Delamere Forest postcard, c1910 Sticking with an Autumnal feel, this wonderful #postcard by S. Hildesheimer & Co Ltd gives a view of Vale Royal, Delamere Forest. No artist name given, the original is likely an oil painting, still lovely. #Cheshire #postcards #autumn #DelamereForest

Bridge over the canal, Chester Hello Friday folk! Here's a photograph of a cyclist on a bridge that crosses the Shropshire Union canal at Chester from 2021. Have a great day! 🚴 #Scape #cityscape #canals #Chester #Cheshire #reflections #PhotoOfTheDay #monochrome #HappyMemories

Gorton Monastery, Manchester, 1915 (Manchester Libraries).

Canal Boat Diaries, by Robbie Cumming Lovely slow TV show while Robbie navigates the canals of the UK. He also writes and plays the gentle backing music. If you haven't seen it, it's a delight! BBC4 and I-Player, I think. 🎵🎶🎵 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision #ClassicMono #canals #Cheshire

Road to Mum, by Manchester-based artist Jen Orpin. #WomensArt

Delamere Forest postcard, c1910 Sticking with an Autumnal feel, this wonderful #postcard by S. Hildesheimer & Co Ltd gives a view of Vale Royal, Delamere Forest. No artist name given, the original is likely an oil painting, still lovely. #Cheshire #postcards #autumn #DelamereForest

Galston war memorial. War Memorial Park, Galston, East Ayrshire. First and Second World Wars. #LestWeForget

Dramatic skies over the old tower of St Hilary, Wallasey, after a dull, wet afternoon. #Wirral #Photography

Well worth coming along to this public lecture if you can make it - from my @uophistory.bsky.social friend & colleague, @karlbell.bsky.social! 👇

Remembering the village men lost in wars of the past. We will never forget them ❤️❤️❤️ #Kelsall #Cheshire #RemembranceSunday

Canal Bridge, Cheshire This wide swing bridge at the canal at Whitegate, near #Northwich cast some lovely shadow on a bright day in March 2021 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows #canals #bridges #winterlandscape #Stunday #Cheshire

Been for a swim and now having a mooch around the CH3 before the rain arrives. #Chester.

Isle of Man 🇮🇲 isn't part of Britain, it has its own parliament called 'Tynwald', the world’s oldest continuous legislature dating back over 1000 years. Despite being situated between England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales it has its own language, flag, currency and distinct Norse-Celtic culture.

The story of Sergeant Ghulam Hussain who fought in WW2 who didn't receive the Burma Star & other medals until 50 years after WW2 ended 👇 BBC News - Son's tribute to father who served in British Indian Army - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'British Asian families are being urged to record the experiences of relatives who fought for Britain for “future generations” as data reveals half the British public don’t know that Indian members of the armed forces served in the second world war.' 1/2

“In late October tall bracken fronds are turning from russet to golden yellow, and the colours blend with fungi, the pheasants and the spindle-tree berries.” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson (What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)

“A tawny owl is looking down from its high vantage point at the great bonfire” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson

Other work by the Ladybird artists Red Squirrel Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

I bought these old RSPB magazines for their CF Tunnicliffe cover pictures. They look so good together (with that delicious typeface!)

The setting for my talk, 'Country Seats & Sporting Feats', at #TableyHouse this week, very grand, and some of the sporting items that were displayed from the archive to go along with the theme of my talk. Enjoyed it very much and delighted to have been asked back #FamilyHistory #SportsHistory

Roman actor's mask found at Stockton Heath, near #Warrington, in 1869. It is perhaps the most striking item found associated with the Wilderspool site, along what is now the A49, a little south of the Mersey. Now in Warrington Museum. #RomanSiteSaturday #Theatre #Cheshire #RomanBritain 📷 my own

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Huge tranche of WWI updates to titles across the country including for #Cheshire and surrounds #𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤 #𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐩 #𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝s #𝐔𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐱𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 #𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 & #𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 #𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐧 As many screenshots as I could add with #AltText as always

Nov 7: Feast of Willibrord (658-739). Northumbrian who studied at Hrypis (Ripon) and Ráith Melsigi (Clonmesh, Ireland). He evangelised in Frisia and became archbishop of the Frisians in 695 with a see at Traiectum (Utrecht). He founded a monastery at Echternach, Luxembourg. 📸Rp #medievalsky

Trees and their #shadows below Bickerton Hill in south Cheshire for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #landscape

Early snow on autumn colour at Bickerton Hill, Cheshire. A #ThrowbackThursday post from the early 1990s photographed on #Kodachrome. #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #landscape

Royal Scots Fusiliers war memorial. Burns Statue Square, Ayr, South Ayrshire. South Africa (1879-1881), The Soudan, Burma, Tirah and South Africa (1899-1902). #LestWeForget

The light floods in the staircase of The Cage at Lyme Park #blueskyartshow #inside #lymepark #cheshire #photography #sunlight #photohour

the 108 steps in #Macclesfieldis one of the #landmarksof the #townand #localstake pride in its #Heritage.Shot by a #Cheshirebased #awardwinning#photography#business#architecturephotography.See more #imagesor order a #print#imageor #wallartat www.darrensmith.org.uk

099c-2025 🙏🏻👍🏻 #Art #ArtYear #AbstractArt #ModernArt #ArtShare #UKArt #UKArtist #Cheshire #CheshireArt

The #old#millat #Styalin #Cheshire#Quarry#Bankin #blackandwhite.One of many #nationaltrustlocations around the #uk.The #arrangementof the #windowsand #architectureis always #appealingon the #eye#blackandwhitephotography#blackandwhitephoto#nationalparks

From my archives: suewilkes.blogspot.com/2013/10/ches... #cheshire #halloween #allsouls #mummers

Looking out over Cheshire, from Alderley Edge #blueskyartshow #autumn #alderleyedge #cheshire #autumncolour #trees #landscape #scape #photohour #photography

#JoinMeOnMyWalk with a wander round the deer park at #DunhamMassey last Sunday, under warm blue skies, with golden leaves, handsome stags, geese and even a green parakeet high in the oak trees (Mr Wonderful's photo) @photohour.bsky.social #positivity #joy #vitaminN #Cheshire

#TuesdayBlue with a rash of golden beech leaves at #DunhamMassey last Sunday. Moments to be savoured. @nationaltrust.org.uk #Cheshire #vitaminN #Autumn2025

The poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action #OTD 4 November 1918 on the Sambre-Oise Canal, seven days before the armistice. 'Futility' is a memorial in Birkenhead, Merseyside to Owen and other Old Boys of Birkenhead Institute. 1/2

Village Remembrance, Red Poppies The village folk commemorated Remembrance Sunday in November 2018 by making, knitting and crocheting hundreds of red poppies to decorate the entrance, path and gravestones at #Kelsall, #Cheshire. #ColorADay #RedWed #Remembrance2025 #churches #poppies #EastCoastKin

Two men sunbathing, August bank holiday, Blackpool, 1971, by Don McPhee.

Memories of Manchester, 1994, by Martin Stuart Moore.

📚A lot of information has been posted about local history of Wirral. This Project is historically and factually accurate. And it can confirm that no legal action has or is being taken against it for anything at all. prehistoricwirral.com/statement-of... #Wirral #History #Heritage

Maps, Maps, Maps! We have a good number of maps of #Cheshire that you can view and download FREE of charge. See our website in the Bio 😊 #localhistory #maps #Saxton

Dappled Shade, RHS Bridgewater Cool and pleasant walking at RHS Bridgewater, near Manchester, under the established woodland canopy. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows #ThickTrunkTuesday #woodlands #gardens #RoyalHorticulturalSociety #trees #nature

📑📖Word of the Week: 'Chenoterie' French meaning 'oak clearing'. The original place name for Noctorum, Wirral. First recorded in the Domesday Book and used ever since 🌳🌳🌳https://prehistoricwirral.com/noctorum.html #Wirral #History #Heritage #placenames #Noctorum #Chenoterie #Domesday

Lancashire was accepted as a county only when a royal exchequer official, in the audit for 1181-2, wrote out a separate parchment under the heading Lancastra quia non erat ei locus in Northumberland: ‘Lancaster, because there is no place for it in Northumberland.’

Princess Road, Manchester, 1973. Tobacconist and wallpaper shop boarded up (Manchester Libraries).

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social #Helpdesks at #Chester #Tameside #Wallasey Friday - #DiscussionGroup: Historical Newspapers Check out the website for more details and the other discussion groups👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/subscribe-un... To find out how to join FHSC 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk

The trial of William de St Calais, bishop of Durham, began at Sarisberie (Old Sarum, Wiltshire) #OTD in 1088. He was implicated in that year’s plot to supplant William II ‘Rufus’, king of the English, with his brother Robert II, duke of Normandy. The bishop was ultimately exiled. #medievalsky

Life in the Fast and Slow Lane, 2020 A contrast in ways to get about, a canal and a motorway in Widnes. #Scape #townscape #LandscapePhotography #canals #reflections #traffic #monochrome #ClassicMono #Widnes #motorways #lorries

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp New from @thegenealogist.bsky.social this week 🚩𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟏 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬: Link to news item with more details 👉 www.thegenealogist.co.uk/news/ Latest blog 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐮 Link 👉 www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarti...

Cow Parsley, Delamere Forest Our local woodland is a fantastic place to wander, camera in hand. These flowers were everywhere on the forest floor in July 2021. #ColorADay #BWFri #ClassicMono #ForestFriday #wildflowers #Delamere #Cheshire #monochrome #PhotoOfTheDay

The East Ord Cross was found by detectorists on the bank of the River Tweed #OTD in 2019. The early medieval gold pendant bears runes which spell out the previously unknown name Eadruf. This could be the name Eardwulf disguised in a slightly cryptic form. 📸Durham County Council #medievalsky