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Sue. BIPC librarian. Is this Bob's last tour? North. Folkestone.
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Tomorrow, an excellent talk on Northern Spiritualism from the fab Icy Sedgewick at the Folklore Centre in #Todmorden Only a few tickets left! www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
Icy Sedgwick- Northern Spiritualism: Talking to the Dead in Manchester and Newscastle | Centre for Folklore
Join Fabulous Folklore host Icy Sedgwick to explore the Victorian fascination with Spiritualism
www.folkloremythmagic.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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New exhibition coming soon!
Come and explore this intriguing story, view the last original artefacts… if you dare!!
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May 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Saturday! 🙌
Emeritus Prof. of Sociology (Uni. of Sheffield), Hon. Treasurer of The Folklore Society, Richard won Katharine Briggs Award in 2015 for ‘Black Magic and Bogey Men.’
He will be discussing his research into the stories of Mother Shipton.
Tickets: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
May 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Happy International Museum Day 2025!

How lucky are we to have the stunning Towneley Hall Museum & Art Gallery in Burnley, Lancashire? The Hall is home to over 30,000 museum objects and artworks that have been bought, gifted and loaned since Burnley Corporation obtained the Hall in 1901. We have……..
May 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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IMPORTANT NOTICE

On Tuesday 20th May, the Park Life Café and Towneley Hall toilets and shop will be closed to the public, to enable contractors to complete the resurfacing of the paths around the Hall with golden gravel, as part of the works to restore the Hall.

Access around…….
May 19, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Discovering the Going for Gold theme was composed by Hans Zimmer is up there with Salman Rushdie's song about the Burnley Building Society. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU20...
Going For Gold Full Theme Tune
YouTube video by gbgameshows
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February 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Many true things from @theguyliner.bsky.social. Quite happy with my two days a week in the office (quiet reading time on the commute with noise-cancelling earphones) but that's ON MY OWN TERMS. substack.com/@theguyliner...
Justin Myers on Substack
As the tiresome WFH vs office 'debate' is back clogging up headlines again, my very serious investigation into the extremely valid reasons people detest going into the office is now free to read.
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February 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Can we trace family history through the recipes passed down through generations? One of my brilliant Folklore Studies MA students is asking this question. If you cook/bake then please consider filling in their survey here qualtricsxmjr5kww3lt.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
February 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
February 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Starting in April! Watch this space…
With a huge thank you to @icysedgwick.bsky.social for all her support for the Centre and her kind offer to host these talks in order to fundraise. Thank you! 💚
February 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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We’re looking for speakers for our new online programme- please get in touch if you’d like to give a talk…
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February 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Del's got the trademark trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/p... but has he got the passion? #dragonsden
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February 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
#Dragons, more than a myth? Find out at the #Folklore Centre in #Todmorden on Sat 22 Feb! Cryptozoologist, author and Fortean Times writer, Richard Freeman is giving a talk in West Yorkshire. www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
Richard Freeman- Dragons: More Than a Myth? | Centre for Folklore
<p>Richard Freeman is a working cryptozoologist. He searches for and writes about unknown animals. The</p> <p>melodramatic may call him a monster hunter. He has hunted for creatures such as the yeti,t...
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January 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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November 26, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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VENUS AND SAGITTARIUS TONIGHT!!!
November 25, 2024 at 12:33 AM
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Waning Gibbous Moon. 2042UT 16 November 2024. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography
November 16, 2024 at 9:43 PM
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THE INTERNET ARCHIVE IS BACK WITH FREE BOOKS AND MOVIES AND A BILLION OTHER TYPES OF MEDIA WHO CHEERED

archive.org
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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October 22, 2024 at 12:23 AM
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English National Folklore Survey! Excited to work on this with David Clarke, Ceri Houlbrook, Diane Rogers & Chris Bader

Exploring the country’s diverse beliefs & practices will be fascinating, but we’ll also examine what folklore tells us about Englishness today

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Robin Hood, morris dances and UFOs: English folklore survey gets post-Brexit reboot
A fresh look at cultural identity will follow outline of 60-year-old Survey of Language and Folklore, conducted by two academics driving a red Mini
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2024 at 7:38 PM
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Are you a #facilitator?
Is #facilitation part of your work?
Want to discuss and practice #facilitating?

I'm running the Facilitators Unconference next month.
Tickets via www.facilitators-unconference.com

Price includes lunch, refreshments and access to the event.

Please share!
Home
Re-shape the way you think about facilitation.
www.facilitators-unconference.com
September 30, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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What are your plans for next weekend?
Here’s an idea: you could join us at the UK’s free culture and open source celebration and unconference, in Manchester. It is going to be great! #OggCamp2024 ogg.camp/tickets
Tickets - OggCamp 24
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October 7, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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OMG. Person next to me on this (delayed) train has just *emptied her inbox*. I’ve never seen that. In awe.
October 9, 2024 at 5:47 PM