I took this photo walking the dog in the mid-1970s. Memorable because it's the first photo that inspired me to observe. It's since proved popular with others and was included in a portfolio of my work published in a photography magazine in the 1980s. For the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMemories

Good day all.

BBC News - Cheshire, devolution and the search for a name www.bbc.com/news/article...

#AATP25 is brought to you by @sogorg.bsky.social, in partnership with ourselves, @projectkin.bsky.social and @balhnews.bsky.social. Visit the SoG Facebook page for more AATP posts from them, and the AATP Playlists from 2023 and 2024 on YouTube to enjoy amazing AATP videos! #OnePlaceWednesday

History Day Conference, 2025 Our second speaker will be Keith Lawrence, an expert on Cheshire's road system. His talk will be entitled "Roads Framing a County". Tickets, £16 each, venue Tarporley CC (CW6 0AY), Saturday 11th October 2025 #localhistory #conference #Cheshire #transport

I had a trip in September sunshine up the Cumbrian coast yesterday to Michael Moon's Bookshop, Whitehaven and The New Bookshop, Cockermouth. Everyone I spoke to was both welcoming and enthusiastic about my new book Do visit Your local bookstore today 💚

Friends from Urmston Primary School's class of 1950 travelled from all over the world to reunite at their old school after 75 years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mow Cop Sunset #Sunset #MowCop #NorthStaffordshire #Cheshire

On this day 10 years ago - An Arriva Trains Wales Class Class 175 runs over Twemlow Viaduct near Holmes Chapel in Cheshire UK with a Manchester to Tenby service - 18-09-15 #railways #trains #railphotography #trainphotography #photography #cheshire #twemlowviaduct

A #herongetting ready to #strikea small #fishin a #pondin #Cheshire#UK.The diversity of animals here helps keep species like this in the area. #wildlifephotography#wildlife#photography#birdphotography#NaturePhotography.Using #UKNikonnear the Darren Smith Photography studio.

Morning mist in all the hollows. Moraine country. Good morning from Marbury. #Cheshire #sunrise

Happy Valley, Bollington from 2011 Visited this scenic place in #Cheshire for a walk/work. The #mill in the picture is Lower House Mill, the area is called Happy Valley. More info in ALT text. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMemories #mills #industry #Bollington #LandscapePhotography

THIS is a fabulous website The #Chester Consistory Court Archive of cause papers from the oldest complete ecclesiastical courtroom in #England Find out more about this amazing free database 👉 www.chestercausepapers.org.uk To search 👉 www.chestercausepapers.org.uk/directory #Cheshire

#AATP25 is very much *not* the event in its usual format, more a look back at some of the fab things from the two events held so far—with a theme for each day. 👇🏻 However, @projectkin.bsky.social and ourselves will be contributing new material: keep your eyes peeled for details! #OnePlaceWednesday

New romantics, Manchester club, 1980s, photo by David Chadwick.

Harold II, king of the English, reached Tatecastre (Tadcaster, Yorkshire) with all levies #OTD in 1066. Then he prepared to fight brother Tostig Godwineson and Norwegian king Haraldr Sigurðsson. Harold may have covered the 200 miles from London in just five days. 📸British Museum #medievalsky

Bore da / Good morning from the west coast of Cymru/Wales Autumnal sunrise down the valley 🍂🌞

Ælfwald I, king of the Northumbrians, was assassinated at Scythlecester (perhaps Chesters), near Hadrian’s Wall #OTD in 788. It was the result of a conspiracy formed by his leading courtier Sicga, who later killed himself. The murdered king was buried at Hagustaldes ham (Hexham). #medievalsky

Riccall, North Yorkshire. Richale 1086. 'Nook of land of a man called Rīca'. Old English personal name + halh. Source: Oxford Dictionary of British #PlaceNames. It is where Haraldr Sigurðsson and Tostig Godwineson moored their ships with their eyes on nearby York in 1066. 📸Reedy #medievalsky

#Mabon Blessings 💚 May the warmth of the sun, nurture you; The cool waters, cleanse you; Nature's bounty, replenish you; The song of the trees, comfort you; The knowledge of the bees, guide you ~ Druid Blessing by Stephen G. Rae #autumnequinox #druidry

Harald (III) Sigurðsson, king of Norway, and Tostig Godwineson, former ealdorman in Northumbria, defeated the brothers Morcar and Edwin, ealdormen in Northumbria and Mercia respectively, at the Battle of Fulford, near York, #OTD in 1066. 📸British Museum #medievalsky

You get a cracking view across the river from the University of Chester's Churchill Building (Western Command). @heritagechester.bsky.social @shitchester.bsky.social

And somehow it’s time for the first page of ‘What to Look for in Autumn’. Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

“September is the time for hop-picking, when large numbers of people come from the towns to help harvest them” (1960) Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL GrantWatson

“The starlings in this picture are at the halfway stage between their juvenile and adult plumage” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson ‘What to Look for in Autumn’ (1960)

Haraldr (III) Sigurðsson, king of Norway, and Tostig Godwineson, former ealdorman in Northumbria, sailed up the River Ouse with a fleet of 300 ships #OTD in 1066. Before entering the Humber they had harried the Northumbrian coast, setting Scarborough ablaze. #medievalsky

Drill Hall Gardens project seeks support : thechesterblog.com/2025/09/17/d...

Sculpture unveiled paying homage to 42 men & boys coal miners who died in Neston Collieries based in Neston & Little Ness, #Cheshire between 1759 & 1927. Link 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Canal boats in a Marina, from 2023 A row of narrow boats moored in a #marina all in a line. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLines #canals #narrowboats #ClassicMono #monochrome #photography

Caroline Cox has registered Holly Tree Farm, Pilsley One-Place Study🔗 in #Derbyshire. This was the farm of Caroline’s father-in-law; Caroline did some research on former owners and later, while working on her own family tree, discovered she had a direct link to the house! #OnePlaceWednesday

Cheshire History Day Conference, 2025 Our keynote speaker is Alan Crosby, the well known local historian. His presentation " Going with the Flow" opens our conference on Sat 11th Oct, 9.00-4.30pm. His talks are highly recommended! For tickets, see "History Day" in our bio 😀 #LocalHistory #Cheshire

www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/2547131... #romans

Looking forward to our Zoom talk tonight at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐥’𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 with Diane Duffy:Trustee at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House and Chair of the Gaskell Society #Cheshire

Irby Library could soon reopen www.birkenhead.news/irby-library...

28 Sept at the Market ! chester.nub.news/news/local-n...

Ealdred, archbishop of York, died #OTD in 1069. He assumed a leading role among the English in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Hastings, and it was he who crowned William the Conqueror and his wife Matilda. Thomas of Bayeux succeeded him. 📸York Archaeological Trust #medievalsky

In the latest post to be added to our #OnePlaceStudies blog, Julie Muirhead @julzmuirhead.bsky.social looks at [#OnePlaceBaptisms](www.one-place-studies.org/30095-2/)🔗 in her OPS of St Mary Bourne in Hampshire. #OnePlaceBaptisms is our blogging a social media prompt🔗 this month. #OnePlaceWednesday

Reach For The Stars, S Club 7 The Glow at Delamere Forest from 2021. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKaraoke #stars #lights #woodlands #Cheshire #DelamereForest #ArtInstallation

Actor Harry H. Corbett visiting his childhood area, Ardwick, Manchester, early 1970s (Mirrorpix). He lived on Earl Street and later in Wythenshawe.

A beautiful border of flowers #ManuscriptMonday BnF MS Latin 1156B; Horae ad usum romanum; 15th century; f.146r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Kingsbury war memorial plaque. St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Kingsbury, Warwickshire. First and Second World Wars. #LestWeForget

"KILLED BY LIGHTNING AT ASHFORD", Rifleman Edward Smith, 2/5th South #Lancashire Regiment. He is buried in Parr St. Peter's in #StHelens, very close to my childhood home. At a time when men from the 5th had already died at the front, this seems especially poignant. #Kent #EpigraphyTuesday #FWW

Manchester kids, 1976, photo by John Bulmer.

Delighted that my "Folklore of the Lake District" made it onto the list of August bestsellers at @samreadbookseller.bsky.social If you are in the Lakes, do call for a browse; and also, it's #BuyABookDay Link: samreadbooks.co.uk #folklore #lakedistrict #booksky

Saturday Quiz Where on the Wirral are these four locations?

Good Morning, Beeston Castle 🏰🌅 #cheshire #trailrunning #beestoncastle

A beautiful Cheshire landscape on a bright November morning #beestoncastle #Winterborne

Sentry Duty for #Scape, #ClassicMono and #BWFri #EastCoastKin #landscape #ColorADay #photography #castle #BeestonCastle #Cheshire #doorway #monochrome #blackandwhite (Android phone camera)

The oldest work of art found in what is now England: the Robin Hood Cave horse, from said cave at #CreswellCrags, #Derbyshire. On display until 14 Sept at #CliffeCastle museum in #Keighley, in the excellent #IceAgeArtNow exhibition (free entry), part of #Bradford2025. #FindsFriday 📷 my own.

#SundayPixField View from Beeston Castle.