Charlotte Lucy
@lordpurrtector.bsky.social
Just me - obsessed with history ⚔️ books 📚 myths & legends...
Saving foxes from the gentry...
Saving foxes from the gentry...
Pinned
"Well, boys, you have done your work, now you may go and play—if you don't fall out among yourselves."
Jacob Astley, 21st March 1646
The ghost of Lord Astley denies all knowledge of recent politics & is not on social media.
Jacob Astley, 21st March 1646
The ghost of Lord Astley denies all knowledge of recent politics & is not on social media.
Question for anyone with past connections to St Winefrides Convent, #Shrewsbury:
When did the school year begin, 1970 era - Easter or September?
I was told Easter as it was a Catholic private school, but school fee receipts I have found begin for the September term.
📷 1970, summer uniform.
When did the school year begin, 1970 era - Easter or September?
I was told Easter as it was a Catholic private school, but school fee receipts I have found begin for the September term.
📷 1970, summer uniform.
June 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Question for anyone with past connections to St Winefrides Convent, #Shrewsbury:
When did the school year begin, 1970 era - Easter or September?
I was told Easter as it was a Catholic private school, but school fee receipts I have found begin for the September term.
📷 1970, summer uniform.
When did the school year begin, 1970 era - Easter or September?
I was told Easter as it was a Catholic private school, but school fee receipts I have found begin for the September term.
📷 1970, summer uniform.
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The epitaph of Naseby is usually overlooked by most commentaries: The Farndon Massacre should not be forgotten, and surely there should be a memorial in the likely location? #Naseby #EnglishCivilWar #Warsof3Kingdoms #BritishCivilWars www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2024/05/the-...
The Farndon Massacre
The Farndon Field Massacre Battle of Naseby
www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk
June 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The epitaph of Naseby is usually overlooked by most commentaries: The Farndon Massacre should not be forgotten, and surely there should be a memorial in the likely location? #Naseby #EnglishCivilWar #Warsof3Kingdoms #BritishCivilWars www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2024/05/the-...
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Our friends at United Bricks have produced for us a range of Civil War figures, ideal for LEGO and 17th Century enthusiasts alike! They include a pikeman, musketeer, officer, Charles I and Cromwell figures - they're now available to order online at: shop.cromwellmuseum.org/products/civ... 😀
June 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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The Daughter & Myself decided a SERIOUS book safari was required!
So was a shopping trolley 😆
Mine & hers...
So was a shopping trolley 😆
Mine & hers...
June 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The Daughter & Myself decided a SERIOUS book safari was required!
So was a shopping trolley 😆
Mine & hers...
So was a shopping trolley 😆
Mine & hers...
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More BCW Project news! The Regimental Wiki is mostly back online (still sorting a few formatting issues). Link from front page needs amending (a job for another day).
In the meantime you can find it at wiki.BCW-project.org.uk
#Warsof3Kingdoms #BritishCivilWars #EnglishCivilWar
In the meantime you can find it at wiki.BCW-project.org.uk
#Warsof3Kingdoms #BritishCivilWars #EnglishCivilWar
May 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
More BCW Project news! The Regimental Wiki is mostly back online (still sorting a few formatting issues). Link from front page needs amending (a job for another day).
In the meantime you can find it at wiki.BCW-project.org.uk
#Warsof3Kingdoms #BritishCivilWars #EnglishCivilWar
In the meantime you can find it at wiki.BCW-project.org.uk
#Warsof3Kingdoms #BritishCivilWars #EnglishCivilWar
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Who Filled An Army’s Ranks? ⚔️
Armies of the English Civil Wars were made up of a range of experience and ages. While young apprentices flocked to join Parliament’s cause at the outbreak of the wars, soldiers that had fought overseas in the Thirty Years War were also sought after.
📷: Wendy Williams
Armies of the English Civil Wars were made up of a range of experience and ages. While young apprentices flocked to join Parliament’s cause at the outbreak of the wars, soldiers that had fought overseas in the Thirty Years War were also sought after.
📷: Wendy Williams
May 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Who Filled An Army’s Ranks? ⚔️
Armies of the English Civil Wars were made up of a range of experience and ages. While young apprentices flocked to join Parliament’s cause at the outbreak of the wars, soldiers that had fought overseas in the Thirty Years War were also sought after.
📷: Wendy Williams
Armies of the English Civil Wars were made up of a range of experience and ages. While young apprentices flocked to join Parliament’s cause at the outbreak of the wars, soldiers that had fought overseas in the Thirty Years War were also sought after.
