Prof Dave Day.
@natationist.bsky.social
Sports historian, author, bluegrass listener and chief of support staff for @researchdogsbody.bsky.social
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The setting for my talk, 'Country Seats & Sporting Feats', at #TableyHouse this week, very grand, and some of the sporting items that were displayed from the archive to go along with the theme of my talk. Enjoyed it very much and delighted to have been asked back
#FamilyHistory
#SportsHistory
#FamilyHistory
#SportsHistory
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The setting for my talk, 'Country Seats & Sporting Feats', at #TableyHouse this week, very grand, and some of the sporting items that were displayed from the archive to go along with the theme of my talk. Enjoyed it very much and delighted to have been asked back
#FamilyHistory
#SportsHistory
#FamilyHistory
#SportsHistory
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Great day yesterday at the Secrets and Lies conference, lots of lovely comments after my talk on tracing female ancestors, thank you to all who came along. Also enjoyed flying the @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social flag with @janetfew.bsky.social and @helenshields.bsky.social
More of the same today
More of the same today
September 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Great day yesterday at the Secrets and Lies conference, lots of lovely comments after my talk on tracing female ancestors, thank you to all who came along. Also enjoyed flying the @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social flag with @janetfew.bsky.social and @helenshields.bsky.social
More of the same today
More of the same today
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Doris Storey the swimmer from Leeds who worked at Burton's who went to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin who won 2 gold medals at the 1938 Empire Games in Sydney. 👇
BBC News - 'Our Olympian grandma from Leeds refused to stand for Hitler' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - 'Our Olympian grandma from Leeds refused to stand for Hitler' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Our Olympian grandma from Leeds refused to stand for Hitler'
As a Leeds building is named after swimmer Doris Storey, her grandsons speak of their pride in her.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Doris Storey the swimmer from Leeds who worked at Burton's who went to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin who won 2 gold medals at the 1938 Empire Games in Sydney. 👇
BBC News - 'Our Olympian grandma from Leeds refused to stand for Hitler' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - 'Our Olympian grandma from Leeds refused to stand for Hitler' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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#LeavingMyKitchen - well left my kitchen a day or two ago!
30th Anniversary cake for brother & wife
Red velvet cake with vanilla/orange flavoured buttercream & handmade fondand, handpainted dog snouts peeking out from under a duvet [based on their favourite poster], bespoke topper to finish.
30th Anniversary cake for brother & wife
Red velvet cake with vanilla/orange flavoured buttercream & handmade fondand, handpainted dog snouts peeking out from under a duvet [based on their favourite poster], bespoke topper to finish.
September 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
#LeavingMyKitchen - well left my kitchen a day or two ago!
30th Anniversary cake for brother & wife
Red velvet cake with vanilla/orange flavoured buttercream & handmade fondand, handpainted dog snouts peeking out from under a duvet [based on their favourite poster], bespoke topper to finish.
30th Anniversary cake for brother & wife
Red velvet cake with vanilla/orange flavoured buttercream & handmade fondand, handpainted dog snouts peeking out from under a duvet [based on their favourite poster], bespoke topper to finish.
What a great talk on researching women's lives by researchdogsbody. Really well received by a packed house.
September 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
What a great talk on researching women's lives by researchdogsbody. Really well received by a packed house.
Big crowd for researchdogsbody. No surprise there.
September 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Big crowd for researchdogsbody. No surprise there.
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New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social the concluding part of @dralexanderjackson.bsky.social's series on the life of Clarice Vizard
"A man may be useful, but a woman is essential, in a pub.”
Link 👉 bit.ly/3HH3vKJ
@bssh.bsky.social
#Football
#WomensFootball
@nfmofficial.bsky.social
#WomenInSport
"A man may be useful, but a woman is essential, in a pub.”
Link 👉 bit.ly/3HH3vKJ
@bssh.bsky.social
#Football
#WomensFootball
@nfmofficial.bsky.social
#WomenInSport
August 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
New today on @playingpasts.bsky.social the concluding part of @dralexanderjackson.bsky.social's series on the life of Clarice Vizard
"A man may be useful, but a woman is essential, in a pub.”
Link 👉 bit.ly/3HH3vKJ
@bssh.bsky.social
#Football
#WomensFootball
@nfmofficial.bsky.social
#WomenInSport
"A man may be useful, but a woman is essential, in a pub.”
Link 👉 bit.ly/3HH3vKJ
@bssh.bsky.social
#Football
#WomensFootball
@nfmofficial.bsky.social
#WomenInSport
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If you've ever wondered about publishing an article on @playingpasts.bsky.social and the numer of people who will read your work - then take a look at the latest metrics
#Metrics
#SportsHistory
#Metrics
#SportsHistory
August 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
If you've ever wondered about publishing an article on @playingpasts.bsky.social and the numer of people who will read your work - then take a look at the latest metrics
#Metrics
#SportsHistory
#Metrics
#SportsHistory
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Very proud of latest numbers on my @playingpasts.bsky.social website
If you've ever wondered about publishing an article on @playingpasts.bsky.social and the numer of people who will read your work - then take a look at the latest metrics
#Metrics
#SportsHistory
#Metrics
#SportsHistory
August 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Very proud of latest numbers on my @playingpasts.bsky.social website
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Her name was Diana. She was 23 years old and 7 months pregnant.
Russia murdered her today in an attack on the maternity hospital in Kamyanske.
Russia murdered her today in an attack on the maternity hospital in Kamyanske.
July 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Her name was Diana. She was 23 years old and 7 months pregnant.
Russia murdered her today in an attack on the maternity hospital in Kamyanske.
Russia murdered her today in an attack on the maternity hospital in Kamyanske.
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It's funny but I cannot think of a sport where my personal interest is less in tune with my social media than F1. It's demonstrably a very physically and mentally challenging effort, there's a huge amount of skill, I respect the engineering, I just find it insanely, monumentally dull.
July 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It's funny but I cannot think of a sport where my personal interest is less in tune with my social media than F1. It's demonstrably a very physically and mentally challenging effort, there's a huge amount of skill, I respect the engineering, I just find it insanely, monumentally dull.
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In a world that is increasingly multilingual, becoming a hyperpolyglot—a speaker of more than 11 languages—remains a rare, herculean feat.
The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages
What can hyperpolyglots teach the rest of us?
nyer.cm
July 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
In a world that is increasingly multilingual, becoming a hyperpolyglot—a speaker of more than 11 languages—remains a rare, herculean feat.
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Grifters, the lot of them, ppl who have no idea what real hardship is really like.
June 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Grifters, the lot of them, ppl who have no idea what real hardship is really like.
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