Asked for sealing wax in my local hobby shop today. The young assistant gave me a very strange look… then I realised - she thought I wanted to wax my ceiling 🤦‍♀️

Oh no! NSPCC isn’t doing personalised letters from Father Christmas this year 🥺 Such a shame - they were always so lovely, and for a great cause too. Anyone have suggestions for alternatives that still support a good charity or do something special for kids?

We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December. To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches. Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...

November always feels like a time to pause and remember. My visit to the National Memorial Arboretum stayed with me long after I left... #Remembrance #NationalMemorialArboretum #FamilyHistory Read more: funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/11/05/n...

Missing World War One soldiers identified after more than 100 years 🌹 #Passchendaele ##WW1 #LestWeForget #RoyalMarines www.bbc.com/news/article...

In Jan 1875, a young servant asked for and was given a Friday night off. She went home to see her boyfriend, who had five days leave, and he said... you should have more time off. Harriet, the servant, agreed. She wrote to her employer and said "I will be back on Monday"

Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.

The names were once carefully painted in gold - and now fifteen young men from a forgotten WW2 memorial are remembered again 🌹 #LestWeForget #WW2 #KentHistory #RollofHonour funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/10/17/e...

⚠️ SCAM WARNING! ⚠️ Fake DWP “Winter Fuel Payment 2025–26” texts are doing the rounds. If you get one: - Don’t click it - Report it by forwarding to 7726 and delete the message The real DWP will never text a link to apply for payments... #ScamAlert #DWP #WinterFuelPayment

Come and meet us (and many #FamilyHistory societies and vendors) at the Oxfordshire Family History Society Family History Fair on Saturday 25 Oct 2025. 10am to 4pm at Cherwell School (North Site), Oxford. Free entry, free parking, and chance to chat about #OnePlaceStudies! #OnePlaceWednesday

Just reconnected with a cousin in Australia after 50+ years and he sent this photo - my great-grandad and grandad!! Never seen it before, but my grandad's grin explains everything about our family’s love of motorsports 😄 #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Ancestry #OldPhoto #VintageMotorcycle

Amongst the lasting monuments at the National Memorial Arboretum, a dew-covered web against autumn leaves reminded me of how wonderful yet fragile life is...

The Rock Garden at Chatsworth House in autumn. Created by Joseph Paxton in 1842 and redesigned in 2018 #SeasonalSplendour #AutumnColours #ChatsworthHouse #JosephPaxton

Three sleeping cherubs at Chatsworth House – the loveliest thing I’ve seen all day 🤍 #Chatsworth #Art #Sculpture #Cherubs

🇮🇪⚔️ From frostbite at Sevastopol to near-miraculous survival in India: Joseph Twohey’s extraordinary story ends with Hayling Island’s first full military funeral in 1913 (image generated by AI) #FamilyHistory #CrimeanWar #IndianMutiny #MilitaryHistory funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/10/03/l...

How a painstaking investigation eventually solved a 100-year-old mystery by identifying two missing Scottish soldiers. #WW1 #BattleofLoos #WarDetectives #LestWeForget www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

2nd great-grandfather owned a shop for the British in Italy pre-WW1. Just found this advert from 1908 with "prime quality Tennis Balls in stock" 😂 What else could one possibly need!!...

⚠️ Never buy Kentish cobnuts without checking you own a nutcracker... I tried using a rolling pin to crack 'em … Who needs Netflix when you can watch cobnuts ricochet around the kitchen? 🤣🥜

And that despite front page advertising ... for the 'protests'. Have you seen Ben Jennings' cartoon ?

A baptism on 9 Jul 1851 in Castleconnell, Co. Limerick, for Mary, daughter of Ned McCann and Ellen Tuohy. Register notes “Illegitimate” - does this refer to the child or the mother? (source in ALT text) #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #FamilyHistory #Castleconnell #CatholicRecords #Ancestry

100 Best Free Online Genealogy Websites - Updated Do you have some "go to" free websites for searching and browsing for pertinent #genealogy records and record collections? These are my 100 favorite/popular websites for you to look through from the U.S., Canada, and Europe. buff.ly/9A1rMXU

A brilliant day on the water with Jetstream Tours from Rochester to Southend and back ⛴️ Perfect weather and great views all the way. Loved exploring the Southend Pier Museum - it’s amazing to see how much (and how little) has changed… #Southend #Rochester #JetstreamTours #DayTrip #DaysOut

I've researched 5 names so far for a local WW2 memorial, but none died in direct combat: - a training accident in Canada - testing a bomber in high-altitude turbulence - lost at sea aboard a mined minesweeper - shot down by friendly fire on D-Day+1 - crashed into a harbour during a routine transfer

Can anyone in the UK advise how I can report a BT landline fault for an elderly and vulnerable friend? All I can find is the below for her to report herself, but she’s non technical and has no-one nearby to help. Any suggestions welcome!! TIA www.bt.com/help/report-...

