L.S. Lowry looking at Stockport Viaduct, 1962, photo by Crispin Eurich.
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Balloon Seller Hello! here's a photograph of a balloon seller at a gala in #Cheshire from 2022. Have a great day, whatever it brings! 😊🌳🌸🤞☕💃 Film: Up! #HumansOfBluesky #balloons #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilms
‘Almost the whole army’ that Eadberht, king of the Northumbrians, led ‘from Ovania (Govan) to Niwanbirig (location unknown) perished’ #OTD in 756. It was nine days after a seemingly successful joint campaign with the Picts against the Britons of Dumbarton Rock. 📸Eddie Mackinnon
Penny Farthing Parade Hello! You only get one chance, for a couple of seconds, to see a man on a Penny Farthing bicycle in a top hat, morning suit and sunglasses pass by...unless you photograph it, of course! 🚲🎩😎 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEphemeral #bicycles #Cheshire More info in ALT
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OverTheRainbow, birds looking up. Some Black-headed Gulls under a rainbow. The bird 198th from the left is looking up. #Cheshire #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #Kodachrome #1990s #ManualFocus
A Virginia Spiderwort flower in a south #Cheshire garden for #MacroMonday. #ECK #photography #nature #naturephotography #TenMinutesFromHome #Fujichrome #Velvia #1990s #ManualFocus
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedOrDead. A Redwing eating a red holly berry. Photographed in a south #Cheshire garden and published in a field guide to garden wildlife of Europe. #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #Kodachrome #1980s #ManualFocus
Moonrise after #Dark. The almost full moon rising behind an old English Oak tree in south #Cheshire, England for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDForDark Part of my art O level presentation in 1977. #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #ManualFocusLens #1970s
Surveying All You Command for today's #PalacesandGardens theme of #PalaceTops #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #lookup #LymePark #Cheshire #Neptune #sculpture #Italianate #architecture #monochrome #blackandwhite (iPhone camera)
The #Ephemeral nature of a rainbow. For the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEForEphemeral #Cheshire #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #Kodachrome #1980s
Sunset Tree Hello! Managed to catch the light on a nearby garden tree at sunset in 2021 in a photograph. Lasted seconds, but was splendid! 🧡🧡🧡 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEphemeral #gardens #trees #nature #Autumn #landscapephotography #Cheshire
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Cutie. A juvenile European Robin in a south #Cheshire, England garden. #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome #Kodachrome #1980s #ManualFocusPrimeLens
Looking ahead to the #FestivalofArchaeology which starts on 18 July and runs to 2 August, the National Trust's Midlands and East of England teams have lots of activities ready for you to enjoy, including a number of excavations! Here's a selection 🧵
‘Never before has such a terror appeared in Britain as we have now suffered from a pagan people... Behold the Church of St Cuthbert splattered with blood of the priests of God, despoiled of all its ornaments.’ The Viking attack on Lindisfarne took place #OTD in 793.
Viking Re-enactor Hello Monday! At a historical re-enactment in Kirkby Stephen in early May 2026, a Viking shouts "Shield Wall!" Have a great day, everyone! #AlphabetChallenge #WeekVForVocal #re-enactments #Cumbria #Vikings
Priors Hardwick war memorial. Village Green, Priors Hardwick, Warwickshire. First and Second World Wars. #LestWeForget
Moccas war memorial plaque. St. Michael and All Angels Church, Moccas, Herefordshire. First World War. #LestWeForget
#BirdDay and the three 'Elders of the World' are Owl, Eagle and Blackbird: Owl represents transformation and hidden wisdom. Eagle represents inner strength and courage. Blackbird represents knowledge and spiritual intuition. 📷 Connor Stefanison
Hemingstone war memorial plaque. St. Gregory’s Church, Hemingstone, Suffolk. Second World War. #LestWeForget
“The larch branch is expanding its young green leaves which look like small, green shaving brushes” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
‘The moorhen builds her nest of reeds and sticks’ (What to Look for in Spring, 1961) Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
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An Anglo-Saxon helmet was unearthed from Benty Grange barrow, Derbyshire, by archaeologist Thomas Bateman #OTD in 1848. Made c.650, the iron bands originally secured horn plates, and it bears both pagan and Christian motifs. 📸Museums Sheffield
Oldbury war memorial window. St. Nicholas’ Church, Oldbury, Shropshire. First World War. #LestWeForget
How Ellesmere Port-built vans are leading Royal Mail's electric roll-out #Cheshire
How Cheshire-built vans are leading Royal Mail's electric roll-out
Royal Mail now operates the UK’s largest electric delivery fleet
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Lewis Queens Hello everyone! Here are two queens from the historic Lewis Chessmen set (a repro set, obviously), a much loved #chess set in our family. Have a lovely day! ♟️♟️♟️ #AlphabetChallenge #WeekQforQueens #thinking