📷: Wendy Williams
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It's back!
bcw-project.org.uk
At the moment the Project part of the site is back up and running, a few bits have been turned off for now (you can't donate to the running of the site, or contact us yet). The Wiki might take a bit longer I'm afraid.
1/3
bcw-project.org.uk
At the moment the Project part of the site is back up and running, a few bits have been turned off for now (you can't donate to the running of the site, or contact us yet). The Wiki might take a bit longer I'm afraid.
1/3
May 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It's back!
bcw-project.org.uk
At the moment the Project part of the site is back up and running, a few bits have been turned off for now (you can't donate to the running of the site, or contact us yet). The Wiki might take a bit longer I'm afraid.
1/3
bcw-project.org.uk
At the moment the Project part of the site is back up and running, a few bits have been turned off for now (you can't donate to the running of the site, or contact us yet). The Wiki might take a bit longer I'm afraid.
1/3
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🎉 We’re delighted to unveil the speakers for the inaugural Stuart History Festival.
It’s going to be a celebration of (what we believe is) the most dramatic, dazzling, and divisive period in British history!
📅 5-6 July, The Old Palace, Worcester ....
It’s going to be a celebration of (what we believe is) the most dramatic, dazzling, and divisive period in British history!
📅 5-6 July, The Old Palace, Worcester ....
May 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🎉 We’re delighted to unveil the speakers for the inaugural Stuart History Festival.
It’s going to be a celebration of (what we believe is) the most dramatic, dazzling, and divisive period in British history!
📅 5-6 July, The Old Palace, Worcester ....
It’s going to be a celebration of (what we believe is) the most dramatic, dazzling, and divisive period in British history!
📅 5-6 July, The Old Palace, Worcester ....
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My book with @reaktionbooks.bsky.social is now on their website and is available to pre-order! So excited to see this 🌟
reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/voices-...
#earlymodern #earlymodernwomen
reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/voices-...
#earlymodern #earlymodernwomen
March 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
My book with @reaktionbooks.bsky.social is now on their website and is available to pre-order! So excited to see this 🌟
reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/voices-...
#earlymodern #earlymodernwomen
reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/voices-...
#earlymodern #earlymodernwomen
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Those churches built on hollow hills, built next to old paths, cannot help but exude a sense of the pagan. They sit uneasily in the land, become ghost generators, sanctuaries for strange stories. They try to present themselves as nexus of community life, but death is in their stones. – #DAKilroy
May 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Those churches built on hollow hills, built next to old paths, cannot help but exude a sense of the pagan. They sit uneasily in the land, become ghost generators, sanctuaries for strange stories. They try to present themselves as nexus of community life, but death is in their stones. – #DAKilroy
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Here's an unusual new acquisition, as it's a bit of our own history. A copy of our earliest guidebook, produced a few months after we first opened in October 1962. It's fascinating to see how our collection has developed, expanded and improved since then! #ObjectOfTheWeek
May 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Here's an unusual new acquisition, as it's a bit of our own history. A copy of our earliest guidebook, produced a few months after we first opened in October 1962. It's fascinating to see how our collection has developed, expanded and improved since then! #ObjectOfTheWeek
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🎙NEW EPISODE 🎙
The latest episode of The Shropshire Witches Podcast discusses the fascinating world of pirates! From medieval sea thieves to men like blackbeard. Sail away with us as we explore pirate fact and pirate fiction ☠️
media.rss.com/the-shropshi...
#Pirates #History #Folklore #Pirate
The latest episode of The Shropshire Witches Podcast discusses the fascinating world of pirates! From medieval sea thieves to men like blackbeard. Sail away with us as we explore pirate fact and pirate fiction ☠️
media.rss.com/the-shropshi...
#Pirates #History #Folklore #Pirate
May 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
🎙NEW EPISODE 🎙
The latest episode of The Shropshire Witches Podcast discusses the fascinating world of pirates! From medieval sea thieves to men like blackbeard. Sail away with us as we explore pirate fact and pirate fiction ☠️
media.rss.com/the-shropshi...
#Pirates #History #Folklore #Pirate
The latest episode of The Shropshire Witches Podcast discusses the fascinating world of pirates! From medieval sea thieves to men like blackbeard. Sail away with us as we explore pirate fact and pirate fiction ☠️
media.rss.com/the-shropshi...
#Pirates #History #Folklore #Pirate
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✨️NEW POST✨️
My latest blog post discusses the complex story of Emma Davies, who was at the centre of 'The Shropshire Hoax' in 1883. Though not a traditional ghost story, I believe her story is important.
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...
#Shropshire #History #Folklore #ghosts
My latest blog post discusses the complex story of Emma Davies, who was at the centre of 'The Shropshire Hoax' in 1883. Though not a traditional ghost story, I believe her story is important.
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...
#Shropshire #History #Folklore #ghosts
May 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
✨️NEW POST✨️
My latest blog post discusses the complex story of Emma Davies, who was at the centre of 'The Shropshire Hoax' in 1883. Though not a traditional ghost story, I believe her story is important.
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...
#Shropshire #History #Folklore #ghosts
My latest blog post discusses the complex story of Emma Davies, who was at the centre of 'The Shropshire Hoax' in 1883. Though not a traditional ghost story, I believe her story is important.
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...
#Shropshire #History #Folklore #ghosts
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⚔️#OTD 1643, Battle of Stratton.
Despite being outnumbered 2 to 1, Ralph Hopton's royalists battle up a steep hill for hours & rout the Earl of Stamford's 6000 parliamentarians.
Hopton captures 1700 prisoners, 13 artillery pieces & secures #Cornwall.
Despite being outnumbered 2 to 1, Ralph Hopton's royalists battle up a steep hill for hours & rout the Earl of Stamford's 6000 parliamentarians.
Hopton captures 1700 prisoners, 13 artillery pieces & secures #Cornwall.
May 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
⚔️#OTD 1643, Battle of Stratton.
Despite being outnumbered 2 to 1, Ralph Hopton's royalists battle up a steep hill for hours & rout the Earl of Stamford's 6000 parliamentarians.
Hopton captures 1700 prisoners, 13 artillery pieces & secures #Cornwall.
Despite being outnumbered 2 to 1, Ralph Hopton's royalists battle up a steep hill for hours & rout the Earl of Stamford's 6000 parliamentarians.
Hopton captures 1700 prisoners, 13 artillery pieces & secures #Cornwall.
The top of the reading heap has taken an interesting detour...
April 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The top of the reading heap has taken an interesting detour...
🥁👑Calling All Stuart History Enthusiasts👑🥁
Dr Erica Canela, Andrea Zuvich, & Mark Turnbull are excited to announce the first Stuart History Festival!
🗓️Save the Date: The Old Palace, Worcester
5-6 July 2025
#StuartFest #KeepitStuart
Dr Erica Canela, Andrea Zuvich, & Mark Turnbull are excited to announce the first Stuart History Festival!
🗓️Save the Date: The Old Palace, Worcester
5-6 July 2025
#StuartFest #KeepitStuart
April 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Tickets are on sale now for our spring online lecture series, starting in May. Four top historians over successive weeks on aspects of the 1600s, this time covering subjects from radical republicans, religious groups and the outbreak of the civil war... www.cromwellmuseum.org/events/cromw...
April 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Tickets are on sale now for our spring online lecture series, starting in May. Four top historians over successive weeks on aspects of the 1600s, this time covering subjects from radical republicans, religious groups and the outbreak of the civil war... www.cromwellmuseum.org/events/cromw...
Apparently this is on YouTube in all its 1974 finery. It was my favourite programme at the time.
Off to relive memories go I! This inspired me to spend 6 months dressed as the Kaiser.
(No cosplay this time round though, the Kaiser & I had a bit of a falling out over a few matters 🧐)
Off to relive memories go I! This inspired me to spend 6 months dressed as the Kaiser.
(No cosplay this time round though, the Kaiser & I had a bit of a falling out over a few matters 🧐)
April 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Apparently this is on YouTube in all its 1974 finery. It was my favourite programme at the time.
Off to relive memories go I! This inspired me to spend 6 months dressed as the Kaiser.
(No cosplay this time round though, the Kaiser & I had a bit of a falling out over a few matters 🧐)
Off to relive memories go I! This inspired me to spend 6 months dressed as the Kaiser.
(No cosplay this time round though, the Kaiser & I had a bit of a falling out over a few matters 🧐)
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"Reverend Mother, I have sinned."
April 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"Reverend Mother, I have sinned."
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#OnThisDay 2 April 1649 a petition signed by 80,000 people (a huge number for the time), calling for the release of the Leveller John Lilburne and his associates accused of treason, was presented to the Council of State. #17thCentury #OTD #Levellers
April 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
#OnThisDay 2 April 1649 a petition signed by 80,000 people (a huge number for the time), calling for the release of the Leveller John Lilburne and his associates accused of treason, was presented to the Council of State. #17thCentury #OTD #Levellers
Crispy book time!!!
A History of Shropshire, 1825, with a whole history of its own to delve into by the looks of it.
