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LizD

@bibby4.bsky.social
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She/her Elderly Scottish wumman who is into history and archaeology. Iron Age/Early Mediaeval. Volunteers at The Govan Stones.

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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
@govanstones.bsky.social Chico & Honey were excited to visit the Govan Sarcophagus today.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
St Mungo's Well, Glasgow Cathedral. Visited today.
A cylindrical well lined with tiles in various shades of blue. It is topped by a wooden plaque with the words Glasgow's Wellspring carved on it.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Wait, what?
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
First visit of the year to @govanstones.bsky.social today. Open 11am to 4pm every day from now until the end of October. Admission free.
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a hockey player says let 's go while wearing his helmet
Alt: a cute Eurasian hockey player says let 's go while wearing his helmet.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Today is the feast day of St Mungo, also known as Kentigern, the seventh century patron of Glasgow whose miracles are represented on the city's coat of arms. Happy feast day to all Glaswegians wherever you are.
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Louise Haigh @louisehaighmp.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same. Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter. www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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It is time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter
Grok is just one of many reasons why Westminster should finally get off the website.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I had 5 of those before I got vaccinated.🤷‍♀️
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 03/01/2026
Following a white man to war because you disliked the sound of a black woman laughing will go down in American history as one of the dumbest acts of self-sabotage ever.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I really hope he succeeds in everything he sets out to accomplish. Shut up the naysayers.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
On a personal level I'm not sorry to see the back of 2025. Aw the best to everyone for 2026🎆#Ne'erday
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 16/12/2025
🚨BREAKING: Employment Rights Bill passes in the House of Lords and will become law. This is an historic day for working people across the country, and the trade unions who represent them.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Yes, they did 'With a little bit of luck' from My Fair Lady. It's been stuck in my head all day today.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
🔴Rachel Reeves and the Daily Mailification of the BBC For all the focus on its supposed “left wing bias”, the BBC’s heavy coverage of allegations of dishonesty against Rachel Reeves shows how its political coverage is still largely led by the right-wing press bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
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Rachel Reeves and the Daily Mailification of the BBC
For all the focus on its supposed "left wing bias", the BBC's heavy coverage of Conservative allegations of dishonesty against Rachel Reeves shows how its political coverage is still largely led by th...
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Daisy and Onslow would never!
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
The Howff, Dundee #mementomorimonday
A dark grey grave marker, the top two thirds covered in green lichen. At the top of the stone an hourglass lying on its side is carved and below that a skull and crossbones.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
She voted for him? I am utterly bamboozled.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Congratulations on your accomplishment and respect for all the hard work and sacrifice it took to achieve it.👏
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
I dropped a message to my son yesterday re. acceptable Christmas presents 🤞
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
#31DaysOfGraves Day 31 Memento Mori: At Govan Old a recently uncovered grave marker. The faint text at the top of the stone reads MEMENTO MORI and two shovels are also included in the carving. Govan Old Church will close at 4 pm today until April but the Churchyard is open all year round
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
It has obviously undergone a recent refurbishment as older photos I've seen show it in a very dilapidated condition.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
#31DaysOfGraves Day 30 Colour: The cast iron memorial for Glasgow merchant Alexander Mackenzie at Glasgow Necropolis. Credit to my wee sister for all the Necropolis photos I have posted.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
#31DaysOfGraves Day 29 Occupation: John Clark established a calico printing works in what became the village of Bowling, Dunbartonshire. He is buried at Old Kilpatrick Parish Church.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
#31DaysOfGraves Day 28 Column: At Glasgow Necropolis the grave of Robert Miller and family. Miller was the Provost of the burgh of Hillead when it was annexed to Glasgow in 1891.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Any advice on how to preserve celery. The supermarkets only sell large portions and I usually end up throwing most away.
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Paul Singh 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @paulsingh.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
i remember the days when comments like this would have been career ending. Instead the media fawn over Reform, giving them uncritical coverage at the expense of every minority individual in this country.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
She Is very dramatic and the Obelisk she Is alongside is pretty impressive too.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
#31DaysOfGraves Day 27 Tree: At Old Kilpatrick Parish Graveyard, the graves of the family who owned most of the land that became Clydebank.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
#31DaysOfGraves Day 26 Figure: A mournful figure at the Glasgow Necropolis.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Love it!
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
#31DaysOfGraves Day 25 Graveside Ornament: Guardian Lions on the Fife coast.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Worryingly that plot actually made sense to me.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
#31DaysOfGraves Day 24 Unusual Animal: At Lempitlaw graveyard, Scottish Borders, the 1777 headstone of William Turnbull and his wife Agnes Riddell with the carved image of a griffin. It was part of the Riddell family arms. trove.scot
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I once fell asleep at a Be-Bop Deluxe concert at the Strathclyde Union. No shade on the band, I think it was a combination of alcohol and sleep deprivation. I was probably around 19 at the time.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
#31DaysOfGraves Day 23 Cross: A cross at St Martin's Churchyard, Bowness-on-Windermere overlooking a beer garden. In the midst of life we are in death.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
It is yes and it arrived in perfect condition.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
He knows nothing, he hears nothing and he sees nothing. Why even bother turning up. He is a sycophantic mouthpiece.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I paid £33 Inc postage from the same company.🤔 Maybe it's because I'm in Scotland. Still a bargain.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The Time Team dig was in 1996 but the more recent digs have reopened some of the trenches and explored them a bit more. This year a large, previously unknown post hole has been discovered.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
#31DaysOfGraves Day 22 Landscape: An archaeological landscape at Govan Old following this year's dig.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
#31DaysOfGraves Day 21 Bronze: Second World War memorial at Govan Old Parish Church. "Their name liveth for evermore".
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Probably a bed jacket. No central heating in those days.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
And the association of Priapus with crossroads and protection.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Somebody replied that it was the symbol for a Baker's guild, so it is likely occupation iconography.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
#31DaysOfGraves Day 20 Wreath: A memorial to a son at the Glasgow Necropolis. The wreath encircles the first letter of the family name. Photo credit, my other sister.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
😂
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
That should obviously be grave slabs 🙄
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
#31DaysOfGraves Day 19 Social Group The grave slaps of a group of West Highland gentry gathered together at Kilmartin Churchyard, Argyll.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Reform are panicking about people pointing out that they want to replace the NHS. So please don't share this clip of Nigel Farage saying he'd rather healthcare was done through insurance companies.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
#31DaysOfGraves Day 17 Relocated: The Govan Sarcophagus. Originally located in the church but was removed at an unknown date and relocated to the churchyard where it was buried. Rediscovered in 1855 and relocated back into the Church in 1908.
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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I thought it was and I was going to keep this photo for tree day because it is quite rare to see them now.
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