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Regarding the public toilets in Woodstock, I’d say they are a council money spinner as hapless tourists who invest 20p, only to realise the door fails to open troop over to the Oxfordshire Museum, use the loo, then treat themselves to a homemade scone and tea in our excellent (OCC run) cafe
The Doctor from his Swiss “san” suggests he will be there for the foreseeable, thank goodness Great Aunt Mary broke the bank at Monte Carlo before she croaked and while we are in funds we may as well make merry
Growing up in the 1960’s children had to sleep rigid under tightly tucked sheets with heavy blankets and feather eiderdown on top of a counter pane to stop it slipping off. #tooheavyi
Should read Swalcliffe
#postboxsaturday Swacliffe Oxfordshire
#/fingerpostfriday yesterday I went to Swacliffe to volunteer at the #OxfordshireCC medieval barn
Agree, this is designed to create and build hostility, Liam Walker already playing to his Facebook followers
meetings.westoxon.gov.uk/documents/s8... See item 2.3 Odd that Liam Walker, well known buddy of former Conservative MP Robert Courts never queried whether the change of designation in order to release a grant of £147k might ever be questioned one day?
Contemptible and unwarranted
Dean Manor, ex Prime Minister David Cameron & other members of the Chipping Norton set live nearby, Charlbury is Celeb Central so the locals are probably 🥱🥱🥱🥱 about more disruption than normal. Its harvest time don’t forget so likely to meet plenty of SLOW moving agricultural vehicles on the road
They’ll get well stuck on the bends of most village roads west of here 🤣
#postboxSaturday in the City of London for a wonderful opportunity to visit St. Paul’s Cathedral at Night (sourced tickets after a tip off from @ianvisits.co.uk,) this GR box is on Queen Victoria Street facing the Millennium Bridge
Causing much outrage in the town about access to the building and its facilities although latest statement does commit to “restoring and returning to mural to the main hall for the town to enjoy” will keep you posted
The Heanor Grammar School triptych saga drags on, the school has been splendidly restored sez Historic England but instead of making it a community asset current owners AmberValleyDC now to lease it to Derbyshire CC (who originally sold it off to developers)
We live across the road from Estelle Manor, which hardly endears itself to locals all year round, but luckily are are a family wedding in Warwickshire this weekend
#fingerpostFriday local post in rural setting with straw stacks #oxfordshire
Perfect for #Caturday
I’m medical next of kin for an Eccentric Friend (war baby born 1944 adopted but no known relatives, divorced 1980, lived like Lady in the Van with NO van until COVID..) she was on Bisoprol and increasingly disconnected until recent hospital stay when it was dropped from list of med 👍 #goodluck
On Instagram (which insists on feeding me videos of home improvements although my mantra is “get someone in” ) I saw a US spray product which was applied to windows to avoid using masking tape. The peeling off reveal was rather pleasing, but product name instantly forgotten #marketingfail
When the Price is right
#postboxsaturday #oxford I attended a fascinating lecture on Cardinal Wolsey at #christchurchlibrary and spotted this #VRletterbox on exit at Oriel Square
Thanks for the alert, tickets obtained 👍
I followed the link and like the game!
#fingerpostfriday #cheltenham I really should have snapped the city centre signpost suggesting 12 mins 🏃♂️ to Pittville Pumproom, we stride rather than saunter and it took far longer, but worth the effort
I picked up a Randall &Hopkirk Deceased vibe from early episodes exchanges between Morck and Hardy, glad to learn there is a back catalogue of books ripe for adaptation
And at Oxford seems funding has been flowing in ever since, with a talk of a pandemic research institute and development of a huge site at Wolvercote roundabout into new lab space?
Wonderful to see where #Lowburyhillman came to rest #Oxfordshiremuseum
My happy memories are of Big Sister’s boyfriend (now husband of 54 years) bringing his Beach Boys records round when invited for Sunday tea, and playing them on Dads radiogram in the front room (which was only used on the Sabbath
Back to the future date wide for a Brit, #madeup #NOT
What an interesting article, #longread
Encore! 👏👏👏👏
I was appalled by the phrase “island of strangers” if you google just the word ‘Enoch, the results will include “rivers of blood”, never put current PM in that league?
