Gillian Long 🇺🇦

Library manager, family history addict, would-be photographer. Originally from Devon.

[Steve Knightley @sohsteve]

Set to the tune of ‘The Parting Glass,’ these words were originally written for Show of Hand’s 2016 Great War ‘Centenary’ album. The haunting & beautiful voices of the Lost Sound Choir from Dartmoor, under the direction of Sandra Smith, accompany me here

https://t.co/DTJQRFgcpv

[Gillian Long 🇺🇦 @GillianLong]

@BBCSteveR On my gap year, living with a German family just outside Hamburg. We travelled to the border the following day and it was amazing to experience the celebrations first hand!

[Forth ❤️‍🔥 @forthrighter]

Mark Thursday, August 24, 2024

PDF has overtaken all of the Abrahamic religions

The trajectory over the last 9 years has been wild

[Simon Reeve @simon_reeve]

With the repeat of the ‘Return to Cornwall’ programme on @BBCTwo tonight, I thought you might like to hear a quick update:
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[Richard Long @rlonguk]

It was a real pleasure to sign some books for one of my favourite bookshops today. Signed copies of ‘The St Ives Branch Line: A History’ are available from @stivesbooks now - but only while stocks last!

[OnTheWight: Isle of Wight News @onthewight]

🚂📘 Discover the intricate story behind the Isle of Wight railway's modernisation with Richard C Long's latest book 📖🚅

https://t.co/9tsbrJj1Gd

#iwnews #IsleofWight @penswordbooks

[Richard Long @rlonguk]

Five years ago this summer I visited the @StIvesLibrary while researching for my book on the St Ives branch line. Today I returned to the library to find a copy of my book on the shelf :)
#LibrariesRock

[ErrantScience @ErrantScience]

Is it a growing book debt of shame or am I just in massive book credit 📚

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

“Now there are little boats and sailing ships; children are on the sands digging castles and paddling.
The end of the journey is near and the sun is shining”
(In the Train, 1955)
Artist: WC Watson

[stellacreasy @stellacreasy]

Walthamstow. Where even our chippy is just a bit cooler than everyone else’s …. #boastingMP

Even if this isn’t a #banksy it’s brill and the chips there are magic so thank you whoever added this bit of beauty to our street art today … (h/t amy for the picture!)

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Whose streets? Our streets.
All you need is love x

[UCL News @uclnews]

Where did London's invasive parakeet population come from? And should we be concerned about their impact on local species and crops? Prof @TimBlackburn66 @UCLCBER writes in @guardian about what his research has uncovered about the loud, colourful birds https://t.co/YTFbmI4YCZ

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

As Starmer announces his first cabinet, confirmation of the one individual staying put:

[Steve Rosenberg @BBCSteveR]

As Britain’s favourite “saggy, old cloth cat” turns 50, I wondered what the Bagpuss theme would sound like if this was a tomcat from Tomsk. @BBCRadio3 #Bagpuss

[Richard Long @rlonguk]

I’m very proud to reveal that my new book ‘All Change at Ryde: Upgrading the Isle of Wight’s Railway’ will be published this summer by @penswordbooks.

Includes a foreword by @LordPeterHendy.

https://t.co/DBpCrOnoH6

#AllChangeAtRyde #RydeRail #IslandLine #IsleofWight #Vivarail

[Gillian Long 🇺🇦 @GillianLong]

@PhotoBox_Help Why can't I access any of my creations, old or new? Logged in this evening to put final touches to my photo diary and place order, and get this message. Not surprisingly, I don't have time this week to "try to create my product again"!

[kresenkernow @kresenkernow]

Our ‘New for November’ Weekly Reads, highlighting new books in the library, continues with ‘The St. Ives branch line: a history’ by Richard C Long, the first detailed history of the St Ives line.

#weeklyreads #archives #libraries #cornishstudies @GWR #stives @visitstives

[Gillian Long 🇺🇦 @GillianLong]

Top sign at Euston station tonight 🤣

[The Morrab Library @morrablibrary]

All are welcome at Morrab Library, even this little one who visited yesterday. It was no doubt searching the catalogue for books on nut varieties!

#LoveLibraries #Squirrel #MorrabGardens #WildlifeInTheLibrary

[Grace Wright @graceq_22]

What do we have here?