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craftyprimrose.bsky.social
@craftyprimrose.bsky.social
Retired NHS. Socialist. Knitting. Crochet. History. Dark sense of humour. Grew up in Yorkshire.
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Good grief!
December 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Who decides whether a cat in a cage has a good reason for behaving in an aggressive manner?
December 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I just had a thought, try searching Lotus flower when you're looking for fabric. Indian Lotus Flower Printing Block– Ashmolean Museum share.google/tsEWedB7Ed4e...
Indian Lotus Flower Printing Block
The Indian Lotus Flower wooden printing blocks are meticulously handcrafted in Jaipur, India using sustainable Sheesham wood. Each piece is intricately carved with unique designs and then treated with...
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December 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Steve did very well, I couldn't have done that
December 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
To wit, Johan De Witt...
December 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Dementia left holes
Quiz? Ego! Schoolboy Latin
Remained, so much lost
December 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The Winter of Discontent, snow, power cuts. We went sledging in Graves Park, using the grey metal cover for Mum's Hotpoint twin tub. It never sat square on the twin tub again, being totally warped from the exercise
December 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
In the 70s and 80s the BBC ran an evening magazine programme called Nationwide. Frequently featuring 'eccentrics' who had built e.g. small scale buses they could drive around the small scale road layout in their garden. Because they were 'eccentric'
December 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Have fun 😊
December 7, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Who, in 1930s Germany, thought that rounding up trade union activists into prison camps would lead to euthanasing folk with disabilities? That that would lead to yellow stars? That that would lead to selection at concentration camps? One step at a time, to see what they can get away with 😕
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I'm not an art person as such, but that pattern spoke to me not of the classic Paisley print but Indian cottons. There are similar motifs on this article - I only quickly skimmed it as it's 05.11 here & I need to go back to bed - see what you think
Indian textiles · V&A share.google/xJYEUTLOC2ua...
Indian textiles · V&A
India's handmade textiles are embedded in every aspect of its identity.
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December 7, 2025 at 5:14 AM
How many steps are there between this and children being 'selected' at death camps?
December 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
At the very least I'd have my hand over my mouth whilst I screamed...
December 7, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Way back when the Stagecoach guy Soutar had a freepost address for folk to contact him regarding campaign to keep Section 28. The gay community seized the chance to have fun at his (literal) expense. Amongst the things mailed to the address were a house brick, telephone directory and broken bicycle
December 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Get you someone whose trousers look as good as his...
December 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I found the William Shakespeare Award for Applied Mathematics down the back of the sofa. Free to the first person who can correctly answer this question -

How many gentlemen of Verona were there?
December 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM