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Lloyd

@lloydlug.bsky.social
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Drawer/Writer/Gardener/Podcaster Often hurled into interesting situations

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Bedford Independent @bedfordindependent.co.uk · 22h
Review: My Girl the River's album ‘Manifest Good Things’ perfectly pushes positivity, says the Clanger's Lloyd Lugsden. #Bedford #BedfordNews #MyGirlTheRiver #ManifestGoodThings
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Review: My Girl the River album 'Manifest Good Things' perfectly pushes positivity - Bedford Independent
Bedford-based Americana band My Girl the River return with their fourth album, Manifest Good Things, recorded at Saltwell Studio...
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Episode 9: www.buzzsprout.com/2621949/epis...
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Oyez! Oyez! It’s Bryan Bland of Ampthill - Pubs of the Shire
I took off to the historic market town of Ampthill Bedfordshire to talk to ghost tour guide and newly appointed town cryer Bryan Bland. The town was and still is well furnished with public houses and ...
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Interview re Pubs of the Shire Podcast for Bedford Clanger beer special - cheers!
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ep8 3 times a Morris man out now www.buzzsprout.com/2621949/epis...
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Anthony Heywood, Man of the Morris - Pubs of the Shire
Anthony Heywood is this episodes guest - a Morris man for 3 different Bedford sides over the years, which has led him to many pubs in many shires, including his alter ego Beaky the Bedford mascot. A c...
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Pubs of the Shire Ep8 out now Anthony Heywood-3 times a Morris Man recorded at the Bell, Odell Bedfordshire. Eagle bothering, Italian prog and much more!
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Nat Doig @weirdinthewade.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Check out the blog show notes and links for today's episode about haunted disused and abandoned hospitals!
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Show notes for Haunted Hospitals (The Ghosts of Former Hospital Facilities)
Listen to the episode on BBC Sounds, Apple or Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Shires House the former Work House at Bedford Hospital North Wing Eerie Edinburgh Find out more about eerie Edinburgh here including his books and podcast: Watch an episode of Eerie Edinburgh about haunted hospitals: Urban Explorer Follow the Instagram account of the Urban Explorer I chatted with here: Princess Mary's Hospital RAF Halton Below is a link from the UrbEx forum 28 Days later and photos from their exploration of the site in 2007…
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Erica Roffe - Cola Queen, Ep7 out now. Erica is editor of Bedford Independent newspaper and Bedford Clanger arts & culture magazine. Recorded at The Polhill Arms chatting old Bedford pubs, Norfolk Broards watering holes plus talk of Acid Jazz on the Thames. Listen wherever you get your podcasts
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
That Friday feeling on a Thursday
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Be sure to follow this page on Instagram and Facebook - Cheers!
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Beermats!
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Pubs of the Shire ep3 with @davidjesudason.bsky.social available all over inc YouTube Chatting beer, pubs & Sinclair C5s www.buzzsprout.com/2621949/epis...
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David Jesudason - Pubs of the Shire
This episodes guest is David Jesudason - an award winning freelance writer and journalist, writing about beer, pubs and their social history, including multiculturalism and desi pubs, a fusion of Brit...
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Pubs of the Shire podcast with Kempston Historian David Simms chatting beer, pubs and local folklore…on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Buzzsprout and more www.buzzsprout.com/2621949/epis...
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Kempston Calling! With David Simms - Pubs of the Shire
This episodes guest is David Simms - a ‘proper’ Bedfordian and more specifically, Kempstonian with a great knowledge of its history, pub culture plus local ghost stories…You can follow David on Facebo...
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Pubs in the Shire Podcast Ep.6 Out now. Nat Doig, award winning podcaster of Weird in the Wade, based in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. Beer, pubs, ghosts, Sheryl Crow and more! Listen to Pubs of the Shire wherever you get your podcasts from
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Tim Hickford @beerwithtim.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A couple of months ago I sat down with fellow @britbeerwriters.bsky.social member @lloydlug.bsky.social to record an episode of his Pubs of the Shire podcast. Talking about my beer journey, favourite pubs and when a dead pub isn’t a dead pub open.spotify.com/episode/6N2o...
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Tim Hickford, Beer Guy
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
New Podcast! Pubs of the Shire -Ep.1 please subscribe #pubs #beer #podcast open.spotify.com/episode/5qzV...
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Episode 1 Liz at the Welly
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Dead Pub Signs of Bedfordshire Reimagined Exhibition at the Burnaby Arms Bedford 11th April till 9th May, do come along!
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Hot. Off. The. Press ! Pubs of Olney, 2025 Including 34 pubs! Ltd run...Holla if you want one Launch dates tbc... Like, tag, share, as they used to say... #olney #Buckinghamshire #localhistory #pubs #lostpubs #deadpubs #selfpublishing #independentbooks #socialhistory
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
This was fun: www.bedfordindependent.co.uk/interview-be...
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Interview: Betty Boo talks beat boxing, burgers and Boomania at 35 - Bedford Independent
Next month Betty Boo bounds into Bedford Esquires to celebrate the re-issues of the Boomania and Grrrr albums plus the recent Rip Up...
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
@dannyrobins.bsky.social re. haunted Fisher Price telephones
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
New Project Alert 🚨 Hopping over the border to Research Olney, Bucks lost pubs for an armchair pub crawl up the main drag of 30 plus Pubs! Looking for any information, stories or photos - thanks! #olney #Buckinghamshire #pubs #lostpubs #deadpubs #MarketTown #cottagecore
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Lloyd @lloydlug.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Silver Dream Machine for Dead Pubs of Bedfordshire at @britbeerwriters.bsky.social Awards in E17 alongside @petebrownbeer.bsky.social rabbit in the headlights
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British Guild of Beer Writers @britbeerwriters.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
We’re starting the evening with a word from our charity partner, Only A Pavement Away Learn more at onlyapavementaway.co.uk
Only A Pavement Away charity message in a packed room at the British Guild of Beer Awards annual dinner and awards
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British Guild of Beer Writers @britbeerwriters.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
That’s all of the awards handed out for #BGBW24, so now it’s party time! 🍻 On behalf of the Guild, a huge thank you to all of the entrants, judges, and our fantastic sponsors for their hard work and support this year, and congratulations to all of the award winners 🏆
Celebrating Ruvani’s win as Beer Writer of the Year 2024 - a standing ovation from the room
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