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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Went to Hythe Venetian Fete, which has been running since 1891. One of those events that you've probably heard of but haven't got round to going to (you should) More #photos: flic.kr/s/aHBqjD2LNT

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A series of photos I took a long time ago. I used to walk past this tree every day on the way to work #WorldPhotographyDay

For photos of the same tree, in spring, summer, autumn and winter

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Managed to see the eclipse before it disappeared behind some trees #eclipse

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Tokyo Sexwhale @tokyosexwhale.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨 I’m giving away this RoboCop test print and one of you could win it! To enter: ✅ Follow ✅ RT this post I’ll pick a winner at 12pm on Sunday 28th. And if you can’t wait, head to www.infinitebacon.com and use code MELT15 for 15% off!

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Dune Dune Dune, now let me hear you say wayo

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

The Romans called the town Ivybridge because the name Forth Bridge was already taken.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Went on a tour of the attic at Knole House in Kent. It's a bit bigger than my attic. More #photos here: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCwFxt #History

An attic space with ornate plaster ceiling. The floor is thought to be wonky because originally there was a bell tower above it, which deformed the building.

An attic space with furniture along the right hand wall. There is a small set of steps on the left which give access to the roof.

Graffiti which reads "New trap xmas 1950" (as in a new trap door to the roof), and "Snow fell Feb 69".

Some ritual protection marks on the floor joists. They were supposed to trap bad spirits.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Went to the RSPB sound mirrors open day today. Lots of concrete. More #photos here: www.flickr.com/gp/thomascog... And there's even more photos here,from the last time I visited in 2010, and of other mirrors around Kent www.flickr.com/gp/thomascog... #History

A sound mirror, essentially a large concrete bowl.

A sound mirror, this one is shallower, like a spoon

The 200 foot sound mirror, a big concrete wall.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Saw a new bug today, and had to Google it - European firebugs apparently #bugs

A group of red and black bugs. European firebugs.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Finished my #KitOff4Victory build ready for We Have Ways Fest. My first attempt at a diorama rather than just a vehicle on its own. It's based on photos I found on the IWM website of Cromwells in Hamburg in May 1945 (www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...)

A model of a Cromwell tank on a cobbles street.

A front view of a model of a Cromwell tank on a cobbled street.

Two figures hugging on the back of a model tank

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

The grim reaper looked at her sheepishly and said "but it's traditional"

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Had to temporarily evacuate work because of a mysterious gas cloud. #StrangeButTrue

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Rochester Cathedral raising the bar for exhibitions in Cathedrals: A restored Shorts Scion floatplane in the nave. It was built in Rochester, and there's an exhibition about Shorts Brothers in the crypt (along with a café). More photos here: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCpivS #photography #history #aircraft

A head-on view of a bright yellow Shorts Scion aeroplane inside the nave of Rochester Cathedral. It was built in the Rochester esplanade factory near the cathedral in 1937.

Looking up at a yellow aeroplane inside Rochester Cathedral nave.

A model of Canopus, a Shorts Empire flying boat.

A model of Shorts Sunderland flying boat, on top of some photos and diagrams.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Facebook reminds me that 18 years ago today I saw Kate Nash live. Which makes me feel a bit old. #music #photography

Kate Nash sitting behind a Yamaha keyboard, singing. She's wearing a yellow dress, and has a blue teapot and an asthma inhaler on the keyboard.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I would've spotted something was up when the man I was meeting turned out to be a cross between Frank Sidebottom and RAF Fylingdales www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Man found guilty over sharing Grant Shapps’s details with ‘Russian spies’

Howard Phillips, 65, gave Shapps’s home address and private plane location to undercover officers

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I could've sworn this shop was open

A shop called Gaslight Gift Shop. There is a sign in the window that says Store Closed.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Imagine having this on your business card (In case you want to apply: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...)

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Found a secret area on Google Maps

A row of camera equipment mountings from Google Streetview cars lying on a warehouse floor

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Went on a walk along the River Medway to Aylesford. Footpaths tend to lead you through the underbelly of infrastructure. #photography #walking

The underside of a modern concrete road bridge. The bridge is reflected in the water below. This is the River Medway. The tide is out, so the water level is low.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Taking part in #KitOff4Victory this year at my first WHW fest. Have assembled the most important part of my build.

