We are so lucky in Loughborough, my #OnePlaceStudy to be able to celebrate and commemorate on Remembrance Day in such a unique way. A short blogpost on a memorable occasion. lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/11/reme...

Great show - thanks! Autumn smells - rustlesnuff or rustlesnuffle or leafysnuffy @susiedent.com

I think it might be today that ghouls and ghosts are supposed to show themselves! Here's a small selection of reminders of Loughborough's past businesses as seen through ghost signs #OnePlaceStudy lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/10/some...

Suffering side effects of shingles and pneumonia vaccination, so needed a good laugh today! 1871 census entry for James Hill Taylor, Biggin Street, Loughborough #OnePlaceStudy at the Red Lion, where he was apparently the 'bunkeeper'! Perhaps they had bunfights at this long-gone thatched inn?!

So lucky to have exciting woods to walk through so close to Loughborough, my #OnePlaceStudy My latest trip was to The Outwoods with Ranger Sam from IDVerdi @charnwoodbc.bsky.social lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/10/an-a...

My how things change in my #OnePlaceStudy ! A quick look at some of the factories that are now no more! lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/10/ever...

Here's the announcement on the Shuttlewood Clarke webpages about the imminent closure of the model railway at Ulverscroft: www.shuttlewood-clarke.org/blog/2025/10...

Here's a bit of history about the model railway and how it came to be at Ulverscroft: www.shuttlewood-clarke.org/ulverscroft-...

Closure of the model railway at Ulverscroft. Such disappointing news, for the volunteers, for the visitors and for the late David Clarke: www.facebook.com/share/p/1So8... (not sure the link will work)

Hardly a surprise to find a Loughborough connection whilst holidaying in Cornwall! #OnePlaceStudies Taylors bells are everywhere! lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/10/tayl...

Argh! Trying to invite friends to a book launch via email. BTInternet declines to deliver my email and claims it's spam! And yet BTInternet has sent me spam from some friends whose BTInternet had been hijacked. How do I invite folk whose snailmail address I don't have & who don't use social media?

Heritage Open Days around Loughborough! My #OnePlaceStudy town has pulled out all the stops and presented a wonderful week of walks and free access to heritage buildings and activities! I tried to be anywhere and everywhere! lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/09/heri...

There's some magic happening up at Loughborough's local hill!! Pop up to Beacon Hill and enjoy a wide variety of sculptures, while keeping an eye out for 70 little tree people!! More on my #OnePlaceStudy blog! lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/09/up-b...

Oh go Bill Bailey playing an Imperial typewriter!! Some of the best things are made in Leicester!!

This page has been edited 2 hours early! Magic Proms performance by Alison Balsom OBE! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_...

Wondering if anyone can help, please? This phrase "noon lighting" is new to me! Does it mean more people out and about in town at midday? Or something else? It surely can't mean street lighting on in the daytime! Apologies for blurriness. Many thanks!!!

Not just an industrial town, Loughborough, my #OnePlaceStudy also has a vibrant art community. A new space opened in the town centre, featuring artist studios along with exhibition space. New Painters Modern Decorators (MPND) Here's what I found lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/09/arts...

There are lots of things happening in Loughborough, the home of my #OnePlaceStudy for Heritage Open Days 2025 #HODs2025 Most are listed on my blogpost, but pop over to the Heritage Open Days website to find events just outside Loughborough. lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/08/heri...

I've remembered I promised to share some Agatha Christie connections with Loughborough #OnePlaceStudy on the blog, so here's one lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/08/chri...

Loughborough's Carillon Tower and War Memorial Museum has today re-opened to the public, with a new, re-imagined, ground-floor display. I was there at the re-opening ceremony. #OnePlaceStudy lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/08/cari...

Oh my goodness, the blog about Loughborough, my #OnePlaceStudy just broke the 1 million views barrier! So hard to believe, but super pleased!!

A trip to Loughborough can be as good as a trip to the seaside any day!!! #OnePlaceStudy Back in 1841 it certainly seemed that way! #blogpost If you're in the area, pop in and have a look at the exhibition in the public library! lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/08/all-...

A quick post on the Loughborough blog in celebration of its 12th anniversary - and nearly 1m views! #OnePlaceStudy lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/08/cele...

I wonder what they thought of my favourite cathedral - Lichfield? www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...

Lots going on in Loughborough at the moment, but as I've been away, I've missed a few things! I did catch a little of the Carillon recital on Saturday though! #OnePlaceStudy lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/07/cari...

Is this BlueSky age check for real?? So I have to either let something scan my face, or my credit card?? I'd be grateful for some advice, please!

Down in old Loughborough town, my #OnePlaceStudy, you'll find the Old Rectory. Why not pop down and see it in a different light - or you could view it on my blogpost: lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/07/seei...

Ah, the Dewey Decimal Classification scheme, familiar to, and loved by all library #cataloguers (myself included) makes an appearance in 'The Postal Paths' @postalpathsguy.bsky.social along with digital preservation of newspapers! DDC even has its own celebratory day www.facebook.com/groups/archi...

