Appealing for the return of the 2 Old Contemptible bronze grave markers that disappeared from Reading Old Cemetery,our Grade II listed garden.We'd very much like to have the originals back not only as the markers are part of history but also as the 2 graves are now unmarked 1/2
@HMuseum@S_M_R_G Forth Boat Tours operates a Dunkirk veteran on their tours. Forth Princess, formerly Britannia1, at Bray Dunes 31 May/1 June. Picked up 200 men from the beach to waiting ships.
Had a great trip to @TheMERL yesterday. Nice to be back after so long. And apologies to the boy who was accused of stealing the tractor’s engine by my son! 🤦🏻
Happy Birthday, #MuseumofEdinburgh! #otd 1932, the doors of the new City Museum opened for the first time. How it's changed. We love this wonderful building! See if you can spot where these photos were taken. #ForeverEdinburgh@Edinburgh_CC
Just a suitcase. No wheels. No zipper. The kind you just grab by the handle.
Inside it, over a thousand unpublished images of one of the great legends in Barça history.
Let's open it up ...
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And last but not least, here's Inchcolm Abbey.
"It was a perfect summer’s day for drone flying," says Matt.
"I travelled out early on the staff boat, so there was no-one about. I like how this angle allows you to see the Forth Bridges in the background."
#WorldPhotographyDay
🎉A very happy 701st birthday to the most famous national treasure in #NRSArchives the Declaration of Arbroath – created 6 April 1320 and looking great going into its eighth century! Find out more about this fascinating document here 👉https://t.co/MXdJGMOVQA
How much do you know about the artist behind Edinburgh’s ‘Sistine Chapel’?
Meet Phoebe Anna Traquair and a host of other glorious makers and creators in our Women of Scotland exhibition this #WomensHistoryMonth!
🎨 https://t.co/D6u1rl1rNa
For a few days at the end of February and the end of October the sun sets in alignment with Princes Street and our Scott Monument takes pride of place in the city skyline. 📸Graeme Gainey. #Edinburgh
900 YEARS OF READING ABBEY. This photo by William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) is possibly one of the earliest of @RdgAbbey Gateway.
Taken between 1840-1849, it shows the Abbey Gateway in its original form, looking north. Note the visible cracks just above the arch #rdg#rdguk
Here's to all the museum, gallery & heritage site staff reopening now & planning to reopen in the future - TY! Let's keep supporting our cultural venues figuring out how to survive after this hammer-blow of a year. We need them! Also to those that haven't been able to reopen 💜
Dickens dedicated The Pickwick Papers to his friend (and lawyer) Thomas Talfourd, a Reading politician and MP.
In 1878, H&P celebrated this friendship with typical biscuity finesse!
Edinburgh professor renews call to reword history on a statue memorialising man who prolonged the slave trade. @SirGeoffPalmer has campaigned for 2 years to no avail.
Shocked @Edinburgh_CC says they will not facilitate further discussion- if not now, when? https://t.co/vHZTjhaPf8
A year ago today we had a new little human to look after. Thanks to the great care by @LothianSjh & the SCBU for a week, we have a happy 1 year old celebrating today 🥰🥳 #StayHomeSaveLives#NHSThankYou
@AlexHorne I have been doing these tasks for a third of my entire life. (Repping the 🇮🇪 like the legend @WeeMissBea.) Embarrassed by the first three entries two-month-old me thought were ok. I guess we all look back on our past and cringe. #hometasking#taskmaster