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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Love this wall, seen from a bus trundling down Possil Rd to Rockvilla, Glasgow. Railway line runs over the top, it seems to be built of huge sheets of sandstone(?) rather than hewn blocks like a normal...wall. My best guess is the holes were for moving these mammoth chunks into position c1840?

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Holiday sock knitting in ferocious Croatian heat. I am nothing if not determined. Thank chuff for air con in public transport. Autumn boot socks for back home in cold rainy Glasgow. #knitting #muchneededtimeoff

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

That's one hell of an additional load! I think there's so little recognition of all the extra skills mature women students bring and develop. We overcome many more mountains - often mundane, routine stuff, including parenting and care. I salute your extraordinary achievement, sister!

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Nooooo, that's not on you! You adjusted expectations to her whim, that's the best you can do!

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Can't help feeling that's a bit of a kicking when you've grafted hard (and presumably with non-adult children). Mum died three months into my PhD and had no idea what I was doing. So sad. But still, *we* know how much it takes - we should be independently proud!

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It's that 'getting above yourself' thing isn't it? Nice women don't draw attention to their achievements. Always sad that my mum was descending into dementia when I started my PhD and dad had died at the start of my undergrad. They were very proud that I went to uni at all so I hold onto that.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I agree, principally because his family and friends need privacy and respite. This feels a bit performative and responding to *our* need to express anger, not what's best in the - as yet - unknown circumstances.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Exactly! I wonder if there's a connection with rising literacy rates among even the very poorest where previously letters were a bit pointless. I'm on a run with the project just now (it's a passion, separate from my paid research post), so I'll have a rummage and let you know.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Thanks, that helps. I hadn't thought about it till your brilliant post - I'll keep an eye on the records I'm reviewing to see when the poorest began to get their own house numbers.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Fascinating! Do you know when internal tenement apartments started to be numbered? Census shows 100s living at a single street number and tenants/boarders recorded by location within a building and name of householder/landlord by Poor Law inspectors in mid/late 19thc.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I wasn't arguing for a free pass, except for, well, everyone. Nobody deserves trial by social media. I don't think anyone can justify whipping one up (especially right now). Legal recourse is there, evidenced in many similar cases. But opting for an eye for an eye... I can't see Ince finding peace.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Yep,machine manufactured confections of data/analysis are quite the prospect. Another wall tumbling in the comprehensive collapse of academia and HE with clearly predictable real-life consequences. We are such a stupid species.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I got this direct to my UoG inbox too. Basically just my job description 🙄

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I went during last year's Open Doors thing, it's well worth it. Remarkable the preservation/development work they've done. I'd quite like to be let loose in the archive for an hour or two.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

What a find! Govanhill Baths originally incorporated a washhouse and some of the original mechanisms have been preserved (as well as some bath cubicles), worth a visit for sense of space, albeit it's Glasgow not Edinburgh. They have an archive/archivist too.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I've seen this constantly framed as 'JK *suing* a human rights organisation' to suppress free speech. No doubt the apology will be seen as compelled by legal threats. Very, very tiresome. We still need to hear more - who the chuff thought it was ok to label a SA support service this way? Idiots.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

We were church goers, but baptist (which was handy as we were regarded as neutral from a sectarian perspective - in a west coast 1970s Scottish town, this was priceless. Most churchy pals I had were Catholic, tbh.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

First public performance tonight with my fellow absolute beginners classmates. Haven't been this nervous since I went into labour with my boy thirty years ago 😬

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Not to be a dream bore, while totally being a dream bore, I dreamt I was in the car with my beloved, driving slowly down familiar but deserted streets in a strange mossy green twilight. I said "is it another lockdown?" then woke up. I'm carrying the vague discomfort of it still. Dreams, eh?

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I've been wondering about this building for ages! What was it originally used as? Old maps suggest a bank at some point (presumably alongside lots of other businesses?)

