Tempus Fugit History
@tempusfugithistory.bsky.social
Historical tours, talks & research focusing (mostly) on London's deathly side. Run by @misssamperrin.bsky.social ⌛🪽🏳️🌈
Hi all,
Fancy helping keep beautiful #hampsteadcemetery open for longer hours? Course you do! 👇🏻
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Fancy helping keep beautiful #hampsteadcemetery open for longer hours? Course you do! 👇🏻
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We Can Make an Impact.
RESTORE THE SEASONAL OPENING HOURS AT HAMPSTEAD CEMETERY - A lifeline for our community
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May 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Hi all,
Fancy helping keep beautiful #hampsteadcemetery open for longer hours? Course you do! 👇🏻
chng.it/bgJTDzq8FT
Fancy helping keep beautiful #hampsteadcemetery open for longer hours? Course you do! 👇🏻
chng.it/bgJTDzq8FT
"Trusting to your prompt insertion of this answer to my foul calumniators and little enemies,
I am, Sir, your obliged servant..."
Samuel Sheen's panto-villain response to criticism of his revolting burial ground, 1846.
Also, calumniators is a fabulous word.
I am, Sir, your obliged servant..."
Samuel Sheen's panto-villain response to criticism of his revolting burial ground, 1846.
Also, calumniators is a fabulous word.
May 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"Trusting to your prompt insertion of this answer to my foul calumniators and little enemies,
I am, Sir, your obliged servant..."
Samuel Sheen's panto-villain response to criticism of his revolting burial ground, 1846.
Also, calumniators is a fabulous word.
I am, Sir, your obliged servant..."
Samuel Sheen's panto-villain response to criticism of his revolting burial ground, 1846.
Also, calumniators is a fabulous word.
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🦇Today is #InternationalAppreciationBatDay 🦇
📚Pierpont Morgan Library MSS 0081 (circa 1185) and 175 (circa 1500): two hanging bats
📚Pierpont Morgan Library MSS 0081 (circa 1185) and 175 (circa 1500): two hanging bats
April 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🦇Today is #InternationalAppreciationBatDay 🦇
📚Pierpont Morgan Library MSS 0081 (circa 1185) and 175 (circa 1500): two hanging bats
📚Pierpont Morgan Library MSS 0081 (circa 1185) and 175 (circa 1500): two hanging bats
"Some of the tombs even address the passerby directly, as if its occupant could speak again, and pass on what they’ve learned."
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Breakthrough as life-size sculptures discovered in Pompeii tomb
New discoveries are overturning the assumptions that used to be made about a woman’s place in society, writes Emily Hauser
www.independent.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"Some of the tombs even address the passerby directly, as if its occupant could speak again, and pass on what they’ve learned."
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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Folklore is a Palimpsest, a physical reminder that the past holds space in the presence. A living, breathing continuum. It calls out from the ephemeral, 'we were here. We lived, and we loved. We weren't so different from you'
#Folklore #Shropshire #History
#Folklore #Shropshire #History
April 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Folklore is a Palimpsest, a physical reminder that the past holds space in the presence. A living, breathing continuum. It calls out from the ephemeral, 'we were here. We lived, and we loved. We weren't so different from you'
#Folklore #Shropshire #History
#Folklore #Shropshire #History
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#OTD 1912: Titanic sank. The next day, newspapers reported NO LIVES LOST. How did this happen?
During wireless chatter, someone asked: "Are the Titanic passengers safe?” The answer came: "The ship is being towed to Halifax and everyone is ok." That 2nd transmission didnt refer to the Titanic.
During wireless chatter, someone asked: "Are the Titanic passengers safe?” The answer came: "The ship is being towed to Halifax and everyone is ok." That 2nd transmission didnt refer to the Titanic.
April 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#OTD 1912: Titanic sank. The next day, newspapers reported NO LIVES LOST. How did this happen?
During wireless chatter, someone asked: "Are the Titanic passengers safe?” The answer came: "The ship is being towed to Halifax and everyone is ok." That 2nd transmission didnt refer to the Titanic.
During wireless chatter, someone asked: "Are the Titanic passengers safe?” The answer came: "The ship is being towed to Halifax and everyone is ok." That 2nd transmission didnt refer to the Titanic.
Evening,
This is my first post on @bsky.app, glad to be here. Hello!
Formed on Halloween night of 2023, TFT currently offers guided walks featuring east London's plague pits and Georgian body snatching, as well as guided walks of #HampsteadCemetery.
Watch this space for further details 👀
This is my first post on @bsky.app, glad to be here. Hello!
Formed on Halloween night of 2023, TFT currently offers guided walks featuring east London's plague pits and Georgian body snatching, as well as guided walks of #HampsteadCemetery.
Watch this space for further details 👀
August 7, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Evening,
This is my first post on @bsky.app, glad to be here. Hello!
Formed on Halloween night of 2023, TFT currently offers guided walks featuring east London's plague pits and Georgian body snatching, as well as guided walks of #HampsteadCemetery.
Watch this space for further details 👀
This is my first post on @bsky.app, glad to be here. Hello!
Formed on Halloween night of 2023, TFT currently offers guided walks featuring east London's plague pits and Georgian body snatching, as well as guided walks of #HampsteadCemetery.
Watch this space for further details 👀