Jack Kirby
@jdk653.bsky.social
Associate Director of Collections Services at Science Museum Group, walker, fan: maps, culture, heritage, local distinctiveness. Gay, use hearing aids. Views own
During the pandemic I started noticing drain covers, the best of which tell a history of local governance. The earliest I have found is this one bearing the name Withington Local Board, which dates it to between 1876 and 1894.
November 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
During the pandemic I started noticing drain covers, the best of which tell a history of local governance. The earliest I have found is this one bearing the name Withington Local Board, which dates it to between 1876 and 1894.
I expect you know that @c20society.bsky.social has a campaign to list cooling towers. c20society.org.uk/cooling-towers. However to my mind the best, the pink-tinted cooling towers of Ironbridge B (seen here in 2012), have already gone.
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I expect you know that @c20society.bsky.social has a campaign to list cooling towers. c20society.org.uk/cooling-towers. However to my mind the best, the pink-tinted cooling towers of Ironbridge B (seen here in 2012), have already gone.
+1 for the castle. Pilgrims Coffee is freshly roasted. Avoiding drowning on the causeway by knowing the tide times is wise. Hope there isn't a sea fret (or that it lifts).
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
+1 for the castle. Pilgrims Coffee is freshly roasted. Avoiding drowning on the causeway by knowing the tide times is wise. Hope there isn't a sea fret (or that it lifts).
July 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
@thebeautyoftransport.com @danielhwright.bsky.social A Beacon footbridge in the wild at Y Fenni / Abergavenny.
July 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
@thebeautyoftransport.com @danielhwright.bsky.social A Beacon footbridge in the wild at Y Fenni / Abergavenny.
I feel we may have had this conversation previously, but orange is also used (admittedly rarely) to indicate hazardous goods prohibitions. As seen in your avatar, amongst other places.
June 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I feel we may have had this conversation previously, but orange is also used (admittedly rarely) to indicate hazardous goods prohibitions. As seen in your avatar, amongst other places.
@milleanick.bsky.social I ticked off another of the North Eastern Railway tiled maps at Scarborough yesterday.
June 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@milleanick.bsky.social I ticked off another of the North Eastern Railway tiled maps at Scarborough yesterday.
I once went on the world's most improbable date, to see the ventilation shafts in Birkenhead. Despite this unlikely shared interest, a relationship did not result.
May 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I once went on the world's most improbable date, to see the ventilation shafts in Birkenhead. Despite this unlikely shared interest, a relationship did not result.
@olliedouglas.bsky.social The @railwaymuseum.bsky.social 1951 cattle wagon is having a moment in the sun as we prepare for the reopening of the Station Hall later this year. This is quite a late wagon from a period when cattle were increasingly travelling by road.
May 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
@olliedouglas.bsky.social The @railwaymuseum.bsky.social 1951 cattle wagon is having a moment in the sun as we prepare for the reopening of the Station Hall later this year. This is quite a late wagon from a period when cattle were increasingly travelling by road.
@lccmunicipal.bsky.social I found this classic clinging on in a side street in Mill Hill.
April 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
@lccmunicipal.bsky.social I found this classic clinging on in a side street in Mill Hill.
@thebeautyoftransport.com @doublearrow64.bsky.social Oxford could win a Least Consistent Signage award, with Rail Alphabet, Rail Alphabet 2, and several iterations of First Great Western/GWR all in evidence. I think some of the Rail Alphabet is also NSE blue.
April 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
@thebeautyoftransport.com @doublearrow64.bsky.social Oxford could win a Least Consistent Signage award, with Rail Alphabet, Rail Alphabet 2, and several iterations of First Great Western/GWR all in evidence. I think some of the Rail Alphabet is also NSE blue.
It's been mixed here, but the sunshine yesterday made up for the dull/cool/damp bits.
April 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It's been mixed here, but the sunshine yesterday made up for the dull/cool/damp bits.
@showmeasign.online @owlernook.bsky.social Marple, I believe (niche knowledge).
April 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
@showmeasign.online @owlernook.bsky.social Marple, I believe (niche knowledge).
I haven't walked the Broomway, but I did cross Morecambe Bay a couple of years ago. Highly recommended.
April 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I haven't walked the Broomway, but I did cross Morecambe Bay a couple of years ago. Highly recommended.
@lccmunicipal.bsky.social Today's treat is an unusually well preserved Finchley District Council stink pipe.
March 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
@lccmunicipal.bsky.social Today's treat is an unusually well preserved Finchley District Council stink pipe.
Plus Hendon Urban District Council for good measure.
March 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Plus Hendon Urban District Council for good measure.
@lccmunicipal.bsky.social Relics of both Finchley and Barnet Urban District Councils, near their former border.
March 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
@lccmunicipal.bsky.social Relics of both Finchley and Barnet Urban District Councils, near their former border.
Luckily I still have the CD.
March 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Luckily I still have the CD.
@rwldproject.bsky.social I came across this outdoor interpretation panel about a 1949 accident at Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve, part of the Avalon Marshes west of Glastonbury, Somerset. There was also an oral history clip.
March 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
@rwldproject.bsky.social I came across this outdoor interpretation panel about a 1949 accident at Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve, part of the Avalon Marshes west of Glastonbury, Somerset. There was also an oral history clip.
Yes we have a number of them in store. See also www.jstor.org/stable/23787...
March 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Yes we have a number of them in store. See also www.jstor.org/stable/23787...
But warmer than Cheshire 500m above sea level.
February 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
But warmer than Cheshire 500m above sea level.
Gertrude Stein's grave, Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, October 2024
February 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Gertrude Stein's grave, Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, October 2024
@doublearrow64.bsky.social Oh dear, oh dear. (Hope station bus shelter, Derbyshire)
February 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
@doublearrow64.bsky.social Oh dear, oh dear. (Hope station bus shelter, Derbyshire)
Bronze according to the trademark registration.
January 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Bronze according to the trademark registration.