Graham Palmer
@grahampalmer.bsky.social
A writer, attempting to make sense.
(All you have to do is cross out the wrong words - Mark Twain)
Find me at: grahampalmer.co.uk
(All you have to do is cross out the wrong words - Mark Twain)
Find me at: grahampalmer.co.uk
In East Anglia Bylines this week I track down Toby, the Victorian ‘watchdog’ whose bark would land its owner in prison... eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi... @balhnews.bsky.social @historyworkshop.org.uk @britishlibrary.bsky.social @thebhp.bsky.social @bho.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
In East Anglia Bylines this week I track down Toby, the Victorian ‘watchdog’ whose bark would land its owner in prison... eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi... @balhnews.bsky.social @historyworkshop.org.uk @britishlibrary.bsky.social @thebhp.bsky.social @bho.bsky.social
My new best friend...
August 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
My new best friend...
I always knew Royston had its witches, but I don't think the locals memorialised them. 😀(Spotted on the Herts Memories website). @balhnews.bsky.social @roystonmuseum.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I always knew Royston had its witches, but I don't think the locals memorialised them. 😀(Spotted on the Herts Memories website). @balhnews.bsky.social @roystonmuseum.bsky.social
Last year I gave a talk at @roystonmuseum.bsky.social about an c18th proto sci-fi novel. The gist of 'Dr Who's Sea Legs' is now online. grahampalmer.co.uk/dr-whos-sea-...
July 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Last year I gave a talk at @roystonmuseum.bsky.social about an c18th proto sci-fi novel. The gist of 'Dr Who's Sea Legs' is now online. grahampalmer.co.uk/dr-whos-sea-...
Something to put a breeze under your wings this morning...
July 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Something to put a breeze under your wings this morning...
Brilliant performance by @janandjon.bsky.social at @folkbytheoak.bsky.social in Hatfield yesterday. Thanks guys!
July 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Brilliant performance by @janandjon.bsky.social at @folkbytheoak.bsky.social in Hatfield yesterday. Thanks guys!
It's always nice (and a surprise) to be featured in a
Creative Hertfordshire newsletter. 😃
Creative Hertfordshire newsletter. 😃
July 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It's always nice (and a surprise) to be featured in a
Creative Hertfordshire newsletter. 😃
Creative Hertfordshire newsletter. 😃
Begs the question, who do I go to if don't want to be cremated but reincarnated instead?
July 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Begs the question, who do I go to if don't want to be cremated but reincarnated instead?
It's a tool from extracting bungs that have accidentally been pushed into demijohns while wine making.
June 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
It's a tool from extracting bungs that have accidentally been pushed into demijohns while wine making.
If I go on Dragon's Den with this, will it make my fortune?
June 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
If I go on Dragon's Den with this, will it make my fortune?
It seems that he was known to be struggling, but his superiors failed him. Thank God for the Samaritans today (if you're struggling yourself they can help. Call 116 123).
#oneplacewednesday
(Cambridge Chronicle and Journal - Saturday 22 July 1843)
#oneplacewednesday
(Cambridge Chronicle and Journal - Saturday 22 July 1843)
June 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
It seems that he was known to be struggling, but his superiors failed him. Thank God for the Samaritans today (if you're struggling yourself they can help. Call 116 123).
#oneplacewednesday
(Cambridge Chronicle and Journal - Saturday 22 July 1843)
#oneplacewednesday
(Cambridge Chronicle and Journal - Saturday 22 July 1843)
My research today has thrown up a bit of a surprise... (Cambridge Chronicle and Journal - Saturday 15 July 1843) #oneplacewednesday @roystonmuseum.bsky.social @sogorg.bsky.social @oneplacestudies.bsky.social @hertshistory.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
My research today has thrown up a bit of a surprise... (Cambridge Chronicle and Journal - Saturday 15 July 1843) #oneplacewednesday @roystonmuseum.bsky.social @sogorg.bsky.social @oneplacestudies.bsky.social @hertshistory.bsky.social
Rob Roy tartan...Liam Neeson may have been a rogue but he was no slasher!
June 1, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Rob Roy tartan...Liam Neeson may have been a rogue but he was no slasher!
Is it just me, or should owners of such historic properties be forced to keep them in a better state for future generations or sell them to someone who will? @oneplacestudies.bsky.social @balhnews.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Is it just me, or should owners of such historic properties be forced to keep them in a better state for future generations or sell them to someone who will? @oneplacestudies.bsky.social @balhnews.bsky.social
Long suffering mother (house-runner, chicken keeper, ration book meal magician and so much more; the iron scaffolding her menfolk) and second son (home on leave from the elite Marines). And their pets... #LestWeForget #VEDay80
May 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Long suffering mother (house-runner, chicken keeper, ration book meal magician and so much more; the iron scaffolding her menfolk) and second son (home on leave from the elite Marines). And their pets... #LestWeForget #VEDay80
First son - home on leave.
