Rosie Rowley

Genealogist, birdwatcher, and more.... More active on Bluesky! Formerly known as MaccHistorian but I don't live in Macclesfield any more so...

[Rosie Rowley @TheHistorySpy]

@GordonDudman @sjoh0050 @seatsixtyone I assure you they are not. I once had a 9 min connection, unaware that the stairs were beyond the front of the train. I hobbled with my case as fast as I could from my coach at the rear and boarded my connection with seconds to spare, red-faced and panting

[Rosie Rowley @TheHistorySpy]

@TheAA_UK have spent three days so far trying to set up online account to access new car insurance policy. It never asks for the policy number, just automatically links the new account to my bank's breakdown policy. Surely it shouldn't be this hard?

[Rosie Rowley @TheHistorySpy]

@Tyre_Pros @grannywetherwax

[Congleton Station @CongletonRail]

🎉 NYD - normal service, minor timing changes
✅ Thu 2nd - normal service, minor timing changes
✅ Fri 3rd/Sat 4th - normal service
❓ Sun 5th - New Year, same old - expect @northernassist to keep culling our entire Sunday service until rest day working issue resolved 😡

[Rosie Rowley @TheHistorySpy]

@bt_uk So, instead of online directory enquiries I can download a pdf of the phone book https://t.co/6Gpo6nNCEM BUT there is no map to show which book I need! Does Medway cover Gravesend? Or is it London East? Anyone would think you are deliberately making it difficult!

[Rosie Rowley @TheHistorySpy]

@northernassist I have had my delay claim (for a cancelled train) rejected because "unable to process claim, the journey does not match the ticket information you have provided" I was travelling on a Day Ranger, can't I claim on this ticket?

[Rosie Rowley @TheHistorySpy]

Alstom is marking Remembrance Day today, 11th November, with a special tribute to Crewe's railway workers who lost their lives in both world wars. https://t.co/6HNPo77rQ1

[Rosie Rowley @TheHistorySpy]

@AncestralEnq Unfollowed here and following on #Bluesky

[Rosie Rowley @TheHistorySpy]

@ChalfontR Don't actually delete your account, though, otherwise someone could set up a new account with your username and impersonate you

[Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith🌳🧬 @AncestralEnq]

Didn't they have some interesting road names back in 1850. Humble Jumble Lane, now known as Alverthorpe Road, Wakefield

[Dr. William J. Ripple @WilliamJRipple]

When nature gives you water, water bottle companies add plastic and charge $2.99

[Rosie Rowley @TheHistorySpy]

Watching the US presidential election results reminds me of watching the Brexit referendum results - complete disbelief and shock 😱

[Rosie Rowley @TheHistorySpy]

I remembered #AncestryHour ! And earlier today I noticed that RootsTech applications had opened (I know, I'm way behind) so I registered and am hoping I'll have time to join in

[Rosie Rowley @TheHistorySpy]

@wdytyamagazine You say the 1921 census is not included in any of FMPs subscription packages but surely it's included in the Everything package? And perhaps remind readers that house numbers may have changed since the census was taken, the street where I grew up was renumbered in the 1970s

[Rosie Rowley @TheHistorySpy]

@ElizabethJBond Obviously must visit the Menin Gate last post ceremony - arrive early for a good view - and the In Flanders Fields Museum

[Rosie Rowley @TheHistorySpy]

@ElizabethJBond Finally! A question I can answer 😂

[Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | The Spy Historian @thespyhistorian]

BOOK GIVEAWAY #HistoryWritersDay24 #JamesBondDay

I'm giving away one signed copy of my debut book, Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence, to one lucky winner.

The book tells, for the first time, the story of the 'real' Miss Moneypenny, Kathleen Pettigrew and a whole cast of remarkable women who worked for Britain's secret services from 1909 until the 1950s. You can read more about it here: https://t.co/rvP51jXKWv

To be in with a chance of winning a copy of the book ahead of publication, please follow these steps:

1. Follow me.
2. Repost.
3. Like this post.

This worldwide giveaway closes on Sunday, 6 October 2024 (11.59 PM - UK time). I will announce the winner on Monday, 7 October 2024.

Good luck!

[Rosie Rowley @TheHistorySpy]

@AllThoseBefore Other locations holding complete sets of GRO indexes on microfiche (including civil partnerships and adopted children) are listed on this webpage https://t.co/jplLfTPblA

[Rosie Rowley @TheHistorySpy]

Oh dear! Just in case I didn't already have enough to do, I have inexplicably decided to input all my books to LibraryThing, so I can check whether I already have a book before buying it (an admirable aim but I mostly remember anyway) So, 100 books done, a million to go....

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

You can always tell when Sting has been in to return his books.