Just discovered the novels of Elizabeth Taylor (no, not THAT one). Very much in the style and era of Barbara Pym. Quiet, accomplished and wistful reading. Thoroughly recommended. #goodreads #books
Peter Mathers
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🏳️🌈 🇪🇺 Happily partnered northerner. 🏡 - Proud Bradfordian now living in York. Railway family. Interests: public transport, visual & performing arts. Berlinophile. #FBPE Also deliver themed talks about gardens, info: https://petermathers.weebly.com/
Oh here we go again Could it be any closer? #knaresborough @therealyplac.bsky.social @yplac.bsky.social
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Loconundrum #117 ⬜⬜⬜ 🚂🚶♂️🚂🚂 ⬜⬜🟨 🚂🚂 🟩🟩🟩 Good grief that was lucky
It was better when archbishops were appointed by kings and not the church. It would be great to see your former boss, an expert in metal milling, or your aunty Sarah, a primary school head teacher, be appointed archbishop of York because the King liked the cut of her jib.
Loconundrum #91 ⬜⬜⬜ 🚂🚂 ⬜⬜⬜ 🚂🚂 ⬜🟨⬜ 🚂🚂 ⬜🟨⬜ 🚂 🟩🟩🟩 Phew!
David Hockney (1937-2026): “The world is very very beautiful if you look at it, but most people don’t look very much”
Sad to hear about David Hockney. I never met him but felt a connection because (albeit many years separate us) I went to the same primary school (Wellington Road) and "big" school (Bradford Grammar School)...also one of my mother's best friends lived next door to Laura Hockney in Eccleshill.
Loconundrum #77 ⬜⬜⬜ 🚂 ⬜⬜⬜ 🚂🚂 🟩🟩🟩 Ooh. My first ever try at this & got it ony 3rd guess.
Pavement wanker klaxon!! Of course it must be a Range Rover Discovery. @therealyplac.bsky.social @yplac.bsky.social
Somebody please tell me this isn't true. Soup. For....cats?
Dinner tonight is a fish gougère from a recipe in an old Family Circle magazine. When I say "old" I mean it, it retailed for 10p and the main advert on the back cover is for Players No. 6. Extra Mild, no less.
That's my bedtime reading sorted for the next few days. So much looking forward to it. I heard @grindrod.bsky.social on 6 Music last week...I forgot what a banger "Suburbia" was. Best played at max volume!
I always remember as a child feeling sad when I finished a book as reading a book twice isn't the same. Well I feel exactly the same after I finished this one by the amazing @louisewelsh00.bsky.social (thank you) But there's others in the series! #glasgow #crimefiction #rilke
Range Rover cars* come with factory fitted senses of entitlement. Oh, and it was parked on a pavement less than 5 metres from a junction @therealyplac.bsky.social @yplac.bsky.social * other over sized cars are available
A year ago saw the first train carrying passengers between Bicester & Milton Keynes. #westcoastrailways operated this and another half a dozen or so since then. @chilternrailway.bsky.social have yet to announce a start date for services despite announcing they were to be the operators last March.
Keep your eyes open and you never know what you will find. Art nouveau doorways. Not Brussels , but South Molton Street, London #artnouveau #london #architecture
An absolutely brilliant read. Brought back so many memories.
Jason Croot@jasoncroot.bsky.social · 9mo agoBradford, Eh? A look back at the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s: the nights out, the football, the music, the food, and the moments that shaped the city. With words from Tasmin Archer and Stuart McCall. eBook is free today only if you fancy a read. www.amazon.co.uk/BRADFORD-EH-... #Bradford #BCAFC #BOOKSKY
Because I worked very near here for many years, I fell into the trap of taking this for granted, but now as a visitor this view never fails to lift my heart. County Arcade, Leeds designed by Frank Matcham. @handhyorkshire.bsky.social #leeds #yorkshire
Car park full? Can't be bothered to drive a short distance to an alternative car park with spaces? Don't worry!! Just park on (and, in this wet weather) destroy the grass verge!! It must be what it's there for! #york @therealyplac.bsky.social @yplac.bsky.social
Definitely worth a read. Thanks @jasoncroot.bsky.social From an expat Bradfordian (now in York, alas)
Jason Croot@jasoncroot.bsky.social · 9mo agoBradford, Eh? A look back at the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s: the nights out, the football, the music, the food, and the moments that shaped the city. With words from Tasmin Archer and Stuart McCall. eBook is currently free if you fancy a read. www.amazon.co.uk/BRADFORD-EH-... #Bradford #BCAFC #BOOKSKY
Aldi bargain alert... especially for @nkdgardener.bsky.social Can you have too much cheese? Now 99p for 500g
Oh, here we go again And it's right outside a primary school. #York @therealyplac.bsky.social @yplac.bsky.social
There is a little known rule in the Highway Code that states if you own a Merc you can park where the heck you like. #York @yplac.bsky.social @therealyplac.bsky.social
