Mark Franklin

Horticultural slave, history bothering 50+ year old aching grump.

[Mark Franklin @Hortimark]

@TheHistoryMouse Hoicked - great word I do a lot of hoicking. 😃

[Mark Franklin @Hortimark]

@militaryhistori This is very clever image, however Whitby Abbey never had a spire; it had a tower, collapsed c1830.
A copy of the tower was built on west cliff when St. Hilda’s was built.

[Mark Franklin @Hortimark]

@TheHistoryMouse Is there evidence of a pivot hole below the pintle? If so I would suggest maybe a door once hung here, making a once used piscina into a cupboard.

[Mark Franklin @Hortimark]

@roberrttoa The centre feature looks like a ghost 👻 frightened of its shadow. #Pareidolia

[Mark Franklin @Hortimark]

@TheHistoryMouse Agree 👍

[Mark Franklin @Hortimark]

@R1100GSBlueNose True but let’s not accidentally advertise that nonce anymore than we need to 👍

[Mark Franklin @Hortimark]

@theAliceRoberts You have well over 400k followers I have just over 500 and I’m over the moon.

[Mark Franklin @Hortimark]

@kennyhiggs Don’t get me started Kenny….

[Mark Franklin @Hortimark]

@R1100GSBlueNose Experienced being talked down to by toffee nosed snobs, being told you can’t walk on a public right of way while they blast an introduced avian spp with no intention of eating it, raises my anxiety stress levels well done 👏🏼#WorldMentalHealthDay

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

It’s time for Labour to remember its roots and reinstate the right to peaceful protest.

Thanks to @ChrisGPackham for the narration

Location: HMP Wormwood Scrubs

[Mark Franklin @Hortimark]

@TheHistoryMouse At least it’s in the middle of the photo, small win 🏆

[Mark Franklin @Hortimark]

@TheHistoryMouse Explain away mouse 🐁

[Mark Franklin @Hortimark]

@natchjourneyman Clearly not a lot to eat down there 👇🏽

[Mark Franklin @Hortimark]

@TheHistoryMouse Left shoulder or right shoulder first, and breath in too 😀

[Mark Franklin @Hortimark]

@TheHistoryMouse With flag pole no less.

[Thegns of Mercia @ThegnsOfMercia]

Cycene. Visitors are often led to our camp by drifting woodsmoke & smell of fresh food cooking over the fire. Our kitchen tent coordinated by Matt W. not only helps to keep our team fed but also frames discussions around one of the… 🧵

[Mark Franklin @Hortimark]

@katephillips29 My bosses old gaff, nice switch indeed.

[Paul Blinkhorn (@paulblinkhorn.bsky.social) @R1100GSBlueNose]

Why yes, the BBC HAS got the Reform conference (5 MPs) as a headline story on the TV news and front page of the website despite completely ignoring the Green Party (4 MPs) conference on TV and burying a couple of pieces on it four levels down in the website. I wonder why that is?

[Mark Franklin @Hortimark]

@R1100GSBlueNose Your tweet reminds me of my Grandma who had a pressure cooker, the steam coming out of its valve is your tweet 🤣