Community Historian: Rotherwas Together, Herefordshire suffrage campaign: #HardWorkButGlorious: buy from me if you DM!! Views my own. Don't expect excitement!
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Jun 13
Really excited to be one of the writers again for this street theatre production in #Hereford - tickets available now. The actors are really bringing the stories to life even in rehearsal, so get your tickets for 4 or 5 July! courtyard.org.uk/events/the-…
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Jun 12
RIP David Hockney, a great artist & Yorkshireman. His huge colourful canvasses are going to be the most talked about part of legacy, but I've never forgotten an exhibition of his dachshund drawings at Saltire in 1994. No colour, but exquisite representations of his beloved dogs.
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Jun 11
1915 #OTD Westminster Gazette published a letter from Helena Gleichen & Nina Hollings on the need for x-ray equipment transport for #WW1 military hospitals in France. They served with distinction in France & Italy & later lived at Hellens #Herefordshire (Image: @BNArchive)
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Jun 4
My involvement in #Rotherwas Together brings some real privileges: today, a visit to @shellstoreheref to celebrate 5 years since it opened with a very special guest & her daughter Julie: Nancy Billings, 102, one of the last #WW2 #Hereford munitions factory workers!
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Jun 3
Thankyou for the kind wishes for our wedding anniversary. To celebrate we went to #Kington to put up an exhibition about the #Rotherwas Munitions Factory! It's at the Oxford Arms, a community pub & hub run by a team of local people. They deserve lots of support for their work.
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Jun 2
36 years ago I said "I do"; today we're older, wrinklier, grey and creaking, but still very happy...
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May 20
Going through yet another box of Constance Radcliffe Cooke's papers at #Herefordshire Archives I found two little photos which she probably took in the 1920s - harvest time on a #MuchMarcle farm. She write elsewhere about the hardship of farming families, particularly after WW1.
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May 19
Remembering #WSPU #Suffragette Florence Canning, born #OTD 1863, died 24 December 1914,buried @StPaulsTupsley #Hereford. Sadly she never got to vote in a Parliamentary election. #VotesForWomen #HardWorkButGlorious
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May 18
A weekend in Bath & the surrounding area with our first visit to @AmericanMuseum which was really interesting & a place to go back to sometime... And the #Corsham peacocks were unexpectedly fab, too!
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May 15
An afternoon walk turned into an unexpected adventure: not Call the Midwife, but Call the Beekeeper! A swarm on the black poplar meant a visit from Ally, a wonderful chap, who then also removed another swarm nearby. Thanks @britishbee for a great website to help us contact him.
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May 14
The heart in mouth moment when you've done the stone cleaning spot test which appears to have worked, then it's on with the rest... Florence Canning's grave @StPaulsTupsley. #Suffragette #WSPU #Herefordshire ##HardWorkButGlorious I'll report back on Tuesday - Florence's birthday!
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May 13
A lovely morning in Gloucester catching up with my friends at Three Choirs, then a visit to @GlosCathedral to admire the ongoing organ restoration. It's looking nice & shiny & I can't wait to hear it again at the Festival! #Gloucester #ThreeChoirsFestival
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May 10
Out again today @GloucesterQuays - Italian cars in abundance including our @alfa_romeo #SZ #IlMostro #AlfaRomeo
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May 9
In Ludlow today for the Spring Festival with our @alfa_romeo Spider but also an opportunity to browse the shops. Delighted to see #HardWorkButGlorious for sale at The Castle Bookshop - apparently it's still selling well! #VotesForWomen #Suffragette #Herefordshire
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May 8
Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough - today should have been a bank holiday IMHO. (Thanks to @TheStingisBack for this - I snorted tea down my nose at the lyre bird...). #SirDavidAttenborough
May 8
Attenborough at 100 — A Sting Cut
We know what humans think of David Attenborough: the greatest broadcaster in TV history. But what do the animals think?
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May 6
Going through yet more boxes of Constance Radcliffe Cooke's papers at #Herefordshire Archives, I found this wonderful programme from a 1928 @WomensInstitute Herefordshire Federation performance. Such a wonderful design!
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May 3
Finally visited @Portmeirion. Still trying to get my head round how weird & wonderful it is! It cries out for surreal angles but there's only one here. Another trip is needed, I think...
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Apr 27
A real privilege last week to visit @RWFMuseum at Caernarfon Castle @cadwwales & see my great uncle Frank de Rouffignac's TA medal. He was buried with the rest of his medals, but this one is on display. Thankyou to the staff & volunteers for all they do; it was a special day.
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