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Lyn Edmonds

@edmondslyn.bsky.social

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Wife, Mum, Grandma; Lead of Away from the Western Front & formerly Lead of Gallipoli Centenary Education Project; retired Clinical Librarian - also posts @aftwf1418.bsky.social

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 2h

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 2h

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 5h

#31DaysOfGraves #Day14Inside
Tomb of Godolphin Arabian #inside Wandlebury House stable block near Cambridge; he is believed to be one of the three stallions that founded the modern Thoroughbred in horse racing 🏇
#TombTuesday #GodolphinArabian

The tomb of Godolphin Arabian inside Wandlebury House Stable block near Cambridge; it is set into the floor, close to a wall and surrounded by cobblestones

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 1d

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Flowerhead of the Dahlia, 'Sam Hopkins' in a dark shade of magenta, seen in the Dahlia Garden at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
#Dahlia #ColorADay #ColourADay #MagentaMon #MagentaMonday #BloomScrolling
@midsandeastnt.bsky.social

Flowerhead of the Dahlia, 'Sam Hopkins' in a dark shade of magenta with a mainly green blurred background of leaves and other flowers

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 1d

@melaniewilliams.bsky.social, thank you for the repost 🍃

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 1d

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 1d

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 1d

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 2d

Yellow Corydalis, Pseudofumaria lutea, now fading but still bringing a little brightness to this urban street wall
#YellowCorydalis #WallPlants #UrbanPlants #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A plant growing on an urban street wall, with yellow flowers that are mainly towards the top and are now fading and its green leaves below, with old brown and dark grey damaged bricks around it

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 2d

Shepherd’s Purse, Capsella bursa-pastori, with tiny white flowers & heart-shaped green seed pods developing from within the flowers, pushing aside the petals, which have yet to fall away
#Shepherd'sPurse #PavementPlants #UrbanPlants #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Close-up photograph of the tiny white flowers and heart-shaped green seed pods of Shepherd’s Purse, Capsella bursa-pastori, growing as a pavement plant in Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 3d

Remembering today, Pte Robert Henry #Edmondson 2nd Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, of #Shipley, Yorkshire, died 11 October 1918; tragically, his mother took her own life because of his death

More info: bit.ly/2PxIx0m

#WW1 #FWW #KSLI #31DaysOfGraves #Day11Military

Robert Henry Edmondson's grave in Turin Town Cemetery, which is marked with a Commonwealth War Graves headstone showing his name, rank , regiment, soldier number, age and date of death, with grass and other headstones in the background

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 3d

#31DaysofGraves Day 11 #Military

A Loving Son
A Noble Pal

2nd Lt Sydney Frank #Norris, Royal Field Artillery, died 28 April 1919, 5 months after the Armistice on his way to Egypt; buried with 15 others named the ‘Turin Men’- most of whom like Sydney died from illness

More details: bit.ly/2IjNUj3

Sydney Frank Norris' grave in Turin Town Cemetery, which is marked with a Commonwealth War Graves headstone showing his name, rank , regiment, soldier number, age, date of death and epitaph, with grass and other headstones in the background

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 4d

Run don't walk! 🐶🐾

A special #FingerpostFriday for all our canine friends, in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire

A wooden fingerpost with one directional sign pointing to the right which says DOG RUN, surrounded by grass with trees, bushes and a field in the background

Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 6d

Boscobel®, a pink rose bred by David Austin and seen in the Rose Garden at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire

Name inspired by Boscobel House, where Charles II hid there in an oak tree, whilst being pursued by Cromwell’s soldiers during the English Civil War

#RoseWednesday #BloomScrolling

Close-up of a pink rose flower in full bloom, surrounded by green leaves and other parts of the rose bush in the background

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 7d

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 8d

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 8d

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 8d

A Gold Medal Cyclist: the story of Sergeant Michael Henry Margiotta, who died on 6 October 1918, six days after the Bulgarian armistice; he is buried in Lembet Road Cemetery in Thessaloniki
#Salonika #WW1 #MiddlesexRegiment #ArmyCyclistCorps

More details:
awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/sol...

Sergeant Michael Margiotta’s grave in Lembet Road Cemetery in Thessaloniki, which is marked with a Commonwealth War Graves headstone showing his name, rank , soldier number, age and date of death, with grass and other headstones in the background (Photo: © Robin Braysher)

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 8d

Flowerheads of the Dahlia, 'Hillcrest Jonathan' in shades of white, pink and magenta, seen in the Dahlia Garden at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
#Dahlia #ColorADay #ColourADay #PinkMon #PinkMonday #MagentaMon #MagentaMonday #BloomScrolling @midsandeastnt.bsky.social

Flowerheads of the Dahlia, 'Hillcrest Jonathan' in shades of white, pink and magenta, which is ball-shaped and has similar blooms and leaves in the background

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 8d

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 8d

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