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And, if you're wondering what song lyrics I've mangled today, they belong to the sublime and totally essential wonder that is The Meeting Place by the unsurpassable (unless you're The Beatles) XTC: #XTC #TheMeetingPlace π’ youtu.be/kYpfDDKu_a4?...
Hi Tom @ferrettrash.bsky.social! Here's a little rail-related curio for you: if you have a listen to the first few seconds of the above song, you'll hear a field recording of the hooter sounding at the Swindon Works for the last time in 1986 π’ A real piece of GWR history!
It's time for another Grit Salt Bin Monday #BinginnersGuide! So, @bobfry.bsky.social @natalan.bsky.social, it's icy, you've found your nearest grit bin but what are you gonna do with it? Wonder no more, as James and Danny from Blackburn with Darwen Council show us wot's wot: #GritSaltBinMonday π§βοΈβ οΈ
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π¨ NEW @cummingsyourway.bsky.social π¨ #CYW descends into the plain and visits #Salisbury: a city oozing mediaevalism yet steeped in Rock & Roll and the Gothic Revival. As if to prove it, Dan dances to Jefferson Starship, evokes Buddy Holly, then ponders the ancient Greggs Vegan Sausage Roll Cross:
Hey, @cummingsyourway.bsky.social! Here's a great article about Buddy Holly in #Salisbury. I think my favourite line is: "My friend and I were in Woolworths before attending the early evening concert when we saw Buddy and Jerry Allison." He was buying a pen! #BuddyHolly #PensAreFriends ποΈ
Great to be back in the Gorge via another thrilling, white knuckle ride on the 96 from Shrewsbury to Ironbridge today. If you like the thought of being transported through the Severn Valley in 'drive it like you stole it', π©-off-a-stick fashion, this is the best Β£3 you'll ever spend π¨ #Shropshire π
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Continuing our series of Grit Salt Bin Monday #BinginnersGuides, tonight it's time to focus on a brand that is the industry standard in rotationally-moulded binage: #Glasdon! Here @natalan.bsky.social and @bobfry.bsky.social is your operational guide to the Nestorβ’ 400: #GritSaltBinMonday π§βοΈβ οΈ
And, while we're at, let's also zero-in on another Glasdon classic: the Nestorβ’ 90 π #GritSaltBinMonday π§βοΈβ οΈ
Who knows @natalan.bsky.social @bobfry.bsky.social, if you're really lucky you might even encounter the Rolls Royce of grit bins, the incomparable and wondrous #Glasdon #Orbistor π Here's one I saw in Knighton Radnorshire earlier this year: #GritSaltBinMonday π§βοΈβ οΈ
Another lovely wander through the lesser trodden paths of outer London with John Rogers: #Psychogeography π₯ΎποΈ
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@marcpetty.bsky.social Do heritage railways count for #GritSaltBinMonday π§βοΈβ οΈ? Grit Bin at Boston Lodge Works on the Ffestiniog Railway π π π #Cymru
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The latest edition of @shrewsburytownosc.orgβs Town Times will be available at the Prince of Wales pub, Brooklands pub & Rad Beer bar as well as at the Croud Meadow stadium. #Salop #SalopProg
Inspired by @natalan.bsky.social, here is the first of our Binginners Guides. Tonight, we take a deep dive into the world of Bury's finest export: Excelsior (although the model featured in my post today is not featured here π€·): @bobfry.bsky.social #GritSaltBinMonday π§βοΈβ οΈ #BinginnersGuides π§
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#GritSaltBinMonday π§βοΈβ οΈ #Gloucestershire π
#GritSaltBinMonday In my exploration of the world of grit salt bins I have learned to expect the unexpected. What do you make of this @marcpetty.bsky.social ? Itβs a bin Itβs full of grit salt Itβs the property of the county council Itβs at the top of a steep road. Is it good enough?
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Hey @frmo.bsky.social! I've been walking through Greenfields again this afternoon and I have another question for you: have you ever bought a takeaway at Greenfield Spice, did you enjoy it, and would you recommend it? β #Shrewsbury #Dining π½οΈ