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Librarian, knitter, graveyard enthusiast/bore, Sparks and Devo obsessive, general menace. All of your gifts are now melted or dead.
Pieces missing, no picture, do not recommend
February 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Pieces missing, no picture, do not recommend
A puzzle in Whalley
February 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A puzzle in Whalley
We also found a cricket ball of indeterminate age so that was pretty cool. Also a sunken plot marker with only a D on it, which might be too much even for me...
February 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
We also found a cricket ball of indeterminate age so that was pretty cool. Also a sunken plot marker with only a D on it, which might be too much even for me...
Plus he used part of a broken stone as the base and we don't know where the rest is...enough left to figure out who one name on it was (Anthony McNally, died Feb 1861 aged 2) but nothing else
February 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Plus he used part of a broken stone as the base and we don't know where the rest is...enough left to figure out who one name on it was (Anthony McNally, died Feb 1861 aged 2) but nothing else
The knobber who bought this church when it was deconsecrated made a number of "interesting architectural decisions" one of which was building a shed on top of a gravestone. Get fucked shed (and welcome back Howorths and Stephensons)
February 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The knobber who bought this church when it was deconsecrated made a number of "interesting architectural decisions" one of which was building a shed on top of a gravestone. Get fucked shed (and welcome back Howorths and Stephensons)
Based on my own family's history, I want to know if Matilda McDuck's family disowned her for marrying a German, and whether Ludwig's family ever really accepted her
January 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Based on my own family's history, I want to know if Matilda McDuck's family disowned her for marrying a German, and whether Ludwig's family ever really accepted her
In classic adhd fashion, I got a new phone and held off logging into apps again until I *needed* them, because why would I...anyway. Hi. Here's Fleetwood beach at low tide, 7:45am last Saturday morning. (it was cold)
January 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
In classic adhd fashion, I got a new phone and held off logging into apps again until I *needed* them, because why would I...anyway. Hi. Here's Fleetwood beach at low tide, 7:45am last Saturday morning. (it was cold)
Finally, a teeny tiny Judith holding a teeny tiny head of Holofernes, from a 1709 Bible that was the official translation for use in CofE services (and included the Apocrypha). Every book opened with a tiny illustration linked to the story and this was the best one I checked out.
December 7, 2023 at 4:43 PM
Finally, a teeny tiny Judith holding a teeny tiny head of Holofernes, from a 1709 Bible that was the official translation for use in CofE services (and included the Apocrypha). Every book opened with a tiny illustration linked to the story and this was the best one I checked out.
"No I've never seen a lion, sure I'll draw one, how hard could it be?"
From "Walpoole's New British Traveller", 1784
From "Walpoole's New British Traveller", 1784
December 7, 2023 at 4:38 PM
"No I've never seen a lion, sure I'll draw one, how hard could it be?"
From "Walpoole's New British Traveller", 1784
From "Walpoole's New British Traveller", 1784
When your 19th century bookbinder is a thieving bastard
(It's true, the book only has 360 of 731 pages - it's "Defoe's History of the Union" published in 1786)
(It's true, the book only has 360 of 731 pages - it's "Defoe's History of the Union" published in 1786)
December 7, 2023 at 4:34 PM
When your 19th century bookbinder is a thieving bastard
(It's true, the book only has 360 of 731 pages - it's "Defoe's History of the Union" published in 1786)
(It's true, the book only has 360 of 731 pages - it's "Defoe's History of the Union" published in 1786)
Get your premium yeast at wholesale cost from your local yeast merchant. Shop small this Christmas etc etc
December 5, 2023 at 8:54 AM
Get your premium yeast at wholesale cost from your local yeast merchant. Shop small this Christmas etc etc
These had spaces left blank for the father/husband or mother and "Also of"s, but for whatever reason they weren't buried here. So there's just an acre of blank space making it very clear immediately that the family moved on after (this isn't standard, you don't see that formatting everywhere)
November 20, 2023 at 1:59 PM
These had spaces left blank for the father/husband or mother and "Also of"s, but for whatever reason they weren't buried here. So there's just an acre of blank space making it very clear immediately that the family moved on after (this isn't standard, you don't see that formatting everywhere)
And this was just badass
November 20, 2023 at 1:57 PM
And this was just badass
This is one of two tall monuments, with this one having been built by the Accrington Brass Band in memory of one of their members and his wife (the bit that says this was impossible to photograph, take my word for it)
November 20, 2023 at 1:56 PM
This is one of two tall monuments, with this one having been built by the Accrington Brass Band in memory of one of their members and his wife (the bit that says this was impossible to photograph, take my word for it)
St. James, Accrington - very sparse graveyard but some standouts, still!
November 20, 2023 at 1:55 PM
St. James, Accrington - very sparse graveyard but some standouts, still!
Back when your job was your life (St. Leonard's, Wortley)
November 12, 2023 at 7:36 PM
Back when your job was your life (St. Leonard's, Wortley)
Heather was "a collie and a gentleman" so excuse me while I also go and die
November 10, 2023 at 5:49 PM
Heather was "a collie and a gentleman" so excuse me while I also go and die
At Wortley Hall near Sheffield and I saw these three little gravestones. It's the pet cemetery. But not the haunted by a Wendigo type thankfully (so far)
November 10, 2023 at 5:49 PM
At Wortley Hall near Sheffield and I saw these three little gravestones. It's the pet cemetery. But not the haunted by a Wendigo type thankfully (so far)
Don't. Just don't.
November 8, 2023 at 7:44 PM
Don't. Just don't.
"the graveyard isn't for everyone I bet" it's more for everyone than this
October 31, 2023 at 8:04 AM
"the graveyard isn't for everyone I bet" it's more for everyone than this
Got to introduce 15 Brits to the joys of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark the other night. Definitely recommend alternating between things designed to scare 10 year olds and vintage early Victorian "fuck up my corpse and I'll fuck you up twice as hard" stories for max impact
October 31, 2023 at 8:02 AM
Got to introduce 15 Brits to the joys of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark the other night. Definitely recommend alternating between things designed to scare 10 year olds and vintage early Victorian "fuck up my corpse and I'll fuck you up twice as hard" stories for max impact
Had a moment today in Thornton, when I found my 8th great grandfather's name carved on the old font. I was born 4,000 miles away from here and I live 15 miles away from here, and moved without knowing this was "where I came from". Life is weird.
October 21, 2023 at 11:24 PM
Had a moment today in Thornton, when I found my 8th great grandfather's name carved on the old font. I was born 4,000 miles away from here and I live 15 miles away from here, and moved without knowing this was "where I came from". Life is weird.
Aldi. Mate. What the fuck.
October 21, 2023 at 11:22 PM
Aldi. Mate. What the fuck.
First walk post-covid wasn't as horrendous as I feared. Went uphill with little to no drama! Saw some beautiful trees, a nest inside a rotting trunk, and an supremely grumpy rock man down in the clough (don't ask me what he said when I took the photo, it's unprintable)
October 19, 2023 at 2:26 PM
First walk post-covid wasn't as horrendous as I feared. Went uphill with little to no drama! Saw some beautiful trees, a nest inside a rotting trunk, and an supremely grumpy rock man down in the clough (don't ask me what he said when I took the photo, it's unprintable)
Thomas and Mary Ann Ogden, mid-1860s, and her later. They married in 1868 ages 20 and 22. The way he's slouching but with one arm around her and she's in her absolute best, all made up for the camera - you could plonk these two on a park bench today, in today's clothes, and get the exact same photo
October 18, 2023 at 7:06 AM
Thomas and Mary Ann Ogden, mid-1860s, and her later. They married in 1868 ages 20 and 22. The way he's slouching but with one arm around her and she's in her absolute best, all made up for the camera - you could plonk these two on a park bench today, in today's clothes, and get the exact same photo