RJ1611
@rfj1611.bsky.social
Genealogist & family historian, studying with the IHGS | 17th century & British/English Civil Wars researcher | Biographer of ECW painter William Dobson | currently cataloguing 1640s British portraits | Loves Jack Russells, tea and peanut butter
![A clipping from the Manchester Evening News, Tuesday December 12th 1899. "TOO READY WITH HIS KNIFE. Mr. Justice Kennedy had before him for sentence at Liverpool Assizes, to-day, a collier named Joseph Jones, 30, of Ince-in-Makerfield [Wigan], who had been found guilty of wounding another man named William Henry Cobbe. The evidence showed that after a family row at Ince on the 6th of October Jones stabbed Cobbe in the breast with a knife. His Lordship strongly deprecating such rash use of the knife, sentenced the prisoner to four months hard labour."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uea5ladyxrfivo4xffbm7hw2/bafkreifi7aui6wvdfy2oa4k5k4pvuflg43jtt4gltgqohxatxxdua3k74e@jpeg)
December 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This is why I love #dogs! You'd never get a cat joining in a carol concert. 😆
#Christmas #singingdog
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
#Christmas #singingdog
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Singing dog joins in with festive choir in Beverley
Singing dog joins in with festive choir
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December 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is why I love #dogs! You'd never get a cat joining in a carol concert. 😆
#Christmas #singingdog
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
#Christmas #singingdog
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
In the midst of insane 2025 global batcrappery, the bsky accounts that kept me giggling through the year are, surprisingly, the museums & galleries I follow.
Their love affairs, rivalry & pure silliness (plus education! *gasp*) have been a joy to read. 🥰
Merry Christmas to all, but especially:
Their love affairs, rivalry & pure silliness (plus education! *gasp*) have been a joy to read. 🥰
Merry Christmas to all, but especially:
December 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In the midst of insane 2025 global batcrappery, the bsky accounts that kept me giggling through the year are, surprisingly, the museums & galleries I follow.
Their love affairs, rivalry & pure silliness (plus education! *gasp*) have been a joy to read. 🥰
Merry Christmas to all, but especially:
Their love affairs, rivalry & pure silliness (plus education! *gasp*) have been a joy to read. 🥰
Merry Christmas to all, but especially:
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Great news from FreeUKGenealogy! Donations were short of the amount sought, but with Gift Aid the total tops the target. So work on FreePRO can begin, with the scanning of probate calendars, the use of OCR to generate text, and the correction of errors by volunteers.
#Genealogy #OnePlaceStudies
#Genealogy #OnePlaceStudies
December 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Great news from FreeUKGenealogy! Donations were short of the amount sought, but with Gift Aid the total tops the target. So work on FreePRO can begin, with the scanning of probate calendars, the use of OCR to generate text, and the correction of errors by volunteers.
#Genealogy #OnePlaceStudies
#Genealogy #OnePlaceStudies
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This video is from a year ago today. MELIA spent Christmas at the shelter. Let's not let it happen again. Be her miracle 🙏
Hempstead Animal Shelter
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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www.facebook.com/reel/5733265...
Hempstead Animal Shelter
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
⬇️
www.facebook.com/reel/5733265...
10K views · 954 reactions | Today Melia has been here 462 days making her the 10th longest resident at the shelter 💔 being a nervous black dog who needs someone that will work & commit to NEVER giving...
Today Melia has been here 462 days making her the 10th longest resident at the shelter 💔 being a nervous black dog who needs someone that will work & commit to NEVER giving up on her, she might wait.....
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December 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This video is from a year ago today. MELIA spent Christmas at the shelter. Let's not let it happen again. Be her miracle 🙏
Hempstead Animal Shelter
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
⬇️
www.facebook.com/reel/5733265...
Hempstead Animal Shelter
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
⬇️
www.facebook.com/reel/5733265...
#Firefox functionality has been so bad lately. I've lost count of the number of times I have to swallow hard and open Chrome instead when FF won't bother loading.
