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Mike Royden
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Writer, Historian & archaeologist;
Maritime/social/landscape/WWI & II.
Shipbuilding and shipwrecks of the 19thc
EvertonFC Heritage Society (Vice-chair/WebsiteAdmin)
Messin' about in boats.
Liverpool/Chester
www.roydenhistory.co.uk
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Mike Royden @mikeroyden.bsky.social · Sep 20
Put together and presented by @lewisroyden.bsky.social and theme music written and played by @liamroyden.bsky.social The @Everton Blues Brothers! 💪😎
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chesterarchsoc.bsky.social
f you don't already do so, follow the blog of our member Andie Byrnes, 'Based in Churton'; It's fascinating, high-quality information on a range of historical topics. Go to basedinchurton.co.uk.
The latest contribution is ' A Face like a Buckley Panmug'.
October 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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clha.bsky.social
Maps, Maps, Maps!
We have a good number of maps of #Cheshire that you can view and download FREE of charge. See our website in the Bio 😊
#localhistory #maps #Saxton
A colour photograph in landscape format. It shows the elaborate cartouche from an early map of Cheshire by Christopher Saxton, dated 1577.
November 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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chesterarchsoc.bsky.social
Chester Civic Trust
@ChesterCivTrust
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Nov 1
Consortium has launched a consultation on its plans, which include up to 350 one- and two-bedroom flats on a large site near the station.

t.co/jtcWPqF9DJ
November 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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chesterarchsoc.bsky.social
Our next talk: 'Victorian Workers' Housing' by Dr Gareth Carr of Wrexham University at the Grosvenor Museum, Chester, Weds 19 November, 7:30pm. Non-members welcome (£5 entry). Also back copies of our journal for sale.

CAS members : check you emails for a notification of this event.
November 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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kpw1453.bsky.social
The Iron Age ‘Battersea Shield’ which was found in the River Thames at Battersea in 1857. Dating to around 350-50 BC, the shield is now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #BatterseaShield #IronAge
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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evertonheritage.bsky.social
At Everton for less than one season, Leigh Roose’s adventurous, extrovert style of goalkeeping left a huge impression. It was a short but eventful chapter in a remarkable but truncated life, described by @mikeroyden.bsky.social (filmed by @lewisroyden.bsky.social ):
youtu.be/qujY7HfXe6U?...
November 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
mikeroyden.bsky.social
This was a labour of love, and so special to have worked alongside @lewisroyden.bsky.social throughout (on making this for @EvertonHeritage.bsky.social )
whose skills deserve a higher platform.
youtu.be/qujY7HfXe6U?...
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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evertonheritage.bsky.social
Our series of films about the Fallen of Everton FC continues with this extended documentary on the enigmatic goalkeeper Leigh Roose, who died on the Western Front in 1916.
efcheritagesociety.com/this-prince-...
Absolutely superb work by @lewisroyden.bsky.social & @mikeroyden.bsky.social 🙌
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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kpw1453.bsky.social
The engraved entrance stone to the famous Neolithic passage tomb of Newgrange at County Meath in Ireland. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Newgrange #Prehistory #Ireland
October 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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evertonheritage.bsky.social
The Allende connection to Everton of Chile, as revealed by John Shearon of the The Rulereros Society on the Everton Heritage Show.
Watch the interview, here:
youtu.be/0tC83_py55o?...
It is also on Spotify etc.
October 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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evertonheritage.bsky.social
The latest episode of the Everton Heritage Show has a South American flavour, as @lewisroyden.bsky.social and Ruleteros Society co-founder John Shearon discuss Everton's namesake clubs, located up to 8,000 miles away.
youtu.be/0tC83_py55o?...
October 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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evertonheritage.bsky.social
An historic day for @evertonwomen.bsky.social as they make their bow at Hull Dickinson Stadium. Ahead of it, our member & Everton Heritage Show host @lewisroyden.bsky.social had a chat with @giuliabould.bsky.social there earlier this week.
October 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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evertonheritage.bsky.social
Part three of the “Goodison Park, End of an Era” documentary is now available to watch on YouTube.
It features a number of @EvertonHeritage members - plus lots of other great contributors.
youtu.be/IhwCs5A78X0?...
'Goodbye' to Goodison Park | 'End of an Era' documentary - Part Three
YouTube video by Everton Football Club
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
mikeroyden.bsky.social
Thoughts and prayers
thedailyshow.com The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · Oct 9
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
Journalist: Why didn't Trump get it?

