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Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social

An Ecology of Love & Ruin; a long goodbye & an acknowledgement that, what we feared for so long, never came to pass. More of this in my first book #OnGallowsDown #BookSky nicolachester.com/2025/08/20/a...

aug 25, 2025, 11:01 am • 37 9

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social

That's lovely, Nicola ♡♡♡

aug 25, 2025, 11:13 am • 1 0 • view
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Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social

Thank you ..x

aug 25, 2025, 8:46 pm • 1 0 • view
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Alison Brackenbury @abrackenbury.bsky.social

Oh, good luck, Nicola! In housing, stability is everything. It's tragic that so many people now lack that in England. Growing up in a village full of 'tied houses' didn't leave me wanting anything bigger-but it left me desperate not to live in anything I didn't own! I wish you all a fruitful future!

aug 25, 2025, 6:20 pm • 2 0 • view
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Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social

Thank you so much Alison - it’s so true, isn’t it. Lucky to be staying in the village we love x

aug 25, 2025, 8:52 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jane's Kintbury @walbury2024.bsky.social

But you will still see the Big Hill. These things matter. Wishing you all the best with your move. X

aug 25, 2025, 1:08 pm • 1 0 • view
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Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social

Oh they do, & I will … thank you x

aug 25, 2025, 8:47 pm • 1 0 • view
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social

You write the tragedy of England with such poetry.

aug 25, 2025, 6:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social

Thank you .. that means so much. I’d wear those words on a necklace.

aug 25, 2025, 8:56 pm • 1 0 • view
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social

You can have words anytime.

aug 25, 2025, 9:09 pm • 1 0 • view
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Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social

Thank you …

aug 25, 2025, 9:48 pm • 1 0 • view
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social

Gorgeous.

aug 25, 2025, 6:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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Joanna Hastings @joannahastings.bsky.social

Sending good thoughts to the sparrows. May they be well. And to you too.

aug 25, 2025, 10:08 pm • 1 0 • view
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Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social

Thank you so much x

aug 26, 2025, 10:25 am • 1 0 • view
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Vicki Hird MSc FRES @vickihird.bsky.social

Good luck. We had same pregnancy experience. Went in to have firstborn induced due to high BP the day removal men came - moved from Clapham to Hackney 27 years ago.. I can't imagine what's in our loft🤔

aug 25, 2025, 11:10 am • 2 0 • view
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Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social

Oh my, Vicki! Why do we do this to ourselves!

aug 25, 2025, 8:46 pm • 1 0 • view
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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social

Lovely piece such wonderful times you had ☺️. Hard to put it all into word yet it seems you have.

aug 25, 2025, 9:55 pm • 1 0 • view
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Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social

Thank you so much Rachel! x

aug 26, 2025, 10:26 am • 1 0 • view