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Roy Manterfield

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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 15h
They look SO small from up here…
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 23h
Big news from the Labour Conference: the Prime Minister just promised to fix Westminster's broken voting system in his big conference speech. Seats that match votes would change British politics for good, but only if it happens. I've added my name; please join me and share. ►
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The PM used his big speech to promise to fix Westminster's broken voting system.
We've heard promises before. I've signed to make sure this one is kept. It takes 30 seconds
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is #Nottingham’s old Huntingdon Street School, on the edge of St Ann’s, circa 1909. My grandfather, Harold S Manterfield, is the middle boy in the second row from the back. I wonder how many of these lads served in the armed forces during the first world war and survived?
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There may be some manipulation going on here…
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
September 1950 ► #Nottingham's Walter Fountain on Lister Gate was demolished after erosion and storm damage made it unsafe. #NottinghamHistory uk.pinterest.com/pin/54092460... www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/54092460...
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Walter Fountain, Lister Gate, Nottingham, c 1910. The Walter Fountain was designed by a Mr Sutton in a Victorian Gothic … | Victorian drinking fountain history, Dartmouth castle history, Vintage notti...
Walter Fountain, Lister Gate, Nottingham, c 1910. The Walter Fountain was designed by a Mr Sutton in a Victorian Gothic style in 1866 and commissioned by Mr John Walter, son of John Walter of Bear-Woo...
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“It’s very important you don’t check if we have criminal pasts,” insist Reform councillors with nothing to hide… ►
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‘It’s very important you don’t check if we have criminal pasts’, insist Reform councillors with nothing to hide
Reform councillors in Barnsley, who made it very clear that they will not submit the standard DBS check that even a parcel delivery driver has to provide, have instantly convinced the nation that t…
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I entered the world crowbar championships this year. First prise!
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Umberto wasn’t suggesting censorship, he was reminding us that having the right to speak is not the same as having an opinion that deserves to be trusted.
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The joy of missing out 😉
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
28 September 1818 ► A catastrophic explosion of a ton of gunpowder, unloaded at Wilford Street wharf, killed eight men and two boys, and caused damage to most properties between the canal and #Nottingham’s market place. #NottinghamHistory ► www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/can...
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Nottinghamshire history > Articles > Adrian Gray, Disaster in Nottingham, 2010
An online resource for Nottinghamshire local history, genealogy and archaeology
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
28 September 1782 ► #Nottingham’s new General Hospital was opened to receive its first patients. The occasion was ushered in by the ringing of bells and much celebration over the course of the day. #NottinghamHistory
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Request Rejected | Saint mungo hospital, Nottingham hospital history, Oldest hospital in the uk
Building work was completed on Nottingham’s new General Hospital at Derry Mount, an open space inside the old Town Wall, on 18 September 1782. Historic, History of medicine
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Stop Big Billionaires Buying British Politics – Please sign and share the Petition. ► via @UKChange
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Sign the Petition
Stop Big Billionaires Buying British Politics
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A few more things…
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m tempted, through vanity, to use this illustration as my avatar, because it makes me look younger… It was made by AI, based on a photograph of me, in the style of a 1960s Japanese movie poster. I extracted my image from the poster and cleaned it up. So, it’s not me, but it is me.
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
27 September 1888 ► #Nottingham’s new Guildhall was opened on the corner of Burton Street and South Sherwood Street, containing the Police (magistrates') Court, the Central Police Station and the new Fire Station, replacing the old Town Hall at Weekday Cross. #NottinghamHistory
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Nottingham Guildhall. | Nottinghamshire on map, Old map of nottinghamshire, Historical map of nottinghamshire
A large, ornate building with multiple stories and intricate architectural details. The structure features numerous windows and decorative elements, including pointed roofs and ornamental stonework. B...
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Death, War, Famine and Pestilence all caught a cold; they were the Four Hoarse Men of the Apocalypse.
