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Graeme Holdsworth 🦋
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"Oh God, another Vicar!?!"
Long distance cyclist, analytical chemist, juggler and priest in the Church of England. I'm an intentional trip hazard on the road to hell: taking 35mm photographs along the way
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Left to me by a church member who passed away recently... Minolta XG9. It's an honour to be able to keep their passion for photography going in their memory.
#FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm
SLR film camera on a desk. Black body, silver top. Minolta XG9 camera from the 1970/80s.
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Job advert: Vicar Wanted!
Know anyone who might be interested #CofEPeeps?
@leeds.anglican.org
@churchofengland.org
Transcript: jobs.CHURCHTIMES Vicar The Benefice of Marsden and Slaithwaite Location: Yorkshire and Lincs Ref: JN014322 We are two thriving communities with countryside and moorland all around. The Benefice of Marsden and Slaithwaite in the beautiful Upper Colne Valley in West Yorkshire in the Anglican Diocese of Leeds are seeking to fill the permanent post of vicar as our interim vicar is moving on. A brochure and profile are available on request. Please contact the secretary Tim Swift on bcaswift@hotmail.co.uk or 07739930014 (leave a text if no answer). Closing date: 14th December 2025 A lush green valley in West Yorkshire
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Unrelated, but a reminder about dropping everything after the "?" when sharing links:
Highlight of how much is unnecessary in linking to a website. The tracking data is after the ?
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Keep music live.
Jake Fletcher is a session musician with Paul Weller, and tours with him. Here he is, playing a request set in a small English pub. Utterly fabulous.
#KeepMusicLive
Jake Fletcher playing an acoustic set in a regular UK pub
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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I think I'd modify that slightly for those who can't afford bib shorts and maybe have "how good you look on a bike" and give everyone 10/10 automatically.
Loads of people looking good on bicycles
November 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Nice 404 link
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Deezer's page not found page
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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I hope it delivers. I've struggled with it. For example, this is bright red, deep orange and dark green peppers:
Peppers: red appears orange, orange appears yellow, green appears black.
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Canal side homes
📷 Canon AE-1 Program 28mm f2.8
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Canal ripples in the breeze, houses on the far bank in the sunshine. Hills away
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Sunlit sanctuary
📷 Canon AE-1 Program 28mm f2.8
🎞️ Harman Phoenix II
The high altar and choir stalls of St Bartholomew's with yellow sunlight illuminating the windows and walls. People wandering.
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Late summer
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Summer sun on a church path, overhanging trees, people wandering
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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This bit is wrong. It's following an assumed route that was proved false by the Huddersfield and District Archaeological Society. Actual route is straighter, and slightly south of Pule Hill.
An incorrect map of a Roman road in West Yorkshire.
