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Ranaroth
@ranaroth.bsky.social
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Random postings of stuff on an ad-hoc basis. All book covers scanned from my personal collection. All non-archive photographs taken by me. "All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension."
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 9h
Three Tuns, London. Photos: 30.03.2024. #London #pub #inn
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 18h
Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol. Wall tablet to Elizabeth Cookson d.1852. Photo: 02.09.2025. #Bristol #ElizabethCookson
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 19h
Great Northern Hotel, London. 1854 by Lewis Cubitt. Photo: 08.06.2024. #London #hotel #LewisCubitt
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 21h
Taunton Station, Somerset. 47085 Mammoth. Crewe, 1965. New as D1670 to 86A (Cardiff Canton), scrapped EWS Wigan, 09/1999. Photo: 30.03.1988. #Taunton #Class47 #railway #locomotive #Mammoth
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 1d
Andre Norton, Plague Ship, Gollancz, 1971-74 editions. Cover: David Smee. Solar Queen series no. 2. #AndreNorton #Gollancz #DavidSmee #plague #SolarQueen
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 1d
The Aldgate School (Sir John Cass's Foundation Primary School), London. 1908 by Arthur William Cooksey. Photos: 30.03.2024. #London #JohnCass #school #ArthurCooksey
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 1d
Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol. Wall tablet to Elizabeth Charlotte Stanhope d.1816 at Hotwells by Richard Westmacott. Photo: 02.09.2025. #Bristol #ElizabethStanhope #RichardWestmacott
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 2d
Grays Inn Road/Pentonville Rpad, London. The Lighthouse Building. "Flat iron" block of shops with offices over. c1875. Surmounted at the apex by a tall lead-sheathed tower. Photo: 08.06.2024. #London
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 2d
Lawrence Hill, Bristol. 27.05.2002. 67012 on rear. It was travelling at 50mph. Caused by misunderstanding and incorrect use of the locomotive's brake pipe isolation valve by railway staff. Still in service.
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 2d
Barrow Hill Roundhouse, Staveley. 47053. New as D1635 to 5A (Crewe North), withdrawn 02/2007, scrapped EMR Kingsbury, 03/2007. Railfreight Distribution livery. Named Cory Brothers 1842-1992. Photo: 20.04.2002. #BarrowHill #Class47 #RailfreightDistribution #CoryBrothers
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 2d
Andre Norton, Sargasso of Space, Magnet, 1979. Cover: Tony Roberts. Solar Queen series no. 1. #AndreNorton #Magnet #TonyRoberts #sargasso #SolarQueen
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 2d
Jeff Daniels speech from The Newroom.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AuX...
The Newsroom
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 2d
Only surviving boundary gate between the City of London and the City of Westminster. Demolished 1878 by Mowlem, Burt and Co. andl removed to a storage yard in Farringdon. Purchased 1887 by Sir Henry Bruce Meux and transported to Theobalds Park, Hertfordshire. Rebuilt at Paternoster Square, 2004.
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 2d
Temple Bar, Paternoster Square, London. Former west gate into the City of London. 1670-72 by Joshua Marshall and Thomas Knight. C17 statuary by John Bushnell. Photos: 30.03.2024. #London #TempleBar #JoshuaMarshall #ThomasKnight #JohnBushnell
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 3d
Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol. Choir stalls. 1892-94 by John L. Pearson. Photo: 02.09.2025. #Bristol #JohnPearson
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 3d
Camden High Street, London. Far East Prisoners of War (Burma Railway Construction Workers) Memorial. 2012 by Chris Roache. Photo: 08.06.2024. #London #memorial #WarMemorial #FarEast #PrisonersofWar #BurmaRailway #ChrisRoache
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 3d
Taunton Station, Somerset. 47009. Brush works no. 426, 1963. New as D1532 to 34G (Finsbury Park), withdrawn 03/1991, scrapped C. F. Booth, Rotherham, 04/1992. Photo: 27.10.1989. #Taunton #Class47 #railway #locomotive
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 3d
Andre Norton, Shadow Hawk, Gollancz, 1971-73 editions. Cover: Graham Humphreys. A young Egyptian nobleman seeks to regain his standing through military victories against the enemy. Non-genre. #AndreNorton #Gollancz #GrahamHumphreys #shadow #hawk
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 3d
Built William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, 1937. Retired 09/1969. Became a hotel named Ryde Queen Boatel; then a nightclub named Ryde Queen which closed 1989. Preservation attempt abandoned 01/2019. Caught fire 05/2025.
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 3d
London. St. Paul's Cross. 1910 by Sir Reginald Blomfield and Sir Bertram Mackennal. Doric column supporting bronze figure of St. Paul. Elaborate base with 4 consoles and crouching figures of children. Photo: 30.03.2024. #London #ReginaldBlomfield #BertramMackennal
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 3d
Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol. Choir screen by John L. Pearson. Photo: 02.09.2025. #Bristol #JohnPearson
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 3d
Somehow I think they're trying to make Judge Dreadd a reality. Like they saw a whole load of Brian Bolland's stuff and though "yeah this is the future we want".
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 3d
Euston Station, London. War Memorial. 1921 designed by Reginald Wynn Owen. Photo: 08.06.2024. #London #Euston #memorial #WarMemorial #ReginaldOwen
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 4d
Stagecoach Oxfordshire. Scania N230UD ADL Enviro400. Stagecoach Gold. Fleet no. 15755. Ran the XN-03 06:43 Oxford Railway Station to Chipping Norton.
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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 4d
Jean-François Pénichoux. From Robots: Historique de la robotique mobile du XXIeme au XXVeme siecle, Messidor/La Farandole, 1981. #Jean-FrançoisPénichoux #robot
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