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Symbol of the Month – the Ouroboros
Ouroboros on 18th century headstone, St Mary’s churchyard, Rye, Sussex. ©Carole Tyrrell For every end there is a beginning. This is only one of the several positive and powerful meanings …
https://shadowsflyaway.blog/2026/03/30/symbol-of-the-month-the-ouroboros-2/
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Excise men and smugglers – All Saints churchyard, Birchington, Kent
Headstone dedicated to James Smith and Henry Nevil, All Saints, Birchington, Kent. © Carole Tyrrell This headstone has intrigued me ever since I first saw it while exploring the fascinating churchy…
https://shadowsflyaway.blog/2026/03/20/excise-men-and-smugglers-all-saints-churchyard-birchington-kent/
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Snowdrops – the unofficial churchyard flower of February
Snowdrops on the grave of George James, St George’s churchyard, Beckenham, Kent. © Carole Tyrrell Dear all I have not had access to my blog for a couple of weeks for various reasons. But I am…
https://shadowsflyaway.blog/2026/03/09/snowdrops-the-unofficial-churchyard-flower-of-february/
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Kent County Council is planning to spend £600k on just 8 parking spaces and £150k on personal assistants... all while trying to cut vital local services like our libraries and tips! 🤦♀️ We need to stop this massive waste of taxpayer money. Please sign the petition:
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Kent County Council: stop wasting money and start prioritising Kent services
KCC is planning to spend £600k on 8 parking spaces while trying to cut our libraries and tips. It's time they started serving the people. Add your name to help stop the waste:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/bring-kent-back-to-the-people?source=bluesky&utm_campaign=blast146512&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=fe1c7c8d-58e4-4658-859e-4aae6dbbf164
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I am the first winner in the A Monkey with Cymbals theatre company's writing competition. You can read my ghost story via this link:
www.amonkeywithcymbals.co.uk/writing-comp...
The show haunted Shadows is well worth seeing - very atmospheric and eerie! Check the website for tour dates in April.
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign:
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The time for change is now: end fox hunting
Hunting was supposed to be banned over 20 years ago, but the hunts have carried on chasing and killing wild animals with dogs like the law never changed. This government was elected on a promise to fi...
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/the-time-for-change-is-now-end-fox-hunting?source=bluesky&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=ea543c0a-6dc6-404e-a831-4ecc818cbadb
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‘Cathy come on!’ my sister shouted, ‘Everyone's waiting.’ I looked down at the floral tributes on Dad's grave, tears welling up again. ‘Hello Cathy?’ a woman said from behind me, 'I'm Sue. We didn’t know that we were your dad’s other family. He told us you were.’
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Symbol of the Month – the dark side of the snowdrop
Snowdrops in St George’s churchyard, Beckenham.©Carole Tyrrell Today it is Candlemas, an important day in the church calendar. It takes place 40 days after Christmas and marks the end of the …
https://shadowsflyaway.blog/2026/02/02/symbol-of-the-month-the-dark-side-of-the-snowdrop-2/
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Symbol of the Month – the yew tree
A few fine yew trees in St Margaret’s churchyard, Rochester. © Carole Tyrrell They are the sentinels of the silent cities, standing tall and spreading out their branches to shade the last res…
https://shadowsflyaway.blog/2026/01/27/symbol-of-the-month-the-yew-tree-2/
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A little beauty! – the Pepper family, St Laurence in Thanet, Ramsgate, Kent
The headstone dedicated to Mrs Martha Pepper and her two daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah. © Carole Tyrrell Firstly, Happy New Year to you all! Winter is always a good time to explore cemeteries and …
https://shadowsflyaway.blog/2026/01/13/a-little-beauty-the-pepper-family-st-laurence-in-thanet-ramsgate-kent/
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Merry Christmas everyone! (Herene Bay postbox topper)
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A festive wish from me to you.
Stained glass window at Hoo St Werberga. © Carole Tyrrell So, as 2025 waves goodbye and we eagerly, or nervously, look forward to a New Year, Old Father Time has already begun to prepare his exit a…
https://shadowsflyaway.blog/2025/12/14/a-festive-wish-from-me-to-you/
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Kent County Council is considering closing local libraries and rubbish tips to cut costs. Kids need libraries to learn, and tip closures risk fly-tipping on our streets. I’ve signed to stop this. Will you add your name too?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ci...
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Save vital Kent services
Kent County Council is considering closing local libraries and rubbish tips to cut costs. Kids need libraries to learn, and tip closures risk fly-tipping on our streets. I’ve signed to stop this. Will...
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/civic-necessities-threatened?source=bluesky&utm_campaign=blast142558&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=1713bb74-1d68-46e5-9b44-8dc4a9d5750d
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Symbol of the Month – The King of Terrors!
The King of Terrors headstone, St Larence in Thanet, Ramsgate. © Carole Tyrrell It was in the churchyard of St Laurence in Thanet, Ramsgate that I found this gleeful skull wearing a crown. The chur…
https://shadowsflyaway.blog/2025/11/29/symbol-of-the-month-the-king-of-terrors/
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A doomed royal marriage and a mausoleum in Ramsgate – Part 2
Lady Augusta Murray by Richard Cosway shared under Wiki Creative Commons Part 2 the aftermath and the move to Ramsgate By now Augusta was deeply in debt and in 1806 she finally gave up the title of…
https://shadowsflyaway.blog/2025/11/24/a-doomed-royal-marriage-and-a-mausoleum-in-ramsgate-part-2/
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A doomed Royal marriage and a mausoleum in Ramsgate – St Laurence in Thanet.
View of the D’Este Mausoleum showing bricked up entrance. ©Carole Tyrrell Part 1 – The love story and a terrible home coming The churchyard of St Lawrence in Ramsgate contains 1400 grav…
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'Have you been good this Christmas Lottie?' Santa smiled benevolently at Lottie. But his eyes didn't. 'Yes I've been ever so good!' Lottie said fervently while crossing her fingers behind her back. Her mother rolled her eyes and sighed. 'If you say so dear.'
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Symbol(s) of the Month – Ritual Protection Marks
Cross, St Nicholas at Wade, Kent © Carole Tyrrell Imagine if you will a medieval church. Inside it would be brightly painted and very colourful in contrast to the whitewashed interiors that w…
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A Cheshire cat grin from out of the darkness – St John the Evangelist, Margate
Close up of head, ‘monumental’ brass, St John the Evangelist, Margate. ©Carole Tyrrell It was dark in the chancel as I explored St John’s and then five small figures set into stones in …
https://shadowsflyaway.blog/2025/10/22/a-cheshire-cat-grin-from-out-of-the-darkness-st-john-the-evangelist-margate/
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'Not scared' she told herself. But she walked into the maze as the sky changed from azure to ink. The others had run away. Inside she felt sick from the smell and the rustlings followed her but at last she was at its centre. 'I've been waiting for you.' the voice said.
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Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
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A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-free-press-not-a-free-pass-it-s-time-for-fair-regulation?source=bluesky&utm_campaign=blast140011&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=2dfbd1e6-3797-4766-a09e-74ce53600fe3
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One of the most unusual names to find in a churchyard – St Werbergh, Hoo, Kent
Headstone dedicated to Time of Day, Hoo St Werberga.© Carole Tyrrell I tried to find this grave last year in the churchyard of Hoo St Werbergh but ran out of time. However, on a return visit this y…
https://shadowsflyaway.blog/2025/09/30/one-of-the-most-unusual-names-to-find-in-a-churchyard-st-werbergh-hoo-kent/
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Excited that my short piece ‘The Message’ has been published in ‘Writing in Community Vol. 5’, the latest London Writers Salon anthology out today! You can pick up a copy here:
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digital and print versions. All proceeds go to LWS Scholarship Fund.
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Beach hut Westgate on Sea 2/8/25
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🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
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Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/bring-back-the-ghost-woods?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_campaign=blast123867&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=dde468da-cb8b-4df7-8276-e43240ef478e
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persimmontree.org/summer-2025/...
some interesting comments on th ecurrent US administration and reactions to it.
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Persimmon Tree
https://persimmontree.org/summer-2025/current-assault-on-cultural-iintellectual-life/
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