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Transcript: Colne Valley Lions Club Slaithwaite Moonraker Beer Festival 2025 at The Commercial LIONS INTERNATIONAL Thursday 6th November 12noon to 12midnight Friday 7th November 12noon to 12midnight Saturday 8th November 12noon to 12 midnight Colne Valley Lions would like to thank the following sponsors whose support makes this fundraising event possible: Bolster Moor Farm Shop Clearview Bi-Folding Doors Eastwood & Partners Ltd Empire Brewery Foot Formula - Podiatry George Street Self Storage Ltd. Meadow Court Residential Home.... Nelson Roller & Rubber Ltd Reliance Garage Linthwaite Roger Daker Window Cleaning Rumpus Artisan Burgers Ltd Specialist Glass Products Ltd..... Spectrum Yarns Ltd The Commercial TJ's Garden Products Wooltex Uk Ltd Transcript Bar 1 1 - Ossett Ale Trail Pale (3.9%) 2 - Goose Eye A special new brew released to celebrate the re-opening of the Transpennine line. Harlequin Gold (3.9%) British grown Harlequin hops, refreshingly fruity golden ale. 3 - Small World Port Nelson (4%) NZPA with fruity and citrusy hops balanced with the sweetness of Golden Promise barley. 4 - Kirkstall Dissolution IPA (5%) Classic India Pale Ale, with resolute hoppy kick and lasting citrus flavour. 5 - Rudgate Chocolate Stout (5%) A full-bodied Stout with chocolate, caramel hints, and a creamy finish. 6 - Empire Moonraker Mild (3.8%) Dark 10 malt mild. Bitter chocolate and roast malt flavours, dry finish. 7/8-Empire Commerciale (3.8%) Easy drinking pale session ale created with anglo-US hops. 9 - Hecks Cider Glastonbury Gold (6.5%) Golden, medium sweet still cider with soft tannins. Made with apples from Glastonbury Tor. Bar 2 10 - Rudgate Grapefruit Paradisi (4,4%) A delicate and light pale ale that's full of fruity flavours. 11 - Empire Jamaican Ginger Cake Porter (4.7%) 12 - Nailmaker Citra (4.1%) 13 - Tiny Rebel Award winning porter with all the amazing flavours of the much loved Jamaica Ginger cake. Using only Citra hops which have zesty aromas & flavours of lime, grapefruit, mango, lychee & gooseberry. Oat of this world (4.5%) You always want something a bit fruity in summer and we're delivering exactly that with this Raspberry Oat IPA. 14 - Farmyard Chaff (4.7%) New England inspired session IPA. Tropical & citrus fruits with a floral aroma and low bitterness. 15 - Deeply Vale Vale Rider (5%) Dangerously drinkable APA for the modern rebel. US hops deliver a blast of citrus with a shadowy hint of pine. Transcript 16 - Ashover The Fabrick (4.4%) Simcoe hopped session ale. Soft fruity flavour, full mouthfeel and crisp finish. 17- 4Ts Session IPA (4.2%) 18 - Castle Rock Our House (3.4%) Easy drinking Extra Pale Ale. Notes of tropical fruit, critrus and pine on the nose. 19 - Wild Child Primitive Satisfaction (4.4%) Amarillo and Mosaic hops bring citrus, papaya, melon, grapefruit and apricot notes. 20 - Empire Under Par (4.2%) Easy drinking session pale brewed entirely with nectaron hops. 21 - Eagles Crag Eagles Strike (4%) IPA A golden session citrus IPA brewed with Marris Otter Malt and Munich Light Malt. 22 - Mango Cherries and Berries (4%) Flavoured ciders from Somerset. Transcript Colne Valley Lions Over the last twenty-five years we have raised over £77,000 from our beer festivals, and have supported the likes of: Yorkshire Cancer Research, Ruddi's Retreat, Yorkshire Air Ambulance, Forget Me Not Children's Hospice, Laura Crane Trust and provided defibrillators with 24/7 access to the five villages within the valley. In the 35 years we have been in existence, we have raised and donated over £350,000 to deserving causes. In addition, we have planted over 16,000 trees and 55,000 daffodil bulbs within the Colne Valley. In 2015, with the proceeds of the beer festival, we purchased 5 defibrillators: one each in the villages of Milnsbridge, Golcar, Linthwaite, Slaithwaite and Marsden, and we continue to pay for the maintenance of the units and for replacement pads when the defib has been used! To commemorate the centenary of Lions internationally in 2017, we also donated community benches to the five villages in the Valley. We meet on the second Monday of each month at Broad Oak Bowling Club at 7.30pm. We are always looking for new members, so if you are aged between 18-80 and would like to 'give a little back' to the community in which we live then please contact us:
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Roll up! Roll up! Colne Valley Lions Club raising money for Prostate Testing kit.
Lady from the Colne Valley Lions Club serving beer behind the popup bar
November 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Get thysel down t'Slawit. There's a reet proper beer festival goin' on. Twelve beers at t'popup bar, sound alongside t'usual lot. Hourly trains, so tha doesn’t need t’drive nowt. On t'Real Ale Rail Trail.
