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beckenhamgirl.bsky.social
Rachael Collins
@beckenhamgirl.bsky.social
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Fan of history, art and architecture; walking; law; gardens; nice buildings; watching tennis, athletics and Welsh rugby union.
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Peeps and Samuel 😻😻 #Cats #AdoptDontShop
Cute black and white cat asleep on a duvet. Cute black cat in sphinx pose on the back of a cream sofa.
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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A fun afternoon with @juicypearseed.bsky.social seeing the musical Coven, which is inspired by the Pendle Witch Trials. Well worth seeing. I first learned about the Pendle Witches 30 years ago 😳 when I arrived at Lancaster University. Where do the years go!!!!??? #Coven ##KilnTheatre #PendleWitches
November 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Came across the fabulous @floellabenjamin.bsky.social in my local library this morning. She is Baroness Benjamin of Beckenham, but still ... very exciting. Was sad not to be able to sit and join in. Still giving off the same energy as she had on #Playschool ❤️ #ComingToEngland #Windrush
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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My first visit to Lille. It didn't disappoint.
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Loved William Shaw's latest, The Red Shore. A brilliant read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Can't wait for the next Eden Driscoll mystery. #CrimeFiction #Teignmouth #Devon
Book cover for William Shaw's, The Red Shore. Illustrated by a red sunset-tinged photo of a long pier against the sea
July 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Peeps. Hot cat.
Black and white tuxedo cat sprawled on her side on laminate flooring surrounded by toys.
June 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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An afternoon in #Greenwich
Cutty Sark, clipper. Panoramic view looking down from the Royal Observatory on Greenwich and the Canary Wharf skyline of skyscrapers.
June 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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A glorious day for a walk around Langley Vale, @wtscotsocial.bsky.social First World War Centenary Wood. Such a beautiful setting. #WoodlandTrust #Surrey
Stone plinth on a grass entrance with the Woodland Trust logo and the words: The Regiment of Trees, commemorating the inspection of troops by Lord Kitchener, Epsom Downs, January 1915. Sculpture called Witness by John Merrill. Witness is a construct of massive hunks of oak each about six metres high. It sits in a grassy meadow in the Regiment of Trees, with trees behind it and a blue sky with cloud. Sandstone statute of a solider in uniform standing in a grassy meadow with trees behind and a deep blue sky. Two of the avenue of 14 plinths, one for each shop lost in the Battle of Jutland. Each carries the name of the ship and the number of crew who lost their lives and how many survived. They are standing in a grassy meadow with tree saplings behind on a sunny day with a blue sky and cloud.
June 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Another brilliant read @barbaranadel.bsky.social Sad ending though 😢 #TheWoodenLibrary #CetinIkmen #CrimeFiction #Istanbul #Turkey
May 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Another cracking #MaeveKerrigan book from @janecasey.bsky.social
White book cover with Jane Casey written in turquoise text, above the title, The Secret Room in orange to red text, above a picture of a key which features a person in a corridor.
May 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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A glorious day to re-visit the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social #Grade1Listed #HistoricEngland #CrystalPalace
Two of the Crystal Palace dinosaurs surrounded by trees and vegetation and on an island surrounded by a lake. Some of the Crystal Palace dinosaurs, surrounded by trees and vegetation and on an island surrounded by a lake. View of the lake at Crystal Palace Park surrounded by trees and vegetation, with an almost cloudless sky.
May 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Fab,face-aching night of laughter @blackheathhalls.bsky.social with Josh Widdicombe. Chantel Nash, the support act, hilarious too.
May 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Loved @khanandsalinsky.bsky.social's The Gang of Three. Well worth seeing.
May 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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So many beautiful places in France. #Colmar #Alsace #France
Picturesque, colourful half-timbered houses alongside a canal. Colourful, picturesque half-timbered houses along a street. Colourful, picturesque half-timbered houses along a canal.
May 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Petite France, Strasbourg. Such a beautiful place. #Strasbourg #Alsace
Sandstone (red) Gothic cathedral with spire, towering over Strasbourg. A path lined with purple flowering wisteria, down towards a house in Petite France.
May 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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A glorious day for pottering about #Paris
Gorgeous blue sky above the River Seine, looking down to a bridge and grand looking buildings on the right. Gorgeous blue sky above the River Seine, looking down to a bridge with the dome of the Museu D'Orsey to the left and the Eiffel Tower in the far distance. Two tourist boats to the right hand side of the river. Gorgeous blue sky above the River Seine, with grand looking buildings on the right bank. Multi-colour array of flowers at a stall in the Flower Market.
April 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Great to see Notre-Dame de Paris reopened. #GothicArchitecture #Cathedral #Paris
April 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Another great read from Alex Gray #Lorrimer #CrimeFiction #Glasgow
April 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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#IStandWithUkraine 🇬🇧🇪🇺 🇺🇦
I Stand With Ukraine on a blue and yellow background
February 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Merry Christmas, Gladstone. The turkey's in the oven. #JoinIn
December 25, 2024 at 11:28 AM
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Merry Christmas, everyone 🎅🎄
Cute black cat wearing a Santa hat, sat in a library that's looking Christmassy, with the words Merry Christmas in the bottom right corner.
December 24, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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Finally! 🥳 Some of those were tough @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social ##HiddenBooksGame
December 24, 2024 at 1:06 AM
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Gripped by @janecasey.bsky.social latest, The Outsider. Carried on reading to finish it at 4.30am. Shattered for work this morning.
Front cover of the crime fiction book, The Outsider, written by Jane Casey. A view looking up at an ornate iron gate with a bright blue sky with a few wisps of white cloud. Yellow text for the title, The Outsider, and a sub text of 'They welcomed him into the family ... but he's going to destroy them.'
December 23, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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A wonderful parade of lanterns at Burning the Clocks in Brighton this evening. Seems such a shame to burn them on the bonfire at the end. #WinterSolstice #Brighton
Larger than life illuminated lanterns in the shape of two books being carried above people's shoulders in a parade at night. Larger than life illuminated lantern puppet in the shape of a woman, being carried above people's shoulders in a parade at night. Iluminated lantern of the ship Empire Windrush two books being carried in a parade at night, with the illuminated Brighton Palace Pier sign behind on the left. Larger than life illuminated lantern puppet of a spaceman carrying a spanner above people's shoulders in a parade at night.
December 22, 2024 at 12:15 AM
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RIP my darling Bella 💔
December 19, 2024 at 7:30 PM