Andrew Beaven
@andrewbeaven.bsky.social
History (mostly local - London), nature (mostly local).
Also posting on cricket as @TheTeesra.com, but no sport or coaching via this account.
Also posting on cricket as @TheTeesra.com, but no sport or coaching via this account.
Happy “Epping Forest Day”, to those who celebrate.🌳🌳🌳
November 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Happy “Epping Forest Day”, to those who celebrate.🌳🌳🌳
Just the other week I visited the Fuelling the Railway Revolution exhibition at the rather wonderful #AucklandProject #MiningArtGallery (Bishop Auckland, County Durham).
Amazing how quickly steam-driven railways spread across the country.
Amazing how quickly steam-driven railways spread across the country.
Fuelling the Railway Revolution
Learn how coal mining powered the Industrial Revolution. Visit The Auckland Project's exhibition on the pivotal role of coal in transforming industries.
aucklandproject.org
September 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Just the other week I visited the Fuelling the Railway Revolution exhibition at the rather wonderful #AucklandProject #MiningArtGallery (Bishop Auckland, County Durham).
Amazing how quickly steam-driven railways spread across the country.
Amazing how quickly steam-driven railways spread across the country.
Reinterpreting the spirit of Magna Carta and its continuing call for justice in today’s world, this collective vision of a ‘Modern Charter’ continues to evolve each day with contributions from visitors to the exhibition.
#TheWordsThatBindUs
#TheWordsThatBindUs
September 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Reinterpreting the spirit of Magna Carta and its continuing call for justice in today’s world, this collective vision of a ‘Modern Charter’ continues to evolve each day with contributions from visitors to the exhibition.
#TheWordsThatBindUs
#TheWordsThatBindUs
I grew up in the 60s, and remember the collection boxes, but can't recall ever seeing someone with the assistive braces.
September 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I grew up in the 60s, and remember the collection boxes, but can't recall ever seeing someone with the assistive braces.
Just found it — Settings / Accessibility / Require alt text before posting 👍
So now I should never need to remember!
So now I should never need to remember!
September 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Just found it — Settings / Accessibility / Require alt text before posting 👍
So now I should never need to remember!
So now I should never need to remember!
I do try to remember!
September 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I do try to remember!
Perhaps because Clubs either _are_ “the Reds” (1st choice shirt) or are not, and don’t want to be associated with one of the Clubs that is “red”?
August 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Perhaps because Clubs either _are_ “the Reds” (1st choice shirt) or are not, and don’t want to be associated with one of the Clubs that is “red”?
Stunning, aren't they?
Not seen one, yet, this year, but still hoping.
They seem to like a local council depot, with a hedge of hawthorn & (young) oak.
Not seen one, yet, this year, but still hoping.
They seem to like a local council depot, with a hedge of hawthorn & (young) oak.
July 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Stunning, aren't they?
Not seen one, yet, this year, but still hoping.
They seem to like a local council depot, with a hedge of hawthorn & (young) oak.
Not seen one, yet, this year, but still hoping.
They seem to like a local council depot, with a hedge of hawthorn & (young) oak.
Super little local museum at Valence House. Found out that Barking used to be a major fishing port!
July 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Super little local museum at Valence House. Found out that Barking used to be a major fishing port!
Would @londonmulberries.bsky.social know?
June 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Would @londonmulberries.bsky.social know?
Belatedly got around to collating some photos of the Barkingside trees.
Just one plaque visible (plus another subsumed into a still-expanding tree).
Compare Sir Frederic Wise, from Valentines - looks like the same crest (a tree within a shield outline).
Just one plaque visible (plus another subsumed into a still-expanding tree).
Compare Sir Frederic Wise, from Valentines - looks like the same crest (a tree within a shield outline).
![Tree plaque, Barkingside Recreation Ground, Ilford
James Deneson (?)
[1937 - from another photo]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2ljkd55p5hyfptvyqvnumago/bafkreifr72ixciihh2sc4ocdim7zf7q27aysml7q5ktxe5hq2d6xyj7fa4@jpeg)
June 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Belatedly got around to collating some photos of the Barkingside trees.
Just one plaque visible (plus another subsumed into a still-expanding tree).
Compare Sir Frederic Wise, from Valentines - looks like the same crest (a tree within a shield outline).
Just one plaque visible (plus another subsumed into a still-expanding tree).
Compare Sir Frederic Wise, from Valentines - looks like the same crest (a tree within a shield outline).
Naivety? Or honesty?
Should Lineker simply toe the line? Ingratiate himself with he new boss?
Lazy headline, by the way.
Should Lineker simply toe the line? Ingratiate himself with he new boss?
Lazy headline, by the way.
May 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Naivety? Or honesty?
Should Lineker simply toe the line? Ingratiate himself with he new boss?
Lazy headline, by the way.
Should Lineker simply toe the line? Ingratiate himself with he new boss?
Lazy headline, by the way.
Is this the wrong way around? Not that atheists believe that religious faith is positive, but that religious faith (the positive, morally foundation of religion) is a construct of basic human morality?
May 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Is this the wrong way around? Not that atheists believe that religious faith is positive, but that religious faith (the positive, morally foundation of religion) is a construct of basic human morality?