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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 3m

This looks excellent! Blogging for me has been a double edged sword: my hard work has been used by anyone and everyone, often entirely uncredited or with little reward. On the plus side, I've got to meet incredible descendants of the people I research - they learn from me and I learn from them.

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 12m

Double G&T the preferred mood, thank you.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 4h

Will not be writing again.

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 8h

I want to hear more about the second of these writing sessions

Jeffrey Archer, former
Conservative politician and novelist, dies aged 86
Publisher says author died peacefully at home
'between writing sessions'

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 9h

Oops Upside Your Head also still well within living memory.

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 9h

At least I learn stuff when I have to Google all your references 😂

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 9h

Love this, but sad we got Morris dancing instead of My rodeo Romeo, a cowboy god from head to toe, Wanna make you mine, better get in line 5-6-7-8...

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Kevin Koehler @kevrockcity.bsky.social · 10h

I watched Showgirls on the Criterion Channel.

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editaurus @davesegal.bsky.social · 22h

If you're doing this, please retire from the game and sever all of your fingers.

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 21h

See also, job application cover letters. I've got approaching 200 to somehow sift this week for one role (in communications / social media 😬) and I'm dreading it. Mostly because I worry I won't be able to TELL... 🥺

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House Historian @househistorian.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Working on my presentation on #househistories for Discover your family history day at The National Archives this Sunday!! 😁 Will be a full day of talks with experts on a range of genealogy & research subjects!! There are a handful of tickets left! 😀 #househistory #familyhistory

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 23h

Agree. Not even a tiiiiny little biro T W A T? 😂 Well done for showing restraint!

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 23h

REALLY should have been! As should the biog of Bill Richmond, Richmond Unchained by Luke G. Williams. He told me it had been optioned but then never developed. My book is out next Feb (set much later in the final years of London Prize Ring Rules!). You might enjoy TV show A Thousand Blows too :)

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

There's been way too much Farage complaining and no way near enough of my raison d'être - objectifying young late-Victorian boxers and wrestlers - on my BlueSky feed recently. Apologies. Some of you MIGHT be here for that? Have a Tom+Jack, Billy, John, Peter, Jem, Frank, Hezekiah palate cleanser 🥊🥹

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You think I only have a basic-ass cheapo Motorola for affordability reasons? Oh no.

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John Manning @johnmanningpct.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It looks like an appeal to the residents of Clacton to explain to him why he was elected. It’s “What the hell am I supposed to be doing? Remind me why you elected me, cos I haven’t got a clue.”

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's only taken two and a half years and £200k+ of salary as an MP but is this... a small hint that he's remembered what his job is? Or call me a cynic but... a small attempt to at least give us the impression he has...

A 'Tell Nigel' survey sent to my property with a free post envelope to return. Topped with a picture of friendly ol' good time boyo Nigel Farage in front of beach huts it asks questions like 'who did you vote for?' 'what local issues are most important to you?' 'have you considered voting for Reform?'. The back is left blank, giving ample opportunity to TELL NIGEL what one really thinks, but I really just can't be bothered at this point.

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Clacton in October - my front garden. Hard not to still feel happy here, really, despite it all ☺️

Calm blue water, blue sky, sand, perfect clouds, sun - Martello Bay in Clacton on the walk to Jaywick

Calm blue water, blue sky, sand, perfect clouds, sun - Martello Bay in Clacton on the walk to Jaywick. A goblin child can be seen on the beach.

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One month (exactly) left of my thirties. Genuinely VERY excited for the next year, and next decade. Even more excited than I was in 1993 about this Mr Blobby Gets An Autopsy cake! 🤷🏻‍♀️🔪🩷💛

A seven year old girl with British Teeth wears a red Winnie the Pooh sweater and an I Am 7 badge. She grins while holding a Mr Blobby cake on a silver board. Blobby - a mutant pink and yellow creature - has a line of red jam running down the centre of his torso / corpse, for reasons unknown.

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thank you. She had her last two years by the sea, having previously never been before (but long a fan of a stream/lake/huge puddle!) and LOVED it, she had the best retirement on Frinton and Walton beaches, EVERY dog should get to at least try it 😄

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The drums had been on the top of the wardrobe completely ignored for a year, damnit 😂

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Ah beautiful! I meet my parents at Colonnade Kiosk occasionally at the weekends - their dog sadly died this week but they've kept up going for their daily morning walk all week 😭

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Please consider using Alt Text on your images and graphic slides in your posts, they will be of interest and can then be accessible to people who use screen readers eg. visually impaired people, some dyslexics! Thank you 🙏🏼

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 04/10/2026

Ninety years ago today, Oswald Mosley tried to march his Blackshirts through the Jewish East End. 🧵 He had thousands of uniformed fascists behind him and 6,000 police clearing the way. But the people of the East End got there first.

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

All the world's a catwalk! Even Jaywick.

A friendly little tabby cat strolls down the seafront path in Jaywick. A light dusting of sand covers it. The sky is very blue.

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What's up with little kids only rediscovering their collection of toys WITH LOUD SIRENS and RAWWRRING, or, for example, a small drum kit, when their mothers are at breaking point on a Sunday afternoon?

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Clacton in October - my front garden. Hard not to still feel happy here, really, despite it all ☺️

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I think it's lovely - rather glamorous! Like a sort of burlesque Dita Von Teese vibe 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This story about a 'viral chip shop' upsetting the neighbours with litter and crowds has a photo of one of the neighbours absolutely SERVING. Look at him! He should never be upset again.

Guardian headline, people eating chips, written by Senay Boztas, Photos by Judith Jockel

Thomas van Leeuwen, who lives near to Fabel Friet. An older white man with floppy white hair and a beard, he wears a dark suit and poses on a chair in a jaunty manner

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I used to work for The De'Aths in Norwich. So goth, for very ungoth people.

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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What is wrong with Americans. In less than 24 hours I’ve watched things that included real life people whose surnames were Champagne and Coffin.

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Okay so if I leave it another 30+ years before going to another Luton game, reckon I'll be fine 🫩

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I have met a dog/lion the size of a car in a Colchester micro pub. I am madly in love with his giant soft foldy head.

Charlie, a French Mastiff, 5ft long with a colossal head of wrinkly gorgeous folds, flops on a grey laminate floor.

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Mabel Slattery @slatteroo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Not from my family tree but best name I’ve found in a record: Patience Cocking.

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We're not quite as high class today - pre-drinks (not Orangina) in Colchester Wetherspoons I think 😂

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Benefits of being in a Luton Town family: Tickets are £12.

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today - my first Luton Town game since the early 1990s when we used to sit in the Luton News box at Kenilworth Road and I only really remember the hospitality buffet, and particularly how exciting a treat Orangina in small glass bottles was. Luton V Colchester. Orangina perhaps more thrilling...

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bit before my general late-1800s time! L.A.Jennings did a great piece on her for Vice a while back ☺️

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'd never previously heard of it but looks RIGHT up my street!

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Moustache + holding kitty like a prize fish just caught is absolutely sending me 😂 But also, yes, superb!

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oooh fancier than mine! Worth the extra tenner 😂

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