I rather enjoyed reading 'The Postal Paths' by @postalpathsguy.bsky.social Only just over 30 pages in and I'm smiling at mentions of Muncaster Castle! I really must go there one day! lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-...

And would you believe, in the first pages of @postalpathsguy.bsky.social 'The Postal Paths' we learn more terms for jitties - drangways & alleyways - and mention of the 1936 Jarrow March, which @stuartmaconie.bsky.social re-created in 2016! I would post a pic of the book covers but copyright deters!

Been on a lovely journey with @stuartmaconie.bsky.social and his 'Full English', although in Leicester I metaphorically walked down the jitties, rather than the ginnels! You may call them snickets, shuts, twitchells, twittens, wynds etc.. I would share a pic of the book cover but copyright deters!

Well (again) who knew that DMU's Venue (previously the sports hall) started life as a Spitfire factory! There was no need for me to go to Southampton after all, as I've been in the Venue loads of times, just didn't know about the Spitfire connection! www.bhgs.org.uk/britcon.html

Well, Loughborough, the subject of my #OnePlaceStudy certainly comes up with some interesting innovations! www.bbc.com/news/article...

A bit late to the party, but finally reading The Full English! Super writing, as ever @stuartmaconie.bsky.social Pleased to see mention of the Hull Larkin trail on pg.43 @plsoc.bsky.social @philippullen.bsky.social So far we've visited Soton and Bristol, two cities I know reasonably well!

1930s buildings are rarely eyesores unless they are not looked after. Sad to see this building degrading further. Get a closer look on one of the Art Deco Nottingham walks led by the wonderful @notrock.bsky.social www.nottinghampost.com/news/news-op...?

This week on the #Loughborough blog, we're looking into the life of John Thomas Judges who played a part in the opening of the Carnegie Library #OnePlaceStudy lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/06/so-w...

Today we are celebrating 120 years since the opening of Loughborough's Carnegie Library on Granby Street, a building which has been added to in the 1960s and which is still in use as the town library today. #OnePlaceStudy lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/06/120-...

First full day with this new fashion accessory, which has completely changed my morning routine!! In the next 90 days I'll be road-testing to the nth degree, going to talks, concerts, parties, coffee dates, museums, & the cinema. Walking with OH I'll expect to hear every word he says! #daunting

Well, this was a most interesting article! Love that DDC was an innovation that cultivated serendipity! #cataloguers #catalogers Worried that AI has "no bullshit detector", and can only be as accurate as the info fed into it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...

Tea and cake, ooops sorry, meant proofreading time!! Coffee and walnut cake was delicious though! #Millies #Barrow-upon-Soar #Loughborough

Another insightful article, this time about knowledge. "Even though AI may make us more knowledgeable, it does not make us wiser...Wisdom is born of experience, missteps, and the time it takes for insight to mature. It cannot be rushed—only lived and felt." www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/phil...

Brilliant read about now: makes me [re]consider research & writing about people from the past. Their life can be played out in newspapers, letters, diaries, but this is an incomplete story, & my selecting bits to share is disingenuous, maybe even harmful #OnePlaceStudy vegoutmag.com/lifestyle/j-...

Accidentally researched a person who was not the intended focus of my #Loughborough research. I thought I'd share, via my blog, the information I'd found, rather than let it languish unloved on my pc #OnePlaceStudy Let's welcome William Cartwright lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/06/so-w...

Oooh, I've finally happened upon some AI generated text!! At least 4 double hyphens in the first couple of paragraphs (who uses these?!) and a second sentence of 100 words! Who writes sentences that long?! Even Dickens used punctuation to help us understand his wordy sentences! pronouns.org/sharing

Looks like the last bastion of the free-to-read, without cookies and without needing to register, online newspaper has left the building. I can go to a newsagents and buy a paper without handing over my personal details but online wants to know all about me! #neverbeeninfluencedbynewspaperadsanyway

Hmmm, we seem to be growing some new and different plants in our patio pots this year! #blackcatsofbluesky !!

What do you get if you cross a unique bellfoundry with a unique double-track steam railway?The most exciting day out!! Taylors have teamed up with the GCR in a special offer for anyone wishing to visit both attractions! #Loughborough #OnePlaceStudy lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/06/bell...

My latest blogpost covers the commemorative service held at the old Dishley church in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of agriculturalist Robert Bakewell #OnePlaceStudy @themerl.bsky.social Enjoy! lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/05/robe...

Tomorrow we celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Robert Bakewell, agriculturalist of Dishley Grange, near Loughborough. #OnePlaceStudy @themerl.bsky.social I written about him before, but here's a new blogpost: lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/05/robe...

Well, #BellSunday has snuck up on me so the blogpost is a little late and a little light on researched info as it's a last-minute attempt to jump on the church bell bandwagon! Still an interesting topic, and leads nicely into a follow-up post! lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/05/bell...