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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 17h

Old tapes, new life 🎞️ Our new digitisation service where we can convert your home movies to digital formats! Details & fees here: buff.ly/QpVgVPP @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social #archives #digitisation

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

IM Edward Lasker, (not Emanuel, although he was a distant relative & friend) shares his #chess secrets in his 1951 book which includes this fab sketch♟️From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. #ChessTuesday #chesshistory #chessliterature @richardjameschess.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Doctor Who Showcase Riverside Studios will hold another of its popular Doctor Who showcases, to screen the first three episodes of “The Daleks’ Master Plan”. The screening will be held on Saturday, 31st October, from 5pm: riversidestudios.co.uk/whats-on/uC7... or Box Office 020 8237 1010

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This #FashionFriday explore the Forest of Banners, the Medieval Collection & so much more in the Zandra Rhodes: Archives Unfolded Exhibition! NOW OPEN! Check venues for opening times: 📅 26 Sept 26 – 16 Jan 27 🎟️ Free @dmu.ac.uk #fashionhistory #fashionarchives @librarydmu.bsky.social #textiles

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today is National Sporting Heritage Day. This photo from our collection shows the ladies team at Wanstead Cricket Club in about 1890🏏 #NSHD2026 #SportingHeritage @sportingheritage.bsky.social

Black and white photograph of a group of women wearing white Edwardian dresses and hats and holding cricket bats.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's become a tradition of ours to ask you to #ShowUsYourBalls as part of National Sporting Heritage Day. Here's our multi-coloured tennis balls that were made at Slazenger's in Barnsley where are at one time all the tennis balls were made #NationalSportingHeritageDay #NSHD2026

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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today is National Sporting Heritage Day! Did you know our University Archive contains items relating to university sports going back more than a century, including reports, photographs, sportswear, balls, and even trophies? Here's a small selection! 📷 EUL UA #NSHD2026 #SportingHeritage #Archives

Sports column's relating to men and women's hockey from an early issues of St Luke's College Student's Magazine

Black and white photograph of men and women wearing tennis attire and holding tennis racquets

Flattened rugby ball, on which is printed 'Middlesex Seven-A-Side St Luke's (18pts) vs. Ldn Welsh (5pts) Twickenham 1952'. The ball is also signed with several signatures, presumably of players on the rugby team.

Inter College Athletic Contests tropy of the University College of the South West

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Sporting Heritage CIC @sportingheritage.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One of the questions we get asked a lot from those just beginning their sporting heritage journey is "How do we get started?" With illustrator Jessica Hartshorn, we've created a handy beginners guide for #NSHD2026 linking you to support, and resources. www.sportingheritage.org.uk/content/even...

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How to start you Sporting Heritage journey!

Not sure where to begin? Here's our hand guide to get you started.

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s NationalSportingHeritage Day! 🏆⚽🎾 🏉 Explore our #sports collections thru our catalogue, read our blogs & online exhibitions, or visit our reader room to see for yourself. You can find it all on our website 👇 buff.ly/cXzYQ5i @dmuleicester @librarydmu #sportshistory #sportingheritage #NSHD2026

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Seen on BBC East Midlands last night 📺 Fab feature on Archive Unfolded at #DMU, with Dame #zandra_rhodes_ & Special Colls Manager Katharine talking about the exhibition. Watch now on iPlayer 👇 buff.ly/fRrf96m @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social #fashionhistory @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

But I don't know anything about tapes or digitisation or anything like that. I don't even know how I would play this. I don't even know if it's still in good enough condition to play. So my question is... How? How do I take these two tapes, this two part performance, and make the choir live again?

