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Liz Lloyd
@lizanne.bsky.social
Bookworm and history enthusiast. Interested in genealogy. Frequently to be found in Portugal. Blog at https://lizannelloyd.wordpress.com/ on books and https://somerville66.blogspot.com/ on history.
#SailawaySunday on the Thames near Pangbourne,
December 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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#AdventAngels By #DouglasStrachan, in Bothwell Parish Church. #StainedGlassSunday
December 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Lizanne lost in a good book reviews The Girl From the War Room by Catherine Law "A very rewarding book to read." lizannelloyd.wordpress.com/2025/12/05/m... @lizanne.bsky.social #WW2 #HistoricalFiction #BookReview
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
#Thursgate to the Big Buddha in Hong Kong
December 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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#AdventAngels Photo from 2024. St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh.
December 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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I'm not sure if it's subconscious on my part, but I do seem to take photos of trees that mirror the angles of the hills behind. These all taken two weeks ago.
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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🔎As Advent begins, in my latest post on my Substack, The Detective's Notebook, I investigate five real-life murders caused by contaminated sweets, including the 1858 Bradford mass poisoning, the chocolate cream killer and a murderous solicitor.
🔗 drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/death-by-c...
Death by chocolate
Poisoned confectionery homicide cases
drangelabuckley.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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December 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Cold and still by Loch an Loin.
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 AM
#TidesoutTuesday Broughty Ferry
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
#MondayBlogs Rogues & Scoundrels on 18th century London somerville66.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-...
The Old Red Lion by the Fleet Ditch
History, travel, nostalgia and genealogy
somerville66.blogspot.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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#StainedGlassSunday

Simple but stunning stained glass windows
Winsford Cheshire
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Happy St Andrews Day
November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#SailawaySunday Charlestown, Corwall
November 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Let Scot rejoice wi' brither Scot,
Upon St. Andrew's day.
‘In enduring memory of loyal Scots through the ages’. By #WilliamWilson in Biggar Kirk, South Lanarkshire. #StainedGlassSunday Happy #StAndrewsDay
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The view from my grandparents bungalow overlooking the Gareloch at Shandon in 1969.
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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#BookReview

#TheFutureOfTravel by Daniel Maurer
@melvillehouse.bsky.social

Highlights the profound impact of our travel habits on the global cultural, social, & economic landscape

Perspective-shifting ideas
Astute, important & accessible read

www.swirlandthread.com/the-future-o...

#Booksky
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
#TidesoutTuesday Port Erin Isle of Man
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
#TilesonTuesday Quarteira Portugal
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Lizanne lost in a good book Review of Murder under the Mistletoe by Reverend Richard Coles lizannelloyd.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/m... @lizanne.bsky.social #TuesdayBlogs
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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🎨 How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists: 2 | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/Mmq5gXA

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#MondayBlogs
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
#MondayBlogs In the late 19th & early 20th century many children were sent from England to a new life in Canada somerville66.blogspot.com/2014/11/brit...
British Home Children
History, travel, nostalgia and genealogy
somerville66.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
#SailawaySunday Beale Park, Berkshire
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM