Anthony M ☘️
@thereisalight.bsky.social
Mancunian, proudly Irish, a lifelong Man United fan, a bit of a history buff & yes I do love The Smiths. Posts are very occasionally interesting but are my own ❤️
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Anthony M ☘️
@thereisalight.bsky.social
· Nov 30
On November 30th 1955, Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat to a white person on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was arrested, sparking a 381 day bus boycott led by Martin Luther King Jr.
“Each person must live their life as a model for others”
Last stop on my summer tour, a visit to watch my NY Jets get predictably beaten 🥶
October 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Last stop on my summer tour, a visit to watch my NY Jets get predictably beaten 🥶
A must-visit to the Icelandic Blue Lagoon then I followed it up with a pint in the best-ever named bar 😀
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A must-visit to the Icelandic Blue Lagoon then I followed it up with a pint in the best-ever named bar 😀
An incredible follow up tour to Iceland where I met the coolest pop star looking Icelandic horse 🐴
October 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
An incredible follow up tour to Iceland where I met the coolest pop star looking Icelandic horse 🐴
Greenland 🇬🇱 ❤️
October 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Greenland 🇬🇱 ❤️
An incredible tour of Greenland 🇬🇱
October 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
An incredible tour of Greenland 🇬🇱
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The sad tale of Brandon Williams - who was handed a suspended prison sentence on Friday - and a sorry case that highlights football’s issue with laughing gas
My piece with @gregok.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/630...
My piece with @gregok.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/630...
Brandon Williams and a case that highlights football’s laughing gas issue
Nitrous oxide - or laughing gas - has been used by some footballers in recent years but it is now a banned substance in the UK
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The sad tale of Brandon Williams - who was handed a suspended prison sentence on Friday - and a sorry case that highlights football’s issue with laughing gas
My piece with @gregok.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/630...
My piece with @gregok.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/630...
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The Law man.
Once a Terrier… 🙌
RIP, genius!
Once a Terrier… 🙌
RIP, genius!
January 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The Law man.
Once a Terrier… 🙌
RIP, genius!
Once a Terrier… 🙌
RIP, genius!
An astonishing watch ❤️ youtu.be/DWnc-ZlIo5s?...
93 Year Old Irish Soldier describes World War One, 1988
YouTube video by CR's Video Vaults
youtu.be
January 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
An astonishing watch ❤️ youtu.be/DWnc-ZlIo5s?...
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Charles Person, the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders who traveled from Washington to Birmingham, Alabama, in 1961 in an effort to integrate interstate bus terminals across the South — and who were nearly beaten to death for doing so — died on Wednesday. He was 82. nyti.ms/40qH6I6
Charles Person, Youngest of the Original Freedom Riders, Dies at 82
In 1961, he and 12 other civil rights activists were nearly killed for trying to integrate interstate bus terminals across the South.
nyti.ms
January 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Charles Person, the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders who traveled from Washington to Birmingham, Alabama, in 1961 in an effort to integrate interstate bus terminals across the South — and who were nearly beaten to death for doing so — died on Wednesday. He was 82. nyti.ms/40qH6I6
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Timoclea of Thebes throws man who raped her down a well. She next hurled in heavy stones until he was dead. Painted in 1659 by Elisabetta Sirani of Bologna, who had a thing for assertive heroines.
January 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Timoclea of Thebes throws man who raped her down a well. She next hurled in heavy stones until he was dead. Painted in 1659 by Elisabetta Sirani of Bologna, who had a thing for assertive heroines.
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Big queue outside enlistment centre for POUM militia in the Teatre Principal at the bottom of La Rambla. Late July 1936. I think by Pérez de Rozas.
January 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Big queue outside enlistment centre for POUM militia in the Teatre Principal at the bottom of La Rambla. Late July 1936. I think by Pérez de Rozas.
@ericbearshug.bsky.social love stuff like this 👏🏻 youtu.be/XMDh1VJqf_8?...
20 Fascinating World War II Then Vs Now Photos
YouTube video by Echoes of History Photos
youtu.be
January 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
@ericbearshug.bsky.social love stuff like this 👏🏻 youtu.be/XMDh1VJqf_8?...
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I thought the Greenland stuff was a joke I didn’t get. Oh boy.
January 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I thought the Greenland stuff was a joke I didn’t get. Oh boy.