Snafu more like
👍😻
As long as Cheryl gets her £100k
Worth noting website entry says “no photographs to be taken” at Daylesford, so will be giving it a miss
My friend Lesley born June 1944 adopted sometime in ‘45 from an orphanage has never been willing to look for her birth family. Now living with Alzheimer’s she is rooted in childhood memories of feeling unwanted, different & scared. It is no consolation to her when I suggest she is a war survivor
I was at Middlesex Poly 1978-80 and never managed to visit so this might put that to rights
My D Squadron 11th Hussars dad, who attended the Victory Parade in Berlin, and was a Rams Seasonticket holder may have been home in time to see that match
My App login is being a pain about 7 day free full access landing page and I can’t past it but found way in by clicking on Chrome search for Wordle, NYT Help page confirms free to pay and I’m not signing up for trial and then lumbered with cancelling 🤬🤬🤬
It’s a tough but unmissable watch,
#fontsonfriday, Batsford Church, Gloucestershire with Easter decoration
I was following you then on Twitter, good to find you here, here’s Misty, who joined us in late 2021 as an indoor cat but now ventures into the garden
Still have one St. Michael branded top “made in England”.. but competitor prices halved when they outsourced and M&S followed suit, but nothing lasts like the original Brands like Smedley hang on thankfully
I teach an introduction marketing programme in Oxford to Study Abroad US undergraduates & European gap year students, have done a case study on American Apparel brand, known for sleazy marketing 10 years or so ago but seemingly decent CSR, seems to be owned by Gildan Corp?
One hundred and EIGHTY
Here’s a song about #Signalgate – the flamboyant US security breach – adapted from one of our all-time fave Bee Gees songs, titled “You Were Not Supposed to Message it Through!” A quick turnaround, but only 5 of us as Alfie (really our best fake Bee Gee) is away 🔥👊💪🙏🎶 youtu.be/rPfwtXulKS4
That first they invent a waste process for material unlinked to agriculture and then need to invest in a remedial process that SEEMS to make that remedy safe is urging me to prioritise organic producers
I’ll check in again tomorrow 😻
I’m a week by week viewer, will tune up in again next week better prepared
Increasingly aware that he is copying from the #Putinplaybook, amoral so&so
My mother, from Eastwood, always referred to West Bridgeford as “bread and lard island” insisting folk there spent so much on their curtains and front gardens etc it was all they could afford to eat 🤷♀️
#drugbaron #bythepool with a #kitchenknife, haven’t a #cluedo 🤷♀️
Due a re-release youtu.be/UHxF8wqd2ns
@letterappsoc.bsky.social @lbsg.org
Spectacular Easter #postboxtopper now adorns main box in #Witney #postboxsaturday, outside former post office, now a cafe/bar where the makers meet for craft sessions
#MagnoliasofOxford blooming in lunchtime sunshine
Today is Quartidi the 4th of Germinal in the year 233. Germinal is the month of sprouting. Today we celebrate tulip. #JacobinDay More information on tulip
#usualsuspects, I called them out for last weeks tanker collision only to discover Vlad the Captain hailed from St.Petersburg #funnynotfunny
Shame about Asthall, visited last summer and was pleasantly surprised,
lace, today it finally snapped and I threw it away
And yet it wasn’t so much about planet saving, rather cynically using a compelling concept to ease entry to market and disrupting the established order (sound familiar?)
Ironing before lunch I dropped into the show at the very end of new to me #IbrahimMaalouf so am listening now on @bbcsounds.bsky.social, and starting the week uplifted by cool trumpet vibes
#fingerpostfriday this time last year at Northleach #cotswolds #romanvilla
Kitty is Friend’s grand daughter, 💗
OF PAPERWORK TO PLOUGH THROUGH TO GET GRANDDAD SECTIONED BEFORE HE CAN GIFT ALLL OUR INHERITANCE TO THE LAPDANCING CHARLADY
..homepage
I can see no mention of her predicament on the Workaway website home nor any warning of visa compliance, it’s also very coy about who is running enterprise other than vague mentions of founder David who seems to be a Mr. Milward
Happy #Caturday too
St. Helens Street Abingdon
The Devil reads Pravda
Hello from Misty #caturday #catsofoxford, we are hanging out here from now on
Pix of the week; shop bought flower joy, crocuses at the #oxfordshiremuseum and lunch watching three swans a swanning at #oxforduniversitypark
Grrrr happens if you sneak in a postcard or small packet?
Today is Primidi the 11th of Ventôse in the year 233. Ventôse is the month of wind. Today we celebrate narcissus. #JacobinDay More information on narcissus
One reason why I think respectability is stupid is because it's often used as a mask. Such judgements are rarely about the clothes themselves, but more often about the bodies beneath them. To wit, no one raised an issue when Elon wore a graphic t-shirt and ball cap to meet the Trump cabinet.
Sturdy upright yet delicate amaryllis on the landing table with charity shop trinket box and picture frame £1 for the pair
Today is Quintidi the 25th of Nivôse in the year 233. Nivôse is the month of snow. Today we celebrate cats. #JacobinDay More information on cats
Weekend weather in #Westoxfordshire
Despite 2025 starting with corporate fireworks &45mph winds through triple glazing I am warming to its possibilities, here are a few favourites from the Year that was..
