Mike Puddephatt
@mikedellwick.bsky.social
My interests are History, Antiques, Genealogy.
Five years ago my wife and I moved from Leicestershire to Lincolnshire where we bought a fairly run down old cottage and have spent time slowly restoring it.
Five years ago my wife and I moved from Leicestershire to Lincolnshire where we bought a fairly run down old cottage and have spent time slowly restoring it.
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An excellent terrace of 18th century roughcast and thatched cottages in Little Barford, Bedfordshire 🤩
Now and in c.1905
(Archive image from st-neots.ccan.co.uk/content/cata...).
Now and in c.1905
(Archive image from st-neots.ccan.co.uk/content/cata...).
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
An excellent terrace of 18th century roughcast and thatched cottages in Little Barford, Bedfordshire 🤩
Now and in c.1905
(Archive image from st-neots.ccan.co.uk/content/cata...).
Now and in c.1905
(Archive image from st-neots.ccan.co.uk/content/cata...).
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Some buildings wear their history lightly, changing with each new occupant, shaped by the hands of time. Others remain stubbornly unchanged, quietly holding their stories in place. rmbconservation.co.uk/news-posts/p... #heritage #buildingconservation #medieval #history
A Time Capsule in Timber and Stone - R. Moore Building Conservation Ltd
rmbconservation.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Some buildings wear their history lightly, changing with each new occupant, shaped by the hands of time. Others remain stubbornly unchanged, quietly holding their stories in place. rmbconservation.co.uk/news-posts/p... #heritage #buildingconservation #medieval #history
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I think that must have been in one of the Gnostic Gospels.
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I think that must have been in one of the Gnostic Gospels.
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Portal to the past. Alderman Stairs, featured on John Rocque’s map of 1746, also known as Alderman Parsons Stairs & Lady Parsons Stairs, probably named after a previous owner and his wife. Connecting river to land, these steps once bustled with people & activity, now quiet, eerie & full of ghosts.
December 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Portal to the past. Alderman Stairs, featured on John Rocque’s map of 1746, also known as Alderman Parsons Stairs & Lady Parsons Stairs, probably named after a previous owner and his wife. Connecting river to land, these steps once bustled with people & activity, now quiet, eerie & full of ghosts.
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In the 1750s two empires at either end of Eurasia started work on these two wooden structures. A stark illustration of different spending priorities and the cultures that shaped them.
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 AM
In the 1750s two empires at either end of Eurasia started work on these two wooden structures. A stark illustration of different spending priorities and the cultures that shaped them.
Back from a few days in Leicester visiting friends.
Also visited the new Jewry Wall museum (well worth it).
Also visited the new Jewry Wall museum (well worth it).
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Back from a few days in Leicester visiting friends.
Also visited the new Jewry Wall museum (well worth it).
Also visited the new Jewry Wall museum (well worth it).
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In the UK, we mark the failure of Guy Fawkes to blow up Parliament by… setting fire to him every year🧨 Bonfires blaze, effigies burn, and the skies crackle with fireworks.
In Malta, any excuse is firework-night 😁 Here's a snap from my last visit - from Sliema to Valletta
#Fireworks
In Malta, any excuse is firework-night 😁 Here's a snap from my last visit - from Sliema to Valletta
#Fireworks
November 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
In the UK, we mark the failure of Guy Fawkes to blow up Parliament by… setting fire to him every year🧨 Bonfires blaze, effigies burn, and the skies crackle with fireworks.
In Malta, any excuse is firework-night 😁 Here's a snap from my last visit - from Sliema to Valletta
#Fireworks
In Malta, any excuse is firework-night 😁 Here's a snap from my last visit - from Sliema to Valletta
#Fireworks
Bonfire night 1950s/60s
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Bonfire night 1950s/60s
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
Nice morning here at the old cottage.
Love that Autumn sunlight.
Love that Autumn sunlight.
October 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Nice morning here at the old cottage.
Love that Autumn sunlight.
Love that Autumn sunlight.
Last Saturday we were at Sandringham Country Fair.
September 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Last Saturday we were at Sandringham Country Fair.
Spending a few days in Norfolk.
On our way to Wells next the Sea took a slight detour to this
Brewery.
On our way to Wells next the Sea took a slight detour to this
Brewery.
September 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Spending a few days in Norfolk.
On our way to Wells next the Sea took a slight detour to this
Brewery.
On our way to Wells next the Sea took a slight detour to this
Brewery.
Found this in the garden with my metal detector.
Quite common WW1 army button-/-but I think I know who this belonged to. When I looked at the 1921 census I found a lady and her three children were living in our cottage at this time.
Quite common WW1 army button-/-but I think I know who this belonged to. When I looked at the 1921 census I found a lady and her three children were living in our cottage at this time.
September 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Found this in the garden with my metal detector.
Quite common WW1 army button-/-but I think I know who this belonged to. When I looked at the 1921 census I found a lady and her three children were living in our cottage at this time.
Quite common WW1 army button-/-but I think I know who this belonged to. When I looked at the 1921 census I found a lady and her three children were living in our cottage at this time.
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Have you ever tried tracing the history of your house? Discover where to begin with house history research with our guide 🏡
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
September 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Have you ever tried tracing the history of your house? Discover where to begin with house history research with our guide 🏡
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
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Nearly at £7k on the Ride for Tim fundraiser. I'd love to reach £10k if possible – please support the charities if you can! We are raising money for @mind.org.uk, @sustrans.bsky.social and @flightfreeuk.bsky.social, all charities Tim supported: givewheel.com/fundraising/...
Ride for Tim
In January 2025, our friend Tim McKenna lost his battle with his mental health and took his life. He was a wonderful man, friend and father, and was an inspiration to many, through his cycling adventu...
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August 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Nearly at £7k on the Ride for Tim fundraiser. I'd love to reach £10k if possible – please support the charities if you can! We are raising money for @mind.org.uk, @sustrans.bsky.social and @flightfreeuk.bsky.social, all charities Tim supported: givewheel.com/fundraising/...
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This cannon was made by Peter Baude, a Tudor gunfounder, and is 8ft 9in (2.65m) long, weighing 5430lb (2463kg).
#MuseumCannonDay
#MuseumCannonDay
August 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
This cannon was made by Peter Baude, a Tudor gunfounder, and is 8ft 9in (2.65m) long, weighing 5430lb (2463kg).
#MuseumCannonDay
#MuseumCannonDay
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Born on this day in 1756 in Chelsea,James Gillray .. the godfather & master of political cartoons.
August 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Born on this day in 1756 in Chelsea,James Gillray .. the godfather & master of political cartoons.
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British warship sunk in 1703 storm gives up its secrets three centuries on
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#History 🗃️
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#History 🗃️
British warship sunk in 1703 storm gives up its secrets three centuries on
Archaeologists in race to study HMS Northumberland as shifting sands expose part of well-preserved wreck
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
British warship sunk in 1703 storm gives up its secrets three centuries on
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#History 🗃️
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#History 🗃️
Looking through local auction
catalogue saw this!
You too could become
Tommy Tinkerboo the mascot
for Pleasure Island Cleethorpes.😉😂
catalogue saw this!
You too could become
Tommy Tinkerboo the mascot
for Pleasure Island Cleethorpes.😉😂
July 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Looking through local auction
catalogue saw this!
You too could become
Tommy Tinkerboo the mascot
for Pleasure Island Cleethorpes.😉😂
catalogue saw this!
You too could become
Tommy Tinkerboo the mascot
for Pleasure Island Cleethorpes.😉😂
Waiting in for a package from a firm in Nottingham.
The carriers first took it to Kent and from there it went to Staffordshire and finally over to us in Lincolnshire (via Nottingham).
8.30 to 10.30 (not arrived yet.)🤨
The carriers first took it to Kent and from there it went to Staffordshire and finally over to us in Lincolnshire (via Nottingham).
8.30 to 10.30 (not arrived yet.)🤨
July 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Waiting in for a package from a firm in Nottingham.
The carriers first took it to Kent and from there it went to Staffordshire and finally over to us in Lincolnshire (via Nottingham).
8.30 to 10.30 (not arrived yet.)🤨
The carriers first took it to Kent and from there it went to Staffordshire and finally over to us in Lincolnshire (via Nottingham).
8.30 to 10.30 (not arrived yet.)🤨
My birthday today so we went over to Hemswell antique centre.
Some nice things (but very expensive).🤔
Some nice things (but very expensive).🤔
July 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
My birthday today so we went over to Hemswell antique centre.
Some nice things (but very expensive).🤔
Some nice things (but very expensive).🤔
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From the archives of All Things Georgian, 'Eighteenth-century bathing machines' - wp.me/p3JTNy-3IT
#18thc #18c #18thcentury
#18thc #18c #18thcentury
Eighteenth-century bathing machines
During the eighteenth and into the nineteenth-century it became fashionable and beneficial to enjoy the pleasures of swimming in the sea so, in order to preserve modesty, bathing machines were inve…
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July 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
From the archives of All Things Georgian, 'Eighteenth-century bathing machines' - wp.me/p3JTNy-3IT
#18thc #18c #18thcentury
#18thc #18c #18thcentury
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From Cohort To Conservation: Building On The Legacy Of The Humble Brick
#ThrowbackThursday rmbconservation.co.uk/news-posts/f...
#ThrowbackThursday rmbconservation.co.uk/news-posts/f...
July 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
From Cohort To Conservation: Building On The Legacy Of The Humble Brick
#ThrowbackThursday rmbconservation.co.uk/news-posts/f...
#ThrowbackThursday rmbconservation.co.uk/news-posts/f...