I've never ordered a meal via Deliveroo or Just Eat... Never had groceries delivered by Getir... Never ridden in an Uber... Am I a functioning human being… or a dinosaur in denial?? 🦕

Oh no! Ozzie Osborn has died aged just 76. Parkinson’s is a horrible disease 😔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

From Limerick to Madras, James Twohey served the British Empire in red wool under a tropical sun. A hernia ended his career, but not his story. 🔗 funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/07/16/i... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #IrishHistory #Redcoat #ColonialIndia #BritishEmpire

Introduction session today for Medway Archives Centre's WWII legacy project to honour locals - both military and civilian - who died in the war. Help create a searchable database & preserve history. Interested? Contact [email protected] or call 01634 332714 #MedwayWWII #LocalHistory

We’ve been graced by a beautiful visitor - a Jersey Tiger Moth! 🐯🦋 Not quite sure how to escort it safely back outside, but the door is wide open, so hopefully it’ll have a little rest then fly away…

A Victorian doctor. A lost story. A quiet tragedy. This is what I found when I opened my great-grandfather’s death certificate - and followed where it led... #FamilyHistory #SuicideAwareness #MentalHealthHistory #Guernsey #Dorking #Bethlem funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/07/04/v...

Season 8 of the podcast begins on Sunday! In our first episode we walk the battlefield at the little visited Bois Grenier, and hear tales of murder most foul, extreme gallantry and the mysterious tale of the vanishing monkey. Out Sunday #WW1 #FWW

Gearing up for #NationalSeasideDay tomorrow. Looks like it's going to be great beach weather so lets fill @bsky.app with the #blueskies of our #GreatBritishSeaside resorts. Your pics wanted please!

No line judges at #Wimbledon this year - it's all gone electronic!! 🎾🤖 Thinking of my late Dad, who became one in the ’70s just to watch the tennis up close - and for free!! He loved the game and died playing it, aged just 50… but that memory still makes me smile 🥹 #Tennis #FamilyHistory #1970s

We did it. 🎉 MPs voted in favour of the #AssistedDyingBill and it has now passed Third Reading.

Tagging for #genealogy and fixing the broken link. genealogyjustask.substack.com/p/full-text-...

BREAKING: MPs have voted to REMOVE abortion from the criminal law in England and Wales for women in relation to their own pregnancies. A historic day for shaping a more humane law – one that prioritises treating women with compassion. humanists.uk/2025/06/17/b...

Just found some WiFi….Robert Kubica won this year’s #LeMans #24hrs in a yellow Ferrari - such a comeback!!

Magical Le Mans 24hrs circuit. All quiet now, but in 24 hours, this place will be four hours into the race!! #LeMans24 #Countdown #LeMans2025

Abortion is illegal in Engand and Wales, but allowed up to 24 weeks. Stella Creasy MP is asking parliament to decriminalise abortion in a crime bill being voted on next week. Use the form below to write to your MP asking them to support her initiative action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...

She called herself a charwoman, and may have been a ‘dollymop’. But above all, Leah was a widowed mother who would do anything to keep her growing family together in 19th-century London #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Ancestry #FamilyResearch #WomensHistory funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/06/11/m...

Super thrilled with the latest addition to my Rochester crested china collection: a Carlton souvenir submarine E.9 that's over 100 years old!! 🤩 A tiny tribute to WW1 history. I wonder where it's been all this time... #WW1 #Submarine #CrestedChina

Oh no!! Hopefully only temporary.... ⏳ #internetarchive #waybackmachine

🚢 In 1946, a Royal Navy minesweeper sailed upriver into the heart of Borneo to help end 100 years of Brooke rule. One young sailor kept the photos - but never spoke of the mission. #FamilyHistory #Sarawak #History #WW2 #WhiteRajahs #HMSPickle funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/06/04/s...

My Pimms has raspberries, strawberries, melon, and oranges. That’s four of my 5-a-day… I’ll have to work the fifth in later 🍹🍓🍈🍊 #PimmsOClock #BalancedDiet #Pimms

The second memorial plaque has been recovered - damaged - but the wonderful Repair Shop BBC TV team have been asked if they can help restore it... #WW1 #Chatham #RepairShop #LestWeForget www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

During #WW1, artists like Anna Coleman Ladd created masks for disfigured soldiers. The metal was painted with hard enamel to resemble the recipient's skin tone. Ladd used real hair to create the eyelashes, eyebrows and moustaches. Had it not been for her efforts, many would have lived in isolation.

30 May 1940 At Watou, Ted Mayhew was captured. Of the 321 men in 367 Battery, 140th RA, 102 were killed or wounded. 216, like Ted, were taken prisoner. Just 3 made it to Dunkirk. He was 21, and his war had barely begun. #WWII #Cassel1940 #LestWeForget #WW2 funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2024/05/29/t...

29 May 1940 Cassel was to be abandoned. Guns wrecked, vehicles sabotaged - nothing usable left for the enemy. At 10:30pm, the remnants of the garrison slipped out on foot under cover of darkness. The breakout had begun... #Cassel #WWII #LestWeForget #WW2 funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2024/05/29/t...

One of two WW1 memorial plaques stolen from Christ Church in Luton, Chatham, has been recovered and seven people arrested. Police still looking for the second plaque. #WW1 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

28 May 1940 and the retreat to Dunkirk has begun, but the hilltop town of Cassel is surrounded. Ted Mayhew and his comrades are under fire and running low on hope - and ammunition - but a breakout is planned... #WWII #Cassel #OnThisDay #FamilyHistory #WW2 funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2024/05/29/t...