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Ancient stone monuments and earth works everywhere in West Cornwall. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObCa...
Chûn Castle - Ancient Penwith
YouTube video by Lucas Nott
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British Library@britishlibrary.bsky.social · 6h agoWhat’s one of the oldest objects you’ve seen that genuinely made you stop and stare? We’ll go first: a copy of Homer’s Odyssey in Ancient Greek, printed in Venice in 1488 that we got to take a look at today 📚
Many deaths at sea in my #OnePlaceStudy as it’s in the island of #Hoy #Orkney and men often joined the Merchant Navy. Today found the death of Isabella Gray (1844-1901), missing presumed drowned from the SS Cambroman, where she was a stewardess, in the North Atlantic.1/3
Pitt the Younger in the role of Odysseus, navigating the ship of state between the twin perils of Scylla and Charybdis, followed closely by Charles James Fox and other Whigs transformed into menacing sea monsters...
Lisa this is a really useful guide for family historians. Especially as the name indexes are digitised in the catalogue and not well known. I've used some of the same records series by place - and to track smuggling cases. Very interesting to read how you used excise records for your family history.
Lisa | Regency Relatives@regencyrelatives.bsky.social · 2d agoMost family historians know where to look for soldiers, sailors and apprentices. But what if your ancestor worked for the Excise? After researching my own exciseman at Kew, I've written the guide I wish I'd had. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Discover Penzance through Stanhope Forbes’ The Inner Harbour – Abbey Slip, a rare glimpse of the town’s artistic heritage. See this Newlyn School masterpiece, alongside works by Norman Garstin, in Gallery 5 at Penlee House Gallery & Museum.
You can find cases related to Cornwall (place and surname) in the court of requests - and thanks to @thegozfather.bsky.social for highlighting new search for sole female plaintiffs by searching for sfp discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_c...
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I wish reporters would avoid terms like "inescapable" in discussing AI. Change is never inevitable and inescapable--it is always linked to specific decisions we make as a society. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Impending, Inescapable Deluge of A.I.
The number of A.I. chips that provide the computing power to advance the fast-evolving technology is doubling every nine months.
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The perfect not too warm, not too windy, weather for walking down the hill this morning and with perfect blueness and cottonwool clouds. Now back to the laptop and writing up🤓
Women's Royal Voluntary Service soup kitchen, social worker, ship's carpenter Glasgow shipyards, mother large family children in Glasgow tenement.
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d agoEnough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
I spent the day tracking down the elusive Cornish chough along the coast between Cape Cornwall and Land’s End. There were none until suddenly there were many, bouncing around the coastguard lookout at Sennen Cove.
Little coffee break at Jamaica Inn. Very atmospheric and peaceful ( hardly anyone else there) with nice coffee.
We have just refreshed this account, starting today, with me Pete Herring as the Society's principal poster.
46th John Knill day in St Ives stivestowncouncil-cornwall.gov.uk/civic_events... celebrated once every 5 years - 46 x 5 = 230. His will was made in 1797 and he died in 1811. It included dancing round his monument and gifts £20 to 20 old men and 20 old women of St Ives (and many more small bequests).
John Knill Celebrations July 2026 - St Ives Town Council, Cornwall
The ceremony was first held in 1801, overseen by John Knill himself and follows the form set out in his Will of 1797. Knill appointed three Trustees (the Customs Officer, Vicar and Mayor) to ensure ...
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Do THES think there are no policy interconnections between employment, skills, and Unis? Or that Govt ministers and departments can't co-ordinate delivery? (I chose not to access article behind pay wall).
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2w ago'Responsibility for English higher education remains split across several government departments and ministers following the formation of Andy Burnham’s new administration, stoking fears that the sector may become a policy “blind spot”.' Already is, not 'may become'. 1/2
In the pamphlet boom of the 1700s there were few more popular topics than the ‘Cheshire prophet’. The farm hand that foretold the future has fascinated folklore for 300 years: but could the most incredible part of his story actually be based in fact? LINK: thelocalmythstorian.com/the-hungry-p...
Great photos in this post @cornishbirdblog.com cornishbirdblog.com/visiting-the... I have been saving my pennies to join one of the 'Rounding Cornwall' boat trips for a while - and not only because of the lighthouse.
Visiting the Longships Lighthouse with Coast Boat Trips - The Cornish Bird
For many years I have peered from the cliffs at Land’s End to the pale finger of Longships Lighthouse in the distance. There is always something so romantic about that seemingly so close and yet so fa...
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📸 See Cornwall's mining landscape from a whole new perspective. Our latest pop-up exhibition celebrates 20 years of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site, with photography spanning all 10 mining districts. Open July–August. #WHS20
Images here as interesting for what they don't show as what they do publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-ar... And differed from eighteenth century experience. 1/2
The Art of Whaling: Illustrations from the Logbooks of Nantucket Whaleships
The 19th-century whale hunt was a brutal business, awash with blubber, blood, and the cruel destruction of life. But between the frantic calls of “there she blows!”, there was plenty of time for creat...
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I care about support for students and unis' impact on regional economy here, as well as history. Uni income has risen despite -60% fall Tory/LD govt income for teaching since 2010 GE. People decide opinions on loans - needs change if want social mobility. @hpsvanessa.bsky.social @gsoh31.bsky.social
I'm wondering which decisions made by Labour govts in 2006-10 and since 2024 you are referring to here? Where I am presence of university research & ed is 100 percent directly caused by Labour - Wilson's OU, Blair govt agreed Cornwall EU social fund, creation uni and Peninsula medical dental school.
Did a little research for BBC Radio Oxford last year and all seven minutes of it will be on the airwaves next week. Why is Wroslyn Road, Freeland, called Wroslyn Road? 🤼♂️🤜🏻 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Radio Oxford - Secret Oxfordshire, Wrestling on the Wroslyn Road
What if one village street name is the last clue to Freeland's hidden fighting past?
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Bringing Back Mount Gilead: Exploring an Extinct Town with a One Place Study is the title of a presentation to be given to @kentuckygenealogy.bsky.social on October 12th by James Meyers. Take a deep dive into this extinct place and learn the power of the #OnePlaceStudy! #OnePlaceWednesday
Bringing Back Mount Gilead: Exploring an Extinct Town with a One Place Study
Choosing the right place for your One Place Study – House, Street, Neighborhood or Town? Cataloging existing records – Following the breadcrumbs Getting organized without getting overwhelmed – Keeping...
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"St. Swithin's day if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain. St. Swithin's day if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain nae mair." Looks like this heatwave is sticking around a little longer - 40 days of sun here we come ☀️ 🎨Splendor Solis, 1582. Harley 3469, f.33v.
Penzance is included in this report on place-based creative clusters and universities. Important in current context revitalised Govt commitment to universities as the heart of devolved local economies, not least in the arts.
Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 3w agoSee also this new research which shows the vital role universities play in supporting place-based growth and innovation around the creative industries pec.ac.uk/state_of_the...
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) born 270 years ago today. And another image of fortune telling in 1817 - 7 years before it was banned.
"Camelot Castle" hotel is a listed building designed by the Victorian architect Silvanus Trevail - a millenium build at Tintagel that opened in 1899. It was a next millenium purchase in 1999 of the now hotel owners whose politics and finances are mentioned in the article.
Alice Roberts@profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 3w agoA fascinating investigation into the funders of Restore from @bylinetimes.bsky.social - and an interesting link to Camelot Castle in Cornwall. A hotbed of Scientology! bylinetimes.com/2026/07/10/w...
