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Kay W. Researching in retirement. Occasional blogger at The Past and other Places. Original discipline historical geography. Takes too many photos (kaysgeog on Flickr). Pedestrian non-driver. Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 https://thepastandotherplaces.wordpress.com/

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · May 23

Resources for anyone interested in mining communities in Scotland in the nineteenth century and early-twentieth century. Includes museums to visit. Recently edited. Suggestions welcome. #genealogy #FamilyHistory #skystorians #mining 📚🗃️
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The Miners

A selective list of resources relating to housing in Scottish mining communities 1880-1930.

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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 6h

#OnThisDay, 14 Oct 1586, Mary Queen of Scots finally consents to be tried for plotting the assassination of her cousin Elizabeth, Queen of England.

Mary faces a council of 36 noblemen whilst denied any legal counsel.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory 🗃️

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a drawing of Mary Queen of Scots being led to her trial, and the 36 men who sat in judgement.

#OnThisDay, 14 Oct 1586, Mary Queen of Scots finally consents to be tried for plotting the assassination of her cousin Elizabeth, Queen of England.

image (c) @blimagesonline

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 6h

#genealogy #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #Aberdeen

National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 6h

We're heading to Aberdeen! 🗺️🎞️

National Library Live, on 8 November, is a free day of talks, stories & activities. Discover maps, film, treasures & more with us and Aberdeen City Libraries.

#NationalLibraryLive #Aberdeen #NLS100

A collage of square cutouts from maps of Scotland.

A Library-themed 'Snakes and Ladders' game, with two giant dice on top.

A bunch of cards for a Library 'size matching' game, laid out on a table with a measuring tape.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 7h

Good morning, Glasgow. It's a misty start to the day, but with the leaves turning on the trees, it's still a day full of autumn-y goodness.

#glasgow #goodmorningglasgow #goodmorning #autumn #glasgowtoday #autumninglasgow #autumnphotography #mist

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 6h

Wouldn't want folks to miss this one.
#31DaysOfGraves #Day14 #inside

Alison Spring @acspring.bsky.social · 7h

#31DaysofGenealogy #Day14 #Inside the former Govan Old Parish Church (now a museum containing Pictish & Viking sculptures), near where I grew up, sits a stone sarcophagus believed to have held the remains of Constantine of Strathclyde, ruler & later saint. More details at buff.ly/AgK4bZx

A sandstone sarcophagus, without a lid, showing a side with carvings of Celtic interlace on either side of a hunting scene showing a deer, a hunter on horseback, and a dog.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 7h

Hyndland Road tenements in the West End of Glasgow.

#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #tenement #glasgowtenements #hyndland

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 6h

Other work by the Ladybird artists
Autumn Scene
(Magazine cover, 1953)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt

This was the cover illustration for the weekly magazine John Bull. It looks down on a wooded incline where two working horses help clear a glade after felling.

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Barnabas Calder @barnabascalder.bsky.social · 7h

Yes. And the really troubling thing about beauty BS is that it's another weapon in the armoury for those arguing for endless demolition and replacement. Who cares if an existing building isn't in the style you happen to cling to sentimentally? It's tens of thousands of tonnes of CO2 to replace it.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 7h

Hi #PortfolioDay!

I'm an Architectural Illustrator from Edinburgh. I visually reconstruct heritage buildings and monuments in #Blender3D guided by archaeology, measured survey data, and by working in collaboration with historians and archaeologists.

Website: bobmarshall.co.uk

ALT: A speculative digital reconstruction of the Bass of Inverurie - a late twelfth-century timber and earthwork castle held by the Earls of Garioch (pronounced "Geary" in the local tongue)- members of the extended royal family of Scotland and the ancestors of King Robert the Bruce. Personal project © Bob Marshall 2017. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Speculative digital reconstruction of Tor Alvie hillfort near Aviemore, Scottish Highlands. The site was identified as a hillfort in 2010-11 (Historic Environment Record: MHG55341). The reconstruction model was created in Blender 3D using a combination of high-resolution digital terrain data obtained from Ordnance Survey, which I used to create my backdrop of the Cairngorm Mountains. Although the fort has never been excavated, the line of its rampart walls can broadly be determined by a stony bank that encloses an area of roughly 85m x 30m, bearing immediate similarities in size and shape to Craig Phadrig hillfort near Inverness. However, unlike Craig Phadrig, there is no evidence that Torr Alvie was vitrified. It is difficult to know how thick the ramparts were, whether there were timber palisades, and how many entrances the fort had, so imagination plays a large part in this visualisation. With grateful thanks to Eve Boyle and Adam Welfare of Historic Environment Scotland and Professor Gordon Noble of the University of Aberdeen for their input and assistance. © Bob Marshall / badenochstorylands.com 2020.

A speculative digital reconstruction of the early sixteenth-century chancel screen of St Mary's parish church in Youghal, Ireland. Using survey measurements, I developed a computer model to help me work out a possible design for the screen and its loft. Its form is guided by the information written in historical documents and from a single piece of decorated timber, which may have been part of this original screen, found underneath the church floor during recent archaeological investigations. I have combined influences from some surviving medieval screens found in churches in several English counties. The depiction of the Last Judgement painted above the chancel arch is imaginary, and also influenced by similar mural paintings found in several medieval English churches. The Last Judgement, sometimes also referred to as a ‘Doom’, was a common feature of medieval churches. It was an instrument for highlighting the contrasts between the rewards of heaven and the agony of hell, intended to guide Christians away from sin and misbehaviour.

