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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @stcatharines.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk Catz is another example of spelling differences within Oxbridge: Cambridge's is with an A, Oxford's is with an E If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost – it helps to spread the word!

An old monochrome picture postcard showing a photograph of the quadrangle at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. The card shows the name of the college, spelt incorrectly

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of St John's College, Cambridge If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost – it helps to spread the word!

An old colour picture postcard showing the 'b ridge of sighs' at St John's College Cambridge - an ornate bridge across a river - and the College's arms in red, blue, gold and silver

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @stjohnscollege.bsky.social William Wordsworth is amongst the college's alumni If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost – it helps to spread the word!

An old monochrome picture postcard showing a photograph of the ornate frontage and gatehouse to St John's College, Cambridge

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the clock tower at Trinity College, Cambridge It occupies the former gatehouse of King's Hall, which merged with Michaelhouse in 1546 to form Trinity College If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost – it helps to spread the word!

An old colour picture postcard showing a medieval clock tower/gatehouse

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Trinity College Cambridge, when part of it was being used as a hospital in World War 1 If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost – it helps to spread the word!

An old monochrome picture postcard showing a hospital ward with nurses and porters, but as yet no beds or patients

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @theul.bsky.social - Cambridge University Library It'll be all Cambridge for a few weeks now because that's where the alphabet has taken me If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost – it helps to spread the word!

An old monochrome picture postcard showing a magnificent 1930s monumental building, in brick and stone, with a central tower and lovely high windows. Printed at the foot of the card is University Library, Cambridge

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of what became in time the University of East London The University still uses this building and it is fabulous If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old monochrome picture postcard showing a victorian brick college buiding, all stripy brickwork and towers and curlique details

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old monochrome picture postcard in portrait orientation showing a neo-classical gateway in front of a domed tower. Printed at the foot of the card is Edinburgh University from the Quadrangle

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Furzedown House, which was a training college for teachers between 1915 and the 1970s, and where my mum, @dozzaj.bsky.social, studied If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old monochrome picture postcard showing a grand C19 London villa, set in parkland with an orangery. Written at the foot of the card is Furzedown House

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @glasgow.ac.uk And no, I don't know precisely why the Douglas clan arms would be shown here, nor if the tartan is the Douglas tartan If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old colour picture postcard showing a view of the University of Glasgow, set in a park in behind a lake. The image is surrounded by a border of tartan, a sprig of heather and the Douglas clan arms

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the old Royal Navel College, which now houses @uniofgreenwich.bsky.social and Trinity Laban too Also used as a location in Thor: The Dark World If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old monochrome picture postcard showing a photograph of splendid neoclassical buildings on the Thames at Greenwich

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie @kit.edu Founded in 1825 as the Polytechnische Schule it became a Technische Hochschule - an institute for technology - in 1885 If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old monochrome picture postcard showing a three-floor brick building, quite austere in style, on a city street. There are people and tram-tracks on the street. Printed at the foot of the card is Karlsruhe i. B, Karlsruhe Technische Hochschule

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, which used to be here before it was in the Barbican I wrote about it a couple of years ago: buff.ly/YFIXmEM If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old monochrome picture postcard showing a handsome Victorian stone neo classical building, all solid and square. Printed at the right is The Guildhall School of Music, Victoria Embankment, EC

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

It’s Debach in Suffolk, I had tried both of your suggestions with no luck, the sheer number of All Saints churches in the UK made this really hard work!

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

It’s interesting, quite a few people commented on the small turnout, it all makes sense once you read about the village and it’s gradual depopulation.

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Wow, that’s the first photo I’ve seen with it actually in situ. Definitely made the task more difficult once it had been repositioned. It feels great to have found it and we know the exact date and the identity of the soldier!

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Yes, thats definitely it! The chap in the photo doing the unveiling is Lord Cranworth. The fact that the memorial was relocated and the church now redundant definitely made this one a challenge!

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

@theunhurriedreader.bsky.social Looks like it’s solved. The now redundant church at Debach in Suffolk.

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Here’s the high resolution photos of the sign.I think this is about as clear as I’m going to get it.

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

We’ve got two bushes grand total of about 6 berries this year🙄

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Unfortunately I cant get one that allows me to enlarge it without losing all the detail, I’ve really tried! My son has a high resolution camera, I’m seeing him tomorrow so will see what we can capture using that. I can clearly see it says all Saints using a magnifying glass but the rest??

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

It’s a bit strange as the entrance is quite modest and lacks a porch. I’d be tempted to say this is a side door if it wasn’t for the notice boards.

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

It could be, I haven’t really scrutinised the fashions which may give a clue. Someone said a woman at the back appears to be looking across maybe towards more attendees behind the camera. The little group highlighted definitely seem to be involved somehow, maybe a brother?

