Rob Bonser-Wilton

Proof never too old for Politics/ContempHistory 1st @ChiUni.Back Stage @HBW_LeedsCastle. Cornish Expat. Humanist. Research: Law & Society in England 1750-1950

[Rob Bonser-Wilton @WaterlooSunset]

#NewProfilePic - The First Public Drinking Fountain 1859-1860 (Artist:William Austin Atkinson)

[John Ridge @WeaponScientist]

They broke Eisenhower’s globe because they didn’t want to wait for a team of specialist historians to move it.

I cannot think of a more apt metaphor for Pete Hegseth’s DoD.

[Rob Bonser-Wilton @WaterlooSunset]

📷@LorcanBonser

[East German Visuals @GDRvisuals]

Map of Berlin following the construction of the Berlin Wall, 1960s.

[Rob Bonser-Wilton @WaterlooSunset]

@Pastpreservers @ponant_EN Enjoy! 🛳️🏛️

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

21 October 1974. 1st episode of BBC1 animated series Roobarb (also known as Roobarb and Custard) was broadcast. It follows the adventures of a green dog and a pink cat. There were 30 episodes until 24 December 1974.

[Peter Gillibrand @GillibrandPeter]

Today marks 60 years since the Aberfan disaster.

It was one of Britain’s worst mining disasters.

At 9:15am on 21st October 1966, a coal tip collapsed onto a school killing 144 people, including 116 children.

We will always remember them ❤️

[Gain of Fauci @DschlopesIsBack]

They are literally doing the meme in France 😂

[iya ꒰ა໒꒱⁷ saw lsrfm @btsopoong]

Everybody LOVES French history until the French start history-ing

[Screen Mix @ScreenMix]

الصورة الأكثر تداولا من مظاهرات فرنسا

[Earth Hippy 🌎🕊️💚 @hippyygoat]

His video will be in the Oscars 🏆
-Best foreign film

[Will 〓〓💙 @PolruanPilot]

Right now !🌅

[Rob Bonser-Wilton @WaterlooSunset]

One of my photos from our amazing India - November 2025 Odyssey popped up on my iPhone this afternoon - I captioned it: ‘And how much do you really dislike your husband on a scale of bricks from 1 to 10?’

[Kentish Ways @Cantwara_]

A History of Hopping.

Londoners coming down to Kent for centuries to pick hops is such an important part of our history and culture.

I could listen to these women talking about it all day.

[Dr Kate Werran @WerranKate]

It is now 83 years since these soldiers were court martialled for protesting against US Army segregation in Launceston, Cornwall. An American Uprising in Second World War England: Mutiny in the Duchy (P&S Books) explains what happened and why we should never forget them.

[Duncan Stone @StoneDunk]

Neither Cartier-Bresson, Banksy nor Cold War Steve could have come up with such an image. Absolutely perfect composition and lighting (even the road signs are perfect)! 😍

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

Imagine being on this bus this evening. Not knowing how deep the water is going to get. Wondering if you'll ever get out.

Terrifying.

📍 Sarıyer, Istanbul in Turkey

[The Best @TheBestqueenx]

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