Would rather take his chances in the open during air-raids than risk it in the Anderson shelter his Dad had built! #LestWeForget #VEDay80
Would rather take his chances in the open during air-raids than risk it in the Anderson shelter his Dad had built! #LestWeForget #VEDay80
May 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
First son - home on leave.
Would rather take his chances in the open during air-raids than risk it in the Anderson shelter his Dad had built! #LestWeForget #VEDay80
Would rather take his chances in the open during air-raids than risk it in the Anderson shelter his Dad had built! #LestWeForget #VEDay80
Just ordinary folk. A musician/father (who served in WW1, then in the Home Guard), one son (who walked through the fires around St Paul's to aim the anti-aircraft guns), and a second in the Home Guard (who later join the elite Royal Marines). #LestWeForget #VEDay80
May 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Just ordinary folk. A musician/father (who served in WW1, then in the Home Guard), one son (who walked through the fires around St Paul's to aim the anti-aircraft guns), and a second in the Home Guard (who later join the elite Royal Marines). #LestWeForget #VEDay80
Did you know that, due to a lack of small change, traders in the 17th century made their own tokens for customers to use instead? Royston had several, including this from grocer James Swan (Image © The Trustees of the British Museum). Find out more here: howtohistory.substack.com/p/trade-tokens
April 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Did you know that, due to a lack of small change, traders in the 17th century made their own tokens for customers to use instead? Royston had several, including this from grocer James Swan (Image © The Trustees of the British Museum). Find out more here: howtohistory.substack.com/p/trade-tokens
Today is International Workers' Memorial Day. In the 1870s many lost their lives in the coprolite diggings of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and South Cambridgeshire. There is no memorial to them. #IWMD2025
www.cracked-voices.co.uk/poo-and-pick...
Today is International Workers' Memorial Day. In the 1870s many lost their lives in the coprolite diggings of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and South Cambridgeshire. There is no memorial to them. #IWMD2025
www.cracked-voices.co.uk/poo-and-pick...
April 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Today is International Workers' Memorial Day. In the 1870s many lost their lives in the coprolite diggings of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and South Cambridgeshire. There is no memorial to them. #IWMD2025
www.cracked-voices.co.uk/poo-and-pick...
Today is International Workers' Memorial Day. In the 1870s many lost their lives in the coprolite diggings of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and South Cambridgeshire. There is no memorial to them. #IWMD2025
www.cracked-voices.co.uk/poo-and-pick...
Happy Easter! Come on historians/researchers...what's the origin of this strange custom? Are my family the only crazies out there who do this? @balhnews.bsky.social @sogorg.bsky.social @folkloresociety.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Happy Easter! Come on historians/researchers...what's the origin of this strange custom? Are my family the only crazies out there who do this? @balhnews.bsky.social @sogorg.bsky.social @folkloresociety.bsky.social
What's the most read story on the Royston Crow (local newspaper) website at the moment? @roystonmuseum.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy
@thebhp.bsky.social
@balhnews.bsky.social
@oneplacestudies.bsky.social
@thebhp.bsky.social
@balhnews.bsky.social
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March 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
What's the most read story on the Royston Crow (local newspaper) website at the moment? @roystonmuseum.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy
@thebhp.bsky.social
@balhnews.bsky.social
@oneplacestudies.bsky.social
@thebhp.bsky.social
@balhnews.bsky.social
@oneplacestudies.bsky.social
Watch out! On Therfield Heath this morning the heavens are playing Shove Ha'penny! @oneplacestudies.bsky.social @jennipinnock.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Watch out! On Therfield Heath this morning the heavens are playing Shove Ha'penny! @oneplacestudies.bsky.social @jennipinnock.com
From medieval times, locals in #Royston made merry on 'Plough Monday' (Monday following 12th Night). In some places a plough was brought into church the following Sunday and blessed before ploughing could start in earnest. #BitesizeRoyston @oneplacestudies.bsky.social @folkloresociety.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
From medieval times, locals in #Royston made merry on 'Plough Monday' (Monday following 12th Night). In some places a plough was brought into church the following Sunday and blessed before ploughing could start in earnest. #BitesizeRoyston @oneplacestudies.bsky.social @folkloresociety.bsky.social
No.2 @roystonmuseum.bsky.social 14.2.26
December 19, 2024 at 9:32 AM
No.2 @roystonmuseum.bsky.social 14.2.26