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

It’s certainly a tough one. Suffolk chuch expert Simon Knott didn’t recognise it and he has probably visited more flint churches than anyone in the UK. He suggested it might be on the fringes of London somewhere. I can almost read the sign but despite all efforts the name isn’t legible.

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

How interesting! It’s an ambitious looking project, I had no idea it was so extensive.

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Excellent! You can see the outline of the memorial under the flag, it appears to be a large white marble cross on a slender column. The location seems strange so it may now be re-sited elsewhere in the church grounds.

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

@theunhurriedreader.bsky.social If you fancy a proper challenge, how about this one which has so far defeated everyone. A WW1 war memorial unveiling. The sign says All Saints D…… It’s a lovely card and I would really like to locate it.

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Excellent. I post one every Friday as a no googling challenge so people have to work it out from the clues. I wouldn’t have got it without assistance and even missed the beach at the bottom of the shot!

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

@hbsj.bsky.social Posted this on X this morning as my mystery challenge. Surprisingly difficult it proved. Let me know if you haven’t got this one and I’ll send it over to you. It’s 1966.

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @herts.ac.uk back in the day when it was the Hatfield College of Technology Can you identify the cars parked at the front? If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old colour picture postcard showing 1950s brick and glass college buildings, with old cars parked at the front

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @uniofhull.bsky.social I'm not sure whether the mixed common room refers to mixed sex, or that its a common room for both undergraduates, postgraduates and staff If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old monochrome picture postcard showing a comfortable lounge, with easy chairs, coffee tables and a lovely parquet floor. Printed at the bottom is University College of Hull, Students' Union, Mixed Common Room

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the university of Debrecen, Hungary, which has its origins in the Calvinist College established in 1538 If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old colour picture postcard showing handsome university buildings behind a fancy baroque (or maybe even rococo) fountain, lit from behind and within

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the Dynamo Room at the Central Technical College, part of what is now @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old monochrome picture postcard showing a photograph of a laboratory with white walls and benches holding different electrical equipment. Printed at the foot of the card is Dynamo Rooom, Ceentral Tecnical College

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the clock tower at what is now Mumbai University It was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, who also did St Pancras Station in London If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old monochrome picture postcard showing a line drawing of a Victorian Gothic clock tower. Printed on the card is University Clock Tower, Bombay. In handwriting also a short message: "28/5/04 Pleased to receive your letter, rather envy you the socials, naughty"

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Università per Stranieri di Perugia - the University for Foreigners, Perugia Founded in 1925, it teaches Italian language and culture to foreign students If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old monochrome picture postcard showing a baroque stone building with people milling around outside it. At the foot of the card is printed Perguia - R Universita Italiana per Stranieri

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I’m one of your constituents, my entire family voted for you. We didn’t wait for 14 years to see the leader undermined in this way. Absolutely appalling.

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of what was once La Sainte Union (LSU) in Southampton - a teacher training college which closed in 1997 and was then taken over a a campus of @unisouthampton.bsky.social If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An aerial photograph of college buildings in a suburban street, labelled "College of the immaculate Conception, The Avenue, Southasmpton"

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of what is now @unilancashire.bsky.social, but was originally - in 1828 - The Institution For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @lancasteruni.bsky.social Looking, to my mind, like a genuine palace of learning If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old colour picture postcard showing an aerial photograph of a 1960s campus university set in green fields, with a road running just behind it. The buildings are mostly concrete with quadrangles

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @leedstrinity.bsky.social - or at least of the building site which became, in time, Leeds Trinity University The people there are fabulous If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old monochrome picture postcard showing a building site, all concrete foundations, walls in the process of being built, and scaffolding

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @magdalenoxford.bsky.social Shared because it is May morning, when a choir singes from the tower and there is great revelry I blogged about it: buff.ly/4qImZ8R If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old colour picture postcard showing a view of the Magdalen church tower seen from the river in Oxford - very bucolic

Written in ink on the picture is "I think this is rather quaint"

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

So true, open the bonnet and shut it quickly😂 The engine on my Cayman isn’t even visible and in two years of ownership I’ve never actually seen it, you just have to take it on trust that all is ok🤷🏻‍♂️

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It’s definitely a thing. Out of necessity I became one when I was young as it was the only way to keep my fleet of decaying cars on the road. I’ve shaken off the urge now!

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Pretty sure that’s it. My dad’s friend had one,very comfortable but far to exotic for his tastes. He would only buy a car if he was confident he would be able to execute roadside repairs which seemed to be a regular occurrence in the 1970’s

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

5/5 I think. Renault 16? on the right in an unusual colour is the only one I’m not certain about.

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @uniofleicester.bsky.social Which of the cars can you identify? I'm pretty sure of 4/5 ... If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old colour picture postcard showing glass and concrete and 50s and 1960s buildings; with cars parked in front

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A bit posher than in my day.

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Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Likely the 1940’s it was a really popular resort, I’ve seen quite a few cards featuring the pier.

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