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Ann Roberts

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Local history and research. Women’s history. Also architecture, art and heritage. Devon based.

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Diana Moore @dianafmoore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This week @JamesBanyard and I were shown around Larkebeare House by the new owners who plan to convert it into flats and build homes in a part of the gardens. 1/4…
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Oh look. My RNLI supporter’s magazine has just arrived.
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Where am I?
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Nathan Nelson @nathannelson.co.uk · 11/08/2026
Might be because it's a young country, or because it's so big, and so many there don't know the world outside, but that it also comes from academia and 'serious' authors puzzles me.
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Today (2 August) is the feast day of #StSidwell patron saint of #Exeter. Here she is with a scythe, with which she was beheaded, and flowing water representing the well which is said to have sprung up where her head fell. Image is one of the five local saints on the pulpit at All Saints, Kenton
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We can now see the smoke from the Canadian wildfires in the UK. Meanwhile, the rightwing press are pushing for more drilling in the North Sea, and Badenoch is banning Tory candidates who support net zero. Cool cool bsky.app/profile/meto...
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Through the farm gate. #Devon
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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This colour plate shows rock formations on the East Devon coast caused by landslips between December 1839 & February 1840. Corn grew on the rocks that had fallen from the fields above, attracting fascinated visitors. 📷 Reserve 554.235 DAW/XX (1840) #InternationalRockDay #Geology #RareBooks #Devon
Colour illustration of rock formations with wheat growing on them, entitled 'View in the Great Chasm of Axmouth Landslip.' Looking Westward. Reaping the Wheat 25th August 1840.' The illustration includes depictions of people in 19th century clothing.
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Wow!
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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We were delighted to welcome visitors from the Devonshire Assocation's Buildings Section yesterday for a group visit! It was wonderful sharing our collections with you, discussing the items on display, and answering your thoughtful questions. Please do visit us again - for research or enjoyment!
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The DA Buildings Section had a brilliant afternoon yesterday at the @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social looking at a selection of their archive, rare books, and manuscript resources relating to architectural history including works from the Betjeman Collection. Thanks to Archivists Annie and Tash.
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Statue of St Boniface by sculptor Polish born Devon adoptee Witold Kawalec (1922-2003) Church of the Holy Cross, Crediton #Woodensday
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Richard Batten @richardbatten.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
My book For King and Country - The Role of #Patriotism in #Mobilisation in the #FirstWorldWar is now on #SpecialOffer with 25% off the RRP via @penandswordbooks.bsky.social www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/For-King-and...
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For King and Country
This book is an original interpretation of domestic patriotism and the limitations of wartime mobilisation in rural and urban communities of the British Home Front…
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The evening primrose is really zinging in these warm evenings
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Lewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🚨 PLEASE SHARE WIDELY 🚨 If you are an Exeter alumnus, and wish to express your horror at the proposed cuts to the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, please sign the Google Doc petition below. Not an alumnus? You can still help by signing the Exeter UCU petition at c.org/msXfsb2g5b 🗃️
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Alumni petition against the cuts to the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Any Exeter alumni who wish for their names to be added to the petition below should please complete the form at this link: https://forms.gle/SpdYvmmsCaJbmZft6. If you are not an alumnus, but still wis...
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Rachael Litherland @rachaellitherland.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Yep me too #exeteruni #redundancies
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Feeling a bit sick really receiving my University of Exeter Alumni newsletter in which they boast about their position in the university rankings after today’s news. @exeter.ac.uk
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Happy #DevonDay #StPetrocsDay To celebrate here is St Petroc holding a church to symbolise the many churches he is said to have founded. All Saints Kenton.
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
A Devon hedgerow in May is a wondrous thing #WildFlowerHour
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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2026 Former Library and Mechanics Institute, Devonport Grade II, A, Norman, 1843-44 Read more: bit.ly/3P47tkd Photo: The Victorian Society #TopTen26 #endangeredbuildings #listedbuildings #heritage #architecture #SouthWest #Devon #Plymouth #Devonport
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Hi #GenHour This lady’s uniform is now confirmed as being ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service). I’ve also found a catalogue entry for her service record at the National Archives. So far so good. I’ve also been delving in to Scottish records for the first time.
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Good to see work finally starting on the Royal Clarence. You can see the layers of the building without all that tarpaulin. Martins Lane already looking better. I was on the Cathedral Green the day the unsafe parts of the facade was demolished almost 10 years ago 2 Nov 2016
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Hello #GenHour I’ve been asked by a relative to carry out some research on this lady. First question I need to tackle is what is the uniform she’s wearing?
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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
🚨 New on Substack: Council Housing in Plymouth before 1914: ‘the merry homes of England’ municipaldreams.substack.com/p/council-ho...
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Council Housing in Plymouth before 1914: ‘the merry homes of England’
This post looks at the first council housing built in Plymouth after the public duty to ensure decent housing for all was recognised in the 1890 Housing of the Working Classes Act.
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Storm Ingrid: Part of Teignmouth pier washed away by 'wild' waves
The town's mayor says the resort took a
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
In flower in the garden this week Daphne Witch hazel Skimmia Hellebore
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Christmas tree with super moon. Just because.
Village Christmas tree decorated with lights, baubles and star. Cottage behind with super moon overhead.
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Because it’s been unremittingly grim today here’s the sun setting over the River Exe from Topsham on Saturday.
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Common Toadflax still flowering in #Devon hedgerow. #WildFlowerHour
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Can anyone help with translation from Latin please?
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Exeter Cathedral @exetercathedral.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Discover Devon's @unesco.org designated heritage on a Discovery Day 🔎 ✦ 13 October: Free tour exploring rare items in our new Treasures Exhibition ✦ 23 October: Free workshop on why The Exeter Book is so special Tickets: www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/ Hosted by The Devonshire Association
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
See this? Post a bridge.
Bascule bridge over Exeter canal open to allow boat to pass through.
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Heritage Open Day visit to chapel of old Exminster Asylum (now Exeter Pre-Prep School). Built 1875 of Heavitree sandstone with Bath stone dressings. Cruciform plan with bellcote over the crossing. Designed by Exeter architect Joseph Neale. Good carved details including reredos, capitals and pulpit
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Here's how the real two-tier Britain works: 1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off. 2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵
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Penlee House Gallery & Museum @penleehousegallery.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Work of the Week! Bedruthan Steps by Robert Borlase Smart He described himself as an “oil painter of seascapes, watercolourist and etcher of architectural subjects” and worked for a time as artist and art critic for the Western Morning News.
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Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
🌟Fellows of the RHistS were emailed yesterday regarding this year's elections to the Society's Council. I am one of this year's candidates, and hope if you are a Fellow you'll consider voting for me. I'm particularly concerned with issues of EDI within the historical profession.🌟 #skystorians
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Extraordinary sculpture by Jyll Bradley. Centrepiece of exhibition at The Box, Plymouth. As you circle the blues and violets remain in front of you while the warmer tones are furthest away caused by the different refractive index of the materials. Think rainbows or prisms. Photo doesn’t do it credit
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Evening primrose, bird’s foot trefoil, purple loosestrife and meadowsweet All at Dawlish Warren Tuesday 8 - 9am #WildflowerHour #Devon @warrenbirding.bsky.social
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
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Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 04/07/2025
A rare medieval manuscript is bringing the sound of monks back to Buckland Abbey for the first time in 500 years. A 15th-century book that once belonged to Buckland Abbey to come home for the first time since 1539, thanks to a British Library loan.
A yellowed page with music written across it in black notes. Black Latin text is under the lines of music
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 04/07/2025
We’ve partnered with the University of Exeter Cathedral Choir to bring the voices of the long-lost monks back to life. The music will be part of the soundtrack to a new exhibition at the abbey, and will be performed live in the abbey’s medieval Great Barn in August.
Ornate remains of traceried stonework from the medieval abbey beside the Great Barn on a lawn of bright green grass.
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Oh my! Gotta laugh. She’d have still been a Tory MP if she hadn’t had a Reform candidate standing against her who split her vote.
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MWF @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
MWF Quote of the Month - July 2025 This months quote is a powerful reminder of the importance of supporting other women. True progress is built when women stand together and lift each other up.
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Old Man’s Beard ( clematis vitalba) #WildflowerHour #Devon
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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
At our AGM last month, we awarded our Outstanding Individual Contribution Awards to Dr Julia Neville and Dr Hugh Pihlens! Hear from Dr Julia Neville about her work in the study of Devon local history: ow.ly/BhgS50W4BcP #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
Dr Julia Neville is seated talking to a young woman about local history.
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Swallow babies waiting for their next feed.
A swallow’s nest with four young birds looking over the edge.
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Mazawattee Tea ‘the cup that cheers but does not inebriate. The advertising tapped in to the late-Victorian and Edwardian temperance movement.
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Hilary Neville @hbneville.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Congratulations to new Fellow Julia Neville in Devon. I know how much work you have devoted to history over the past few years!
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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
POST FROM TAVISTOCK POLICE ON FACEBOOK Police are investigating a report of theft of a lectern from St Paul's Church in Yelverton on the evening of Monday 12th May. Please share this appeal far and wide. www.facebook.com/share/1aNbTg...
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