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NEWS: Analysis of Open Plaques data featured in @heraldscotland today shows only 3 out of 91 #Glasgow plaques & 52 out of 377 #Edinburgh plaques commemorate women [we've corrected the slight errors in the story's figures] heraldscotland.com/news/1838…
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@openplaques San Sebastian. Ones I found last month. openplaques.org/places/es/ar…

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Great photo of music producer, pioneer of sound recording technology & "Telstar Man" Joe Meek's plaque on the flat where he lived on Holloway Rd openplaques.org/plaques/1755 x.com/JoeMeekSociety/status/…

sorry, forgot the photo ..
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July 10th 1962 NASA launches the Telstar 1 satellite, the first active communications satellite, inspiring the Tornadoes' instrumental hit "Telstar" later that year.
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan (30 Oct? 1751 #Dublin-7 July 1816). 7, moved to London.👨‍🎓English Grammar, Grafton St; Harrow. Satirist, poet, playwright, owner @TheatreRoyalDL, Whig MP 32 yrs. Treasurer of Navy. 🪦Poets' Corner @wabbey. dib.ie/biography/sheridan-ri… youtube.com/watch?v=rK6SK-wL…
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Likes are private now - so what's the point of bookmarks? And you can only know who liked yr post via notifications... what about posts more than a few week old? Unusable & insane. Can it get any worse?
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8 Jun 2024
Further niche tourism.
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The Norton plaque @openplaques at the National Motorcycle Museum. Apparently formerly located at Bracebridge Street, Aston, Birmingham. openplaques.org/plaques/1594
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17 May 2024
The #JamesBaldwin blue plaque is unveiled. @hackneycitizen @hackneygazette
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17 May 2024
A fantastic morning unveling the blue plaque in memory of James Baldwin's visit to the CLR James library in 1985. Great speeches, great crowd, great vibe. With thanks to @NubianJak @blackhistwalker
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My search for #OneTree to represent each COUNTY in the UK continues @TiCLme A wonderful tree, with a story. A tree you think everyone should see Suggestions please x.com/ticlme/status/14188834…
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A commemorative plaque dedicated to Devlin’s Pub was unveiled early this morning by the Lord Mayor of Dublin. The building which was the original site for Devlin’s Pub on Parnell Street was an important meeting venue for GHQ Intelligence from 1919 to 1921. Read more about the history of the building here: dublincity.ie/news/dublin-ci…
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Tudor World - Sheep Street, Stratford-upon-Avon. They have moved The Shrieve's House blue plaque into the cobbled courtyard. @openplaques openplaques.org/plaques/1199…
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A commemorative plaque was unveiled today by @LordMayorDublin Daithí De Róiste and Uachtarán CLG Jarlath Burns at Clonturk Park in Drumcondra, to mark the venue where the All-Ireland finals took place in 1890, 1891, 1892 & 1894. Dublin's first ever All-Ireland Football title was won here in 1891 🏆 More info ➡️ bit.ly/3VwYk4G
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The Emma Barton blue plaque in Digbeth @BirminghamCivic @southandcitycol Digbeth Campus @openplaques. openplaques.org/plaques/5997…
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The Specials’ Neville Staple and Christine Staple were at the unveiling today! They were joined by the director of the Coventry Music Museum Pete Chambers and cllr Jim O'Boyle.
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Two new plaques have been unveiled at #Coventry railway station to mark the former location of the Rocket pub and Horizon Studios. Both played an essential role in the history of 2-Tone music in the city!🎶
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