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Red Five Scale Models @redfivemodels.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

AND ITS LIVE!As seen on last night's live stream,you can donate to #kitoff4victory via the link. If you donate £10 or more before June 6th you'll be entered into a draw to win this hand made sign, perfect for any bookshelf or desk. @almurray.bsky.social www.justgiving.com/page/simon-e...

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Everybody sing along...New Pope Americano

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Nigel Farage MP pretends(?) not to know about the Public Sector Equality Duty.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

So there's currently no pope, and no archbishop of Canterbury. Can a candidate come in with a unification bid?

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I've been on a battlefield tour to Normandy. Day 1 was Pegasus Bridge, British and Canadian beaches #Photography www.flickr.com/gp/thomascog...

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Normandy day 1

Pegasus bridge, Sword beach, Juno Beach, Gold Beach, Arromanches mulbery harbour

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Went on a little adventure on the White Cliffs of Dover. That beach at the base of the cliffs? You can get down there. How? Here's how. 1/ #Photography

A landscape photo of the white cliffs at Dover. It's a nice sunny day, blue sky, blue sea. At the base of the cliffs is a grey pebbly beach.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I came across this photo by accident earlier in the week. Women war workers who've produced 1 million mortar bombs getting a trip to the firing range to see them in action. www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Two universal carriers jam packed full of women war workers. They look like they're having a fun time.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Finished my Beacon Models 1/144 scale Spitfire and Me109. First time doing anything on this scale, but it was fun. I used a map of Operation Sealion for the base. #Modelling #Models #SecondWorldWar #Aircraft

Models of a Spitfire and Me109. They're held up by wire so they look like they're flying over a map of the English Channel.

Models of a Spitfire and Me109, flying towards the camera.

Models of a Spitfire and Me109, flying away from the camera.

Models of a Spitfire and an Me109, with a Lego Indiana Jones for scale. They're 1/144 scale. And Indy hates those guys.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I'm not a historian, but I'm pretty sure at least one of these photos is definitely not from VE day.

The cover of a book called "VE-Day". There are several photos on it related to VE-day: troops on ruined buildings, jubilant crowds, *record scratch* Adolf Hitler?

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

A cozy little dragon, outside the door of Rochester Cathedral.

A stone carving of dragon. It is curled up around itself, and looks quite cosy.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Went to see Mars at Rochester Cathedral last night. It's an installation by Luke Jerram, who has also done the Moon and the Earth. Both of which have been at the cathedral. More photos -> flic.kr/s/aHBqjC2HwV #Photography

Mars inside the nave of Rochester Cathedral. There are lots of people standing around and underneath it. The photo is taken with a fisheye lens so it's a bit distorted.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I'd like to read about Odysseus, because I'm not sure how accurate my previous source, Ulysses 31, really was.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Why do they call it a pardon, and not a crime waive?

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The Gulf of America is the space where its morals should be.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

There's a memorial in my local cemetery in memory of two victims of the holocaust, Fritz Moritz and Rosa Wertheimer, but also in remembrance of all victims of persecution. The memorial was erected by their daughter, who I think escaped thanks to the kindertransport.

A black stone memorial, with text in Hebrew and English. It reads:
In remembrance of all victims of persecution.
In memory of Fritz Moritz Wertheimer (1884-? Auschwitz)
Rosa Wertheimer (1890-? Treblinka)
Their lives were cruelly cut short.
May their souls rest in peace.
This memorial was erected by their loving daughter Inge in 1997.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Started making a model Spitfire. This one is small, rather than far away. (1/144 scale).

A hand (mine) holding a model Spitfire. It's grey as I haven't started painting it yet.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

A German 1000kg Herman bomb from the second world war, at the Royal Engineers museum. Helpfully next to a door for scale.

A large blue second world war bomb, next to a door. The label on the wall says it was defused during the war, which is reassuring.

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Thomas Cogley @johnnypixels.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

The second hand bookshops at National Trust properties are an excellent source of Second World War books. #Books

A photo of two books: Six Armies in Normandy by John Keegan, and Browned Off and Bloody Minded by Alan Allport.

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