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
While brushing my teeth, I felt observed…
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Control yourself on #Caturday
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
September 1890 ► The last race was held on #Nottingham’s old Forest Racecourse. #NottinghamHistory
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Max doesn’t want a delivery bag hat, and I may now be in trouble…
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
25 Sept 1916 ► #Nottingham endured its first and only air raid of the Great War. A Zeppelin dropped bombs in a line from Eastcroft through the city to Victoria Station. Three people were killed, eight injured and buildings were destroyed. #NottinghamHistory
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
25 Sept 1865 ► #Nottingham’s new Theatre Royal opened, constructed by J & W Lambert on a section of Parliament Street now called Theatre Square. There had been an earlier Theatre Royal in St Mary's Gate, built in 1760, which became the Royal Alhambra Music Hall, then a restaurant. #NottinghamHistory
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Theatre Royal, Nottingham, about 1899. | Victoria centre nottingham, Nottingham city transport, Old operating theatre museum london
A historical scene featuring a large building with a prominent entrance supported by several columns. The structure is adorned with decorative elements, including a canopy and a series of lamps on top...
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Aren’t people annoying when they use big words just to make themselves look perspicacious?
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sept 1841 ► #Nottingham businessman Alfred Barber set up a photographic studio in the attics of Bromley House in 1841, the first in the Midlands. He purchased a licence to produce daguerreotypes. The first photograph taken in the Bromley House Studio was in September 1841. #NottinghamHistory
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Inside the Library - Bromley House Library | Victorian workshop, Old victorian attic, Antique photography studio
Part of the attics in Bromley House Library, Nottingham. Nottingham businessman Alfred Barber set up a photographic studio in the attics of Bromley House in 1841, the first in the Midlands. The first ...
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
September 1752 ► The year the calendar changed, missing out 11 days of September; one of the few occasions when #Nottingham’s Goose Fair was not held. #NottinghamHistory
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Early Modern Nottingham (1500 – 1799)
Return to the introduction and contents page Go back to Nottingham in the Middle Ages (600 – 1499) 1512 A charter signed by Henry VIII licensed a group of Nottingham people, including Dame Agnes Me…
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Imagine buying a WHOLE state like it's a garage sale item. This is NOT fake news 😉 denmarkification.com?utm=.share.b...
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Help Denmark Buy California – Because Why Not?
Buy it from Trump, the bigliest crowdfunding ever
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Saturday, 19 Sept 2026 Wedding of Alice Manterfield and Ben Allen Our beautiful daughter, Alice, married her lovely fiancé, Ben Allen, in #Nottingham’s iconic Council House, with the reception in the amazing Malt Cross on St James’s St. It was extraordinarily happy and emotional; a very special day.
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I’m having a little break from social media. For a few reasons, the main one being very positive; the upcoming wedding of our lovely daughter. So, I’m spending time on other things for a while. Bye for now. I probably ought to say it in Nottingham vernacular; ta-rah fu-nah mi duck.
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
31 August 1844 ► The Roman Catholic Cathedral Church of St. Barnabas in #Nottingham was consecrated in 1844. The event was witnessed by an engraving in the London Illustrated News of 31st August that year. #NottinghamHistory
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St Barnabas Cathedral | Rotherham cathedral, Birmingham cathedral history, Cathedral of st paul birmingham
The Roman Catholic Cathedral Church of St. Barnabas in Nottingham was consecrated in 1844. The event was witnessed by an engraving in the London Illustrated News of 31st August that year.
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Gas powered aircraft were never successful; in strong winds the pilot would go out.
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
#Nottingham Heritage Open Days St Mary’s Church in the Lace Market, High Pavement, Nottingham Saturday 12 September: 1000-1600 Tower tours giving spectacular views over the city (pre-booking not required) ► www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...
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St Mary's Church in the Lace Market
Tower tours (approx 130 steps and a short section by ladder). Brass rubbing. Children's activities Guided tours of church and churchyard Refreshments.
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Another excellent question on #Caturday
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
1958 ► #Nottingham’s Holy Trinity Church was demolished. #NottinghamHistory
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Trinity Square: A Nottingham Landmark Through the Years | 1920 and 1930 england, Old nottingham city, England in the 1920
Aug 10, 2026 — Trinity church, Demolition, 1958
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Do ambassadors stay healthy because of diplomatic immunity?
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Andy Burnham: Keep your promise to cap the amount anyone can donate to politicians and political parties so billionaires can’t buy influence in OUR politics. Please sign and share:
act.38degrees.org.uk
The super-rich are trying to push ordinary peoples’ voices out of politics with their mega-donations.
