Mark Rustbucket
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Kiruna Church bell tower rolls from the old to the new Swedish city centre today. A remarkable feat. TICCIH - Official Page Historic Environment Scotland | Mark Watson
Kiruna Church bell tower rolls from the old to the new Swedish city centre today. A remarkable feat. TICCIH - Official Page Historic Environment Scotland
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Kiruna Church bell tower on the move last week, at about 3MPH. #KirunaKyrka #ticcih a result of ironstone mining www.linkedin.com/posts/markru...
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A short service of dedication was held in Stockbridge today where the first Scottish Stolperstein was installed at Saint Stephens church in memory of Jane Haining who died at Auschwitz youtu.be/o1JSO9Z55xk?...
First Scottish Stolperstein installed in Edinburgh
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November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A short service of dedication was held in Stockbridge today where the first Scottish Stolperstein was installed at Saint Stephens church in memory of Jane Haining who died at Auschwitz youtu.be/o1JSO9Z55xk?...
Wrought iron had John Ruskin's approval due to the handwork (and mechanical help) involved. Cast iron did not but is here in the columns, not capitals, at Oxford Museum. #FerrousFriday
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Wrought iron had John Ruskin's approval due to the handwork (and mechanical help) involved. Cast iron did not but is here in the columns, not capitals, at Oxford Museum. #FerrousFriday
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We haven't done an #IronWorkThursday post for a while, so here's one of the wrought iron gates leading into the kirkyard around our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, Corstorphine Old Parish Church, Edinburgh.
The arms are those of the Forrester family, founders of this ancient church, who also lie within.
The arms are those of the Forrester family, founders of this ancient church, who also lie within.
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We haven't done an #IronWorkThursday post for a while, so here's one of the wrought iron gates leading into the kirkyard around our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, Corstorphine Old Parish Church, Edinburgh.
The arms are those of the Forrester family, founders of this ancient church, who also lie within.
The arms are those of the Forrester family, founders of this ancient church, who also lie within.
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
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NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
2
[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
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MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
6
NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
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KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
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[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
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[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
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[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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Delightful doc with Mark Bonnar exploring Scottish new town public art, including the hippos of Glenrothes made by his artist dad Stan. New towns, public art, Mark Bonnar? It’s ✅✅✅ from me
Meet You at the Hippos
Mark Bonnar returns to the Scottish new towns in which he grew up to explore the street sculpture made by artists such as his dad.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Delightful doc with Mark Bonnar exploring Scottish new town public art, including the hippos of Glenrothes made by his artist dad Stan. New towns, public art, Mark Bonnar? It’s ✅✅✅ from me
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October 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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📆 Talk this Thur 23rd Oct 6.30pm at @glasgowheritage.bsky.social on 'Greek' Thomson's Walmer Crescent, a dramatically curved tenement block off Paisley Rd West at Cessnock in #Glasgow southside ~ Dominic d’Angelo of The Alexander Thomson Society shares its story www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/greek-thom...
‘Greek’ Thomson’s Walmer Crescent, Curving in Straight Lines
A talk by Dominic d'Angelo on Thomson's Walmer Crescent
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October 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
📆 Talk this Thur 23rd Oct 6.30pm at @glasgowheritage.bsky.social on 'Greek' Thomson's Walmer Crescent, a dramatically curved tenement block off Paisley Rd West at Cessnock in #Glasgow southside ~ Dominic d’Angelo of The Alexander Thomson Society shares its story www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/greek-thom...
Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine, Ayrshire, of interest to IDF? Digital models of boatyard for conservation and research. “The Museum has no control over how the data is subsequently accessed, downloaded, or used."
As someone who works with satellite and 3D imagery, this project reinforced how crucial it is to question what’s rendered as truth.
Keep an eye out for some follow ups in different mediums looking ahead
Full story w/ @972mag.com via Oren Ziv:
www.972mag.com/israeli-army...
Keep an eye out for some follow ups in different mediums looking ahead
Full story w/ @972mag.com via Oren Ziv:
www.972mag.com/israeli-army...
