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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Big fans of this in our house. Fantastic on a cheese sarnie…

Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Happy #BenchMarkMonday folks. Here’s Alice and Sid getting excited about the Cut Mark on the former Post Office in Halifax

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

#JustAnotherManholeMonday and here’s the nice Trojan on Sheppard’s Row, Southwell, Notts.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

#GritSaltBinMonday I found this cheeky bin soliciting down a jitty between Alexander Road and Station Road in Farnsfield, Notts. Who should I inform about such lewd behaviour @marcpetty.bsky.social ?

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s #JustAnotherManholeMonday here in the Blessèd Realm and we have this fine Brunel - violated by the white stripe - on Cockett Lane

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#GritSaltBinMonday At the bottom of Cockett Lane, Farnsfield, Notts. Just down the way from last week’s example.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Happy #BenchMarkMonday to all who celebrate. Here’s a really worn cut mark from the northern entrance to the Piece Hall in Halifax

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Trip to Halifax today to see Dogman: The Musical with Sid (5⭐️). Added bonus Halifax Modellers World was open and I snagged this absolute bargain at £20. Mint in box reissue but took me #BackToThe70s #HistScaleModels

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Huzzah! It’s #BenchMarkMonday and fate has been kind. Finally found the rather worn Bench Mark on New Hill, Farnsfield, Notts. Clearer in the photos than it is with the naked eye

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#JustAnotherManholeMonday and here’s a double Smith Savage on Cockett Lane, Farnsfield, Notts.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For #GritSaltBinMonday here’s a rather shy, yellow fellow on Cockett Lane, Farnsfield, Notts. I think he has aspirations of becoming a pillbox as he has good cover of the junction with Station Lane.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Here’s the Centurion, still behind bars…

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Popped to Thoresby yesterday to see the Centurion and the Conqueror that sit outside the courtyard. Quick whizz round the Queens Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry museum and spotted this cut mark. A good day out! #BenchMarkMonday #museums

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Quote this with a picture of the aircraft you’ll accept as a bribe. There can be only one…

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

An interesting G VI R wallbox encased in a brick pillar for #PostboxSaturday Due to location in front of relatively new houses, I was unsure if the pillar was original or had been resited or made from reused bricks but looking at the NLS maps it predates the houses by at least 40yrs (LB)!

A red letter box, encased in a brick pillar, standing in front of a hedge and houses.

A screenshot of the National Library of Scotland maps resource. Showing the junction of Cockett Lane and Mansfield Road, Farnsfield, Notts.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A small plaque attached to the village school, Halam, Notts. commemorating those lost during the Great War. #WarMemorialWednesday #LestWeForget

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#BenchMarkMonday brings a trio of cut marks from East Street, Swindon Railway Village. All 3 buildings are listed Grade II thanks to their association with Brunel’s model village for the GWR workforce.

A leaf dappled Cut Mark carved into the cornerstone of No. 1 East Street/Faringdon Road, Swindon Railway Village. 98.655m AOD

A slightly damaged cut mark, with adjacent downpipe, carved into the corner of No.3 East Street/Reading Street, Swindon Railway Village. 98.972m AOD

A slightly shy cut mark, hiding behind a bush, carved into the facade of No. 6 East Street, Swindon Railway Village. 99.609m AOD

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Happy #PostboxSaturday Here’s my local E II R postbox. Usually has a topper by a local yarn bomber but here it is au naturel with its good friends street sign and yellow bin. Farnsfield, Notts.

A red postbox stands next to a road sign which reads ‘The Ridgeway’ and a yellow bin. Behind the collection of street furniture is an open area of grass surrounded by houses on 3 sides

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#AdoorableThursday #PortableJeudi Lovely surround to this door in Rue du Petit Port, Auray, Bretagne.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

For #WarMemorialWednesday here’s the memorial to the crew of Lancaster ED823 which crashed shortly after take off from RAF Winthorpe (now Newark Air Museum) on 10/04/1943. The memorial sits just off School Lane, Halam, Notts. #LestWeForget #warmemorials

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Having watched these exchanges from the sidelines. Can I tentatively offer this for #GritSaltBinMonday… Not sure what type it is but happy to be enlightened

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It’s #JustAnotherManholeMonday and here’s a fine local cover from A.E.Bott of Nottingham found on Shepherds Row, Southwell.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#BenchMarkMonday A nice clear cut mark on the Dame Street branch of AIB in Dublin.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Auray is lovely. Spent a day there in May looking for French bench marks. This one’s across the river from your vantage point.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Something slightly different for today’s #PostboxSaturday Here’s the pillar box from mini land London at LEGOLAND.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#HistScaleModels For the #ItaliaGB group build I have a 1/72 Fiat-ansaldo 75mm self-propelled gun that came with this set. Having had it from new - bought in 1989 at a now long-gone model shop in West Bridgford - it got me to wondering. What’s the oldest model in your stash you’ve had from new?

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy #FontsOnFriday to all who celebrate. Here’s Peterborough Cathedral’s font. The bowl is believed to be 13th Century, made from Alwalton marble. The wave form pattern, in Purbeck marble, on the floor is recently installed to complement the curves of the bowl.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Post your favourite 40k Warhammer kill team, wrong (right?) answers only.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Here’s some lovely dogtooth carving for #AdoorableThursday from Peterborough Cathedral

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Meet Clamathos, destroyer of worlds and hairdresser to the stars. Sid had a fab day at LEGOLAND with Big Bro Fred. #LadsDayOut #BankofDad

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Happy Bank Holiday #BenchMarkMonday Here’s a nice cut mark from the Dublin City Council office, Castle Street, Dublin spotted on a recent work trip to the Emerald Isle.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It’s #PostboxSaturday and today’s offering is this E II R ‘K’ pillar box in Bilsthorpe, Notts

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Walked past this today. Made me think how much better the world would be if today’s self-serving billionaires were more likely Carnegie and less like cunts.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Nice cut mark with rivet for #BenchMarkMonday, St. John’s Church,Peterborough.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Font at Southwell Minster, Notts. Dated 1661. #FontsOnFriday

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#PostboxSaturday a nice E II R post box. Bloomfield Lane, Farnsfield, Notts

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This is the one in the industrial museum at Wollaton Hall and its accompanying info plaque. There’s also one still in the wild in Lenton, Nottingham.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

It’s #BenchMarkMonday and here’s the Flush Bracket (2994) embedded in the triangulation pillar atop Loath Hill, Notts.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Happy #FingerpostFriday to all who celebrate. Here’s the lovely example just North of the Burgage, Southwell, Notts.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#AdoorableThursday The inside of the North Door of Southwell Minster, Notts. Taken through the inner glass door hence the stained glass reflections

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

#WarMemorialWednesday #WarMemorials The memorial to the Polish massacred at Katyn. Southwell Minster, Notts.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Major panic as daughter forgets props for Mamma Mia themed dance school. Leg it to village hall and on the way back spot this beauty. Farnsfield, Notts. #AdoorableThursday

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It’s #BenchMarkMonday and today’s offering is the exceptionally worn cut mark on the front of Newark Northgate station, Notts. Have failed to find it several times due to rushing for a train but finally had enough time to have a good shufti.

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Phil Carlisle @digitalman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

#PostboxSaturday The VR wall box at Newark Northgate station

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