What a superb little piece of history ❤️
More little gems from my discovery box. 2 dance cards from 1921. What surprised me was that my Grandad (W Wood) was one of the Masters of Ceremony (MC). I remember him being such a quiet man. He would have been 18 in 1921. Maybe this is where he met my Gran ❤️
January 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What a superb little piece of history ❤️
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Congratulations Luke, you was brilliant 👏🏻🎯
World Champion 🎯
World Champion 🎯
January 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Congratulations Luke, you was brilliant 👏🏻🎯
World Champion 🎯
World Champion 🎯
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Looking towards Whitby Abbey from Sandsend at sunset. Big waves create plenty of sea mist to add to the atmosphere.
#photography #seascape #sunset 📸
#photography #seascape #sunset 📸
January 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Looking towards Whitby Abbey from Sandsend at sunset. Big waves create plenty of sea mist to add to the atmosphere.
#photography #seascape #sunset 📸
#photography #seascape #sunset 📸
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20 Years Ago Today:
Roy Carroll perfectly prevented a goal from a Pedro Mendes shot.
Roy Carroll perfectly prevented a goal from a Pedro Mendes shot.
January 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
20 Years Ago Today:
Roy Carroll perfectly prevented a goal from a Pedro Mendes shot.
Roy Carroll perfectly prevented a goal from a Pedro Mendes shot.
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Word of the Day is ‘hunch-weather’ (19th century): weather so cold it makes you hunch your shoulders when you walk outside.
January 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Word of the Day is ‘hunch-weather’ (19th century): weather so cold it makes you hunch your shoulders when you walk outside.
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BERNARD SUMNER
Wishing the New Order legend very best wishes on his birthday. [Born 04.01.56]
#OnThisDay #BernardSumner #NewOrder #joydivision #birthday
Wishing the New Order legend very best wishes on his birthday. [Born 04.01.56]
#OnThisDay #BernardSumner #NewOrder #joydivision #birthday
January 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
BERNARD SUMNER
Wishing the New Order legend very best wishes on his birthday. [Born 04.01.56]
#OnThisDay #BernardSumner #NewOrder #joydivision #birthday
Wishing the New Order legend very best wishes on his birthday. [Born 04.01.56]
#OnThisDay #BernardSumner #NewOrder #joydivision #birthday
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Yes, and.
Poor people all over the world shun labor unions, free healthcare, and free education because the rich have convinced them that the even poorer already stole it.
Poor people all over the world shun labor unions, free healthcare, and free education because the rich have convinced them that the even poorer already stole it.
January 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Yes, and.
Poor people all over the world shun labor unions, free healthcare, and free education because the rich have convinced them that the even poorer already stole it.
Poor people all over the world shun labor unions, free healthcare, and free education because the rich have convinced them that the even poorer already stole it.
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Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
January 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
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Happy Birthday to Caitlin "Cait" O'Riordan, bass guitar player for the Irish punk/folk band the Pogues and later bass player with Elvis Costello, born on this day in 1965, Lagos, Nigeria
Photo by Bob Gallagher
#punk #punks #punkrock #ThePogues #womanofpunk #punkrockhistory #otd
Photo by Bob Gallagher
#punk #punks #punkrock #ThePogues #womanofpunk #punkrockhistory #otd
January 4, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Happy Birthday to Caitlin "Cait" O'Riordan, bass guitar player for the Irish punk/folk band the Pogues and later bass player with Elvis Costello, born on this day in 1965, Lagos, Nigeria
Photo by Bob Gallagher
#punk #punks #punkrock #ThePogues #womanofpunk #punkrockhistory #otd
Photo by Bob Gallagher
#punk #punks #punkrock #ThePogues #womanofpunk #punkrockhistory #otd
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Word of the Day, should you need it, is ‘crapulence’ (18th century): sickness or indisposition resulting from excessive drinking or eating.
January 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Word of the Day, should you need it, is ‘crapulence’ (18th century): sickness or indisposition resulting from excessive drinking or eating.
One simply cannot beat New Years Day and a bit of #PrideandPrejudice - a true classic, brilliant dialogue and people do like the lake scene ❤️😄
January 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
One simply cannot beat New Years Day and a bit of #PrideandPrejudice - a true classic, brilliant dialogue and people do like the lake scene ❤️😄
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