This is the most aired British advert ever broadcast, from 1971 with the voice talents of Irene Handl & (On The Buses) actor Michael Robbins: PG Tips(Mr Shifter)
Here’s Paddy this morning opening the shutters on another beautiful day. One of our many morning rituals. Open/ar agor 11-4pm. (And the house is deliciously cool…)
@OrkneyLibrary Hi from Alaska ...just imagine how effective 4th of July fireworks are when it doesn't really get dark...and they still set them off lol
In 1965 - after Sir Winston Churchill died - Lady Churchill naturally received many letters.
One from the US stated,
“That he died is unimportant, for we must all pass away. That he lived is momentous to the destiny of all. He is not gone. He lives wherever men are free.”
Happy World Rainforest Day! #Lichens are an important feature of these wonderful habitats. From loop lichens, to yellow speckle-belly’s to the red eyed shingle lichen & everything in between - they add so much beauty to our rainforests! #worldrainforestday2025#worldrainforestday
„Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.” Psalms 126:5
Ukraine was, is and will continue to exist! but the evil russian empire will be destroyed!
Have a blessed Wednesday folks!
Herbert Badham’s 'Breakfast Piece,' (1936) depicting his wife Enid, incorporates a casually placed newspaper at the edge of the frame with the headline news of Mussolini’s invasion of Abyssinia - a jarring note in an otherwise peaceful domestic scene.
Primula vulgaris, the common or English primrose growing in our woodland
Celtic Druids believed the flower helped ward off evil spirits and could connect us with the fairies.
The name derives from the Latin Flor di primavera, meaning the “first flower or rose of spring
Do you remember when existential angst was just some unrelatable highfalutin shite that Jean-Paul Sartre whanged on about in novels, and not the default emotional setting for most ordinary people? Good times, eh?
Yesterday I went out on my bicycle & discovered the murrain stone, a memorial to the cattle lost during the 1866 cattle plague at Norton in Hales. There were heavy losses around Market Drayton & Newport in Shropshire. I am trying to locate the stones that survive locally!