Reposted by Karen RHJustin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 4hOn this day 50 years ago, the revolutionary British Rail Inter-City 125 entered service. Fantastic to see a set restored into 1980s livery arrive at Manchester Piccadilly this afternoon. #TheJourneyShrinker 815621
Reposted by Karen RHWakefield Libraries @wflibraries.bsky.social · 3h📜 Here's a picture the old police station at Hemsworth in 1981. 📸 Our Twixt Aire and Calder website is home to over 15,000 photographs of Wakefield District in time gone by! 📎 See this image and more like it here: www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk #LocalHistory #Wakefield #Heritage 032
Reposted by Karen RHCold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 7hCable Street 1936-2026: Not Then Not Now roughtradebooks.com/products/cab... 21782246
Reposted by Karen RHIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 16hEarly stroll. Fallen leaves as autumn’s calling cards. Sometimes time moves as quickly as that cat. Sometimes time moves as slowly as the moon. An owl’s psalm. A dropped doughnut outside the dentist’s. 814321
Reposted by Karen RHBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 14hGibson Mill at Hebden Bridge, west Yorkshire, photo by landscape photographer Paula Beaumont. 111610
Reposted by Karen RHBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 14hBradford, 1978, photo by Don McCullin. 38911
Reposted by Karen RHThe Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 51. Bumblebee queens sit on their eggs to keep them warm. To generate the body heat needed for this they will make up to 6000 flower visits per day to collect nectar. #bees #bumblebees #nature #science #worldbeesanctuary #insects #dandelions 222643
Karen RH @karenrh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It's a stunning morning Get out and enjoy it if you can 120
Reposted by Karen RHUsman-Smith @usmansmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Rules matter. Those that see them as something to be bent need to see consequences. If not? The sport, with a growing list of other elements of society, will be undermined to the detriment of all of us. Jumpers for goal posts? The goal posts have been moved & the playing fields are not level. 🥅⚽ 1142
Reposted by Karen RHBob Hitchcock 〓〓 @tamarphotography.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Watch this film and weep... #film #movie #neoliberalism #Conservatives ‘It’s not about a brass band in Grimley, it’s about the universal subject of being downtrodden’ It may be 30 years old - but this film of the Conservative attack on mining communities tells the story of Britain todaytheguardian.com‘I thought Brassed Off might be popular within a 10 mile radius of Barnsley’: the director of Andy Burnham’s favourite film on its 30 year anniversaryAhead of a live performance in the Royal Albert Hall, the writer Mark Herman explains why he’s not surprised it’s one of the new Prime Minister’s favourites and a why film like this wouldn’t get made ... 42712
Reposted by Karen RHBarnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#WorldSmileDay This photo always brings a smile to our faces! Sheffield Road, date unknown. 0142
Reposted by Karen RHIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The shop is open when I arrive. The shopkeeper is getting the papers out of the box. She asks me if I can get the last bundle because she has pain in her hip. We carry the papers in. She passes me the scissors. Outside, it’s just getting light. 01036
Karen RH @karenrh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026How lovely Table? Tablet? Let the mind wander and make the story behind the treasure 151
Reposted by Karen RHHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 03/10/2026On this day 3rd Oct 1952 the Government announced that tea rationing was soon to end Artist: Harry Wingfield (Shopping with Mother) 1440157
Reposted by Karen RHAdrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 02/10/2026One of the greatest documents in British history... 718541
Reposted by Karen RHAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I strongly believe schools should bring children together rather than try to impose one religious identity on them. If you agree - please add your name and call on the Education Secretary to introduce inclusive assemblies for all, and to keep dangerous Christian Nationalism OUT of our schools. 47839284
Reposted by Karen RHYorkshire Wolds Weather @yorkswoldsweather.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Morning Shadows. 12°C and Autumn light. One cow hiding. 311016
Reposted by Karen RHHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Lichen, algae, funghi ‘Plants and how they Live’ (1965) Artist: Ronald Lampitt 424736
