A L Waddington-Feather

Rather likes writing, history and quirky stuff. Has been known to travel and dance. Care sector consultant & a @shrewsburyark Trustee. Views my own.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

A century-old cartoon satirizing the flapper fashion of the 1920s.

Published in Life magazine in 1926, this satirical illustration contrasts women’s fashion from 1896 and 1926. On the left is the Gibson Girl, the late 19th and early 20th century ideal of femininity, characterized by high collars, long skirts, and a tightly structured silhouette.

On the right is the flapper, whose shorter skirts and more exposed form signaled a sharp departure from Victorian and Edwardian norms. She represented the “New Woman” of the era—independent, modern, and more visible in public life. While many saw the flapper as a symbol of freedom and progress, others criticized it as improper or reflective of moral decline.

Though often set in contrast, both figures reflect the shifting ideals of femininity and independence, as well as the broader cultural changes tied to women’s rights and evolving social roles, with fashion serving as a visible expression of that transformation.

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

Did you know that the first women to land on the Normandy beachhead in June 1944 were nurses of Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Nursing Service?

Their task was to establish a field hospital for 600 wounded soldiers.

They succeeded.

Please remember these heroines who saved lives:

[Bobbie @bo66ie29]

6th June 1944. Over 150,000 brave British, Canadian, US and Allied forces landed by air and sea in Normandy. #DDay

[British Normandy Memorial @britishmemorial]

Today is the 82nd Anniversary of D-Day.

Remembering the 22,540 servicemen and women who made the ultimate sacrifice on D-Day and during the Battle of Normandy.

Watch the Service of Remembrance live from 9.30am BST: https://t.co/f0dRIp4Ryo

#DDay82

[A L Waddington-Feather @wadders007]

Would have loved to have seen this.

[Dakota The Astrowolf @DakotaAstroWolf]

A C-47 that flew on D-Day dropping my friend onto an actual D-Day drop zone:

[Glen Gilmore @GlenGilmore]

You invite a humanoid robot to show off its martial art skills at a Children’s Day picnic.

It kicks the first 3 year-old it sees.

Why didn’t we invite AI Governance?

https://t.co/V3VuCf3I5H

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Today is the fifth day of Museum Week!

Time to celebrate the British Museum, which opened to the public in 1759!

[Modern Caesar @ModernCeasar]

The fall of Rome is explained through military, political causes, barbarians, overextension, and debasement of currency. These problems were real, but before that Rome died culturally.

Rome’s real collapse began when its ruling class stopped developing the one thing empires actually run on: judgment.

Serious reading is not an entertainment. It is how a civilisation transmits its accumulated wisdom. How it trains men to think in complex situations, to understand history, to resist flattery and panic. When the Roman nobility abandoned that tradition, they lost both competence and culture.

[ScienceFocus @ScienceFocusonX]

Moon perfectly suspended inside the rainbow.

[A L Waddington-Feather @wadders007]

Yes, what are the odds?!

[World Scholar @WorldScholar_]

This is breathtaking.

The church's marble floor is covered entirely in tombs of the 400 Knights of the Order.

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Valletta (1608).

[Oaks And Lions 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @oaksandlions]

England once had hundreds of tiny prisons.

Before police stations became common, villages often had their own lock-ups, small cells used to hold drunks, thieves, vagrants and troublemakers overnight.

Most were built during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Many contained little more than a stone floor, a wooden bench and a heavily barred door.

Some were circular because it made them harder to break out of.

Others became known as "blind houses" because their windows were so small.

Hundreds once stood across England.

Dozens still survive today, hidden beside churches, village greens and market squares.

A reminder that local justice once existed at the very heart of village life.

Have you ever seen a village lock-up?

📷: Breedon on the Hill village lock up.

Follow @oaksandlions for your daily dose of England's hidden gems.

#EnglishHistory #EnglishHeritage #LockUps

[Bernie @Artemisfornow]

Can you see it yet? … This was once agricultural land, helping to feed the nation.

Now it’s Britain’s largest solar farm.

Bill payers have underwritten up to +/-
£80 MILLION of revenue on the Contract for Difference, depending on future electricity prices.

The land no longer makes food, the returns go to private international investors.

And WE underwrite the risk. This is stakeholder capitalism. Socialism on acid.
*sigh* you need to read the book!

[Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @SheldrickTrust]

Baby elephant incoming 🐘

Kaikai likes to think she runs the show, and to be honest, she probably does. Olomunyak's greed knows no bounds. Kipekee is a determined young elephant and Mzinga? She's the trouble maker. Every orphan has their own distinct personality, and our Keepers get to know them inside out as they spend every waking minute with their charges.

Tell us — are you a Kaikai, Olomunyak, Kipekee, or a Mzinga?

[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

This is the best preserved medieval street in Europe.

Recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, The Shambles in York, England has had shops trading on it for nearly a thousand years. It's older than the Crusades.

[Alexandra @Alexandr4Denman]

Update on the Dartmoor ponies cull and why this has to be stopped! They go back to the ice age they should be made a protected species! Please support this ! Please listen and share! They are destroying our countryside and wildlife!

[Phil Rostron ⚽️👍🍻 @bigphil321]

Bloody hell, this hit home 💙💙💙😢😢😢

[🎶𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 ✨ @Old_But_Gold50s]

Unforgettable Tetsuya Kumakawa - La Bayadère

[Bernie @Artemisfornow]

🚨PAY ATTENTION ALL UK ACCOUNTS🚨

Under updated CPS guidance, prosecutors have been asked to consider how footage and images of the Unite the Kingdom event (and others) when shared online, could be viewed in terms of their wider impact and audience reach.

That means if you film or photograph it and upload it to social media, or SHARE footage you see online, the authorities may assess not only what appears in the background of your video or images, but also the wider context! including captions, hashtags, edits, and comments, when considering whether posts may fall within offences under the Public Order Act 1986 relating to stirring up racial or religious hatred.

Now even recording reality in public can be treated differently depending on how it is presented online.

Nothing dystopian about that, of course. It’s sanitised for you safety.

[Enezator @Enezator]

Whenever this donkey wants a hug, he walks to his caretaker’s shop, opens the door, and patiently waits to be let in. Love is something every living soul longs for. 🫏🤍