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Andy Wade, Historian. Author. We research Keighley & Worth Valley people who served in wartime. We remember their service and try to ensure they’re not forgotten. Est. 2001, QAVS 2021. www.menofworth.org.uk Alt text: Embroidered badge, says ‘MEN OF WORTH'

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Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · Nov 16

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This arrived! Proof copy came this afternoon to sign and return. I'm almost an author!
It contains all the work done for the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Keighley Town Council's grant to add 103 names to the roll of honour this year.
www.menofworth.org.uk/heritage/

The front cover of a book entitled:
Borough of Keighley ROLL OF HONOUR The Great War 1914-1918
- 2024 Centenary names.
It has a beautifully illuminated coat of arms of Keighley Town with blue scrolls and a shield at the bottom with the heads of three stags and a central disc of three blue wavy lines representing the River Worth. At the top is a knight's helmet with a red dragon's head on top entwined by a snake. At the bottom is a written scroll and the motto is 'By Worth'

An oblique view of the front cover of a book entitled:
Borough of Keighley ROLL OF HONOUR The Great War 1914-1918
- 2024 Centenary names.
It has a beautifully illuminated coat of arms of Keighley Town with blue scrolls and a shield at the bottom with the heads of three stags and a central disc of three blue wavy lines representing the River Worth. At the top is a knight's helmet with a red dragon's head on top entwined by a snake. At the bottom is a written scroll and the motto is 'By Worth'

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Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · 5d

It's a terrific exhibit! Loads of interpretation boards and a video on loop inside. It's well worth a visit!

An interpretation panel for HMS M.33, showing a cutaway view of the insides of the ship.

HMS M.33. A small ship in dry dock, with black and white dazzle camouflage from the WW1 era. This photo is taken looking at the starboard bow, with the whole ship in view.

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Mainly Museums @mainlymuseums.bsky.social · 6d

I do love museum ships and here’s a great one to visit. She started as M33 but later became HMS Minerva. Have a wander.
#museums #museumfromhome #Portsmouth mainlymuseums.com/post/1162/hm...

HMS M.33: The lucky ship of Gallipoli

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Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · 8d

This should about cover it for most people:
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C is for Sea - Blackadder - BBC

YouTube video by BBC Studios

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Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · 8d

I'm trying my best... 😉

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Natalie P @tamoralady.bsky.social · 12d

The names were once carefully painted in gold - and now fifteen young men from a forgotten WW2 memorial are remembered again 🌹
#LestWeForget #WW2 #KentHistory #RollofHonour

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Each Name a Story: The Lives Behind a Forgotten War Memorial

Fifteen young men, lost too soon, rediscovered from a forgotten Second World War memorial in Rochester. These are stories of courage, sacrifice, and the people behind the names

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Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · 12d

So do they, and that’s the charm of it, we all do really…

Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · 12d

It’s a must for classic comedy. Featuring drunken villagers, the train bar being open …as long as the train is running, and stealing the engine from the local museum to keep the line running…

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Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · 12d

The Titfield Thunderbolt for me, it’s an absolute classic!

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Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · 14d

All creatures great and small (the latest series) is lovely. Wish I lived in that time, so much simpler than nowadays.

Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · 16d

Just to mix it up a bit: King, Queen, Prince, Princess…

Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · 18d

Hope David Jason’s going to buy a copy…

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Steve Smith @stevesmith1944.bsky.social · 18d

All being well, my next book comes out on 30 Nov 25. It looks at the alleged disappearance of the 5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment & looks at all the duff history that surrounds the story of their advance on Kuchuk Anafarta Ova on 12 Aug 15 during the Gallipoli Campaign #WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli

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Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · 18d

Including a local man to me, Private Craven Harling of the Royal Defence Corps:

menofworth.org.uk/craven-harli...

Private Craven Harling -

In 1891 he was fourteen years old and living at 86, Lidget in Oakworth with his parents and sister Emma. By 1901 just Emma and Craven were living at 69,

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Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · 18d

Wonderful.
My phone wallpaper is the Giotto di Bondone - Starry Sky, 1305, it’s at the Scrovegni Chapel, Padua.

I find it rather comforting.

An azure blue ceiling with a regular pattern of golden, eight pointed stars.

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Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · 18d

Spot on.
I fear for my childrens’ future in a world where all the people who jump on a bandwagon can egg each other on, emboldening other people’s increasingly outrageous claims without question.
Before, they’d never even meet because of geography.

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Janet Few @janetfew.bsky.social · 19d

I have just posted this thehistoryinterpreter.com/2025/10/10/w... For my own sanity, I will not be engaging with negative comments. Feel free to unfriend me.

Why History Matters – the nearest I’ll come to a political post

I deliberately don’t post about politics because I don’t like confrontation but remaining completely silent makes me part of the problem. I don’t have allegiance to a particular political party, al…

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 29d

Charming little octopus from a Roman villa at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, 2nd-3rd century AD.

Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 me

#Archaeology

My photo shows a mosaic fragment from the floor of a Roman villa in Spain, dated AD 100-200s. It depicts a cartoon-like, stylised octopus using red, yellow, white, and black limestone tesserae, against a white background. The front-facing octopus has a large red and white head/body outlined in black. Its yellow circular eyes are outlined in black with a central black dot. Below the head/body are eight writhing tentacles

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Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · 28d

Lovely. I wish I had the patience to make one...
This is a lovely sea creature from floor of the Musée Océanographique at Monaco. Instantly fell in love with it.
musee.oceano.org/en/

A large mosaic crab on the floor of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco. It's about a metre across and is a brick red colour, on a white background superimposed by a fishing net pattern.

Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · Sep 27

I worry for the petunias...

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Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · Sep 27

Hope you get a response soon. My man’s is an old enough record to be well past the 100 year rule.

Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · Sep 27

Just the registers on Ancestry. His Asylum admission matches the date of his Army discharge but that's all I've found. Haven't yet looked at West Riding Pauper records and a trip to Wakefield is out at the moment.

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Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · Sep 27

Cor blimey.

Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · Sep 27

Looking into a local soldier who cut his own throat (off duty) He survived and was SNLR'd in 1908 (served 8 years.)
He spent a month at Wakefield Asylum and was discharged as 'not insane.'
Normally he would be in the Reserve for 5 years, but I am wondering if the circumstances and SNLR negated that?

A cropped image from an Army Service record from 1908 which states: Incised wound, throat. 26 Jan 1908. (not on duty)

Cropped image from a 1908 Lunacy Patients Admission Register, which states that a man was 'not insane.'

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Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · Sep 25

Quick check shows five of that name Thomas or Tom Swain, so if they know where it came from, it could be worth asking.

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Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social · Sep 25

How many Thomas Swains are there with CWGC?