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"A 'Mother Carey's chicken' hovered round the wreck while we were on board, and followed us to the Sunbeam...all looked upon our visitor as the harbinger of a breeze. In this instance, at least, the well-known sailor's superstition was justified..." Atlantic 13.7.1876. #FolkloreThursday #Brassey

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Here's the answer to our Where have we been We were at the North Tower at Pevensey Castle. This very fine and fancy tower with it's garderobes (toilet's) was built c.1250. It unfortunately had a little disaster by 1317, whereby the towers roof fell, taking with it the floor boards and vault!

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According to legend, Arthur's Stone at Dorstone Hill 🇬🇧 is the site where King Arthur slew a giant #FolkloreThursday Radiocarbon dating shows that the site was one of the earliest #Neolithic settlements in west England! 🆓 https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.93 📷 UKgeofan / CC BY-SA 3.0

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"Permanent Waving Langridge's Demonstration at Bexhill." Bexhill Observer 27.2.1937. #Bexhill #Sussex #Hair #History #1930s #ThrowbackThursday

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#RomanFortThursday - The Niederbieber Draco, the only fully preserved draco military standard. This copper alloy object was discovered in the Limes fortress of Niederbieber in Germany. The Draco was adopted first into the Roman cavalry during the 2nd century AD. Landesmuseum Koblenz, Germany.

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🖼️ A Brazilian capybara eating a banana. Illustrated in Francois Forger’s Relation du Voyage, 1695.

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"Fiery Apparition In The Air, Seen In London, 1710 ...plainly and visibly saw this strange Comet, it seem'd a very great Star, at the end of which was a long tail, or streak of Fire..After which follow'd the likeness of a Man in a Cloud..." Illustrated London News 17.5.1879. #FolkloreThursday #1710s

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We had a fantastic evening with @garybaines.bsky.social Shoreham Fort last night. We heard about all their hard work over the last year and there very exciting future plans. It's volunteers like this that make all the difference to our heritage, they're dedication and care is unmeasurable.

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It's #InternationalPolarBearDay ! To learn more about the apex predators and how you can help protect them, visit the link below: ow.ly/5OFM50V7Hiw

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“This is nice behaviour, that I write to you again and again, and you pay no attention to me.” This almost 4,000-year-old Babylonian letter in clay is proof that we have been finding ways to say “per my last email” for some time

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🌈✨ Happy LGBTQ+ History Month! Today, we honour the incredible Virginia Woolf, a pioneering British writer and key figure of the 20th century. Born in 1882, Woolf was a trailblazer in discussing women's rights and mental health, and her work continues to inspire us today. @artukdotorg.bsky.social

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This Victorian smoking cap from our costume collection is beautiful and looks cosy too. (Not currently on display) #Bexhill #Costume #Victorian

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Welcome to Britannia 🌧⛈️ The bridgehead fort at Richborough #Kent constructed in the early AD 40s during the initial stages of the #Roman conquest An evocative recreation of British summer © Ivan Lapper for the 2001 English Heritage guidebook and on site signboard #RomanFortThursday

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Egerton Park lake, Museum and greenhouse, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex c.1950. #Bexhill #Sussex #Museum #History #1950s #ThrowbackThursday

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American. Silk Dress, 1882-83. © collection the Met Museum #FashionHistory🪡 🗃️

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The streets of #Roman #Pompeii after a rainstorm... #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology AncientBlueSky

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When all you need to do is warm the shoulders and neck then of course a green velvet chiffon lined mantle is the only option. Dating to c1900, it is a dandy little number, a little flurry of fabric #mfaboston #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Left is a pic of a mosaic from our West wing. Compared to a similar design from the North Wing you suddenly realize how utterly off the scale the quality was on the West wing.

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One of our beloved heritage properties, The Priest House in West Hoathly reopens for the season this weekend and we can't wait to welcome visitors once again. Plan your visit here: sussexpast.co.uk/attraction/t...

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A newly published article in Britannia sheds light on one of our fascinating Roman artefacts: the Colchester Vase. It explores the stories behind the names and scenes depicted on this ancient vessel, including the possibility that a Trojan War hero inspired one gladiator’s name!