An open box of scotch polyester tapes, showing the reel inside

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For an extra challenge this #ChessTuesday why not try a game with some ultra minimalist pieces like these from New Jersey, 1970, in Master Pieces. 2nd guessing yourself and your opponent x 100! From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. @richardjameschess.bsky.social #chesshistory #chessliterature

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Does Monty’s look familiar to you? 👀 Designs inspired from our archives have brought #DMU and #Leicester’s history into the new student lounge. Find out more in our latest blog 👇 buff.ly/dWHCg9K @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #DMUCampus #DMULeicester

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DMU Library @librarydmu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We're celebrating the #NationalYearOfReading2026 with these October events!📚 📘 Thu 1st Oct: Japanese Poetry in Translation event 👑 Tue 6th Oct: 'Damaging and malicious fiction'?, a talk by Dr Bethany Layne, Senior Lecturer in English Literature 🎤 Tue 20th Oct: National Poetry Day satellite event

Thursday 1st October - Japanese Poetry in Translation. Readings of the poetry of Kujira Sakisaka, translated by Akagi Kobayashi. 6 - 7pm. Join us online (https://bit.ly/4feH9wR?r=qr) or in the Kimberlin library (KL0.07b).

Tuesday 6th October. Talk by Dr Bethany Layne, Senior Lecturer in English Literature - the title of the talk is Damaging and malicious fiction? Conflicting truth contracts in The Crown season 5 (2022) and Spencer (2021). 5 - 6pm. Trinity Chapel.

Tuesday 20th October. National Poetry Day satellite event. Featuring poetry readings from DMU academics and an open mic to share your own work. 5.30 - 7pm. Trinity Chapel.

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hello👋 New or returning to DMULeicester? Come and find us & what's so special about DMU Special Collections! We'd ❤️ to welcome you! Where:#KimberlinLibrary, LG 00.21 Open: Tues-Fri 10-5 Catalogue: buff.ly/ZNzobS8 Website: buff.ly/yNwy8VN @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social #NewToDMU #DMUstudent

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#FashionFriday & its finally here 💗 ZANDRA RHODES: ARCHIVE UNFOLDED open to everyone across DMU TOMORROW!! ✨ 📅 26 Sept 2026 – 16 Jan 2027 🎟️ Free Check venues for opening times: #LeicesterGallery & #DMUMuseum #ZandraRhodes #zandrarhodesfoundation #fashionhistory @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A little piece of #Leicester history! 💕 Huge thanks to our visitor who kindly donated these lovely items yesterday. From handmade to shop-bought petticoats, hosiery & garments, still with their original packaging & tags. Do you remember Fenwicks?🧵 #fashionhistory #textiles #Localhistory @dmu.ac.uk

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Happy birthday Andrew Davies🎉 Born OTD in 1936, it’s big birthday time for our fave adaptation auteur & author. With scripts from early radio plays to big TV & film hits, browse the collection on our catalogue🤩 buff.ly/ydZgsLw #TVarchives @dmu.ac.uk #NationalYearofReading @librarydmu.bsky.social

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happy birthday, Dame Zandra Rhodes! 🎉 With iconic prints, unforgettable designs & creations made for stars & stage, what better way to celebrate than with the launch of #ZandraRhodes: Archive Unfolded next week? ✨ Just 1 week to go! ✨ #fashionarchives @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#FashionFridayCountdown 💗 It's all happening behind-the-scenes now, and in our display window - looking fab #sallygaukrodgercowan! We can’t wait! ✨ 📅 26 September 2026 – 16 January 2027 🎟️ Free admission #ZandraRhodes #zandrarhodesfoundation #fashionhistory @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

British Chess Magazine covers through the years this #ChessTuesday. Art Nouveau, Art Deco or a rook-shaped building 😍 Which is your fave? From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. #chesshistory #chessliterature #chess #chessart @librarydmu.bsky.social @richardjameschess.bsky.social

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

'Stone me!' We had a lovely evening sharing our progress on cataloguing and preserving the @tonyhancockappreciationsociety Collection at this weekend’s annual dinner. And we won an award 😍 More #Hancock to uncover! 📚 Catalogue: buff.ly/FgAf9Hr @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social #comedy #television

