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Sylvia Milne📚

@libmoggy.bsky.social
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Retired librarian. Bookworm/KindleWorm Likes Victorian literature, music and nature . Started listening to #TheArchers when it replaced Dick Barton. Like many born before or during WWII I was firmly against Brexit sylviamilne.co.uk

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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 32m
The mind boggles I can remember when three year old children at playgroup had to be potty trained www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Potty-training scheme to expand to more parts of England after city's success
The government wants 75% of children to end their first year of school with a good level of development by 2028.
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 18h
Does anyone recognise this #insect about 3 cm found in South London. He can fly
Unknown insect
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Grrr. British judges don’t have #gavels
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I have a phobia about looking up in high buildings. The idea of lying on floors to look at ceilings fills me with anxiety
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#TheArchers Where are Amber’s parents? Aren’t they interested in their first grandchild? They haven’t even been mentioned
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nothing like scaring expectant mothers to death #TheArchers. Even if it was too late 4 an epidural or pethidine surely they still use gas and air. I can remember breathing at different levels during contractions and reciting a a rhyme at the peak. I am a failure as an old wife.
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#TheArchers Just thinking about carol transferring money to Alan’s account. My bank notifies me of all transactions
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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Witty winners of last Sunday’s #GirlsOwnCC were: 🥇 @ancientnmodern.bsky.social 🥈 @champierth.bsky.social 🥉 @artbookreview.bsky.social 4th @grahamguest.eurosky.social Highly commended @oldbat.bsky.social @berniebanter.bsky.social
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Luckily my phone screens my calls, but is anyone else getting calls with press 1 for English and 2 for Chinese? I’m getting them almost every day
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Nick Jenkins @nickjhistorian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
About 720 Accrington Pals, from Lancashire, went into action from this position on the first day of the Battle of the Somme - 235 were killed and 350 injured in just half an hour. This is their memorial. Listen to Mike Harding's moving song about them, in the link below.
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This Chester @shitchester.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Town Criers assemble !
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good. Now arrest those who were with him for conspiracy, and then arrest those who tried to set fire to a hotel for arson. And then proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation. Which is what you are if you use violence for political ends. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life
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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It is so lovely to see my Equinox image in today's national press. I don't earn a lot of money from it but it does all count and is also quite exciting if I am honest to see my work published. Glast day of Summer did make me laugh a bit though 😂
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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please - don’t feed or encourage the ponies. I know how tempting it is to give them some ice cream or whatever…but it’s SO bad for them to be congregating around cars & eating abnormal (for them) foods www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Plea not to feed Dartmoor ponies over welfare fears
People told feeding the animals in Devon is illegal and could lead to health issues.
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@mrjohncrace.bsky.social is top form #EarlSpencer #Diana www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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‘And you will be the People’s Earl’ – Charles Spencer’s Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, digested by John Crace
The earl on his globally lauded eulogy for Diana, King Charles’s sausage fingers and toxic Raine, topped off with a lavish sprinkling of adverbs
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Supposing that #Argentina managed to take over the #Falklands. Would they set up #WestBank type settlements and force people out of their homes? I believe that they behaved pretty badly when they briefly took over. The regime at the time were chuckling opponents out of helicopters.
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There are places in #Scotland where they don’t lock their front doors, snd I met a woman who kept her car keys in the ignition so she would lose them, but the sentimentalists also need to realise that some parts are less than idyllic www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Drug deaths rise sharply in Scotland as figures remain worst in Europe
The figure rose by 11% last year, bringing the total deaths in a decade to more than 11,000.
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Good grief. I’ve just placed my #Ocado #Christmas order. It’s only flippin September
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If so some eason you do choose to work for free (for example, for a charity, or to support a small local enterprise), consider sending them an invoice for your usual fee, and mark it void. That way, they'll know the value of what you're giving them.
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Bernie Banter @berniebanter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
‘I hope you’re not going through that looking glass again, Miss Liddell’ said Martha, ‘I was picking up flamingo feathers and bits of jam tarts for a week last time!’
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Title: Gentlemen! Are you in want of a wife? Allow our algorithm to assist!

Image: a series of yes/no questions for that lead to different outcomes. 

Questions include “are you rich?”, “are you dashing?”, “are you a rake” and “are you a vicar?”

