Kathi McGreat 🌸

[Graphítí Éire ☘️ @Graphiti_Eire]

@archi_tradition Summer-Solstice Sunset 🌄
Winter-Solstice Sunrise 🌅

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

This is the reality of where the vast majority of our food comes from – far from the fairytale depiction served up by Clarkson and Amazon .

@FarmersWeekly @FarmersGuardian @AnimalAid

[HistoryandHeritageYorkshire @GenealogyBeech]

Today, Lloyds Banking Group officially announced that the historic 173-year-old Halifax brand will be retired. marking the end of an era that began in 1853 when the Halifax Permanent Benefit Building and Investment Society was founded at the Old Cock Inn in Halifax (below)

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

You'll want to be sitting down for this bit.

Water companies are currently £82.7 billion in debt, have paid themselves £85 billion in dividends, leak over a trillion of litres of water per year, dump sewage for almost 4 million hours per year, have been convicted of over 1,200 criminal acts since 1989 and an average of 35% of your bill goes on nothing but paying more interest and yet more dividends.

And not a single company has ever lost their operating licence. 👇

[Clean Up Britain @cleanupbritain]

MAJOR CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
To change the behaviour of fly-tippers, they must feel the fear of being caught and prosecuted. That means catching them in the act. We're going to do that and force Councils to prosecute. Please share this post far and wide!
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[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

The secluded little village of Wycoller nestles in a narrow valley 1½ miles to east of Trawden, Lancashire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

It is well-known for its three ancient bridges which have stood over beck for hundreds, if not thousands of years. They have even outlived Wycoller Hall which stands ruined and desolate. But each of the bridges has its very own tale to tell. There are actually seven bridges in village but pack-horse, clapper and clam bridges are of historic interest because of their great ages.

The famous pack-horse bridge is a two-arched structure spanning Wycoller beck. It is sometimes called Sally’s Bridge after one of Cunliffe family who lived in hall opposite the bridge in 18th Century. Historians have argued about its age, but none of them are certain, but it is thought to either date from 13th or 15th Century. Its construction is a bit of an oddity, in that the arches are not equal to each other and the structure’s base-stone boulders are not level, giving bridge a somewhat precarious appearance because of that – author John Bentley in his fascinating book ‘Portrait of Wycoller’, alludes to this. Coping stones along sides of bridge are significant in that some of them have faint cup-marks in them, indicating that they were brought down from a prehistoric site on  moors above Wycoller and used in bridge’s construction. When walking over bridge ‘you need’ to take care owing to the smoothness of paving slabs which have endured hundreds of years of use.

Clapper bridge, sometimes called Druids’ Bridge, Weavers’ Bridge or Hall Bridge, is just a short distance along beck. This is a primitive structure but of massive proportions consisting of three flat gritstone slabs resting on two stone piers, one being a round-shaped boulder, other a thinner pillar-shaped stone that looks quite fragile, but it is in fact very strong. It was originally a two-slab bridge sup-ported on one central pier. However, bridge has succumbed to floods over years and has had to be reconstructed a few times. Its three slabs are heavily worn by hundreds of years of use. There is a legend that says this bridge led to a grove where druids practiced their strange rituals; there is no sign of this mystical grove or amphitheatre today and handloom weavers of Wycoller have long since hung up their clogs. Clapper bridge is thought to date from 16th-17th Century, though a few historians ‘think’ it might date from before Norman conquest (Bentley, John, 1993).

Third bridge, clam bridge, located ¼ of a mile along track that runs beside beck in Wycoller Dene. This ancient bridge is formed by one single gritstone slab which is some 12ft long. It rests at one end on bank, while on other side it is propped up on some large stones, but it is very secure even though it might look like it is about to fall into beck. At one time there was a wooden safety rail at one side and holes for this can still be seen. Clam bridge is ‘often’ said to date from Bronze or Iron Age and to have originally stoop up-right on moors to north east (as standing stone – menhir), but there again it probably only dates from 15th or 16th Century. Long slender slab is well-worn and great care should be taken when crossing it. In floods of 1989-90 clam bridge was brought crashing down. It has sometimes been mistaken for a tree trunk lying across beck and at a distance it does indeed look like that.

Author John Dixon in his work ‘Historic Walks Around The Pendle Way’, came to conclusion that three Wycoller bridges were of ‘a mid-16th Century’ date. He adds that: “The majority of bridge building was undertaken after Dissolution of monasteries when a moderate number of masons became unemployed and were wandering countryside finding work on many of new bridges which were required as roads became busier and wooden bridges and fords became inadequate.”

🎥 : 'Pack Horse Bridge', in Lancashire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 (🎥© Europe Attractions)

#archaeohistories

[History Girl @HistoryGirlBW]

A rare glimpse of Edwardian Halifax on a cold January day in 1902. Cows and horse drawn carts share the roads with electric trams, children fascinated by the camera, gentlemen in hats and ladies in long skirts. One of Britain’s earliest surviving films, now over 120 years old.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Today’s Budget was a total humiliation for Rachel Reeves. She will go down as the worst Chancellor this country has ever had.

Her position is now untenable and she knows it👇

[Prickles and Paws @Prickles_Paws]

A busy start to October — 94 admissions in just 12 days! 💚🦔🐾

If you can help, we’re in need of 1ml syringes, gloves, tinned food, and rehydration solution. Our wishlist is linked below. Thank you for keeping our prickly friends cared for! 🫶

https://t.co/o8WsFktrCj

[The Yorkshire Lass @real_shirelass]

The only way to travel, is on Yorkshire airlines.

#YorkshireDay

[Yorkshire Tea @YorkshireTea]

Happy #YorkshireDay!

We're heading out to North, South, East AND West Yorkshire today, to hand out tea with the help of our trusty tea van, Little Urn.

The route's top secret... but if you spot us, come and say hello!

[Nick O'Brien @NickLovesSpain]

We all know UNESCO for its World Heritage Sites.

But they also protect the world's most sacred traditions.

Here are 15 of Spain's best — that help make it the 4th most represented country on Earth… 🧵

[Tracy🎗️ @TracyNeverLabor]

@GMB Shame on you #GMB not a single mention on your headlining article of channel 4 documentary #Groomed. Doesn’t Ed balls have anything to say on it?! This went on when Keighley mp Ann cryer was in Eds party at the same time as him. #groomedanationalscandal

[Culture Explorer @CultureExploreX]

Latin America isn’t just beautiful; it’s breathtaking.

Its churches, cathedrals, and palaces tell stories of empires, revolutions, and dreams carved in stone.

Which of these structures leaves you speechless? 🧵⤵️

[Kathi McGreat 🌸 @kathimmc]

@XYZNewsUK @Keir_Starmer Also what he is doing to the ICBs. The ICBs are a fundamental element of implementation and support for GP practices and patient care. We have been told to reduce costs by 50% by Q3!!!! Redundancies will be inevitable where is the money coming from? Staff so stressed it’s awful

[Kathi McGreat 🌸 @kathimmc]

@XYZNewsUK @Keir_Starmer Also what he is doing to the ICBs. The ICBs are a fundamental element of implementation and support for GP practices and patient care. We have been told to reduce costs by 50% by Q3!!!! Redundancies will be inevitable where is the money coming from? Staff so stressed it’s awful

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Mont-Saint-Michel in France is one of the most famous places in the world.

You've seen thousands of photos of it... but what is Mont-Saint-Michel? Who built it? And when?

This is a brief history of the world's strangest village...

[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

Thread on what famous architectural landmarks would look like if they were restored or completed using drones 🧵

1. Whitby Abbey, England

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

The most beautiful Christmas trees on Earth

1. Italy has the world's largest Christmas tree