Paul Slattery
#punkrock #postpunk #iancurtis #joydivision #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Photo by Paul Slattery
#punkrock #postpunk #iancurtis #joydivision #history #punkrockhistory #otd
July 15, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Ian Curtis born in Stretford Memorial Hospital, Seymour Grove, one year after me.
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Two Drunks And The Last Bus Home, painting by Anthony Marn, Manchester-born artist. #NorthernArt
July 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Two Drunks And The Last Bus Home, painting by Anthony Marn, Manchester-born artist. #NorthernArt
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Street of terraced houses awaiting demolition, Salford, 1979, photo by Denis Thorpe.
July 2, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Street of terraced houses awaiting demolition, Salford, 1979, photo by Denis Thorpe.
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Northern Mill Town, by Arthur Delaney, Manchester artist (1927-87). #NorthernArt
June 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Northern Mill Town, by Arthur Delaney, Manchester artist (1927-87). #NorthernArt
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Peveril of the Peak, Manchester, painting by Michelle Taube. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
June 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Peveril of the Peak, Manchester, painting by Michelle Taube. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
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October 2024
June 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
October 2024
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Newcastle Central Station in the snow, painting by Peter Burns. #NorthernArt
June 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Newcastle Central Station in the snow, painting by Peter Burns. #NorthernArt
Flew in the UK for my dad's 90th birthday. Asked a friend to bake a birthday cake. Unfortunately, I asked a dingle to make it!
June 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Flew in the UK for my dad's 90th birthday. Asked a friend to bake a birthday cake. Unfortunately, I asked a dingle to make it!
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The Cricket Match, Askham-in-Furness, painting by Bill Bell, 1928-2006, a Barrow shipyard worker. #NorthernArt
May 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The Cricket Match, Askham-in-Furness, painting by Bill Bell, 1928-2006, a Barrow shipyard worker. #NorthernArt
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River Irwell, Manchester, by Irina Rumyantseva. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
May 18, 2025 at 7:42 AM
River Irwell, Manchester, by Irina Rumyantseva. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
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Elswick Kids, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1978, photo by Tish Murtha.
May 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Elswick Kids, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1978, photo by Tish Murtha.
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Queen Mill, Dukinfield, by Edna Lumb (1931-92). #WomensArt #NorthernArt
May 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Queen Mill, Dukinfield, by Edna Lumb (1931-92). #WomensArt #NorthernArt
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Harry Berry nails it yet again…
April 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Harry Berry nails it yet again…
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Is it just me, or does anybody else think that Rovers will get a result tonight?
April 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Is it just me, or does anybody else think that Rovers will get a result tonight?
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Workington, Cumbria, 1974, by Daniel Meadows.
March 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Workington, Cumbria, 1974, by Daniel Meadows.