So now FF is going all AI it's a good time to leave. I'm looking for a new browser & #Vivaldi seems popular. Any users here?
#Mozilla
So now FF is going all AI it's a good time to leave. I'm looking for a new browser & #Vivaldi seems popular. Any users here?
#Mozilla
December 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
So the felon is suing the BBC for millions over his hurt feelings - though admittedly what Panorama did was bloody stupid - yet continues to defame & insult a man who has just been murdered.
There are no words anymore for how vile, inhuman & disgraceful he is. Just....no words.
#RobReiner
There are no words anymore for how vile, inhuman & disgraceful he is. Just....no words.
#RobReiner
December 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
So the felon is suing the BBC for millions over his hurt feelings - though admittedly what Panorama did was bloody stupid - yet continues to defame & insult a man who has just been murdered.
There are no words anymore for how vile, inhuman & disgraceful he is. Just....no words.
#RobReiner
There are no words anymore for how vile, inhuman & disgraceful he is. Just....no words.
#RobReiner
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Today's star of the show for Day 15 of our advent calendar is the most medieval of medieval things.
Yes our Evidence Chest. Bought second hand in 1488 this oak chest kept all the important documents belonging to the Merchant Adventurers.
That's 668 years of history... 🤯
Yes our Evidence Chest. Bought second hand in 1488 this oak chest kept all the important documents belonging to the Merchant Adventurers.
That's 668 years of history... 🤯
December 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Today's star of the show for Day 15 of our advent calendar is the most medieval of medieval things.
Yes our Evidence Chest. Bought second hand in 1488 this oak chest kept all the important documents belonging to the Merchant Adventurers.
That's 668 years of history... 🤯
Yes our Evidence Chest. Bought second hand in 1488 this oak chest kept all the important documents belonging to the Merchant Adventurers.
That's 668 years of history... 🤯
Anyone else sick to bloody death of the #Dior ad and wanting to pushing Natalie Portman off that cliff?
#giveitarest
#giveitarest
December 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Anyone else sick to bloody death of the #Dior ad and wanting to pushing Natalie Portman off that cliff?
#giveitarest
#giveitarest
Demanding tourists handover 5 years' social media history is the ultimate way to put the final nail in the coffin of the US tourist industry.
No sane, self-respecting international traveller should or would even consider this. The basketcase USA is now the last place on Earth I'd want to travel to.
No sane, self-respecting international traveller should or would even consider this. The basketcase USA is now the last place on Earth I'd want to travel to.
December 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Demanding tourists handover 5 years' social media history is the ultimate way to put the final nail in the coffin of the US tourist industry.
No sane, self-respecting international traveller should or would even consider this. The basketcase USA is now the last place on Earth I'd want to travel to.
No sane, self-respecting international traveller should or would even consider this. The basketcase USA is now the last place on Earth I'd want to travel to.
We'd like to get tickets for #Spiers&Boden in 2026, but remembering from last time the venue has still not joined the 21stC & you have to PHONE for tickets.
IIRC Last time, it took ages as the guy on call had a broken leg & couldn't get to the downstairs phone in time.
So this should be fun...😳
IIRC Last time, it took ages as the guy on call had a broken leg & couldn't get to the downstairs phone in time.
So this should be fun...😳
December 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We'd like to get tickets for #Spiers&Boden in 2026, but remembering from last time the venue has still not joined the 21stC & you have to PHONE for tickets.
IIRC Last time, it took ages as the guy on call had a broken leg & couldn't get to the downstairs phone in time.
So this should be fun...😳
IIRC Last time, it took ages as the guy on call had a broken leg & couldn't get to the downstairs phone in time.
So this should be fun...😳
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🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
Will MELIA get her happily ever after? She doesn't want to spend another Christmas in the shelter. 😢 Santa claus must have a special someone for her.
24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/...
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
Will MELIA get her happily ever after? She doesn't want to spend another Christmas in the shelter. 😢 Santa claus must have a special someone for her.
24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/...
December 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
Will MELIA get her happily ever after? She doesn't want to spend another Christmas in the shelter. 😢 Santa claus must have a special someone for her.
24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/...
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]
Will MELIA get her happily ever after? She doesn't want to spend another Christmas in the shelter. 😢 Santa claus must have a special someone for her.
24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/...
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Can't believe @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social isn't reporting excitedly on items that sank in the Solent on their maiden voyage:
Bananas: ✅
The Mary Rose: ❌
Bananas: ✅
The Mary Rose: ❌
Banana containers clear-up operation under way on Sussex beaches
Response teams start clearing cargo from containers that fell from a ship in the Solent.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Can't believe @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social isn't reporting excitedly on items that sank in the Solent on their maiden voyage:
Bananas: ✅
The Mary Rose: ❌
Bananas: ✅
The Mary Rose: ❌
TFW Your car has been scarily stranding you in random places for a week because it refuses to start, then on the day you have to take it for emergency repair it starts perfectly before sitting smugly in the mechanics' car park like it's on a jaunty day out. 🙄 🚗
December 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
TFW Your car has been scarily stranding you in random places for a week because it refuses to start, then on the day you have to take it for emergency repair it starts perfectly before sitting smugly in the mechanics' car park like it's on a jaunty day out. 🙄 🚗
Had to drive back from RBH today, through the grim, ugly & miserable hole that is Reading.
The only thing that made me smile was passing the sign for @themerl.bsky.social, & an image of the iconic Absolute Unit popped into my head. 😆🐄🐮
Wish we could have stopped by! Maybe next time!
The only thing that made me smile was passing the sign for @themerl.bsky.social, & an image of the iconic Absolute Unit popped into my head. 😆🐄🐮
Wish we could have stopped by! Maybe next time!
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Had to drive back from RBH today, through the grim, ugly & miserable hole that is Reading.
The only thing that made me smile was passing the sign for @themerl.bsky.social, & an image of the iconic Absolute Unit popped into my head. 😆🐄🐮
Wish we could have stopped by! Maybe next time!
The only thing that made me smile was passing the sign for @themerl.bsky.social, & an image of the iconic Absolute Unit popped into my head. 😆🐄🐮
Wish we could have stopped by! Maybe next time!
I've been on this planet nearly half a century, but this year I will finally have a Christmas in my very own home. 🏠
I've rented all my life, but can now spend #Christmas in a house with my name on it.
So this little Xmas tree may not look like much, but it means a lot after such a long wait! 🎄
I've rented all my life, but can now spend #Christmas in a house with my name on it.
So this little Xmas tree may not look like much, but it means a lot after such a long wait! 🎄
December 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I've been on this planet nearly half a century, but this year I will finally have a Christmas in my very own home. 🏠
I've rented all my life, but can now spend #Christmas in a house with my name on it.
So this little Xmas tree may not look like much, but it means a lot after such a long wait! 🎄
I've rented all my life, but can now spend #Christmas in a house with my name on it.
So this little Xmas tree may not look like much, but it means a lot after such a long wait! 🎄
Forget Home Alone, Die Hard and Elf (never seen any of 'em), Santa Claus the Movie is my GenX go-to childhood Christmas movie. 🥰🦌🎅
#SundayMovie #ITV1
#SundayMovie #ITV1
December 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Forget Home Alone, Die Hard and Elf (never seen any of 'em), Santa Claus the Movie is my GenX go-to childhood Christmas movie. 🥰🦌🎅
#SundayMovie #ITV1
#SundayMovie #ITV1
Very helpful of the #BBC to clarify that the King is the one on the left, just in case his similarity to Camilla confuses people...😐
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
King Charles and Queen Camilla reveal this year's Christmas card
The card features of photograph of the royal couple taken in April during their state visit to Italy.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very helpful of the #BBC to clarify that the King is the one on the left, just in case his similarity to Camilla confuses people...😐
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
8 hours MINIMUM ETA, #RAC?? You can keep it. I'll walk home or hitchhike.
Called at 4pm as car dead and stuck away from home. First eta 8pm to 11pm, then 10pm to 12am, then 12am-3am, with still no guarantee of no further delays.
