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Stuart Jones

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Trains, boats and planes. And music. And wildlife, geology, genealogy, astronomy... All the right things, just not necessarily in the right order Flickr: owenthesignal (rail & transport) wildspaces (photography)

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · Jan 6

Common Blue Butterfly in the orchard
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBB #BlueMonday #Bluesky #butterfly #macro #olympus #naturephotography

A Common Blue butterfly on an orange daisy. Spotted during the Big Butterfly Count, July 2017 https://flic.kr/p/2qaZ2pt

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 1h

May I present evidence of batshit moment #3 m’lud. My client claims grievous injury due to the drops of tea striking her foot. And thereby affecting her memory of the events leading to the traumatic incident involving the hot beverage

Sheldon: when people are upset the cultural convention is to bring them a hot beverage

Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 1h

I now need to go down the rabbit hole of looking for printers in the local directories for the early 1900s.
It would be interesting to see if that was a house errr ‘style’, if there are any others in BW Museum

Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 1h

I took the photo yesterday sorting through the Austin & Wyatt archive in BW Museum

Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 2h

Interesting, good point. I’d assumed that the local printer had used the poster to advertise his typesetting skills as much as the the sale of a large local farm and buildings

Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 4h

Peak Friezes

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 4h

Also definitely includes headlining with a font from 50 years in the future

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 4h

This and many other wonderful items are in Bishop’s Waltham Museum www.bishopswalthammuseum.com/about

Located in one of the buildings of the 15th century Palace of the Bishops of Winchester. Not yet on #MuseumSky but hopefully will join the gang soon

About | Bishop's Waltham Museum

Management of the museum is the responsibility of a team of unpaid Trustees with a representative from the Parish Council. A team of volunteer stewards, oral history researchers and archivists work on...

www.bishopswalthammuseum.com

Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 4h

I just wish the printer had left their name on the poster. In a completely different font, of course

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 9h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 6h

London is proud to host Japan's Grand Sumo Tournament this week - it's fantastic to see the the teams using our cycling infrastructure to get around.

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 11h

Today is the centenary of the birth of the great Tony Hart who opened the eyes of generations to visual art and who is forever associated with this, the shimmering Gallery theme from Vision On – which was also pretty much everyone’s introduction to the vibraphone. youtu.be/-ZNkJXKV7_w

Vision On - The Gallery Tune - BBC1 1960/70s

YouTube video by Lost 1960s TV and Radio

youtu.be

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 9h

Boom, glug errr sorry tish

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.

Reposts welcomed.

Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

observer.co.uk

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 1d

Today's the 959th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, so obviously I'm reposting my scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry in Playmobil.

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 1d

117 years on, Ashton Farm is on the market again.
In 1908, it was put up for auction at £6000. In 2025, it’s on for over £6,000,000

What are the lottery numbers this weekend?!
www.knightfrank.com/properties/r...

Ashton Farm, Hampshire, photo from the Knight Frank sales listing

Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 1d

Still can’t get my head round the font on the first line, could have been the font used on many a Co-Op and laundromat in the 50s and 60s.
But this is 1908!

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 1d

That’s extraordinary! The architectural equivalent of the Dead Brewers Society, recreating historic beers from old recipes and original strains of yeast.
I had hoped to try the recreation of Gales’ Horndean Special Bitter, much missed local favourite. Cunningly named ‘High Speed Bitter’ 😉

Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 1d

Came for the beer, stayed for the tiling. And stained glass toplights. And ‘VAULTS’

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maxanene.bsky.social @maxanene.bsky.social · 1d

He's with the Angles now

Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 1d

RIP to Harald Godwinson who died 959 years ago today you would have loved Buckinghamshire Archives xx

A bit of the Bayeux Tapestry where Harold Godwinson gets shot right in the eye by an arrow.

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 1d

‘Which fonts do you want for the sale poster?’

‘Yes’

#fonts #typography #museum #allthefonts
@fontsinuse.com @themerl.bsky.social

All the fonts, including a surprisingly modern 1960s style italic font, advertising the sale of Ashton Farm by auction at the Crown Hotel Bishops Waltham in 1908.
Photo from Bishops Waltham Museum, from the Austin & Wyatt archive

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 1d

Probably a couple of years before any worthwhile crop off the espalier of Egremont Russet that I planted a couple of years ago. Looking forward to it, as it will be different to the other varieties such as Cox and Margil elsewhere in the garden

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 1d

‘It’s Brains you want!’

Listing for Brains Rev James beer. ‘Rich and well-balanced with a mellow malty flavour, clean refreshing finish’

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 2d

And my N-NW horizon is covered by tall trees, would have to have both clear skies and a very early start to have a hope of seeing now.
Shame it wasn’t obvious when I had dark skies and a northerly location when on the Iceland trip

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 2d

Sussex was home for 8 years. A little part is still there, so I always bring back a bottle of Harvey’s when I visit the Bluebell Railway 🍻

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 3d

Great to see publicly owned ScotRail doing its bit for the half term next week. £50 Family Pass, allows for 1 week of unlimited travel across Scotland for up to two adults and four children 👏

www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/7-da...

7 days of unlimited ScotRail travel for families this half term

Ahead of the October holidays, ScotRail has launched a Family Pass to help make travel more affordable.

www.railadvent.co.uk

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