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Similar experience for me today. Student who came to see me several times to talk over using quite an advanced research method for an undergrad dissertation, and who was clearly very able but lacking in confidence, absolutely smashed it - A3. Today is a good day.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Can't think why you thought of me 😂

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Love the font on Mary Stewart's hat shop sign

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Oh lovely! Was at a yarn festival yesterday and bought a sock kit so I'll be casting on soon too. Great to have a portable project for bus and train journeys

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Little acts of defiance save your sanity sometimes! Lovely yarn, gorgeous socks.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

We're on our fifth holiday to South Uist, same cottage every time. It is beautiful. Eriskay is very small with little to do, but the pub, beach, the tiny wild ponies that trot the streets and the unique football pitch (Google it) make it worth a trip. Recommend staying on Uist and day visiting!

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

We were in Am Politician pub on Eriskay for the last 20mins. The most Catholic of the islands, twas rammed with men in hoops. The air vibrating with aggression, lots of bemused tourists who had only seen the lilting tweed side of life thus far. The end of the match was outrageous. Commiserations ☹️

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Good luck, @stuartdouglas.com, thinking of you for the next 90mins. May today bring you long, long, long awaited joy! (And I say that genuinely as a Celtic fan)

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Intrigued by 'Pretty Three' just below Cavendish St - or am I misreading it? Lovely map!

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

And naming people allegedly doing these things. Beyond reprehensible, downright dangerous in this climate

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

If it's superwash wool or says on the label you can, but I think they still tighten up a tad. I hand wash my knits in a bowl with a splash of wool detergent (you can get it in supermarkets) as I think it's less hard on them - keeps them brighter and softer. Also it's a rather meditative activity 😊

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Meanwhile Reform's idols in the States think women voting the way their Christo-fascist husbands tell them to is Biblical 😜

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Very much so. Experts at flipping the situation so that you'll always, always be in the wrong. But you're not, and I'm glad you can see that.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Coercive control is horrendous. It's very hard to pick your way through to reality when you're constantly being gaslit, so you've taken a big step forward acknowledging it and now you see the patterns, you can resist the damage. It's very tough - wishing you strength.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I see your posts and commiserate. There is support out there. The Domestic Abuse Helpline operates 24/7, and will listen with compassion and kindness. You can call as often as you need. Might help to have an understanding ear for now, and they can signpost to direct support in future if needed.

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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

📣 New GCPH Publication for Glasgow 850! From Provand's Lordship to the Red Road Flats, the provision of clean water to the 1915 rent strikes & this year's Housing (Scotland) Bill, this timeline shines a light on events that shaped Glasgow's health www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...

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850 years of change – A timeline of Glasgow’s health history from 1175 to 2025

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Heady concoction of bigotry and misogyny, the tale as old as time 🙄 Interesting that the subtlety has been completely ditched over time. Hate speech towards poor women is just fine now.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Called my masters dissertation Poor Cows or Dangerous Beasts, about how broadsheets write about WC (single) mothers. Titled a lecture from it quoting a Telegraph journo of the time who called them (me!) "morally bankrupt parasites". Nearly two decades ago and the hatred and vitriol still flow ...

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

My daughter's in Glasgow but would be delighted to do this - any more details?

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Did we ever have any wanted visitors? This is awful sad, far too young. Loved this track, but first I sought out on hearing the news was What - a banger, with a great video.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

One of the best and quietly profound gigs I've ever been at.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Maryhill in Glasgow is drenched with them. Every street around high rise blocks where a ton of migrants are housed (including my street). It's despicable

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Great episode. Re the welfare cuts/acute health crisis we're experiencing, nobody mentions austerity. Data shows by 2019, we were already dying/getting very sick as a direct result. Highly recommend Social Murder, a book by academic colleagues David Walsh& Gerry McCartney from Uni of Glasgow.

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Ellie Conway @bloominell.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Done, entirely because "bunnies do not judge the hand that boops them". Keep up the terrific work.

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