How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda
An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine, Ayrshire, of interest to IDF? Digital models of boatyard for conservation and research. “The Museum has no control over how the data is subsequently accessed, downloaded, or used."
I can confirm that Watson's wick works.
How amazing are these Halloween candles?! From Watson’s Wick Works (@Watson’s wick works on insta) who are at Edinburgh Portobello’s Brighton Park market first Saturday of the month - & at the Pitt market on October 12th
October 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I can confirm that Watson's wick works.
Clark Street Bridge, 1929 double bascule bridge, pony trusses apparently. The predecessors had some mishaps, the river was reversed and regularly turns green to celebrate Irish migrants. www.chicagoloopbridges.com/bridges12/MS...
September 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Clark Street Bridge, 1929 double bascule bridge, pony trusses apparently. The predecessors had some mishaps, the river was reversed and regularly turns green to celebrate Irish migrants. www.chicagoloopbridges.com/bridges12/MS...
#doorsopenday this weekend in Edinburgh, East Lothian, Dundee, Orkney and Kinneil House. Along with Open House, Heritage Open Days, all thanks to #JEP #EHD European Heritage Days which tend to be forgotten about (but Northern Ireland always gives credit) www.doorsopendays.org.uk/about/europe...
Doors Open Days
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September 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
#doorsopenday this weekend in Edinburgh, East Lothian, Dundee, Orkney and Kinneil House. Along with Open House, Heritage Open Days, all thanks to #JEP #EHD European Heritage Days which tend to be forgotten about (but Northern Ireland always gives credit) www.doorsopendays.org.uk/about/europe...
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If you're exploring #DoorsOpenDay this weekend, pop by The Paper Factory in Edinburgh - we've got a huge visual art showcase in an abandoned industrial site! 🏭🚪
We're open 11am - 4pm today and tomorrow
1 Turnhouse Road EH12 8NP
FREE entry
Details: hiddendoorarts.org/visual-art-s...
We're open 11am - 4pm today and tomorrow
1 Turnhouse Road EH12 8NP
FREE entry
Details: hiddendoorarts.org/visual-art-s...
September 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
If you're exploring #DoorsOpenDay this weekend, pop by The Paper Factory in Edinburgh - we've got a huge visual art showcase in an abandoned industrial site! 🏭🚪
We're open 11am - 4pm today and tomorrow
1 Turnhouse Road EH12 8NP
FREE entry
Details: hiddendoorarts.org/visual-art-s...
We're open 11am - 4pm today and tomorrow
1 Turnhouse Road EH12 8NP
FREE entry
Details: hiddendoorarts.org/visual-art-s...
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Edinburgh Doors Open Day listings are out! September 28 & 29.
#doorsOpenDay #edinburgh #history #buildings
www.doorsopendays.org.uk/find-a-build...
#doorsOpenDay #edinburgh #history #buildings
www.doorsopendays.org.uk/find-a-build...
Doors Open Days | Find a building
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August 26, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Edinburgh Doors Open Day listings are out! September 28 & 29.
#doorsOpenDay #edinburgh #history #buildings
www.doorsopendays.org.uk/find-a-build...
#doorsOpenDay #edinburgh #history #buildings
www.doorsopendays.org.uk/find-a-build...
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Buses will be the big attraction on Doors Open Day theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/09/buse... via @EdinReporter
Buses will be the big attraction on Doors Open Day
Lothian’s Doors Open Day takes place on Saturday 27 September 2025, and for the second year in a row it will be held at the company’s Marine depot at 18 Seafield Road East, EH15 1EB. Running from 11.0...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Buses will be the big attraction on Doors Open Day theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/09/buse... via @EdinReporter
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From a newspaper account of the extremely bibulous dinner that followed the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 27 September 1825.
I like the image of George Stephenson quietly slipping out before too much fuss was made.
I like the image of George Stephenson quietly slipping out before too much fuss was made.
September 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
From a newspaper account of the extremely bibulous dinner that followed the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 27 September 1825.
I like the image of George Stephenson quietly slipping out before too much fuss was made.
I like the image of George Stephenson quietly slipping out before too much fuss was made.