Reposted by Karen RHDurotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Some prehistoric bling for #FindsFriday 3 stone and 5 decorated glass beads found with the burial of a young Iron Age woman at Langton Herring now in #DorsetMuseum They may originally have been worn individually as amulets or together as a necklace (as shown here) 😍 📷 Sept 2026 #Durotriges 521437
Reposted by Karen RHHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Ladybird book in the spotlight. The Sly Fox and the Little Red Hen (1968) Artist: Robert Lumley 1124820
Reposted by Karen RHThe Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 49. One of the ways in which bumblebee queens maintain their dominance in the nest is by periodically head-butting the more dominant female workers. We’re not so different! #bees #bumblebees #nature #worldbeesanctuary #insects #education 19816
Reposted by Karen RHUsman-Smith @usmansmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Aye lad nicely done Tha taking heads Shone like tha sun on yard sheds Tha love o tha arts lingers longer than farts Daan tha clog n whippet snug Ta get such voices Ta do more than shrug Ta make such choices Ta join wi Reece ta cry #SaveSquareChapelArts Let's all join ta try Maybe later? it will die 082
Reposted by Karen RHBarnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Combining #NationalPoetryDay with 🧩 #MuseumJigsaws 🧩 ➡ bit.ly/CooperJigsaw... We'll be sharing more poetry a little later today! 2154
Reposted by Karen RHIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A shore, a shore, My anagram for a horse. 2596
Reposted by Karen RHHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026On 1 October 1645, the Royalist garrison at Sandal Castle surrendered to Parliamentarian forces during the First English Civil War. Long neglected and largely unoccupied by about 1600, the castle was briefly re-fortified as a Royalist garrison in 1645. Parliamentarian forces besieged it 1594
Reposted by Karen RHThe English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026River mist is the ghosts of our ancestors finding their Elysium 1139344
Reposted by Karen RHThe English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We have had new carpet installed. I am sure you will agree, it is most fetching Note the bluebell stalks. This is hallowed ground, that human feet hardly ever touch. Doing what it does season after season, and for thousands of years 111510
Reposted by Karen RHHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🧵There has been a lot of discussion over the last few days about the politicising of a nostalgic view of the UK that never really existed, at least not for the vast majority of the population. The image of the traditional British country pub, a roaring log fire, wooden beams, a pint on the table 65618
Reposted by Karen RHIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Streets of Closed-down pubs: The unlit suplands 813033
Reposted by Karen RHMerchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 28/09/2026We are a very old building. We have lots of keys. We have lots of keys that DO open things. Join us for a one off instalment of, “Keys of the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall that are pretty and also serve a purpose”. 413220
Reposted by Karen RHYorkshire Wolds Weather @yorkswoldsweather.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Early Morning. 12°C and a sunny day to come. Cows on the hill. 311419
Reposted by Karen RHthatandymart.bsky.social @thatandymart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Stella did and, as you can see, it made her invisible. And her sister. @imcmillan.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Karen RHWalk to Work Glasgow @walktoworkglasgow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Morning sun in a drop. 1264
Reposted by Karen RHBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Fish ‘n’ Chip Van, Otley Road, Bradford, photo by Ian Beesley. 'The chip shop owner told me he had to fire one of his assistants because he kept parking the van the wrong way round.' 213920
Reposted by Karen RHIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Early stroll. The ruminating sky. A man in a doorway waves a cigarette in greeting. A mysterious rumbling that seems to come from the depths of a field. The faded yellow of the old grit bin. A child’s shoe outside the dark chapel. 412420
Reposted by Karen RHAdrian de la Touche @anoraky.bsky.social · 27/09/202690 years ago today the people of Leeds drove the fascists out of our city. It’s more important now than ever that we keep it that way. 110934
Reposted by Karen RHEmma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In the post below this is the very first 'find the...' photo I made about a yr ago.There's a miniscule silver plated stag 🦌 hidden among the autumnal finds. It'll help your mental health in 4 different ways... 1) If you find the photo pleasing that triggers a burst of dopamine in yr 🧠 cont'd 1/2... 214027