Nobel Peace Prize Committee say they only give the prize to those with courage and integrity

More integrity that every politician sucking up to Trump
October 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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evertonheritage.bsky.social
Episode 3 of the Everton Heritage Show is out now!
It features John Shearon of the Everton Ruleteros Society which honours the history & ties between @evertonfc.com and the Everton clubs in South America, including Everton de Viña Del Mar of Chile. 🇨🇱

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tC8...
The Everton Heritage Show - 003 - John Shearon of The Ruleteros Society
YouTube video by The Everton Heritage Show
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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evertonheritage.bsky.social
Lots of new @evertonheritage.bsky.social content to enjoy.
David France in conversation with @cbeesleyecho.bsky.social
efcheritagesociety.com/my-everton-f...
Ava the Everton Women Goodison mascot:
efcheritagesociety.com/avas-dream-c...
Women’s Hall of Fame:
efcheritagesociety.com/everton-wome...
September 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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evertonheritage.bsky.social
Episode 2 of the Everton Heritage Show is out now. It features Ronny Goodlass talking all things Toffees and about his charity with @lewisroyden.bsky.social . Rob Sawyer chats about the Everton lock-up tower & the @evertonwomen.bsky.social Hall of Fame:
youtu.be/0Oz-craH2sw?...
The Everton Heritage Show - 002 - Ronny Goodlass & Rob Sawyer
YouTube video by The Everton Heritage Show
youtu.be
October 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
mikeroyden.bsky.social
Ah another part of my Liverpool youth has checked out. 😢 RIP Brian Patten. Still remember music and poetry evenings upstairs at the Phil, and across the road in the Hall watching the anarchic Grimms. Great times. Still have my classic 1967 copy too.
October 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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evertonheritage.bsky.social
A heartwarming new piece on our website by Lewis Royden:
Ava’s Dream Comes True – The First Everton Women’s Game at Goodison Park.
Warning: you may experience some grit in your eyes as you read this article.
efcheritagesociety.com/avas-dream-c...
September 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
mikeroyden.bsky.social
Put together and presented by @lewisroyden.bsky.social and theme music written and played by @liamroyden.bsky.social The @Everton Blues Brothers! 💪😎
September 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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evertonheritage.bsky.social
The Everton Heritage Show has arrived!
Tune in now, and please give us a like and subscribe - many thanks! 💙

youtu.be/w306gsMpzy4?...
The Everton Heritage Show - 001 - Ken Rogers & Rob Sawyer
YouTube video by The Everton Heritage Show
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax3E...
John Scofield w Tal Wilkenfeld drums and bass riffin w Scary Goldings at Monterey jazz fest 2023
YouTube video by West Coast Jazz Collective
www.youtube.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Homeschooled, eh?
September 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Timeless humour!

A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to:

“I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂

Dated circa 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was recovered in London during excavations by MOLA.
📷 Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA

#Archaeology
The photo shows four images of the same Roman iron stylus pen, one below the other. The knib to the left. It has an inscription which runs along its length on four sides. The four images show the four lines of inscribed text which read: ‘ab urbe v[e]n[i] munus tibi gratum adf(e)ro
acul[eat]um ut habe[a]s memor[ia]m nostra(m)
rogo si fortuna dar[e]t quo possem
largius ut longa via ceu sacculus est (v)acuus’ ‘I have come from the City. I bring you a welcome gift with a sharp point that you may remember me.
I ask, if fortune allowed, that I might be able (to give) as generously as the way is long (and) as my purse is empty.’ The pen was used to write on wax-filled wooden writing tablets. Found in London (Roman ‘Londinium’) by MOLA. Photo by Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA
September 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM