MargaretR
@margr.bsky.social
Bibliophile. Yorkshire to the core.
Addicted to family, local and military history research.
Always learning.
Addicted to family, local and military history research.
Always learning.
Just 2 of those in my family who did not return from The Great War. Gt Uncle Arthur Coldstream Gds, lost between Metz & Gouzeaucourt Nov 1917, no known grave, he is listed on the memorial at Louverval. Also his cousin William RE, died in July 1917, buried at La Clytte nr Ypres.
We do not forget.
We do not forget.
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Just 2 of those in my family who did not return from The Great War. Gt Uncle Arthur Coldstream Gds, lost between Metz & Gouzeaucourt Nov 1917, no known grave, he is listed on the memorial at Louverval. Also his cousin William RE, died in July 1917, buried at La Clytte nr Ypres.
We do not forget.
We do not forget.
Yes, the Census shows him at Hull Bridge with his wife and two sons. I hadn’t see that picture before, it would surely have been similar in those years.
I have his smoking cap ☺️
I have his smoking cap ☺️
October 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Yes, the Census shows him at Hull Bridge with his wife and two sons. I hadn’t see that picture before, it would surely have been similar in those years.
I have his smoking cap ☺️
I have his smoking cap ☺️
I must make an effort to see it, I have a fascination with Margaret of York. I often visit Damme, where she was married to Charles, and Bruges (my son lives nearby). Also Sluis where she landed and first met Charles. This photo is a statue of Margaret on Damme Town Hall.
October 15, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I must make an effort to see it, I have a fascination with Margaret of York. I often visit Damme, where she was married to Charles, and Bruges (my son lives nearby). Also Sluis where she landed and first met Charles. This photo is a statue of Margaret on Damme Town Hall.
I took almost the same photo earlier this year.
I rather like the doorway just along to the right too (shame about the modern label).
I rather like the doorway just along to the right too (shame about the modern label).
October 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I took almost the same photo earlier this year.
I rather like the doorway just along to the right too (shame about the modern label).
I rather like the doorway just along to the right too (shame about the modern label).
I am here
@simoninsuffolk.bsky.social
@simoninsuffolk.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I am here
@simoninsuffolk.bsky.social
@simoninsuffolk.bsky.social
Today we said goodbye to our beautiful, funny, loving, gentle little TashCat, gone to join her brother TimothyCat in that great playground o’er yonder.
How I will miss her snuggles and cuddles. Farewell my little MissMiss, thank you for 15 years of joy 😢😿💔
How I will miss her snuggles and cuddles. Farewell my little MissMiss, thank you for 15 years of joy 😢😿💔
October 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Today we said goodbye to our beautiful, funny, loving, gentle little TashCat, gone to join her brother TimothyCat in that great playground o’er yonder.
How I will miss her snuggles and cuddles. Farewell my little MissMiss, thank you for 15 years of joy 😢😿💔
How I will miss her snuggles and cuddles. Farewell my little MissMiss, thank you for 15 years of joy 😢😿💔
I have my eye on that, looking forward to it.
This is one I am currently reading.
This is one I am currently reading.
October 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I have my eye on that, looking forward to it.
This is one I am currently reading.
This is one I am currently reading.
Start as you mean to go on I say!! Although it didn’t look quite as smart as this back in middle of the last century 👵🏻😆
This was my place of birth (maternal grandparents). Place of residence, another pub (paternal grandparents) 🤷🏻♀️
And, my Tree is full of landlords and beer house keepers 🍺🥃🍻
This was my place of birth (maternal grandparents). Place of residence, another pub (paternal grandparents) 🤷🏻♀️
And, my Tree is full of landlords and beer house keepers 🍺🥃🍻
September 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Start as you mean to go on I say!! Although it didn’t look quite as smart as this back in middle of the last century 👵🏻😆
This was my place of birth (maternal grandparents). Place of residence, another pub (paternal grandparents) 🤷🏻♀️
And, my Tree is full of landlords and beer house keepers 🍺🥃🍻
This was my place of birth (maternal grandparents). Place of residence, another pub (paternal grandparents) 🤷🏻♀️
And, my Tree is full of landlords and beer house keepers 🍺🥃🍻
My paternal Gt Grandfather, a steam tug captain, lived on that very plot of land with his wife and young family, shown on the 1891 Census. This is him in later years.
September 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
My paternal Gt Grandfather, a steam tug captain, lived on that very plot of land with his wife and young family, shown on the 1891 Census. This is him in later years.
September 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I can highly recommend Tim’s work. He beautifully brought together both my grandfathers and their brothers who all served in the Great War. One brother did not return.
Everyone who sees this remarks on it. If you have considered this too, think no longer. Ask Tim to do it!
Everyone who sees this remarks on it. If you have considered this too, think no longer. Ask Tim to do it!
September 4, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I can highly recommend Tim’s work. He beautifully brought together both my grandfathers and their brothers who all served in the Great War. One brother did not return.
Everyone who sees this remarks on it. If you have considered this too, think no longer. Ask Tim to do it!
Everyone who sees this remarks on it. If you have considered this too, think no longer. Ask Tim to do it!
2/2. Of Gt Uncle Arthur who arrived at the front just in time for 3rd Ypres. He was lost just weeks later at Cambrai, his body not found and he is listed on the memorial at Louverval. I have looked over those fields and wondered about the unknown burials from his Battalion in Gouzeaucourt cemetery.
September 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
2/2. Of Gt Uncle Arthur who arrived at the front just in time for 3rd Ypres. He was lost just weeks later at Cambrai, his body not found and he is listed on the memorial at Louverval. I have looked over those fields and wondered about the unknown burials from his Battalion in Gouzeaucourt cemetery.
View through my window just now
September 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
View through my window just now
Did you take this one though?
September 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Did you take this one though?
Here in the middle of Middle England I took these two photos this afternoon, from my office window. 20 minutes apart 🌧️ ☀️
August 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Here in the middle of Middle England I took these two photos this afternoon, from my office window. 20 minutes apart 🌧️ ☀️
International Dog Day so here is my Grandad with unknown friend. Somewhere. #WW1
And little me with my first four-legged friend, my constant companion and guardian, bred by my Grandad.
And little me with my first four-legged friend, my constant companion and guardian, bred by my Grandad.
August 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
International Dog Day so here is my Grandad with unknown friend. Somewhere. #WW1
And little me with my first four-legged friend, my constant companion and guardian, bred by my Grandad.
And little me with my first four-legged friend, my constant companion and guardian, bred by my Grandad.
Over a light lunch I am perusing the latest copy of Yorkshire Life magazine and this caught my eye @alexharvv.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Over a light lunch I am perusing the latest copy of Yorkshire Life magazine and this caught my eye @alexharvv.bsky.social
With today being the anniversary of the #BattleofBosworth (1485) I called into the lovely, peaceful little church at Sutton Cheney on my way home from work. As always, tributes to #RichardIII also just now an exhibition of village history. And a brand new sculpture, part of the Bosworth 1485 Trail.
August 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
With today being the anniversary of the #BattleofBosworth (1485) I called into the lovely, peaceful little church at Sutton Cheney on my way home from work. As always, tributes to #RichardIII also just now an exhibition of village history. And a brand new sculpture, part of the Bosworth 1485 Trail.
This is my ‘no visit to York is comply without …’.
Always my first port of call, always tell friends to go there. So much history on view from that one spot. Part of my heart is there. I spent many an hour in the wonderful Grays Court as a student, it was then part of St Johns.
Always my first port of call, always tell friends to go there. So much history on view from that one spot. Part of my heart is there. I spent many an hour in the wonderful Grays Court as a student, it was then part of St Johns.
August 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is my ‘no visit to York is comply without …’.
Always my first port of call, always tell friends to go there. So much history on view from that one spot. Part of my heart is there. I spent many an hour in the wonderful Grays Court as a student, it was then part of St Johns.
Always my first port of call, always tell friends to go there. So much history on view from that one spot. Part of my heart is there. I spent many an hour in the wonderful Grays Court as a student, it was then part of St Johns.
Sometimes it takes a (very) long time for the penny to drop. Today I am attempting to restore some sort of order to my now very unordered library and in amongst the books I am shuffling I found this @handhyorkshire.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Sometimes it takes a (very) long time for the penny to drop. Today I am attempting to restore some sort of order to my now very unordered library and in amongst the books I am shuffling I found this @handhyorkshire.bsky.social
OTD 2019 my fabulous week in France, today was all about Rocamadour.
August 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
OTD 2019 my fabulous week in France, today was all about Rocamadour.
OTD 2019, a fabulous day of Castling (is that a verb? Should be!).
Dordogne, France. Beynac and Castelnaud and seeing one from the other.
🏰🥰🏰
Dordogne, France. Beynac and Castelnaud and seeing one from the other.
🏰🥰🏰
August 13, 2025 at 6:39 AM
OTD 2019, a fabulous day of Castling (is that a verb? Should be!).
Dordogne, France. Beynac and Castelnaud and seeing one from the other.
🏰🥰🏰
Dordogne, France. Beynac and Castelnaud and seeing one from the other.
🏰🥰🏰
This Made in Sheffield stainless steel knife has now served 5 generations of our family that I know of. This one and others in my kitchen drawer, still in daily use.
We make stuff proper in Yorkshire!
We make stuff proper in Yorkshire!
August 13, 2025 at 5:59 AM
This Made in Sheffield stainless steel knife has now served 5 generations of our family that I know of. This one and others in my kitchen drawer, still in daily use.
We make stuff proper in Yorkshire!
We make stuff proper in Yorkshire!
I wish all mine had been saved, I do have lots (with my home-made library cards!) but definitely not all. I was a huge Enid Blyton fan, particularly Five Find Outers.
Last year I dropped across a precious copy of my very favourite book, exact same edition I had which I wore out years ago.
❤️this❤️
Last year I dropped across a precious copy of my very favourite book, exact same edition I had which I wore out years ago.
❤️this❤️
August 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I wish all mine had been saved, I do have lots (with my home-made library cards!) but definitely not all. I was a huge Enid Blyton fan, particularly Five Find Outers.
Last year I dropped across a precious copy of my very favourite book, exact same edition I had which I wore out years ago.
❤️this❤️
Last year I dropped across a precious copy of my very favourite book, exact same edition I had which I wore out years ago.
❤️this❤️
Then there’s this @stockotrader.bsky.social I am not sure what it is exactly. Similar to a marking gauge (of which I have several, some stamped with my Grandfather’s name), but different. The central peg is angled and slides in and out.
August 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Then there’s this @stockotrader.bsky.social I am not sure what it is exactly. Similar to a marking gauge (of which I have several, some stamped with my Grandfather’s name), but different. The central peg is angled and slides in and out.