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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 9h

I'm not sure why student houses are exempt from council tax. They do generate considerable quantities of rubbish needing to be collected as well as using various other local services even if most of them don't have kids in schools or use social care

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Side @sidegallery.bsky.social · 17h

🎥 We're excited to share that footage from Amber Films features in "The Iron Ladies", a new documentary on the women who organised and led during the 1984–85 Miners’ Strike.

Want to see on the big screen? The doc is screening at Tyneside Cinema on 16 Oct
🎟 tynesidecinema.co.uk/event/...

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 9h

The only one I regret missing out on was the original Tutankhamun exhibition at the BM - ski trips & school cruises I could live without 2/2

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 9h

The only trips I went on was a geography field trip to Cork & Killarney on the boat from Swansea, & to Stratford when I was in 6th form to see Antony & Cleopatra, which we were studying, with Richard Johnson & Janet Suzman. Other trips were extras that cost money 1/2

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 1d

*Every* office has one of those

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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 1d

#Tyneside Today is the anniversary of the death of Tyneside Engineer, Robert Stephenson, died in London, 12th October 1859.

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 1d

"Isn't it all digitised?"

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 1d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Side @sidegallery.bsky.social · 1d

💡 Shine a spotlight on the AmberSide Trust.

The Movement for Good: Arts & Culture Draw is giving £5,000 to ten arts/culture/heritage charities. Nominate us before 19 Oct using 1160760 – AMBERSIDE TRUST → culture.movementforgood.com

📸 Weegee, 1940s © International Centre for Photography

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 1d

I suppose it’s appropriate the company is called TransLink….(I’ll get me coat)

Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe with added (but I am here to help) would pass

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 2d

*been*

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 2d

Alpacas I think. I bet the Roman messengers would have benn surprised to see them!

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 2d

Inside in 2022

Stained glass window depicting four bearded male figures

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 3d

The last time I was in Northallerton they had sold out of Fat Rascals - disappointing!

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 3d

Strange quite how many bad apples Reform UK seems to have attracted

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe they should rename this the Moo Club

Cattle standing & sitting outside a window under a sign reading Mii.Club. The cattle are black, brown and light coloured

Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 4d

Belated Happy Birthday & enjoy your week off!

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 4d

This sounds like my first visit to London with my family in (I think) 1968, but I don't remember writing this postcard...

Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 4d

Writing this card at the Post Office Tower. We have just been up the top looking at a lovely view, you could see Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge & lots of other famous places. On Monday we went to the cinema and had dinner at a Wimpy Bar.

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · 4d

Perfect timing ahead of a trip with students later this term to The Story, home of County Durham archives, where Mustapha's photographic images and life story feature as part of the Durham Light Infantry collection. 🗃️📜📷📸

Matthew Kilburn @matthewkilburn.bsky.social · 4d

A new ODNB article from me - James Francis [Jimmy] Durham, formerly Mustapha, a Sudanese boy 'adopted' in 1886 into the Durham Light Infantry. A tale of class and race, geography and the armed forces, music, and goodwill amidst the imperial assumptions: www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1...

www.oxforddnb.com

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 5d

No idea who Nick is but he's being useful

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 5d

Meanwhile Kemi Badenoch's degree in computer systems engineering gained more than 20 years ago with little subsequent work experience is worth precisely nothing

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 6d

That's sad news that I hadn't heard. I remember Marie well from my time working in Wolverhampton though I hadn't seen her for many years

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Newcastle Uni Special Collections & Archives @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social · 6d

Explore curated insights across our unique and distinctive collections — from a 17th century recipe book to a WWI surgical logbook.

Discover our new Digital Showcase and uncover the stories behind the collections: digitalshowcase.ncl.ac.uk #DigitalShowcase

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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 7d

You can access it at home through Newcastle Libraries at least libraries.newcastle.gov.uk/WebBuilder/W...

Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 7d

Worth knowing that some public library memberships offer free online access to the OED too

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