Richard MacDonald
@tourguideliverp.bsky.social
Heritage/conservation/public engagement/Conservation & Design Planner/Blue Badge Guide/British European. Opinions my own. Too sweary.
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City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
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I haven't watched the show, but this is a great letter in the Shetland Times: Shetland Stitch Club’s Helen Barwick asks Channel 4 to apologise for Game of Wool’s misrepresentation of Fair Isle knitting
LETTER: ‘You’ve misrepresented an entire culture’ - Open letter calls for TV show to apologise for its “blatant disregard” of Fair Isle knitting
Shetland Stitch Club’s Helen Barwick has asked Channel 4 to apologise for “misrepresenting an entire culture” in Game of Wool: Britain’s Best Knitter
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November 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I haven't watched the show, but this is a great letter in the Shetland Times: Shetland Stitch Club’s Helen Barwick asks Channel 4 to apologise for Game of Wool’s misrepresentation of Fair Isle knitting
Made a confit byaldi (Ratatouille film-style). Pretty good.
October 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Made a confit byaldi (Ratatouille film-style). Pretty good.
People are ignorant reactionary idiots.
Rejected petition: "Raise the minimum age children can walk home from school alone from 8 to 12"
#RejectedPetition
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Rejected petition: Raise the minimum age children can walk home from school alone from 8 to 12
We call on the UK Government to raise the minimum age at which children are legally allowed to walk home from school unaccompanied from 8 years old to at least 12.
petition.parliament.uk
October 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
People are ignorant reactionary idiots.
If anyone is in Wavertree, Liverpool you need to get to Sticky Fingers Bakery. Just got some amazing sourdough for my poached eggs. Fantatsicly tasty and good quality. 2b Grove Street, L15 8HU.
October 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
If anyone is in Wavertree, Liverpool you need to get to Sticky Fingers Bakery. Just got some amazing sourdough for my poached eggs. Fantatsicly tasty and good quality. 2b Grove Street, L15 8HU.
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Snow Graffiti has started work on the mural at Andy's All Day Breakfast in Ashton-in-Makerfield. This is part of the Public Art Project aimed at improving the street scene (funded by UK Government). We can't wait to see the final result! @wigancouncil.bsky.social @tourguideliverp.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Snow Graffiti has started work on the mural at Andy's All Day Breakfast in Ashton-in-Makerfield. This is part of the Public Art Project aimed at improving the street scene (funded by UK Government). We can't wait to see the final result! @wigancouncil.bsky.social @tourguideliverp.bsky.social
This was written in 1914. Plus ca change.
August 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
This was written in 1914. Plus ca change.
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Yet fuel duty will no doubt remain frozen for yet another year.
Making it ever cheaper to drive and more expensive to get the train.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
Making it ever cheaper to drive and more expensive to get the train.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
Rail fares in England could rise by ‘outrageous’ 5.6% next year
Campaigners say passengers may be priced off trains as July inflation figure is likely to push up ticket prices
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Yet fuel duty will no doubt remain frozen for yet another year.
Making it ever cheaper to drive and more expensive to get the train.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
Making it ever cheaper to drive and more expensive to get the train.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
@planningshit.bsky.social
FOR SALE 1930s suburban semi. Suitable for Young Familes/Dark Lords of Sith. Has own star fighter bays and fully protected exhaust port/chimney. Apply to D. VADER for details.
FOR SALE 1930s suburban semi. Suitable for Young Familes/Dark Lords of Sith. Has own star fighter bays and fully protected exhaust port/chimney. Apply to D. VADER for details.
August 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
@planningshit.bsky.social
FOR SALE 1930s suburban semi. Suitable for Young Familes/Dark Lords of Sith. Has own star fighter bays and fully protected exhaust port/chimney. Apply to D. VADER for details.
FOR SALE 1930s suburban semi. Suitable for Young Familes/Dark Lords of Sith. Has own star fighter bays and fully protected exhaust port/chimney. Apply to D. VADER for details.
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I'm watching #fakeorfortune, drinking a white Rioja and snacking on a nice cheddar with slices of ice-cold golden delicious apple. I'm pretty happy.
August 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I'm watching #fakeorfortune, drinking a white Rioja and snacking on a nice cheddar with slices of ice-cold golden delicious apple. I'm pretty happy.
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Scaffolding is officially up at The Cupcakery and Vapour Trader! This is the first project to start on site as part of the Ashton-in-Makerfield Town Centre Building Grant Scheme. @wigancouncil.bsky.social @tourguideliverp.bsky.social #heritage #highstreets
July 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Scaffolding is officially up at The Cupcakery and Vapour Trader! This is the first project to start on site as part of the Ashton-in-Makerfield Town Centre Building Grant Scheme. @wigancouncil.bsky.social @tourguideliverp.bsky.social #heritage #highstreets
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As part of the Ashton-in-Makerfield Building Grant Scheme, we are producing a series of blog posts exploring the history of some of the town's shops and pubs. Our first one is about the Brian Boru Club, the oldest Irish pub in Great Britain! You can give it a read at: shorturl.at/3mtpv
June 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
As part of the Ashton-in-Makerfield Building Grant Scheme, we are producing a series of blog posts exploring the history of some of the town's shops and pubs. Our first one is about the Brian Boru Club, the oldest Irish pub in Great Britain! You can give it a read at: shorturl.at/3mtpv
You can shove your Bob Dylan and your Kneecap. The most political, outrageous and subversive musical ever - Tom Lehrer - has just died.
"But some think our attitude
Should be one of gratitude,
Like the widows and cripples in old London town,
Who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun"
"But some think our attitude
Should be one of gratitude,
Like the widows and cripples in old London town,
Who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun"
July 28, 2025 at 6:56 AM
You can shove your Bob Dylan and your Kneecap. The most political, outrageous and subversive musical ever - Tom Lehrer - has just died.
"But some think our attitude
Should be one of gratitude,
Like the widows and cripples in old London town,
Who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun"
"But some think our attitude
Should be one of gratitude,
Like the widows and cripples in old London town,
Who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun"
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My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
"How did the planners allow this?" ignores the point that a profession designer designed it.
Big thank you to all my lovely new Bluesky followers. Welcome to the absolute bollocks that passes for new houses and places in the UK. This should make you smile!
June 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"How did the planners allow this?" ignores the point that a profession designer designed it.
Do moths eat strawberries? Found this fella on mine.
June 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Do moths eat strawberries? Found this fella on mine.
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Watching nearly every political party in the UK chase the same 20% of the worst people in the country, ignoring the other 80%, just to please the papers.
Nothing will change in the UK until the papers are taken in hand. Not all the media, just the papers. The rest will flow from there.
Nothing will change in the UK until the papers are taken in hand. Not all the media, just the papers. The rest will flow from there.
June 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Watching nearly every political party in the UK chase the same 20% of the worst people in the country, ignoring the other 80%, just to please the papers.
Nothing will change in the UK until the papers are taken in hand. Not all the media, just the papers. The rest will flow from there.
Nothing will change in the UK until the papers are taken in hand. Not all the media, just the papers. The rest will flow from there.
Forgive me if I am wrong but I guess the Liverpool incident today is peak car brain on coke/booze.
May 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Forgive me if I am wrong but I guess the Liverpool incident today is peak car brain on coke/booze.
One group here hates the idea of identity politics.
May 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
One group here hates the idea of identity politics.
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🎉 | Liverpool to host Cunard’s 185th anniversary celebrations this month as HRH The Princess Royal will tour Queen Anne and open the 'Sea of Glamour' exhibition at the Royal Liver Building.
Liverpool to welcome Queen Anne for Cunard's 185th anniversary celebrations
Liverpool will host Cunard's 185th anniversary celebrations this May, with a return for Queen Anne and an unveiling of a glamorous new..
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May 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🎉 | Liverpool to host Cunard’s 185th anniversary celebrations this month as HRH The Princess Royal will tour Queen Anne and open the 'Sea of Glamour' exhibition at the Royal Liver Building.
Not bad The Dingle.
May 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Not bad The Dingle.
Really nice to see a gang of older ladies and gents returning from the VE day celebrations in Liverpool having clearly enjoyed Scouse hospitality. What way to remember the glorious fallen than having a piss on the platform behind the ticket machine!
May 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Really nice to see a gang of older ladies and gents returning from the VE day celebrations in Liverpool having clearly enjoyed Scouse hospitality. What way to remember the glorious fallen than having a piss on the platform behind the ticket machine!
Down at the Williamson Tunnels we have a collection of glass bottles belonging to Houldings Brewery in Liverpool. Houlding was John Houlding who owned Anfield, the Sandon and was the founder of #LFC
April 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Down at the Williamson Tunnels we have a collection of glass bottles belonging to Houldings Brewery in Liverpool. Houlding was John Houlding who owned Anfield, the Sandon and was the founder of #LFC
Today I have caught three people whistling absent mindedly in public. One was a dog walker, the other a BT engineer feeding a cable down a hole and the third was myself. It must be catching.
April 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Today I have caught three people whistling absent mindedly in public. One was a dog walker, the other a BT engineer feeding a cable down a hole and the third was myself. It must be catching.