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Starting to get busy for day two of the S&DR anniversary weekend. The Skerne Bridge in Darlington along with Locomotion No1 are the stars today. #Railway200
September 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Starting to get busy for day two of the S&DR anniversary weekend. The Skerne Bridge in Darlington along with Locomotion No1 are the stars today. #Railway200
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The final talk in the second of Royal Marriages Summit series bit.ly/4lifqMO will be delivered by Dr Michael Pearce who will be discussing the marriage of James V of Scotland to Marie of Guise – an important part of the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France.
September 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The final talk in the second of Royal Marriages Summit series bit.ly/4lifqMO will be delivered by Dr Michael Pearce who will be discussing the marriage of James V of Scotland to Marie of Guise – an important part of the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France.
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"Preservation as climate action - is our moral imperative. ... The good news is that it’s happening."
Last week, CHN attended the National Trust for Historic Preservation annual conference, #PastForward.
Last week, CHN attended the National Trust for Historic Preservation annual conference, #PastForward.
September 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"Preservation as climate action - is our moral imperative. ... The good news is that it’s happening."
Last week, CHN attended the National Trust for Historic Preservation annual conference, #PastForward.
Last week, CHN attended the National Trust for Historic Preservation annual conference, #PastForward.
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This Wednesday we are visiting historians at the University of Aberdeen.
The visit includes a public lecture, 5.30pm on 17 Sept,
given by our guest speaker, Matthew J Smith (Director of the Centre for the Legacies of British Slavery, UCL) bit.ly/3IjbMVj. All in the region are v. welcome to attend.
The visit includes a public lecture, 5.30pm on 17 Sept,
given by our guest speaker, Matthew J Smith (Director of the Centre for the Legacies of British Slavery, UCL) bit.ly/3IjbMVj. All in the region are v. welcome to attend.
Slavery, Big Data, and the Cultures of Caribbean Ancestral Histories
Royal Historical Society public lecture at the University of Aberdeen
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September 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This Wednesday we are visiting historians at the University of Aberdeen.
The visit includes a public lecture, 5.30pm on 17 Sept,
given by our guest speaker, Matthew J Smith (Director of the Centre for the Legacies of British Slavery, UCL) bit.ly/3IjbMVj. All in the region are v. welcome to attend.
The visit includes a public lecture, 5.30pm on 17 Sept,
given by our guest speaker, Matthew J Smith (Director of the Centre for the Legacies of British Slavery, UCL) bit.ly/3IjbMVj. All in the region are v. welcome to attend.
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Yet another historic church for sale. Offers over £870k. North Leith, Edinburgh.
September 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Yet another historic church for sale. Offers over £870k. North Leith, Edinburgh.
Ballantine's is now closed, to my chagrin.
On #ironworkthursday, inside Ballantyne's Foundry in Bo'ness
September 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Ballantine's is now closed, to my chagrin.
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As the report on this research says, Number 6 "appears to offer a clear and accessible pathway for referral to diagnosis and robust post-diagnostic support. Respondents commended its responsiveness, structure, and the quality of care delivered"
It's a model that could be emulated across Scotland.
It's a model that could be emulated across Scotland.
August 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
As the report on this research says, Number 6 "appears to offer a clear and accessible pathway for referral to diagnosis and robust post-diagnostic support. Respondents commended its responsiveness, structure, and the quality of care delivered"
It's a model that could be emulated across Scotland.
It's a model that could be emulated across Scotland.
Kiruna Church bell tower on the move last week, at about 3MPH. #KirunaKyrka #ticcih a result of ironstone mining www.linkedin.com/posts/markru...
Kiruna Church bell tower rolls from the old to the new Swedish city centre today. A remarkable feat. TICCIH - Official Page Historic Environment Scotland | Mark Watson
Kiruna Church bell tower rolls from the old to the new Swedish city centre today. A remarkable feat. TICCIH - Official Page Historic Environment Scotland
www.linkedin.com
September 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Kiruna Church bell tower on the move last week, at about 3MPH. #KirunaKyrka #ticcih a result of ironstone mining www.linkedin.com/posts/markru...