Kitty Winks
@kittyawinks.bsky.social
Genealogist, Writer & Wodehouse Obsessive. Author of The Little Book of Ick. Words in Mashable, Stylist, Polyester etc. National Trust alum.
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Congratulations to Kitty who has passed our Intermediate Certificate, a course of instruction in genealogical sources and methods! www.pharostutors.com/intermediate...
October 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Congratulations to Kitty who has passed our Intermediate Certificate, a course of instruction in genealogical sources and methods! www.pharostutors.com/intermediate...
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but if all you accomplish this weekend is reading a riveting novel cover-to-cover whilst drinking multiple kettles of tea and consuming a scandalous amount of croissants, then you will have accomplished more than enough.
November 22, 2024 at 10:10 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if all you accomplish this weekend is reading a riveting novel cover-to-cover whilst drinking multiple kettles of tea and consuming a scandalous amount of croissants, then you will have accomplished more than enough.
Staying with my dad for a couple of months, which means I also have this diva for a housemate.
November 22, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Staying with my dad for a couple of months, which means I also have this diva for a housemate.
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Today's #OccupationOfTheDay is...MANAGER OF FEAST:
"An amusement caterer or showman who organises amusements at wakes or on feast and gala days; may also organise bean feasts etc."
Dict Occup'l Terms (1927)
📷 Hogarth engraving (c.1732) c/o Wellcome Coll'n
"An amusement caterer or showman who organises amusements at wakes or on feast and gala days; may also organise bean feasts etc."
Dict Occup'l Terms (1927)
📷 Hogarth engraving (c.1732) c/o Wellcome Coll'n
November 22, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Today's #OccupationOfTheDay is...MANAGER OF FEAST:
"An amusement caterer or showman who organises amusements at wakes or on feast and gala days; may also organise bean feasts etc."
Dict Occup'l Terms (1927)
📷 Hogarth engraving (c.1732) c/o Wellcome Coll'n
"An amusement caterer or showman who organises amusements at wakes or on feast and gala days; may also organise bean feasts etc."
Dict Occup'l Terms (1927)
📷 Hogarth engraving (c.1732) c/o Wellcome Coll'n
Now the genealogist in me wants to find them 🙃
Best part of rare bookselling is undoubtedly the inscriptions 🥹
November 21, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Now the genealogist in me wants to find them 🙃
Best part of rare bookselling is undoubtedly the inscriptions 🥹
November 21, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Best part of rare bookselling is undoubtedly the inscriptions 🥹