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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 15h

#31DaysofGraves Day 14: #Inside
Now, this one's interesting. Found in #ExeterCathedral this memorial for Anna Salt who died in 1834, is a bit unusual. If you look closely, you'll notice she has TWO left feet! The guides point this out
#Grave #Memorial #History #Devon
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Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 1d

13 October 1905

Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney disrupt a meeting of the Liberal Party and Winston Churchill at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester.

Shouting demands for voting rights for women the first action by the Suffragette Movement

#Manchester #History #HistoryMatters

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Jovan Aviance @jovanaviance.bsky.social · 11d

#bishdidyouknow #didyouknowfacts #themoreyouknow #bish #turban #history #discovered #interesting #kamikaze #japan #ww2

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 1d

Discover the tale of 'The Robbers’ Stone' in West Lavington, #Wiltshire, a Grade II memorial marking a daring 1839 highway robbery. Listen to the latest episode to hear how Mr. Dean of Imber was robbed, the pursuit that followed, and the legacy left in stone.
#History #Podcast #Truecrime #Robbery

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 1d

#31DaysofGraves Day 13: #Skeleton
Spent over an hour looking for something in my collection, but nothing. Here's Isabella Tawley who died 22/9/1737 aged 8, and rests in the Old Burial Hill Cemetery, Essex County, Massachusetts
#Grave #Skeleton #History #NewEngland
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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 2d

#StainedGlassSunday this piece of art is dedicated to the heroine #GraceDarling who helped rescue survivors from the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838, which brought her national fame. eight members of the crew and one passenger were saved.
#History #Northumberland #Maritime #FarneIslands #Forfarshire

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 2d

#31DaysofGraves Day 12: #NotableWomen
This is the grave of Amelia Blanford Edwards. In 1882, she co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund . She gained the nickname "Godmother of Egyptology" for her contribution.

#Grave #Memorial #Egypt #History #Author
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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 2d

It really is. I love walking and exploring my surroundings and she makes it all perfect. X

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 3d

Took the puppy out for her second walk. This time around #BristolHarbour which has lots of sights to see. We had a lovely time and even stopped to take some photos as well as have a cheeky coffee and flapjack at #UnderfallYard
#Bristol #Maritime #Saturday #Puppy #DogsofBluesky #Dogs #Walks

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 3d

#31DaysofGraves Day 11: #Military
Here is the grave of Cpt Thomas Norman of the Royal Marines who died 1805 from wounds sustained in the #BattleofTrafalgar The stone was erected by his colleagues. This grave is in #Gibraltar

#Grave #Memorial #RIP #History #Family
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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 4d

Great. Is there a way to translate it?

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 4d

I have to admit @annaandthedead.bsky.social that I am LOVING this #31DaysofGraves I get to trawl through my catalogue of photos and admire the craftsmanship of days gone by as well as honour the owners. Do you have anything planned for next month? #History

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 4d

#31DaysofGraves Day 10: #Urn
This memorial records the death in 1800 of Rachel O'Brien who's clothes caught fire when she was with her child. She dashed out of the room to make sure her child was safe. She was 19.

#Grave #Memorial #RIP #History #Family #Exeter
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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 5d

#31DaysofGraves Day 9: #Hands
This gorgeous headstone can be found in Christchurch cemetery in #Bristol It's for William (aged 79) and Betsy Angerson (aged 77) who just over two months apart.

#Grave #Memorial #RIP #History #Family #Downend
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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 5d

I was on the wrong page in my diary. Call it a 'spoiler'😂

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 5d

#31DaysofGraves Day 9: #Obelisk
Here is the grave of Pte Ephraim Rattle, who died died 26th Sept 1909 & Pte E Coote who died 8th Oct 1909 in the Pembroke Military Cemetery in #Malta. This was erected by their comrades

#Grave #Memorial #RIP #Military #History #Suffolk
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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 NEW BLOG KLAXON!

This month we take a look at Abbie Sweetwine, the woman the British press dubbed “the angel of platform 6”.

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Abbie Sweetwine and the Harrow and Wealdstone crash - Carve Her Name

When Abbie Sweetwine ran triage at the Harrow and Wealdstone train crash in 1952, she paved the way for the creation of paramedics.

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 6d

#31DaysofGraves Day 8: #Glass
I'll admit that I had to search for one this time as I didn't have any in my collection. I love the way the sun shines through this memorial to Marcie Ljunggren in Dell Rapids Cemetery, #SouthDakota
#Grave #Memorial #RIP #Family ##Cancer
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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 7d

It's St Michael 😘

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 7d

#31DaysofGraves Day 7: #Angel
This striking grave at #CricketStThomas in Somerset belongs to Alexander Nelson Hood, 1st Duke of Bronte, nephew of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson. He served in the Royal Scots Fusiliers & was a courtier to Queen Victoria
#Military #History
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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 8d

In 1924, the SS Ettrick ran aground on the River Avon and capsized overnight. By morning, locals lined the banks, scavenging tobacco, sweets, and boots from the wreck.

Listen to this fascinating tale in the new episode!
#Bristol #Maritime #History #Shipwreck #RiverAvon #Travel #Crime #Podcast

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 8d

#31DaysofGraves Day 6: #Gender
This charming grave is the final resting place of Leslie George Hunter who passed away at just 6 on the 3rd Dec 1925. It can be found in the Easter Compton Methodist cemetery.
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#Family #Cemetery #Bristol #RIP #History #Stone

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 9d

I’m about to go down a research tunnel for a few hours…
#Authors #Horror #Ghosts #Halloween #Books #Reading #Carrickfergus

Allie Nickell @alliethinks.bsky.social · 9d

Charlotte Riddell (nee Cowan), who sometimes published under the name 'F G Trafford', was the author of over fifty novels and short stories.

Charlotte Riddell: Queen of Ghost Stories honoured with blue plaque in Carrickfergus

Her more than 50 stories explored moral ambiguity and an obsession with the supernatural in the Victorian age.

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 9d

#31DaysofGraves ( #Bird )
Here's the grave of Elizabeth Lapthorne Flook in Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, who died 4th Dec 1888 aged 56. She was mother to T.J Moss Flower.
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#Greenbankcemetery #Mother #Cemetery #Bristol #RIP #History #Stone

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The Backtracker History Show @alice.backtracker.co.uk · 10d

Well, I now have a new list of destinations I want to visit. I've always loved the romance of castles, even though I know that many dark events happened in them. #Castles #Europe #Fortress #Architecture #Battles
www.cnn.com/travel/beaut...

World’s most beautiful castles | CNN

From the fairytale towers of Bavaria’s Neuschwanstein to the golden battlements of Jaipur’s Amber Fortress in India, these are some of the most beautiful castles around the world.

www.cnn.com

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