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Simon Inglis / Played in Britain @playedinbritain.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Turnstile geeks ahoy! Spotted in Petersfield: @pfieldbookshop.bsky.social a pre-war Ellison's ex-Fratton Park & someone's back garden (do @pompeyhistory.bsky.social know more?) & Petersfield Lido, opened 1962, a postwar Bailey's. Both merely decorative but clearly loved. @groundtastic.bsky.social

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Simon Inglis / Played in Britain @playedinbritain.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Delighted that @historicengland.bsky.social are exhibiting 25 of my football ground pix @swindonlibraries until July 24 in Courtyard Gallery. Thanks to Gary Winter & all contributors who shared memories. Hear more on @bbcwiltshire, @benpraterradio @mjwriter24 @groundtastic.bsky.social

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Simon Inglis / Played in Britain @playedinbritain.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I had a lot of fun and a few teary moments dredging up these memories - thanks to @theodelaney for the invitation. Here's the second and final part: www.theodelaney.com/life-goals-l...

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Theo Delaney @theodelaney.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

New Life Goals podcast with legendary writer, lecturer and campaigner Simon Inglis - @playedinbritain.bsky.social - out now. (Part two next week). t.co/D2lM57yvLz

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Simon Inglis / Played in Britain @playedinbritain.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

What a challenge (and not only to my shaky memory). My eight most memorable goals (mostly, but not all @avfc-official.bsky.social ) accompanied by eight tracks, and a good deal of verbiage on the side. Thanks to TheoDelaney #UTV theodelaney.com/life-goals-l...

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Simon Inglis / Played in Britain @playedinbritain.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Recommend charming @BBCNorfolk series on Arthur Elvin (inc snippets from me). Never bothered who was in #FACupFinal as long as floral arrangements were in order! Revered in speedway & ice hockey circles. He & his wife were the real #Wembley 'twin towers'. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Secret Norfolk - The Man Who Made Wembley - 1. Prisoner of War - BBC Sounds

How a young Arthur Elvin went from odd jobs in Norwich to being a German prisoner of war.

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Simon Inglis / Played in Britain @playedinbritain.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

For all you aquatic aesthetes, Splash! @designmuseum is a quirky fun take on swimming lives & styles - Roger Deakin's Speedos, Jelly shoes, Terry Towelling robes, some great short films & a history of cozzies... dare one say, a veritable lucky dip... on till Aug 17.

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Simon Inglis / Played in Britain @playedinbritain.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Delighted to support a member of the Historic Pools of Britain and a case study in our book Great Lengths – Bramley Baths in #Leeds where my mum grew up and I had a happy postgrad year in er... 1978. Note: Edwardian baths are a sadly diminishing liquid asset! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bramley-ba...

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Help Bramley Baths Raise the Roof!

We need to raise £350,000 to give our heritage asset a cash injection through our first Community Share Offer.

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𝕃𝔹ℕ𝕠𝟙𝟙𝔽𝔽ℂ @lbno11ffc.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

#Fulham #COYW #CravenCottage #FulhamFCHistory @playedinbritain.bsky.social Tape for crossbars, men in caps, mud and shoulder barges etc., 🇵🇦🇷🇹 🇮🇮 3/13...

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𝕃𝔹ℕ𝕠𝟙𝟙𝔽𝔽ℂ @lbno11ffc.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Have these ones on me - Turnstiles from my local Non-League clubs:- Corinthian Casuals (Ellisons) and Hampton & Richmond FC (Stevens & Sons Southwark - many layers of paint though!):-

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Colin McPherson @germanocean.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

TOP TEN FINISH? ⚽️ There are now just 10 copies left for sale of #AtTheMatch, the photobook by @wsc.co.uk featuring the work of Paul Thompson, Simon Gill and myself. Get your copy of the compendium of unique #football #photography images here: www.wsc.co.uk/shop/at-the-...

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Simon Inglis / Played in Britain @playedinbritain.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I do love a turnstile block - from #TunbridgeWells this is for entry to the magical highrocks.co.uk/attractions/... Late Victorian, Edwardian?? Couldn't get close to panel to identify maker. Ellisons? Baileys? Stevens? Any takers?

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Simon Inglis / Played in Britain @playedinbritain.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Totally agree - yes I wrote the foreword but I would have endorsed this book anyway - its magnificent! Great choices, great photos, great text. Well played @leongladwellauthor.bsky.social

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Simon Inglis / Played in Britain @playedinbritain.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Mid '80s, charity game behind closed doors at Maine Rd. In front of the Kippax I dribble past #TonyBook - 21 years my senior. Hah! Then 10yds on, from nowhere, somehow he's back, nicking the ball with a knowing grin and an 'alright son!' A true old pro and proper gent! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

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Tony Book: Manchester City legend dies aged 90

Former Manchester City captain Tony Book dies at the age of 90.

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Donna-Anita Black🏳️‍🌈 🇮🇪 @donnaablack.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Gotta love ppl who work in book shops

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Happy 130th Birthday to the @nationaltrust.bsky.social, founded #OnThisDay in 1895. Their iconic and enduring sprig of oak-leaves emblem was designed by Arts & Crafts wood carver Joseph Armitage in 1935, it was subtly modernised by David Gentlemen in 1982, and refreshed by Wolff Olins in 2009.

Old omega sign at Wicken Feb - © National Trust Images, Rob Coleman

Joseph Armitage carving the NT oak-leaves, 1935 - Courtesy of Edward Armitage

Original David Gentleman ink sketch, 1982 - © National Trust Archive

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

When you need to design two different book covers but you've only got one photo to use

Two Wycliffe books by W J Burley. They have the exact same cover photograph but flipped so Wycliffe is facing the other way

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

🚴‍♂️ Fantastic to see the former Richard Dunn Sports Centre site back in use for the National Cyclo-Cross Trophy at the weekend, to kick-off Bradford 2025. C20 & Ian Chalk Architects have proposed the Grade II building as a national home for skateboarding and wheelsports - here was the perfect taster!

Image credit: Olivia Smallshaw (Insta @liv_on_the_bike )

The Dunn visualisation, by Ian Chalk Architects

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Dr Kathryn Ferry @seasideferry.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

#seaside problems No. 1 - A Squall by Hannah Humphreys c1810 When you're apt to lose your hat and your dignity

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Simon Inglis / Played in Britain @playedinbritain.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Great timing Michael - let's hope mine is still good too! Tomorrow, as I approach my 70th birthday, and in advance of a possible band reunion, I will sit behind a drum kit for the first time in 15 years, six weeks after a back op and achin' all over ... the beat goes on, or maybe not...

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Simon Inglis / Played in Britain @playedinbritain.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Having come late to this London oral history series – produced by digital:works – I'm telling everyone! So rich in oral and visual content. Worth exploring if London/heritage/history is your bag. Here's one on Brentford FC. digital-works.co.uk/brentford.html

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digital:works | Documenting life-stories through creative participation

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Richard Sutcliffe @rsooty73.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Football grounds have gone from an era of neglect to now being considered as modern cathedrals. Simon Inglis has charted this transformation over the past 40 years. Here, he talks about that evolution... www.nytimes.com/athletic/589...

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How Premier League stadiums have evolved over the past 40 years

Simon Inglis quite literally wrote the book on British football grounds - now he tells The Athletic how and why they have changed

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Simon Inglis / Played in Britain @playedinbritain.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Hello BlueSky – Simon Inglis here, Ex-X. Sorry I'm late. Here to engage with my usual diet of stadiums, sporting heritage, Played in Britain, Aston Villa, Archie Leitch, Arts Society, Historic England Archives etc etc... and maybe the occasional personal comment or huff as I near the big 70.

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