Alex Lyons

Museums, collections, engagement and communities | Southampton based

[Emily Barley @EmilyJBarley]

Hi Keith,

My second baby was born by elective caesarean (at Treliske, as it happens). She is now a thriving one year old.

My first baby died during labour because we were denied the emergency caesarean she needed to live.

Various investigations have found that anti-intervention, anti-caesarean views have contributed to the deaths of babies across the UK. Please read the Ockenden and Kirkup reports. The risks of vaginal birth to mother and baby can be enormous and include injury and death. Individualised care demands ALL risks are weighed properly, rather than looking at caesareans in isolation.

I'm sure you feel/felt you were making a benign, factual observation about an abdominal surgery, but you have not. Instead, you've repeated 'normal birth' talking points that contribute to the deaths of hundreds of babies annually, and unknown numbers of (because they are uncounted) wholly avoidable injuries to mums and babies.

If you would like to hear more about these issues please let me know. I live in Cornwall so it shouldn't be too difficult to arrange a proper conversation.

[Sands - baby loss charity 💜🧡 @SandsUK]

It’s #GriefAwarenessWeek and we want to share this animation that shows the impact of grief after pregnancy or #BabyLoss.

A grief that stays with us throughout the years and many milestones.

We understand and we are here for you💙🧡

https://t.co/SWgqnUbYtH

[Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @RedbridgeMuseum]

Redbridge Museum is open! 🥳

With thanks to funding from Vision RCL, @HeritageFundUK, @ace_national, @artfund, Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe, @FOVM4 & @LondonMusDev, our brand new permanent exhibition has now re-opened following a redevelopment planned with our community.

[Alex Lyons @AlexLyons42]

World's happiest dog visits the beach for the first time

#GoldenRetriever #Dogs

[Southampton Stories @SotonStories]

Happy Southampton Pride!
To celebrate our LGBTQ+ community we’d like to share one of our favourite love stories: The tale of the accidental stowaway Dominic and his partner of 50 years, Michael
https://t.co/xBBH7piENA
#LoveIsLove #LGBTQHistory #SouthamptonPride #SOProud❤️💛💚💙💜

[Alex Lyons @AlexLyons42]

Freyja was delighted to be back at her 'petting' station 🐶🗳️
#dogsatpollingstations @VotingDogs

[Southampton Stories @SotonStories]

Penguins at the zoo on Southampton Common in 1962. The zoo was opened by James Chipperfield of the famous circus family, operating for nearly 25 years before it closed in 1985 #ArchiveSecrets #Zoo #Southampton #1960s

[Southampton Stories @SotonStories]

Jack Mantle was awarded the Victoria Cross in July 1940 for his brave action while serving as an Anti-Aircraft Gunner on board HMS Foylebank. This commemorative plaque is now part of our #Southampton Stories exhibition @SeaCityMuseum #ArmedForcesDay #WW2

[Rachel Cunliffe @RMCunliffe]

A woman has emailed @TimesRadio to say she is planning to *knit* the election result - row by row, colour by colour, for every seat declared - and I honestly cannot think of anything more wonderfully British and fitting for this election.

Truly, an inspiration to all

[Southampton Stories @SotonStories]

The Floating Dock opened #OnThisDay in 1924. It was the largest dock in the world and helped keep #Southampton ahead in the competition to accommodate the world’s largest liners until the opening of the King George V Dock in 1933. The dock was sold to Portsmouth in 1939

[Becca Peter @DefectiveBecca]

Last week I saw a headless toddler pulled from the burned remains of a tent that was destroyed by bombs my tax dollars paid for. 

His name was Ahmed Al-Najjar. He was the youngest in his family. His mother and two siblings also died in the attack.

[Becca Peter @DefectiveBecca]

I lost a child and I am a very sad mommy but I know I’m not the saddest mommy in the world.

[Southampton Stories @SotonStories]

On 6 June this year is the 80th anniversary of #DDay. Sotonian Daniel Cox kept a diary for most of his life. 📷 shows part of the entry for 6 June 1944. See more about Cox and his diaries on our website https://t.co/wdKXlNF7s0 #Southampton #DDay80 #WW2

[Alex Lyons @AlexLyons42]

Civic duty done, and pets collected, Freyja is, as usual,very pleased with herself
#DogsAtPollingStations 🐕🗳️

[Southampton Stories @SotonStories]

This image from our archives shows a figure skater at #Southampton Ice Rink in 1966. The original rink was destroyed in the Blitz but rebuilt in 1952. After a refurbishment by Top Rank in the #1960s it closed in 1988. Image copyright unknown #SotonAfterDark #IceRink #IceSkating

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

Don't let these Tories con you even more with their Voter ID...

Please make sure, if you don't have Voter ID which they deem acceptable, that you register for a VOTER AUTHORITY CERTIFICATE online by 5pm TODAY

Link here

https://t.co/g8G4Uj6kdp

Please RT 🙏🏼❤️ #StopTheTories

[Dominic Minghella @DMinghella]

Dear Mr Sunak,
On behalf of pretty much every doctor in the land, pretty much every person on a waiting list in the land, pretty much every sick person in the land, and increasingly most voters in the land...

[Celia Richardson @CeliaRichards0n]

“I wouldn’t want to go to some museum in the middle of nowhere to find out about how they dry-aged ham in the 17th Century, for example.”

A specific from my 14 year old about what he does not ask of the UK’s museums and galleries sector.

[Lee Petcher 🌱 @LeePetcher]

#Manchester - I need your help!

Yesterday I ran the @Marathon_Mcr but I lost my wedding ring.

I think it came off on Chester Road after the White City roundabout.

This is a picture of the ring it has 'I love you 3000' inscribed inside it too.

Plz help me get it back!

#RT