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Sparty Lea @EPERiley

Nature, animals, history, reading, walking, gardening, Gateshead, the North East, photography, art, the sea and buildings . Vegetarian.

Joined May 2013
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Impressions
@impression_ists
Jun 13
David Hockney, Early Morning, Sainte-Maxime
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Dolphins at North Shields this morning. There were two groups who came right into the bay and between the piers. A sailing boat came out and they swam beside it out to sea. Not a great video but it was magical to watch.
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Dolphins at North Shields today - right close to the river mouth. Must have been fish there. Not a great video but magical to see- you had to be there 😁
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BBC Breaking News
@BBCBreaking
Jun 12
British artist David Hockney has died aged 88, his publicist has said bbc.in/4xqwEP4

Artist David Hockney dies aged 88

The painter was one of the most influential and recognisable British artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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The Tyne at North Shields was beautiful this morning- sunny, breezy, shimmery. Two pods of dolphins right in the mouth of the river, geese swimming in the bay. It was such a pleasure to be there. (Dolphin video to follow at some point.)
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NorthShields fish quay and Cullercoats-1978 documentary. youtu.be/2si49AFf_AU?is=RhAq…

1979: Fish and Ships in North East England | A Diary of Britain |...

Cullercoats and North Shields are two communities which live cheek ...

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Fields of wildflowers along the bottom of the Tyne valley on the back track from Bywell to Ovingham.
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john soltys@soltys_joh35317
Jun 10
Replying to @John_Dabell
@British_Airways this man is the sole reason I would ever exchange words with you...please, please sort out his missing feed ASAP ...John is an inspiration to so many people and deserves to be treated so much better than this
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David Steel@SteelySeabirder
Jun 9
BIG NEWS locally…. RSPB buys Bass Rock after 300 years in private hands - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g4…

RSPB buys Bass Rock after 300 years in private hands

The charity says the purchase is an important step in halting declining seabird numbers in the Firth of Forth.

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Pam Ayres MBE@PamAyres
Jun 9
Look what’s been built in Cardiff for swifts. My niece sent me these photos and said the structure was alive with birds. Heartening to see. It’s shaped like a swift in flight I think. Other towns have created similar swift nest sites including Exeter. Thank you for caring.
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Steve Ellwood@TyneSnapper
9 Jun 2024
#Wylam Born on this day 9th June 1781 at Wylam, Northumberland the great civil engineer and mechanical engineer George Stephenson 'The Father of the Railways'.
By John Lucas (1807-1874) - Meisterdrucke, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9736705

ALT By John Lucas (1807-1874) - Meisterdrucke, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9736705

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Frontgarden: home-grown foxgloves (from seeds), not fully opened yet. I am starting on next year's now.
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Larry the Cat
@Number10cat
Jun 5
Anthony Head was an Ambassador for Battersea Dogs and Cats home for more than two decades. Thanks for everything Tony x
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The Iceman@the_iceman64
Jun 5
90% of the soldiers on the first boats to hit the beach didn't live to see the end of the day. Look at those faces. Some of them never made it to 18. Never forget that they paid the ultimate price for our freedom. We live our lives the way we do because of them.
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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian
@DrHelenFry
Jun 5
Do please post something today on your X page, in honour of our Allied heroes. They deserve to be remembered on the 82nd anniversary of D-Day.
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Hazel@moley75
Jun 5
Lovely lovely #whitleybay
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Jane@JaneFranklin99
Jun 5
Normandy veterans Henry Rice and Ken Hay - both 100 - on Sword Beach once more. @ForcesNews #D-Day
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Jools
@JoolsJuevans
Jun 4
Did you ever think you'd live to see the day where a WOMAN leading the largest Union in the UK with the largest number of women members would argue against women's right to single sex spaces in the workplace? No me neither. Find a better union ladies. Also the guidance doesn't cover workplaces, it's not even relevant, that's covered by separate legislation. Absolute clowns.
UNISON - UK's largest union@unisontheunion
Jun 4
📢 "Your voice is needed." UNISON general secretary @AndreaEganGS is calling on members and trans allies to oppose the EHRC guidance. MPs will decide on it in the next 30 days. Tell us why it's unworkable in your workplace. 📩 out@unison.co.uk
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Clean Up Britain
@cleanupbritain
Jun 5
Virtually all the exits to Britain's motorway service stations look this. What's wrong with us in this country? No other west European countries are as run-down, filthy and littered as Britain... we need to turn the tide of decline. Pride and respect should never go out of fashion.
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Pair of ducks snoozing in a sheltered spot at Crook Hall garden, Durham.
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