With MANY thanks to the Raven Bookshop - to be found on FB & Instagram, & the Market Hall Shrewsbury if you wish to pay a visit in person.
#Shrewsbury #ShrewsburyBookshops
A History of Shropshire, 1825, with a whole history of its own to delve into by the looks of it.
With MANY thanks to the Raven Bookshop - to be found on FB & Instagram, & the Market Hall Shrewsbury if you wish to pay a visit in person.
#Shrewsbury #ShrewsburyBookshops
April 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Crispy book time!!!
A History of Shropshire, 1825, with a whole history of its own to delve into by the looks of it.
With MANY thanks to the Raven Bookshop - to be found on FB & Instagram, & the Market Hall Shrewsbury if you wish to pay a visit in person.
#Shrewsbury #ShrewsburyBookshops
A History of Shropshire, 1825, with a whole history of its own to delve into by the looks of it.
With MANY thanks to the Raven Bookshop - to be found on FB & Instagram, & the Market Hall Shrewsbury if you wish to pay a visit in person.
#Shrewsbury #ShrewsburyBookshops
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During the civil wars, Lord & Lady Brooke made Warwick Castle a stronghold for Parliament and withstood a Royalist siege. The new TWTUD explores the lives of the men & women revealed in the household accounts of Lord & Lady Brooke between 1640 and 1649 www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/podcast/a-fa...
March 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
During the civil wars, Lord & Lady Brooke made Warwick Castle a stronghold for Parliament and withstood a Royalist siege. The new TWTUD explores the lives of the men & women revealed in the household accounts of Lord & Lady Brooke between 1640 and 1649 www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/podcast/a-fa...
I grew up hearing about the ghost railways of old Shropshire... (the interpretation of a small child whose mother travelled to school on the Severn Valley 😉)
Disused tracks & ruined bridges from the railway's demise in 1963. It was already under threat of closure.
We got the M54 in exchange...
Disused tracks & ruined bridges from the railway's demise in 1963. It was already under threat of closure.
We got the M54 in exchange...
Today in 1963 the first Beeching Report was published.
The Minister for Transport was Ernest Marples. Before taking office he sold a big stake in a road building company to his wife.
Hundreds of miles of railways were closed, & lots of motorways built
He fled to Monte Carlo in early 1975
The Minister for Transport was Ernest Marples. Before taking office he sold a big stake in a road building company to his wife.
Hundreds of miles of railways were closed, & lots of motorways built
He fled to Monte Carlo in early 1975
March 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I grew up hearing about the ghost railways of old Shropshire... (the interpretation of a small child whose mother travelled to school on the Severn Valley 😉)
Disused tracks & ruined bridges from the railway's demise in 1963. It was already under threat of closure.
We got the M54 in exchange...
Disused tracks & ruined bridges from the railway's demise in 1963. It was already under threat of closure.
We got the M54 in exchange...
Yes I have thoughts @muinchille.bsky.social, which I can express here as I am 🔒on X.
What is described is PART of a bigger system which included other social reforms & opportunity for emigration, so if used in its entirety would possibly be detrimental to Ireland at the time.
What is described is PART of a bigger system which included other social reforms & opportunity for emigration, so if used in its entirety would possibly be detrimental to Ireland at the time.
March 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Yes I have thoughts @muinchille.bsky.social, which I can express here as I am 🔒on X.
What is described is PART of a bigger system which included other social reforms & opportunity for emigration, so if used in its entirety would possibly be detrimental to Ireland at the time.
What is described is PART of a bigger system which included other social reforms & opportunity for emigration, so if used in its entirety would possibly be detrimental to Ireland at the time.
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What was ‘slighting’ a castle? 🏰
Despite their victory, many Parliamentarians feared Royalist uprisings, and so the decision was taken to dismantle, or ‘slight’, many castles across England to ensure they could not be used for military action again.
📷: Michael Molcher
Despite their victory, many Parliamentarians feared Royalist uprisings, and so the decision was taken to dismantle, or ‘slight’, many castles across England to ensure they could not be used for military action again.
📷: Michael Molcher
March 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What was ‘slighting’ a castle? 🏰
Despite their victory, many Parliamentarians feared Royalist uprisings, and so the decision was taken to dismantle, or ‘slight’, many castles across England to ensure they could not be used for military action again.
📷: Michael Molcher
Despite their victory, many Parliamentarians feared Royalist uprisings, and so the decision was taken to dismantle, or ‘slight’, many castles across England to ensure they could not be used for military action again.
📷: Michael Molcher