jonstump
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Cycling round Wiltshire and feeding the ducks (and playing records and building little aeroplanes).
Certainly does! Got a few spares, too.
November 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Certainly does! Got a few spares, too.
November 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Have some of that. Everyone loves a 93rd minute winner.
(Turns out the clock only goes up to 99:00)
(Turns out the clock only goes up to 99:00)
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Have some of that. Everyone loves a 93rd minute winner.
(Turns out the clock only goes up to 99:00)
(Turns out the clock only goes up to 99:00)
What a plum. Should have checked my bookshelf in the first place... 1908, 1919 and 1929.
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
What a plum. Should have checked my bookshelf in the first place... 1908, 1919 and 1929.
Going to have a closer look at the 1922 OS when I'm not on my phone with a cat on my lap...
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Going to have a closer look at the 1922 OS when I'm not on my phone with a cat on my lap...
The boundary's visible on the 1940 OS map (as well it should be, the municipal borough forming in 1900).
Maybe Bassett Down House really didn't want to be in Swindon?
Maybe Bassett Down House really didn't want to be in Swindon?
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The boundary's visible on the 1940 OS map (as well it should be, the municipal borough forming in 1900).
Maybe Bassett Down House really didn't want to be in Swindon?
Maybe Bassett Down House really didn't want to be in Swindon?
One day, when I've got time (haha) I'm going to dig and find out what's going on with this bit of the Swindon / Wiltshire border; who owned what and didn't want to give it up?
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
One day, when I've got time (haha) I'm going to dig and find out what's going on with this bit of the Swindon / Wiltshire border; who owned what and didn't want to give it up?
My favourite section so far:
"In emergency, the Air Navigator can rely not only upon Flying Control but also upon certain other arrangements that constitute a Distress Organisation. The details of this are secret, and cannot be given in this Manual."
"In emergency, the Air Navigator can rely not only upon Flying Control but also upon certain other arrangements that constitute a Distress Organisation. The details of this are secret, and cannot be given in this Manual."
November 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
My favourite section so far:
"In emergency, the Air Navigator can rely not only upon Flying Control but also upon certain other arrangements that constitute a Distress Organisation. The details of this are secret, and cannot be given in this Manual."
"In emergency, the Air Navigator can rely not only upon Flying Control but also upon certain other arrangements that constitute a Distress Organisation. The details of this are secret, and cannot be given in this Manual."
The unexpected joy when you open your new copy of Air Navigation (Royal Air Force, May 1944) to find a foldout Chart of Magnetic Dip, 1922.
November 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The unexpected joy when you open your new copy of Air Navigation (Royal Air Force, May 1944) to find a foldout Chart of Magnetic Dip, 1922.
There have been 0️⃣ days since a bridge strike at Corporation Street in central Swindon.
November 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
There have been 0️⃣ days since a bridge strike at Corporation Street in central Swindon.
135 miles back from site and then two and a half laps of the car park...
October 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
135 miles back from site and then two and a half laps of the car park...
Send help (and maybe another teabag)
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Send help (and maybe another teabag)
One for the Why Do We Do It To Ourselves file. Adding some piping to the engine.
#HistScaleModels
#HistScaleModels
October 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
One for the Why Do We Do It To Ourselves file. Adding some piping to the engine.
#HistScaleModels
#HistScaleModels
Goalless! Boo! Still, I'll take second on goal difference at this stage.
Keepers wearing caps!
I do love a nice long shadow, too.
Keepers wearing caps!
I do love a nice long shadow, too.
October 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Goalless! Boo! Still, I'll take second on goal difference at this stage.
Keepers wearing caps!
I do love a nice long shadow, too.
Keepers wearing caps!
I do love a nice long shadow, too.
When shipwrights do buildings.
No. 3 Slip ("The Big Space"), Chatham.
No. 3 Slip ("The Big Space"), Chatham.
October 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
When shipwrights do buildings.
No. 3 Slip ("The Big Space"), Chatham.
No. 3 Slip ("The Big Space"), Chatham.
Swindon's Harold Starr, now at Radnor Street Cemetery, on the Memorial wall.
October 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Swindon's Harold Starr, now at Radnor Street Cemetery, on the Memorial wall.
Finally started looking at the pictures from Big Camera from last week's Kent odyssey. Here's Keith Park from the Battle of Britain Memorial at Folkestone.
October 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Finally started looking at the pictures from Big Camera from last week's Kent odyssey. Here's Keith Park from the Battle of Britain Memorial at Folkestone.
