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Today I am at Sunderland travelling to Manchester for Paul Smith's talk to the Transport Ticket Society on British influence on ticketing when much of the map was red.

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A leading campaigner against miscarriages of justice has described as “absolutely disgraceful” the fact that a man from Cardiff has been in jail for 20 years for stealing a mobile phone ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-VUF

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🚨 New on Substack, my post on the planning and development of the Mackworth Estate in Derby ... open.substack.com/pub/municipa...

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A business owner who returned to Wales from London has shared how establishing a business in Carmarthenshire inspired him to learn Welsh and to ensure his business is fully bilingual

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There's a Class 465 in retro NSE livery!! Video --> youtu.be/tcHfTJb_Zi0

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The writer and philosopher Roger Scruton was born #OTD 27 February 1944. In his brilliant 'England, an Elegy', a provocative yet thoughtful description of the Church of England always makes me smile.

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A spike in pension credit applications has been recorded, with a 64% jump in successful claims after the Government announced that winter fuel payments would be means-tested

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Cadw is offering free access to Wales’s iconic historical locations on March 1 in celebration of St David’s Day

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At York today for travel to London for a Transport Ticket Society meeting.

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It's been a while since I posted on here, but from now on, I plan to share all updates here too. Here’s a new video ‘A City on the River, by the Sea’. I never ask usually, but on this occasion I would appreciate any likes and shares ☺️ #sunderland #regeneration

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Very sad news indeed There has been railway engineering at the Doncaster Works ‘The Plant’ since 1853. Many world famous locomotives were built, indeed born here including ‘Flying Scotsman’ and ‘Mallard’ The ghosts will be restless in the sheds tonight… #Doncaster #Yorkshire

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Cardiff University pushing ahead with plans to open a campus in Kazakhstan while slashing jobs and closing courses at home would be a national disgrace, the Senedd heard

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☎️ #OTD 40 years ago, the Thirties Society (forerunner of C20) launched their famous Phoneboxes Campaign, after the privatisation of BT threatened the classic red kiosks with removal and mass-extinction. It remains the Society’s most successful and longest-running initiative.🧵

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It's a long game. Historic England has repeatedly recommended these buildings be listed, so far in vain. But we're very patient. Unique piece of architecture.

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Watching Sweetpea and can't stop wondering why they're using an old non accessible bus. I'm sure there's someone with a preserved low-floor Plaxton Pointer 😅.

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Loved researching this case for C20. 1930s newspaper articles referred to the architect as "Mrs RA Gerrard" after her husband so it took a bit of digging to find her name, Molly Gerrard (née Taylor). And the reports on her work at Bath were fantastically sexist -

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Residents of Wales' 'Queen of Resorts' are appealing for the return of a bust of Queen Victoria which has disappeared after sitting in pride of place for 135 years

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The start of an exciting week for Sunderland with the launch of the Sunderland Music Strategy at the Fire Station on Tuesday afternoon. The city is watched over by Terpsichore, Muse of Music and Dance, from her position on the top of the Sunderland Empire. Photo by @alanparkinson.bsky.social

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From the extravagant lifestyle of an eccentric Anglesey Marquess to adventures in the lush landscapes of Laos, eclectic stories with Welsh connections await audiences on the big screen in 2025

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So here are the other London Underground stations which open both doors. Barking was definately the hardest to capture. You have to be very lucky with the timing of the passing train. 1. Stratford 2. Morden 3. Canary Wharf DLR 4. Barking

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As he launches the Welsh National Theatre, the actor discusses how he has thought about a political career, how he feels a pressure to deliver for Wales and how he hopes his latest theatrical journey will inspire people for generations to come

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TELL SOMERSET COUNCIL TO SUPPORT OUR BUS SERVICES Somerset Council is consulting on what should be the Council’s spending priorities&where it could make savings.As this chart illustrates,Somerset currently spends far less on supporting its bus services than do our neighbouring rural authorities 1/4

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A return ride on a returned bus route on Merseyside - in new colours too.

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A decision by the Post Office to slash ‘lifeline’ services in rural parts of Gwynedd has been blasted as “shameful”

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Tulip Siddiq has resigned as the UK Government's Treasury minister over allegations linked to her aunt’s political movement in Bangladesh

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Join a union, stand together, strength in numbers ✊

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Sunderland looking magnificent!

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Durham’s Silver Street now “is much more vibrant and interesting than it was five years ago”, Graham tells the Newcastle Chronicle A positive ChronicleLive article last week described what it rightly called the "revival" of Durham's Silver Street over the past five years.

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Japan's UK ambassador has posted a heartwarming video to social media of himself enjoying a Welsh cake and cup of tea for breakfast in Cardiff

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Last weekend I enjoyed revisiting #Boston in Lincolnshire for the first time in a decade. Like most towns, it has vacant units and other challenges, but also immense character and potential, including an enjoyable and ethnically diverse independent offer. I hope to return soon!

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One of Britain’s busiest ports will not fully reopen until at least March after being damaged during storm Darragh, leaving north Wales in “limbo”, the Senedd heard

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I missed this back in November! It looks like the former Woolworths in #NewtonAycliffe - the last one of 807 never to be occupied since Woolies' collapse - is about to be filled again! It only took 15 years... 🥳 #Woolies15 www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2469372...

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As the Stagecoach Manchester as we know it disappears in favour of the @beenetwork.bsky.social, I wish everyone the best as they gear up for the transition overnight. Nice to look back on good times: a fun day I spent driving the famous 192 route back in 2005, resting between trips at Hazel Grove.

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A new docuseries which explores the impact of Welsh settlers in Patagonia is set to hit our screens this month

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A watershed moment for the US, and he most important urban transportation reform of my lifetime. Congrats to all the activists, planners, and policymakers who made this possible. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/n...

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Two Swansea midwives who worked together for more than half a decade have discovered they shared a special past wp.me/p8Mk4U-TkQ

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1/ Ancoats, Manchester - cradle of the Industial Revolution and social housing. The Victoria Square Dwellings, 1894, designed by Henry Spalding for Manchester City Council. Now providing housing for elderly people, the oldest continuously occupied social housing in the country.

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London, 1962 Stationman Eric England clearing snow on the platform at East Finchley 📷 C Tait

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Doncaster, 2018 The 91s had been stood down and the 321s were frozen to the spot, but the pacers kept on going! 144009 prepares to depart for Leeds during the Beast from the East in 2018. Unstoppable! #Doncaster #Leeds #Yorkshire

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Happy New Year! It's snowing here but I've got lots of plans to get drawings those churches once winter is over. Was at a lovely event at #Leicestercathedral yesterday and back to school tomorrow so in the meantime here's #stjohnthebaptist #church #Belton #drawing #Anglican #churches #sketchbook

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#ad Casting announced for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ahead of the tour arriving in Sunderland in April Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Sunderland Empire Tuesday 22 – Sunday 27 April 2025 Preview: www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/01/prev...

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Morning. Further to last years post on Harton Hall, I had an opportunity a couple weeks ago to photograph the cottage which is being considered for demolition to redevelop the petrol station. This would include a new forecourt, underground storage tanks and parking.

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I was today years old when I learned that bowsers are called bowsers cos the fella that came up with the fuel pump was called Sylvanus Bowser Who knew? 🤷🏻‍♂️

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The Shipping Forecast was first broadcast on the radio on January 1st 1924, then called Weather Shipping. Sailing By is the evocative theme tune. Listen here: youtu.be/dFdas-kMF74?...