A digital reconstruction of Brougham Castle shows how it may have looked in 1388 following the additions and alterations made by Roger Clifford, 5th Baron of Westmoreland. This view of the castle in wintertime is from the northwest. Artist: Bob Marshall. © Historic England / English Heritage Trust. Contact Historic England Archives for Licensing enquiries.

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Grant Bulloch @bulloch.photography · 6h

Mostnica Gorge again, because it’s rather stunningly beautiful.

#photography #landscapephotography #photographers #slovenia

A deep gorge with trees either side. The water is a beautiful aqua/green colour.

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 7h

Univ of #Edinburgh’s EPCC, the UK’s first National Supercomputing Centre, has won EU and UK funding for the €10m (£8.6m) UK AI Factory Antenna. Aims to help organisations take their first steps in AI to increase productivity and deliver economic growth.
www.ed.ac.uk/news/eu10m-p...

€10m project to accelerate AI use in UK | News | The University of Edinburgh

A new multi-million-pound European project is set to boost adoption of AI among businesses and researchers across the UK to help unlock untapped economic and scientific potential.

www.ed.ac.uk

The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 7h

"When we have meetings, it's the same old 'we can't do this, we can't do that'."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Flood-threatened homes may not receive protection, report warns - BBC News

Auditors say the system for allocating money for flood protection in Scotland is not fit-for-purpose

www.bbc.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 7h

Millions more homes in Great Britain at risk of flooding.

Some towns may need to be abandoned as homes and businesses struggle to get insurance.

Inadequate flood defences.

Yet houses being built in flood prone areas, planning deregulated

Farage/Trump deny climate change.

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

www.theguardian.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22h

Great. Now 'individual' grants are under attack, alongside staff doing too much research. Meanwhile research finances are described with no reference at all to student finances. And our VCs are all at fault for encouraging us to apply for grants that don't pay 100% FEC.

What are universities for?

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 23h

REF incentives stretch research funding, warns former UKRI boss.

Ottoline Leyser says quality-related distribution mechanism is leading to over-recruitment of principal investigators.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

REF incentives stretch research funding, warns former UKRI boss - Research Professional News

Ottoline Leyser says quality-related distribution mechanism is leading to over-recruitment of principal investigators

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social · 21h

The Portrait Gallery, NGS

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Diarmid Mogg @diarmidmogg.bsky.social · 1d

18 Rankeillor Street, Edinburgh—built around 1820. Eight flats in the stair, over two ground-floor flats. Notable former residents include:

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 1d

A fine example of an Early English Gothic style miniature cathedral, All Souls, Invergowrie, is our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek. It was completed in 1896 for Frances, Lady Kinnaird in memory of her late husband George, the 9th Lord Kinnaird and their three children, who had all predeceased her.

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 1d

Just borrowing this for #31DaysOfGraves Day 13 #skeleton #Edinburgh
Ta Brian.

Brian McRoberts @brimcrob.bsky.social · 2d

When I wander round Greyfriars Kirk. I always stop and marvel at some the carvings on the various graves. There is whole story the mason is telling with this one.

A gravestone with carved Skelton that looks as if its falling out of the stone while carrying some sort heavy tome of book.

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Angela Dunning @angeladunning.bsky.social · 1d

OMG Riot Women on #bbciplayer by genius Sally Wainwright, I think I now know what to do with all my rage. And I've always wanted to be in a band too. 😍🎤🎸🎹

"And you thought The Clash were angry".

Hold my mic.

Brilliant.

a woman is playing drums on a stage in front of a group of people .

ALT: a woman is playing drums on a stage in front of a group of people .

media.tenor.com

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Brian McRoberts @brimcrob.bsky.social · 1d

Well Phew. That was a very average Scotland performance. Three points though is all that matters.

Scotland 2 | 1 Belarus

#WorldCupQualifiers

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Tom Duffin Photographer @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social · 2d

This Autumn might be the best one I've seen in Edinburgh if the fine weather keeps up

#Autumn #Fall #Edinburgh

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Nina Baker @ninabake2.bsky.social · 1d

Most amazing to me, it mentioned an RAE woman of whom I had previously been unaware - Gwendoline Marjorie Roper. The dates when she would have been at the RAE were 1941-61, so I suppose it is too much to hope that anyone who is still alive and worked there recalls her name? 2/3

Paragraph that mentions her work at RAE Farnborough

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Former Tory Minister Michael Gove says the post-Brexit Tory trade deals with Australia and New Zealand were bad for UK farmers.

Why did he/Tories Tories sign them?

Brexit hasn't yielded any economic benefits. UK gave up the best trade deals and now scavenges for whatever it can get.

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 2d

📣 NOW ACCEPTING ESSAYS! The Leah Leneman Prize for research on women’s or gender history is open to students & independent scholars. Submit your 8-10k word essay by 22 Dec 2025 📅

Full details: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

Front cover of Leah Leneman's 'The Scottish Suffragettes' featuring an image of an Ewardian woman in front of a 'Womens Freedom League' banner, and a second image of a busy suffrage march with banners that read 'Votes for Women'.

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North East Heritage Library @neheritagelib.bsky.social · 1d

Heddon on the Wall is the home to this beautiful Anglo Saxon church, which still retains some of its earliest elements some 1500 years later.

This is St Andrew, first consecrated between the 630s - 680s.

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lynncorrigan.bsky.social @lynncorrigan.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic open day at Polmadie depot for #Polmadie150, part of #Railway200. Lots of memories also from when my train driver dad was based there.

Newly named locomotive train Polmadie 150 in blue Caledonian Sleeper branding

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