Ghosts of the Dandy 5th

In a forgotten corner of Brockley is a hut. It has sat at the edge of ancient woodland for almost 100 years. This is its strange history.

[Ghosts of the Dandy 5th @Ghosts5th]

For Brockley Green’s history - Lewisham’s history - let’s #SaveGorneWood. The archeology of woodland is incredible, even tiny fragments like this. @Brenda_Dacres @running_past @LewishamHistory @LewishamLong @cornish_jack @harbro @S_LondonHistory 👇
https://t.co/YtpSMnvrX8

[Tim Dunn @MrTimDunn]

An Egyptian entrance in North Wales!
Bangor Tunnel portal is one of few remainders of Egyptian style on Britain’s railway, from a trend which swept the land in the C19th. Francis Thompson, a prolific railway architect of eclectic output, designed this & others; it opened in 1848.

[CommunityPlanningAlliance 🦇🦎 @CommunityPlann1]

Government plans to allow forests to be chopped down for solar farms.
So we cut down carbon sinks in order to save carbon 🤔

https://t.co/B1w6BVuh13

[SelineSigil @SelineSigil9]

The Fiery Halloween Tradition That Gave Us Bobbing for Apples ‘Snap Apple Night’ #Folklore #FolkloreSunday
https://t.co/F1CMz06CSG

[Tim Dunn @MrTimDunn]

🎥🍿Britain’s last railway cinema coach is BACK! Restored by my friend Steve Foxon @FoxOnFilms, and volunteers of @S_C_Railway, after 37 years, it’ll now screen films again (with the original projector he tracked down!) in Swindon. It re-opens this weekend https://t.co/hDonpBYep0

[The Lost Gardens of Heligan @HeliganGardens]

A dramatic new 6-metre fox sculpture now leaps through our Georgian Ride woodland. Lowarnes, Cornish for vixen, is crafted from around 600 pieces of wood, gathered from a 150-year-old rhododendron tree that fell here at Heligan during Storm Darragh in December 2024.

[Lewisham Heritage @LewHeritage]

Calling renegade archivists!

Author and broadcaster Emma Warren invites you to explore different ways of capturing and telling the stories of your communities and spaces.

@DeptfordLounge Sat 9 Aug, 2-3:30pm. All ages, free, book here: https://t.co/hXrIwwug5T

[Bridget Fox @WTBridget]

Momentum is building, not only on case of the Whitewebbs Oak, but on fixing the wider 'gaping void' in tree protection that this outrage has highlighted so shockingly.

https://t.co/MS8H8pYOzQ

[Alexandra Epps @ArtGuideAlex]

Snowdrop 1936 #GertrudeHermes

[The English Oak Project @TheKentAcorn]

You missed a bit of sky, Mr Oak

[The English Oak Project @TheKentAcorn]

I am a Wuduweard

From Old English: wudu (“forest”) + weard (“ward”) so a woodland guardian

Survives in modern English with the surname Woodward

[Richard Jones @bugmanjones]

Nothing odd here. Just a bit of beetle worship. From Episodes of insect life by ‘Acheta domestica, 1867.

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

NEW report from us @WildJustice_org today – #LostNature – which details how housing developers are failing wildlife across the board on every measure . 🧵

[The English Oak Project @TheKentAcorn]

My Son Oliver is 6 foot 4 inches and is standing beside Majesty, the Kingdom’s greatest oak. No, not 20 feet behind, right next to 🌳

[Dandy Park Revival @DandyRevival]

This is the land next to a community play space. Land owned by AA Homes & Housing/Ansari. Council took them to court after a yr of fires, squatting & drug dealing. Astonishingly court decided site is secure & tidy enough. The law is messed up. @JackHardy9 @robjfirth

[Michael Wood @MichaelWoodMV]

Joan of Arc’s signature ! ‘The new exhibition ⁦@britishlibrary⁩ on Medieval Women is full of wonders

[Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety]

Van Gogh’s drawings are often overlooked, but he felt they were “the root of everything” (Pollard birches 1884)

[Long & Lazy Lewisham @LewishamLong]

The old lock-up in Lewisham village (the Watch House) was close to the current site of the clock tower.
In 1824, a terrible accident saw a detainee and his brother burned to death inside.