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Ste Lingard
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History & archaeology, esp. of northern England. Alumnus @ Sheff & Brum history. Freelance researcher & project manager in heritage sector @ www.sglingard.com. Chair @StHelensTownAFC.bsky.social.
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Windows in the Chapter House at #WellsCathedral, in the Decorated Gothic style from around the turn of the 14th century. It is a beautiful, serene space, designed for discussion of church affairs and legal proceedings. #WindowsOnWednesday #Somerset #Cathedrals
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Good old Statler and Waldorf. 🙂
That show wasn't half bad!
The famous "site of King Arthur's tomb" (and that of Queen Guinevere) at #GlastonburyAbbey. Two actual kings (Edmund the Elder & Edmund Ironside) were buried in the background of the wider shot, yet neither is marked on site & most visitors don't know. #Glastonbury #TombTuesday #KingArthur
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Silly me. Ruiins are so 20th century.
The motte at #Berkhamstead Castle, #Hertfordshire, pictured on a visit in August 2012. It is about 14m tall and plainly visible from the nearby railway line - always a highlight of train journeys from home in the north west to & from Euston. #MotteMonday
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The thousand year old sport is kicking it in front the thousand some year old monument. #londonsumo #stonehenge
Former #milestone from the Prescot-Warrington turnpike road, now the A57. It was damaged by a bomb dropped by a #Zeppelin in April 1918, only the second raid on #Lancashire and the final effective raid on the UK. Now in Victoria Park, #Widnes. #FWW #StandingStoneSunday
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For #SteepleSaturday, the marvellous church of the Holy Trinity, #Bosham. The bottom three storeys of the tower are #Saxon, the top Norman & the spire 15thC. Famously, this was King Harold II's local church and parts of it are depicted in the #BayeuxTapestry. #Sussex
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Wow. (There’s a link to an article with some details in the NT thread.) #Museums #Shropshire
We're pleased to share that, from spring 2026, we will take on the care and management of the museums, buildings and monuments that represent the birthplace of the industrial revolution within the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site in Shropshire.
Time for #PubFrontFriday! I only fancy a little drink this week, so it's The How Quarry Inn, much-loved local...in the model village at Ryedale Folk Museum. Tiny yet evocative. ##NorthYorkshire #BlackSheepBrewery
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I'm back with a winter season of online talks, starting with Dating Ancient Buildings.

Join us on Tue 25 Nov to learn how to use archives, archaeology & dendrochronology to understand the age of historic buildings.

Booking is now open, here...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
The former Coop clothing factory in #Wigan, viewed down King St. West. Founded by Timothy Coop, built 1871 to designs by R. Todd of Southport, with later extensions - the original part is in the centre. One of many gems in the backstreets of our industrial towns. #Lancashire #IndustrialHeritage
On the day after the anniv. of the #BattleOfHastings I attended the reenactment, w. thousands of others. After a bright start, the heavens opened, drenching 'Norman' & 'Saxon' alike. The pic on the right is of the marker on the spot where Harold was supposedly slain, later the Abbey's high altar.
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Exactly why I warned undergraduates yesterday that they'd probably be the last generation to learn pre-AI and those skills will be in demand in future cyber attacks.
You need to be able to write with a pencil if your keyboard packs up.
OpenAI’s strategy is very clear, it’s trying to get people - especially young people - so reliant on its products intellectually & emotionally (& now sexually!) that going without them becomes unthinkable. And they need signs of that strategy working to keep the funding flowing in
That's kind of you, thank you. The shorter days felt great after the long ones. The worst moment was one morning in bed with a 'lie in' until 8 thinking I had a short day ahead - I misread my plan doc. and thought I had 28 after all and was bloody gutted. I read it again and all was well! Phew.
Cheers! Yes, it averaged at that - though there were several in the 30s (day one was 35, 6.30am until nearly 8pm) and some shorter (the final day was about 13). Stops were minimal on the longer ones, just roadside halts really.
It was 13 days including one day off: #10, in London. That was planned as a contingency, really, so it could be ditched if I was running late at that point.

The physiological aspect of it sounds much the same in both our cases. And yes, when I did switch off I slept like I had been drugged.
More seriously, having walked 320 miles I was in much better shape for physical exertion - fighting Normans or otherwise - then than at the start. I had lost weight, gained tone and was in very good habits. The first few days had been hard, but beyond that, fitness gains outweighed fatigue.
Standing on King Harold's defensive line on the #Hastings battlefield, overlooking the Norman position. it was #OnThisDay nine years ago, and I had arrived last evening, having walked there from #York. The method acting sure helped conjure images and feeling.
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Standing on King Harold's defensive line on the #Hastings battlefield, overlooking the Norman position. it was #OnThisDay nine years ago, and I had arrived last evening, having walked there from #York. The method acting sure helped conjure images and feeling.
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Not quite a skeleton, but an Anglo Saxon burial at #SuttonHoo. The bones have not survived, but the flesh had stained the sandy soil. During excavation, the soil was then laminated so that the figures of the dead were preserved & casts taken
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 13: skeleton
With a group of fellow enthusiasts at #BodiamCaste, nine years ago today. I'm on the right, armed to the teeth with map case and umbrella. With more than 300 miles walked, Battle approached. #BattleOfHastings
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Modern mosaic commemorating St. William, beside his tomb in the crypt at #YorkMinster. He was Archbishop of York from 1141-47 & 53-54, before dying as a result of suspected poisoning. Note the geometric patters on the Norman columns, the remains of which are nearby. #MosaicMonday
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Never mind for kids, that's my next museum/gallery visit sorted!
This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...