#Slaithwaite #CommercialPub #ItsYourRound #RealAleRailTrail
Twelve handpulled beers on a pop-up bar in a pub with a lot of different bar clips.
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Cycling UK are campaigning for infrastructure which is safe for everyone to use, noting that women often feel least safe in existing infrastructure. Safe cycling (and active travel) is a social and environmental justice issue.
cyclingUK.org/myrideourright
@davewalker.bsky.social
Drawing by Dave Walker for Cycling UK and supported by cycle-sos. Link: cyclinguk.org/myrideourright The drawing shows a cyclist considering options for cycling in the dark. One is to use the main road despite heavy traffic, another is to use an isolated and dark off road route, and the third is too fund solutions which are better for everyone.
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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What future for nature in the North East.
"It is to humans, not wildlife, that this landscape now caters... Fires smoulder the heather, creating neat lines of ash, followed by fresh shoots, to feed the grouse that are shot from late summer into autumn..."
newwritingnorth.com/wp-content/u...
Cover shot of PDF: Sophie Yeo, "What future for nature in the North East? Background picture of the Northern Pennines.
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Marsden and Slaithwaite are officially advertising for a new Vicar. Beautiful place to live, a church which loves God and neighbour: they're looking for a priest to lead them further... Contact @billbraviner.bsky.social or @canonrachel.bsky.social for info, pls share #CofEPeeps @leeds.anglican.org
Book and coffee shop, coffee on table Beer pump from local brewery, "The God Particle" Marsden nestled in the south Pennines Interior of St James Church seen from behind the altar. A balcony surrounds the three sides facing the altar, and the organ at the end.
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Tucked into a clough, an original stone pinfold. Built next to a running water source, a place to keep stray farm animals until their owners were notified. Dating from around the 18c. I love our history, hidden in plain sight. #Slaithwaite
A circular stone wall with a low door, something that could easily be blocked. About the right size to hold a cow or a few sheep, until their owners could be notified. Surrounded by shrubs and hedges, overgrown and no longer in use. History in the landscape.
November 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Skyline
📷 Canon AE-1 Program, 28mm f/2.8
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Low light photograph of roof tops which frame a portion of the sky, through which run one telephone wire, one old vapour trail, and one vapour trail being newly formed behind a pin-prick of an aeroplane.
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Chicken Hotdogs
📷 Canon AE-1 Program, 28mm f/2.8
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View out from inside a tent, past bunting to a food stall selling Chicken and Hotdogs. The tent and the bunting frame the picture in colour. Crowds mill around.
November 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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MarComs
📷 Canon AE-1 Program, 28mm f/2.8
🎞️ Harman Phoenix II
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Stone wall of a warehouse, with a green door standing ajar. A shop dummy is balanced against the wall, wearing trousers, ear defenders and with "Yard Sale Here Today" sellotaped to the chest.
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Cask Ales
📷 Canon AE-1 Program, 28mm f/2.8
🎞️ Harman Phoenix II
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Pub interior, neon and chalk board behind bar staff serving along the traditional bar with hand pull pumps and glasses hanging from racks above the bar
November 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Holed beneath the hold
📷 Canon AE-1 Program, 28mm f/2.8
🎞️ Harman Phoenix II
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Huddersfield narrow canal, with a sunken narrow boat called Beryl. The water is above the bow and stern, above the windows and the boat rests on the bottom.
November 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Environmental hope
📷 Canon AE-1 Program, 28mm f/2.8
🎞️ Harman Phoenix II
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Garages where the undergrowth has reclaimed the land. Decayed buildings.
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Latest security features
📷 Canon AE-1 Program, 28mm f/2.8
🎞️ Harman Phoenix II
#FilmIsNotDead #35mm
Large barred gates with a big welded lock, covered in ancient flaking paint and with a rusted keyhole.
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM