Keith Johnston

Researching the history of Scarborough, tourism in the Lake District, historical pageants and war memorials. Writing book on the history of Scarborough's pubs.

[Keith Johnston @KeithJohnston53]

Excellent!

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

He grew up in a small village called Bambali in Senegal, where many people dreamed of a better future but had few opportunities to reach it.

As his football career took him from local fields to the biggest stadiums in the world, Sadio Mané never forgot the place that shaped him. Instead of letting success change who he was, he used it to change the lives of others.

He invested in his hometown by helping build a secondary school, funding a hospital worth around 693,000 US dollars, supporting a petrol station and a post office, expanding internet access, rewarding outstanding students, and providing monthly financial support to many local families.

When asked why he chose this path, Mané once said, "Why would I want ten Ferraris, twenty diamond watches or two planes? What will these objects do for me and for the world?"

Bambali is still a village today. But for the people who now have access to education, healthcare, and opportunities they once lacked, it has become a very different place.

Some people leave home to build a better life.

Sadio Mané built a better life for home

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

He grew up in a small village called Bambali in Senegal, where many people dreamed of a better future but had few opportunities to reach it.

As his football career took him from local fields to the biggest stadiums in the world, Sadio Mané never forgot the place that shaped him. Instead of letting success change who he was, he used it to change the lives of others.

He invested in his hometown by helping build a secondary school, funding a hospital worth around 693,000 US dollars, supporting a petrol station and a post office, expanding internet access, rewarding outstanding students, and providing monthly financial support to many local families.

When asked why he chose this path, Mané once said, "Why would I want ten Ferraris, twenty diamond watches or two planes? What will these objects do for me and for the world?"

Bambali is still a village today. But for the people who now have access to education, healthcare, and opportunities they once lacked, it has become a very different place.

Some people leave home to build a better life.

Sadio Mané built a better life for home

[Abramdango @Abramdango91]

An England football fan named Gus Hully has one of the strangest World Cup traditions ever.

He collects a beer from every country playing in the tournament.

Then, whenever a team gets eliminated, he drinks that country’s beer as a goodbye toast.

For the 2022 World Cup, he went viral after collecting beers from all 32 competing nations.

Some were easy to find.

Others took serious effort.

He even managed to track down drinks for countries where getting the right bottle was not exactly simple.

Now, with the World Cup expanding to 48 teams, the challenge has become even more ridiculous.

One beer for every nation.

One drink for every elimination.

It turns the whole tournament into a giant international drinking calendar.

Most fans follow the World Cup with flags, shirts and score predictions.

Gus follows it with a fridge full of beer from around the planet.

Honestly, that might be the most committed way to watch football.

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

For 240 hours, a primary school teacher quietly worked on a goodbye gift her students would never forget.

Sara Shabir taught a class of 30 children at Tyndale Community School in East Oxford, England.

As the end of the school year approached, she wanted to give them something more personal than a card.

So she picked up her crochet hook.

One by one, Sara began creating miniature versions of every child in her class.

She carefully matched their skin tones.

Their hair colours.

Their hairstyles.

The little details that made each child recognise themselves.

Each doll took around eight hours to complete.

Thirty students.

Thirty personalised dolls.

Around 240 hours of work, much of it done during evenings and weekends.

Sara kept the entire project a secret.

Then came the moment she finally showed her class a photograph of the dolls.

At first, the children simply stared.

Then they started looking closer.

And suddenly, they realised.

They were looking at themselves.

Sara said the children were "over the moon" when each student finally received their own handmade doll.

She had spent hundreds of hours making them for one simple reason.

She wanted every child to leave her classroom with something they could keep and remember.

Some teachers teach lessons from books.

Others quietly become part of the memories children carry for the rest of their lives

[Rewild Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌳 @RewildScotland]

“My daddy who shot for Oxford you know had to have his pistols put in a locked box because of one wee murder in Scotland.” He is referring to the mass murder of 16 five year olds and a teacher.

[Roger Gall @Shambles151]

UK nationals returning today from serving in the IDF were NOT arrested under the Terrorism Act.

Please RT this until they are.

Thank you

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

The UK plans to get rid of the Coastguard Service and turn it into volunteers only, to 'save money'.

This will cost lives, and we have afforded it for 204 years.

But now it is 'unaffordable'.

No it is billionaires who are unaffordable, tax them until there aren't any.

[Britain's Lost & Living Pubs @Britains___Pubs]

If you love Britain's pubs, share this post and help others find a page that's dedicated to them.

Thank you all for all the support.

[Robert Walton @WaltonBob]

An example of a fine Victorian Gothic - style building is this cemetery chapel (1856) by William Baldwin Stewart, a prominent C19 architect who shaped much of the Victorian architectural fabric of Scarborough - this year celebrating it's 400th year as UK's first seaside resort.

[Keith Johnston @KeithJohnston53]

@ProfessorPubUK @MarketCatYork Great pub!

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

Immigration is not the reason that you can’t get a hospital appointment, it’s the reason you can get one.

Please retweet for all the people who can’t seem to grasp that.

[RS Archer @archer_rs]

The workload, commitment and dedication of these emergency rescue dogs is consistently impressive. I hope he is handsomely rewarded for his work.

[Keith Johnston @KeithJohnston53]

https://t.co/ev4aNOBUGa

[Eric Idle @EricIdle]

Tweet of the day!

[History Girl @HistoryGirlBW]

A rare and delightful film, around 120 years old. You don’t often see the Edwardians relaxing and having fun but here they are at the seaside enjoying themselves at the beginning of the 20th century.

[Britain's Lost & Living Pubs @Britains___Pubs]

Ladies and gents..

Seeing as we'd like to raise awareness on our beloved pubs, we'd like to start heading towards the 100k mark. If you appreciate the posts, and work on this account, then please follow @Britains___Pubs and share this post to help others find us.

Thank you.

[SophieSpring97 @SophieP25397]

He is dead right

[Keith Johnston @KeithJohnston53]

https://t.co/vlVtuh0JI6