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DAM nerd. Nat'l Library of Ireland Board. USian in Dublin. Beer judge & podcaster @beerladiespod & blog @weirdodublinpubs. Ex-archaeologist/archivist. Runner. Theatre nerd. Whovian. Transit enthusiast. Geek mom to cats/humans. She/her. lisagrimm.com

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 3h

Smaller child’s birthday dinner. (Well, Coke for her, Four Provinces for me).

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 10h

You don't need to have read it to get the joke

www.worldofmoose.com/products/tri...

Cartoon. Venn diagram of two circles intersecting. The left circle contains the text 'Tristram Beer', the right circle contains the text 'Tristram lemonade'. There is no text in the intersection, leaving the reader to fill in the gap.

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 10h

💻 Explore National Library of Ireland's #digital #resources for research:
• 100s of Irish newspapers & serials
• Full-text reference works
• Government & official records
• Digitised books, maps & manuscripts

➡️ https://www.nli.ie/collections/e-resources

eResources

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 13h

Fantastic, cheers!

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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.com · 13h

Join me at 7pm tonight for a listen along party to my new album, Public Works And Utilities. warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/merch/public...

Public Works and Utilities Listening Party from Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan

Listening Party from Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan.

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 13h

Thanks for sharing! So curious.

Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 14h

This BBC Archive bit on a haunted nightclub in Sheffield in 1970 is a delight…but does anyone have more details on the spot and what it might be now (if anything)? Does it still have a spooky reputation? Relevant to all my interests!

youtu.be/6TyStko8pxo?...

1970: The Ghost that Terrified Big Derek | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 15h

Saw him in Spamalot on Broadway…he was a delight in that as well.

Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 15h

#31DaysOfHalloween Day 15 - a selection of excellent titles from @swanriverpress.bsky.social - support your local indie publisher, especially when they are bringing out fantastic stuff. Featuring @nunkie.bsky.social!

BENDING TO EARTH * Strange Stories by Irish Women
THE SWAN RIVER PRESS

NOT TO BE TAKEN AT BED-TIME 2
ROSA MULHOLLAND

CURFEW & OTHER EERIE TALES 2 Lucy M. Boston

Ghosts of the Chit-Chat
EDITED BY ROBERT LLOYD PARRY

Dorothy Macardle

EARTH-BOUND

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 1d

I’ve never managed to see Penda’s Fen…really must some day.

Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 1d

Hadn't seen it for at least 15 years...there was an entire scene I didn't recall at all (outside the church), so it was great to see it again. So pleased it happened to be showing on a day I had time!

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 1d

Afternoon re-share of today's #spookybook.

Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 1d

#31DaysOfHalloween Day 14 - Telephone Calls from the Dead. Continuing on a theme started by Ida Lupino’s story mentioned yesterday, this one is a typical Watkins Books find, if such a thing exists.

TELEPHONE CALLS
FROM THE DEAD
Signed by the Author
WATKINS BOOKS
CALLUM E. COOPER

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 1d

In Ireland. Emigrated from the US nearly 6 years ago, was lucky to get headhunted.

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 1d

Idly looking up Peter Wyngarde after seeing The Innocents just now, and had been vaguely aware that he had a ‘mysterious’ backstory, but good lord!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_W...

Peter Wyngarde - Wikipedia

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 1d

Yep!

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 1d

And now for the ‘fun’ part of a week off work - have taken myself out for a matinee of The Innocents. First time seeing it on the big screen.

a black and white photo of a woman peeking through a window .

Alt: a black and white photo of Deborah Kerr peeking through a window taken from The Innocents

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 2d

On Saturday, @boakandbailey.bsky.social unearthed 1974 BBC video of Hook Norton—an amazing document, and not just for the reasons you might imagine. The brewery, then as today one of the most traditional in the UK, was making some interesting beer that sheds a lot of light on the way things change.

Amazing Historical Document — Beervana

An unearthed 1974 BBC video of Hook Norton is an amazing document, and not for the reasons you might imagine. The brewery, then as today one of the most “traditional” in the UK, was making some intere...

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 1d

Right! Photo/application done (and paid for), but need to get a whole bunch of things either notarized or witnessed before I can send off the whole package. Need to go to the Garda station to prove I am who I say I am...that's tomorrow's job.

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 1d

Citizenship certs arrived! We can apply for our Irish passports now (though it's too late to get our voter registration updated to vote in the election next week), so steady progress.

Another reason I have taken this week off to do Life Admin (and a few fun things)...

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 1d

It’s a perfect album. And even better to hear bits live. Going again next week!

Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 1d

#31DaysOfHalloween Day 14 - Telephone Calls from the Dead. Continuing on a theme started by Ida Lupino’s story mentioned yesterday, this one is a typical Watkins Books find, if such a thing exists.

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 2d

It would be tacky and obvious to buy and read either of these books, with their creepy, atmospheric, unsettling stories, in October. Come on. You're better than that.

Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · Mar 22

Between them ‘Municipal Gothic’ and ‘Intervals of Darkness’ have 27 stories full of haunted buildings, haunted people, and working class weirdness. Obviously *I* think they're great – but so do strangers who owe me nothing!

👉 www.amazon.co.uk/Municipal-Go...

👉 www.amazon.co.uk/Intervals-Da...

The covers of both books with quotes in praise of them, and of specific stories:

“‘Modern Buildings In Wessex’, which pulls a compelling horror narrative out of several architectural reviews, is an all-timer. Can’t recommend enough... Fans of Ghostwatch and Inside No. 9 – run don’t walk.”

Trevor Henderson

“...a tremendous collection, hugely enjoyable, and essential... for anyone interested in the English ghost story... ‘Men Who Live in Caravans’... is one of my very favourite stories of recent years: a future classic of the English weird, full of an almost unbearable sadness, quite exquisitely told.”

Seán Padraic Birnie

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 2d

The prices they are paying to rent a (haunted) classic six in Manhattan are sad-making, but that’s part of the charm.

Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 2d

No, that sounds wonderful; thanks for the tip!

Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 2d

Afternoon re-share - this is an amazing book.

Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 2d

#31DaysOfHalloween Day 13: That Ghost I Saw. Absolute banger of a cover, and a very specific slice of mid-century slice of urbane, cocktail-party tales, mixed with some classics like Ida Lupino’s creepy phone call.

That Ghost I Saw
Some excursions into the
SUPERNATURAL
As told to srecounted by
DANTON WALKER
These things couldn't possibly happen but they did, - to NOEL COWARD BEATRICE LILEE, MAE WES7, STUART,CLOETE, IDA LUPINO, BURL IVES

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