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NEW Two new flint quarries and workshops discovered in central Iberia, adding to the limited evidence for long blade production in Late Neolithic-Copper Age Eurasia. 🆓 https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.22 #Archaeology

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"Hot Pants Night was fun. This lovely legs line-up was at the East Sussex Country Ladies' Auxiliary of the Licensed Trade's Hot Pants Night, held at the Pelham Hotel, Sidley." Bexhill Observer 3.6.1972. #WyrdWednesday

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On the walls of the entrance to a Tithe barn - what are these circles ? A friend said may be witch marks

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Sunbeam #HongKong #China 26.2.1877. "Off the town of Victoria the crowd of shipping is immense & it became a difficult task to thread our way between the fleets of sampans & junks. The latter are the most extraordinary-looking craft I ever saw, with high overhanging sterns..." #Brassey #Ships #1870s

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26 Feb 1597: d. Henry Noel MP and courtier in #London #otd of over-exertion in a game of 'balloon'. John Dowland wrote a 'Lamentatio Henrick Noel' for him. (British Museum)

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A pendant ear ring from 17th century Greece (British Museum)

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This is cool! A state school has defeated Eton to reach the finals of the International History Bowl & Bee in Vienna. They’re former winners, and are sending two young teams to compete again They need help with travel costs, can you help these young historians? www.gofundme.com/f/send-the-f...

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What's the value and use of history in contemporary society and culture? We're very pleased to launch a new OA short-form book series - 'Elements in History and Contemporary Society', with @cambridgeup.bsky.social - to explore this question. Proposals now invited bit.ly/4aqCiG4 1/2 👇 #Skystorians

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This is a brass button from the uniform of a member of the 4th Battalion of the Kings German Legion. They were stationed in #Bexhill between 1804-1814. This button was found on the beach near the Museum, in 1998. #Militaria

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Tonight, many Hindus around the world will be celebrating #MahaShivaratri (‘Great Night of Shiva’) in honour of the god Shiva. In this statue the deity appears as Nataraja, the Lord of Dance, which represents the duality of his nature as both a creator and destroyer, and signifies cosmic balance.

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Common or Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610 (Rijksmuseum)

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"Town Hall Square Typifies the Wintry Scene. This photograph...shows the wintry desolation which struck Bexhill this week. Our only consolation can be that other parts of the country, and indeed Sussex, have had very much worse conditions." #Bexhill Observer 26.2.1955 #Sussex #Winter #History #1950s

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New website for my illustration prints (resending this with hashtags). #art #prints #humour #politics #wallart @politicaldude.bsky.social, @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social, @dukestreetmusic.bsky.social, @deadmanthesaint.bsky.social, @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social hayesdesignart.framer.art/collection

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Ancient seafarers in Southeast Asia may have built advanced boats 40,000 years ago [of course they must have, to reach Australia] phys.org/news/2025-02... via @physorg_com

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Did Anything Have Feathers Before The Dinosaurs? A new study asks if it's convergent evolution, or all down to one fluffy ancestor www.iflscience.com/did-anything...

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An #arrowhead made of #meteorite iron: around 1,500 BC, a meteorite struck #Estonia. A fragment of it arrived - presumably in the baggage of an amber trader - at what is now Lake Biel, #Switzerland. An arrowhead was then made there from the cosmic iron. From Mörigen, 900-800 BC. 📷 me 🏺

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A misty morning aerial view of Cowdray Ruins. Considered one of the spookiest spots in Sussex, it's said 'The Grey Lady' haunts the ruins, manifesting so often that her usual haunting route has been coined the ‘Lady’s Walk’. 📷 Chris Gorman #SouthDowns

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"New teleprinter for Police. Bexhill Police are now using a new teleprinter which links them with East Sussex headquarters at Lewes." Bexhill Observer 10.11.1967. #WyrdWednesday

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American. Pelerine, c.1890. Decorative beadwork accessories &garments were high fashion in the 1880s-90s. This would have sparkled very prettily in candlelight! Jet beads and silk. © collection the Met Museum #FashionHistory🪡 🗃️

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There are more than 400 known rock carvings, known as ‘cup and ring’ on Rombalds Moor dating to the Neolithic and Bronze age periods. Similar carvings have been found around the world. The purpose of the carvings is still unknown. From sparse

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#HillfortsWednesday The enigmatic Sheep Island coastal promontory fort in far southwest Pembrokeshire The earthwork defences very likely have prehistoric origins but the scooped house sites within look distinctly early medieval Crossing from the mainland today is pretty sketchy😬 📷 My own, Feb 25

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Such a beautiful, ethereal evening. Venus, Jupiter, Mars amidst the dusk. Blackbird, Linnett, Song Thrush and Robin in full attendance.

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The 1st excavations at the #Roman fort of #Trimontium by James Curle began in February 1905 (120 years ago this month!) and were completed in 1910. In his own words, he did not realise 'how large an undertaking lay before me' - to mark this anniversary - Objects and images from Trimontium.

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"Bexhill-on-Sea. Central Parade." "The Cairo" #Bexhill #Sussex #Postcard c.1910. #Seaside #Holiday #History #1910s

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