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DMU Library @librarydmu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Join us to celebrate National Poetry Day and the #NationalYearOfReading2026 at our Japanese Poetry in Translation event! 📚✒️ This event is open to DMU staff and students. 📅Thursday 1st Oct 🕒6 - 7pm 📍Online (bit.ly/4feH9wR?r=qr) or join us to watch in the Kimberlin (KL0.07b)

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Hartley Special Collections @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Which well-considered naturalist and “citizen scientist” who was an inspiration for Charles Darwin? Come and visit the Earth, Sea and Sky exhibition at the Special Collections Gallery, Hartley Library, weekdays 10am to 4pm from 11 September. For more information go to: buff.ly/8U3Lt3N

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Earth, Sea and Sky: the new Special Collections exhibition

As the British Science Festival returns to Southampton in September 2026, we take this opportunity to explore material within the Archives and Special Collections that relates to science and the th…

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🌍️ 🎭️ Tickets ready? Wishing everyone a fab #AlternativeMissWorld 2026. Too late for the party? Dress yourself in the history of #AMW and its creator Andrew Logan on our catalogue & blog: buff.ly/HHz00fe & buff.ly/YRj4z88 - search Logan! @andrewlogan-amw.bsky.social @dmu.ac.uk #fashion #costume

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🌍️ It’s #FashionFriday & with Andrew Logan’s #AlternativeMissWorld just days away, we're excited to see what our host/hostess & contestants are wearing for this year's GAIA theme? Check out these past fab #AMW looks from the archive! @andrewlogan-amw.bsky.social #art #costume #fashion @dmu.ac.uk

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What happens when a design travels & its name changes? For this month’s #BookOfTheMonth, we’re exploring the history of boteh, aka paisley, through the #KarunThakar Collection & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #EYAErased theme. #NationalYearofReading textiles @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🎉 🎓️ Congratulations to all those enjoying their well-earned @dmu.ac.uk #graduation this week! For some pics of graduation past and a peek at how we preserve the student journey check out our blog: buff.ly/hrY4dFa #alumni @librarydmu.bsky.social #Leicester

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We're looking for a few new people to join our volunteering team! Currently we have slots available on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays to help prepare documents for our upcoming move. For more information and to apply, contact us at archives@buckinghamshire.gov.uk

A photo of archive boxes on a shelf, tinted pink. Text is overlaid ‘Volunteering Slots Now Open! / Space now available on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays’.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today is #NationalTeddyBearDay which reminded us of that time we found this old book full of terribly terrifying teddies to traumatise and terrorise. Sweet dreams everyone. Don't have nightmares.

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

LAST CHANCE to see Exhibition 'The Soul of the Cloth' Karun Thakar Textiles Collection: Open Weds-Fri till 10th September. Details & directions here: buff.ly/k8XuaOd & buff.ly/ihGE9pP #antiquetextiles #embroidery @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hazara embroidery from central Afghanistan, on cotton or silk material #WomensArt

Embroidery piece with repeated design of diamonds in orange black and blue on a dark pink background

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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It is back to school everyone! And to mark that, we have here William Keble Martin's paintbox which was used for his well loved Concise British Flora in Colour (1965) published when Martin was 88. It has 1,400 species of plants and has been the inspiration for many budding botanists ever since.

Antique watercolor kit with brushes and squeezed paint tubes in an open velvet-lined case set before an open botanical reference showing detailed plant illustrations and labels.

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Newcastle Uni Special Collections & Archives @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#Discover This Child Vaccination Poster from c. 1950s offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of public health communication. What can this poster tell us about attitudes towards childhood vaccination — then and now? Explore the item: collectionscaptured.ncl.ac.uk/digital/coll...

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

For this #ChessTuesday, we’re replying to a request! ♟️ This trophy is engraved with the name of the 1979 Boys Under 14 winner, #garylanechess 🏆 Want to check your #Chess legacy? 👀 Explore all our trophies: buff.ly/MyZtw6F From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. #chesshistory

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#FashionFriday LAST CHANCE to see Exhibition 'The Soul of the Cloth' Karun Thakar Textiles Collection: Open Weds-Fri till 10th September. Details & directions here: buff.ly/k8XuaOd & buff.ly/ihGE9pP #antiquetextiles #embroidery @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This #ChessTuesday we have Linda Bott, youth chess prodigy who won the Southern Counties Chess Union (SCCU) Girls Under-12 Championship in 1961, in Leaves of Chess. From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. @englishchess.bsky.social @richardjameschess.bsky.social #chesshistory #chessliterature

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

TOMORROW: Weaving Workshop with Nayaab Mahomed hosted by the #the_wovencollective at @dmu.ac.uk this Heritage Sunday! WHEN: 30th Aug WHERE: DMU Campus DETAILS & FREE BOOKING: buff.ly/Nnz6skl @librarydmu.bsky.social #visitleicester #Karuncollection #weaving #embroidery #ancientcrafts #textiles

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Or do you need a bit more puffed sleeve flounce a la Princess Diana? From Vogue 1981. We now pronounce our August #FashionFriday #wedding theme united in style. Which historical look is your fave? #fashionhistory #fashion #bridalfashion #weddingseason #fashionarchives #fashionmagazines

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

DON'T MISS: Weaving Workshop with Nayaab Mahomed hosted by the #the_wovencollective at @dmu.ac.uk this Heritage Sunday! WHEN: 30th Aug WHERE: DMU Campus DETAILS & FREE BOOKING: buff.ly/Nnz6skl @librarydmu.bsky.social #visitleicester #Karuncollection #weaving #embroidery #ancientcrafts #textiles

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

One month to go! 💗 We’re so excited for ZANDRA RHODES: ARCHIVE UNFOLDED to open across DMU on 26 September! We can’t wait! ✨ 📅 26 September 2026 – 16 January 2027 🎟️ Free admission #ZandraRhodes #zandrarhodesfoundation #fashionhistory @dmu.ac.uk @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

ICYMI Do you recall this pop-up book & its #EYASurprises? 👀📚 Turn the wheels, peek beneath the flaps, open, fold & explore! Jan Pieńkowski’s Robot is our latest #BOTM blog post buff.ly/K8OBgCp 🤖✨ #NationalYearofReading @librarydmu.bsky.social #ExploreYourArchive @exploreyourarchive #childrensbooks

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Jackie is currently sulking as she didn't appear in this video. Us preparing for a Netflix documentary about creepy dolls.

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Ash Whiffin @ashwhiffin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We currently have TWO collections-based vacancies at National Museums Scotland! As part of the upcoming DiSSCo UK program, we’re seeking a Digitiser and Senior digitiser to work with our insect collection: careers.nms.ac.uk/vacancies (Apply by 31st August) #Digitisation #Insects #MuseumJobs

Preserved bumblebee specimens with data labels below each individual

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

‘Annihilation through work’: London exhibit highlights overlooked story of slave labor in WWII Read about our latest exhibition, including an interview with its curator, in a new long read in @timesofisrael.com buff.ly/HygIL7R

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'Nazi Slave Labor: Perpetrators and Victims,' which runs at the Wiener Holocaust Library through the end of October, explains how integral forced workers were in Germany's wartime economy

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

On the 4th of September we'll be visiting We Make Wycombe for an archive drop-in! Come along and learn a little about what we do and see some highlights of our collection out on display. 🗓4th September 🕗10am to 1pm 🔍We Make Wycombe, 1-2 Cornmarket

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High Wycombe Archive Drop-In

4th September, 10am to 1pm, We Make Wycombe, High Street

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Behind-the-Scenes this #ChessTuesday as we've been cataloguing and packaging the magnificent @englishchess.bsky.social Library trophy collection. Find them on our catalogue here: buff.ly/yhRdSMT #chesshistory #chess #trophy #competition @richardjameschess.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social

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