🚨 Andy Burnham backed a cap on political donations to stop billionaires buying influence. But when he got his first chance to make good on that promise, he failed to do it! Sign the petition and dema...
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#OperationReclaim: ‘You said, we did’ - How we are tackling the major issues impacting #Nottingham city centre. Operation Reclaim, which was launched in May, is a partnership approach to tackling the major issues affecting the city centre. ►
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Operation Reclaim: 'You said, we did' - How we are tackling the major issues impacting Nottingham city centre
Restrictions on wearing face coverings such as balaclavas, a revamped Old Market Square, high-visibility patrols and further enforcement action are just some of the measures we are introducing to impr...
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
To: John Healey, Chancellor of the Exchequer Tax the banks — cut our bills! It's time the banks paid their fair share in tax. It's time for a social tariff to cut energy bills. Please sign and share:
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Tax the banks — cut our bills!
Getting banks to pay more tax on their profits to help us with the cost of living is common sense. They’re raking in billions while the rest of us are struggling. We've seen this pattern before. The h...
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Not sure why, but the reed diffuser bottle is very upset about something.
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
1958 ► St. Nicholas’ Rectory, designed by Watson Fothergill, adjacent to St. Nicholas’ Church on Castle Gate, #Nottingham, was demolished prior to the development of Maid Marian Way. #NottinghamHistory
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St. Nicholas' Rectory, Castle Gate, Nottingham 1957 | Nottingham castle robin hood, Dartmouth castle history, Durham castle gatehouse
Explore the historic St. Nicholas' Rectory in Nottingham built in 1886 adjacent to St. Nicholas' Church. Witness the beauty of the past before its demolition in 1958. Demolished, In castle, City's
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Put your hands up.
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Remembering Dolly Parton today, when she famously greeted #Nottingham with the traditional local phrase “Ay up mi duck” in 2015, to launch her free children’s book charity. Thousands of Nottingham children have now benefited from her Imagination Library. Dolly Parton says Ay up mi duck: via @YouTube
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Dolly Parton says Ay up mi duck
YouTube video by Nottingham City Council
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A tourist had to get an eye test while visiting an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#UKPolitics Changing Westminster’s voting system shouldn’t be left to the politicians. An independent commission could get the public and experts together in one room to examine the evidence and build consensus for reform. Please share and add your name:
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform to review the electoral system
I ask the Government to set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform, as advocated by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections. It should be an independent, time limited, expert led re...
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Spontaneous combustion…
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
25 August 2015 ► #Nottingham’s two new tramlines to Clifton and to Chilwell opened to the public. #NottinghamHistory
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The story behind Nottingham’s race to be the UK’s first carbon neutral city | Public transport routes city, Nottingham city transport timetable, Public transport in uk
Transport, housing and energy use all being transformed in bid to hit zero emissions by 2028 | Urban transport, Rail europe, Rail transport
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Well, he must have put it down at some point…
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
1957 ► Interesting BFI archive film of north Nottinghamshire. Landmarks featured include the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest, Lord Byron's home at Newstead Abbey and Thoresby Hall. #NottinghamHistory
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Know Your Midlands No. 11 | Replay | Sherwood forest, Coal mining, West midlands
Fascinating BFI archive film of north Nottinghamshire from 1957. Landmarks featured include the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest, Lord Byron's home at Newstead Abbey and Thoresby Hall. Forest lord
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Coke please.
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
23 August 2011 ► Improvements to railways in #Nottingham and the county in the previous 15 years led to an increase in passenger journeys at city stations of 86 per cent and of 219 per cent in the county. #NottinghamHistory
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🏹 My Nottingham on X | Victoria centre nottingham, Nottingham underground railway, Nottingham railway station history
A new strategy to help Nottingham’s heritage contribute more to its future launches today: http://t.co/SgVwwbkUqh | Great city, Town
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
23 August 1880 ► #Nottingham’s William Thompson 'Bendigo,' the bare knuckle boxer, died. #NottinghamHistory
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A History of Nottingham's Boxing Legends | Alexandre rodtchenko, Kazimir malevich paintings, Kasimir malevich white on white
Born in Sneinton, 1811, William 'Bendigo' Thompson was the youngest of 21 children. In 1835 he was the bare-knukle boxing champion of all England, and in 1955 he entered into the Boxing Hall of Fame. ...
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