I get they're busy but that's fcking ridiculous.
Called at 4pm as car dead and stuck away from home. First eta 8pm to 11pm, then 10pm to 12am, then 12am-3am, with still no guarantee of no further delays.
I get they're busy but that's fcking ridiculous.
December 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
8 hours MINIMUM ETA, #RAC?? You can keep it. I'll walk home or hitchhike.
Called at 4pm as car dead and stuck away from home. First eta 8pm to 11pm, then 10pm to 12am, then 12am-3am, with still no guarantee of no further delays.
I get they're busy but that's fcking ridiculous.
Called at 4pm as car dead and stuck away from home. First eta 8pm to 11pm, then 10pm to 12am, then 12am-3am, with still no guarantee of no further delays.
I get they're busy but that's fcking ridiculous.
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Hempstead animal shelter #1 thing they're looking for in an adopter for MELIA.
"Hello, we would need an applicant that has experience with resource guarding and stranger issues, as she does have a bite history with both those behavioral issues."
(516) 785-5220
"Hello, we would need an applicant that has experience with resource guarding and stranger issues, as she does have a bite history with both those behavioral issues."
(516) 785-5220
December 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hempstead animal shelter #1 thing they're looking for in an adopter for MELIA.
"Hello, we would need an applicant that has experience with resource guarding and stranger issues, as she does have a bite history with both those behavioral issues."
(516) 785-5220
"Hello, we would need an applicant that has experience with resource guarding and stranger issues, as she does have a bite history with both those behavioral issues."
(516) 785-5220
Just another Saturday morning at home, with my 12 yr old niece and her gran discussing how to murder someone with a frozen turkey.
😬
😬
December 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Just another Saturday morning at home, with my 12 yr old niece and her gran discussing how to murder someone with a frozen turkey.
😬
😬
So, let me get this straight.....the Orange Felon authorises multiple murders at sea by first sinking boats and then killing the survivors, but...someone just gave him a peace prize? 😳
What the actual living fck is happening?
What the actual living fck is happening?
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
So, let me get this straight.....the Orange Felon authorises multiple murders at sea by first sinking boats and then killing the survivors, but...someone just gave him a peace prize? 😳
What the actual living fck is happening?
What the actual living fck is happening?
All very well for the idealistic cotton-wool wrapped 'never seen conflict' Gen-Z's of #Germany to protest the new voluntary military service law, arguing 'war offers no prospects for the future & destroys livelihoods'.
If Russia or other terrorists come to yr country & you have no military, what
If Russia or other terrorists come to yr country & you have no military, what
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
All very well for the idealistic cotton-wool wrapped 'never seen conflict' Gen-Z's of #Germany to protest the new voluntary military service law, arguing 'war offers no prospects for the future & destroys livelihoods'.
If Russia or other terrorists come to yr country & you have no military, what
If Russia or other terrorists come to yr country & you have no military, what
It still baffles me that Vaughan Williams could compose something as sublime as the Tallis Fantasia, but also come up with a piece as awful as Lark Ascending, 15 minutes of ear-destroying, screeching violins and no discernable melody. Bizarre.
#ClassicFM #classicalmusic
#ClassicFM #classicalmusic
December 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It still baffles me that Vaughan Williams could compose something as sublime as the Tallis Fantasia, but also come up with a piece as awful as Lark Ascending, 15 minutes of ear-destroying, screeching violins and no discernable melody. Bizarre.
#ClassicFM #classicalmusic
#ClassicFM #classicalmusic
Pick from a Gorgon Medusa roof tile, a tiny burnt date from Boudica’s attack, or the bold Lexden griffin, then choose a level that fits your budget. You can even gift an adoption, perfect for the history lover who has everything.
Adopt today:
colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/adoptanobject/
Adopt today:
colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/adoptanobject/
Adopt An Object | Colchester Museums
We have put together twenty of our most fascinating and well-loved objects, which you can adopt for yourself or the history enthusiast in your life!
colchester.cimuseums.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM