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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Quite impressed with how little has changed in the actual building from the postcard. Just that when Leeds built the Michael Sadler Building it was over the location from where the photograph for the postcard was taken.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Using Google Street View (or 3D view) I often try and find what the modern view of the postcard looks like today.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think one of the reasons they were bailed was that there was probably no evidence that they were stealing red diesel. They may have been equipped, but their vans had logos on them indicating they were a fuel company, hence the barrels and pumping equipment in the back of the van.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The WonkHE 404 page still makes me smile. wonkhe.com/404.htm

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Quiet easy. britmap · 27 SEPTEMBER 2026 ● 99 ● 100 ● 100 ● 100 ● 99 Total: 996/1000 · www.britm.app

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britmap

The daily British history map puzzle.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Saw this concrete ring in the shingle last weekend (my photo), then read about it this week on the news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Strange concrete circle in the shingle at Orford Ness

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One of my better scores, helped by actually visiting one of the places last week. www.maptap.gg September 26 99🔥 100🎯 98🔥 90👑 94🏆 Final score: 947

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🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game

Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've seen 22 of the The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21 Century. Wondered where The West Wing was, but that started in the last millennium in 1999.

List of The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21 Century

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just a reminder of some basic economics, as in demand and supply analysis. If you raise the price of something, the quantity demanded will fall. If you raise the price of something that has many substitutes, your total revenue will fall.

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Dom Pates @dompates.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Am absolutely thrilled to be one of the nominees for the inaugural ALT Volunteer of the Year Award, for the work done on #ALTcRadio. If you’ve listened to the shows, played a part, or want to help out a chap hustling for votes, you can add your vote here 👇🏼 #altc docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Voting Form: ALT Award for Volunteer of the Year

Alongside the six panel‑chosen ALT Awards, 2026 introduces a new award voted for directly by the community: ALT Volunteer of the Year. Voting opens on 11 September and will run until Midnight BST on…

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Throw in LLE and modularisation, suddenly documenting what you've done becomes critical to student mobility. Why do I need to prove everytime to an institution what I've done. This will grow exponentially with modularisation.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

One messed up guess. britmap · 11 SEPTEMBER 2026 ● 100 ● 99 ◐ 56 ● 100 ● 100 Total: 911/1000 · www.britm.app

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britmap

The daily British history map puzzle.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The devastation and destruction was shown. It was awful. The cycle of news, of the plane crashing, the towers collapsing, the dust and debris cloud was right there in my face and it just added to my shock and disbelief. Those memories of that day have stayed with me ever since then.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I wasn’t exactly sure what was going on, but as the day progressed it became much more apparent what had happened. I listened to the radio on the way home. I went to the gym and as I cycled away on the cycle machine the news was on the screens in front of me.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

However of course realised later on that it was excessive demand on their servers which was causing their site to fail to load. In the end I went to the canteen where the news was on the TVs in there and there was loads of people, students and staff, just watching the TVs.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

9/11 I was working in my office in a college in Somerset , when someone came and said a plane had crashed into a skyscraper in New York. I went to the BBC News website, but it wouldn’t load. I initially put it down to the college network.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Best score ever, but it was quite easy today. britmap · 9 SEPTEMBER 2026 ● 100 ● 100 ● 100 ● 100 ● 98 Total: 994/1000 · www.britm.app · Day 2

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britmap

The daily British history map puzzle.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Edsviken, Sollentuna, Sweden

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Change a movie by taking away one letter. I’ll go first Petty Woman

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

…and here is the vegetarian option from the evening meal. Photo by @josiefraser.bsky.social #alt2006

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

…and on this day twenty years ago. We even had a shared wiki. Back then there was no social media to speak of, virtually no blogging, and certainly no BlueSky. #altc2006

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

...and there I was hoping I was from Rhode Island. "You talk most like someone from Connecticut — about 45% of your answers match a typical resident."

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"Oh, just one more thing..."

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carolyn @papersquared.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Libraries tossing out weeded titles is not a travesty. 🧵 1. libraries MUST weed. We don't have magic shelves with unlimited space. 2. we do try to find alternatives to recycling. Book sales, free tables, and places like Better World Books get the majority of weeded titles. 1/3

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Downgrade a movie: Dad Dances with Wolves

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Link www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vo... There is a difference between damaged and destroyed.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

According to this source, the building was damaged, it was not destroyed. "Although the School of Art was damaged by bombing in 1940, it continued to be used by the painting and decorating departments while the rest of the school's activities were carried on in temporary premises."

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Link to aerial photograph www.historiccoventry.co.uk/covmaps/map_...

historiccoventry.co.uk

Historic Coventry Map Scans

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

So the real question is.... who is going to tell the University of Coventry?

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Final perspective. This is from a 1963 aerial photograph of coventry and I have circled the location of the School of Art on Ford Street.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This is from the 1914 Pharus Map of Coventry which shows the School of Art on Ford Street. So, think we can move away from Ribbon Factory and the Burges.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This is a ribbon factory (in the same area) which survived the bombing. I would suspect that the original School of Design looked a lot more like this before the new building opened on Ford Street.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Again the bomb damage map implies that it wasn't destroyed in the blitz.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

There are sources saying it was demolished for road widening.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Which makes me think that this is wrong. This is not the old ribbon factory.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Of course then you find this which says that this is the School on Ford Road.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

According to the bomb damage map, not too much of the the Burges was hit by bombs. So, it might have survived the war.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Another rabbit hole.... I think the challenge here is that the building in the postcard is the old Ribbon Factory on the Burges. In 1863 a new School of Art building was opened on Ford Street. This (new) building was then destroyed in the blitz in 1940.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: Shop owner has a few dates.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: Man cuts down some corn, goes on a roadtrip to find some shoes, a writer, a doctor, and his dad.

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James Clay @jamesclay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The building is still there and houses the Mushroom Museum.

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