Outcomes include “You win the most beautiful daughter of the richest man in the county!”, “You remain a bachelor”, “You marry a dowdy cousin” and “You rescue a 23-year-old from Spinsterhood”.
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I wonder about the reportedc national outpouring of grief at the death of #PrincessDiana Where I worked, one or two people were quite rude and dismissive. The majority attitude was that it was always sad when a woman dies young leaving young children behind, but she was personally unknown to us.
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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Witty #GirlsOwnCC winners were: 🥇 @erburyoldboy.bsky.social 🥈 @bunnystroganoff.bsky.social 🥉 @susanreed.bsky.social =4th @phlogginganorse.bsky.social @grahambrack.bsky.social @julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social Highly commended @thewrongdetail.bsky.social @hangerupper.bsky.social 👏👏👏 to all entries
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We have a regular subscription to #RNLI. I’ve just been into their online shop to get some Christmas bits and bobs
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#EarlSpencer Never mind the mugs and teatowels being printed, if Diana had serious doubts about the marriage, her family should have supported her. She was very young. It would have blown over quickly. #EdwardVIII had Coronation mugs and even stamps produced
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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Lilac and blue in the sky behind St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor.
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#TheArchers I was wondering about George’s driving ban. Has it got a time limit or is it indefinite?
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today I saw a post on a forum asking if people could remember their first visit to a #supermarket. I genuinely couldn’t or which one it was I also remember presenting a cheque to “self” at the bank and getting cash. Now I use a cash machine #ATM Can’t remember when it changed
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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Enjoy this Sunday’s caption contest! Give away lots of ❤️s, please repost to encourage more competitors, and include #GirlsOwnCC
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Vintage year fpr Grundy cider #TjeArchers
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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Worthy winners of last Sunday’s caption contest: 🥇 @ancientnmodern.bsky.social 🥈 @erburyoldboy.bsky.social 🥉 @artbookreview.bsky.social 4th @davidjarvis.bsky.social Highly commended: @bluebookballoon.bsky.social @flipdrivel.bsky.social @mccaffepj.bsky.social and more to amuse at #GirlsOwnCC
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/2026
25 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers. As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.
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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
'On the way home' Leaving Glastonbury Tor after sunrise this morning. A peaceful and grounding start to the morning ahead of a busy day. It is a Night at the Abbey tonight so might be a few sequins around for Sophie Ellis Bextor
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 11/09/2026
25 years on, London stands with New York, with love and solidarity. Drone artwork by Studio Drift.
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Rather enterprising of the Museum Tavern #BayeuxTapestry
Beer tapestry Museum Tavern London
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Was there one of those iPhone alerts today?
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026
A dark blizzard of disinformation is warping the public’s perception of our great city. But we know the truth: our homicide rate is lower than every major US city, neighbourhood crimes are down and we’ve been ranked #1 city in the world 11 years in a row. My piece for The Times.
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We must fight back against troll army’s lies about London
There is a dark blizzard of disinformation online, where our capital is described as a lawless dystopia in decline — this couldn’t be further from the truth
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Edwin was so engrossed in ogling the damsel that the was unaware that the boom was about to swing across and knock off his hat #GirlsOwnCC
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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Enjoy this Sunday’s caption contest! Give away lots of ❤️s, please repost to encourage more competitors, and include #GirlsOwnCC
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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It was a beautiful start to the week in Glastonbury. Photo taken at sunrise from St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor.
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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In last Sunday’s caption contest 🥇for a sweet caption in memory of an icon @maggie23.bsky.social 🥈 @chopper32.bsky.social 🥉 @jalata.bsky.social 4th @catju.eurosky.social Highly commended @paulgarrard.bsky.social @welshie12.bsky.social plus more very entertaining captions at #GirlsOwnCC
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Genuinely interested in US’s reason for being the only country to vote against this #Mercator www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale
Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I see that #SKS #KeirStarmer is resigning as an MP Big international job in the offing?
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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.
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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Enjoy this Sunday’s caption contest! Give away lots of ❤️s, please repost to encourage more competitors, and include #GirlsOwnCC
Victorian monochrome illustration of a seated lady handing out a book to a young lady, with a seated audience of young ladies and girls.
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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Excellent captions in last Sunday’s contest! 🥇 @julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social 🥈 & 4th @erburyoldboy.bsky.social 🥉 @mkmike.bsky.social Highly commended @phlogginganorse.bsky.social (the mud pieces will be a nightmare) & @maggie23.bsky.social and more to make you chuckle at #GirlsOwnCC
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Sylvia Milne📚 @libmoggy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Notice at Chiswick House. What a pity that Donald Trump won’t be visiting
Dangerous tree notice Chiswick
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/08/2026
‘I’ve £80k in the account, here’s my pin’: turning the tables on the scammers
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‘I’ve £80k in the account, here’s my pin’: turning the tables on the scammers
Plagued by bank impersonation scams, one Guardian Money reader got even by stringing the fraudsters along … for hours
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It's a pleasant, calm, August morning in #Orkney and #BookyMcBookface is away across the Churchill Barriers to Burray and South Ronaldsay, before coming back across to Holm this afternoon. ❤️ If you're there today then go see Booky and grab yourself some books! 📚
The Mobile Library parked beside one of the Churchill Barriers in Orkney. A sunken blockship can be seen in the background.
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