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Malcolm Stamp

@ribble11.bsky.social
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Life long #history enthusiast (especially #Roman #Napoleonic #GreatWar #fww #ww1 #ww2), music (soul, dance, r & b and, er, Led Zeppelin), family, #photography, #Blackpoolfc #utmp

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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Brilliant, thank you. I will seek it out.
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can I ask which house? I'm going to Pompeii for the first time tomorrow (hopelessly excited!) and would like to see the mosaic in the flesh (so to speak). Thanks
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Man City being guilty of 115 charges is serious business. 115 slaps on the wrist is gonna leave a bit of a bruise.
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Problem is that trashy dancing shows, reality TV, gameshows etc are cheap to produce compared to serious, fact based output *and* they're wildly popular with the punters. But yes, priorities at the Beeb are skewed and have been for a long time sadly
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
What???!! For pity's sake, please tell me that image isn't real
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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Were I the prime minister, right now the chief constable and police & crime commissioner for Kent would be in my office having a meeting strictly without tea or biscuits, and this evening I’d be doing a broadcast reassuring the nation that fascist mobs will not be tolerated on our streets.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Free speech update.
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I saw them 2 or 3 times in the 70's/80's, including their legendary set at Reading when Holder turned a hostile crowd completely around in under an hour. Never a huge fan of their music but they were a tremendous live band and a ton of fun
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Wishbone Ash Led Zeppelin The Rolling Stones Slade The Police Buzzcocks Stiff Little Fingers The Stranglers Blondie James Brown
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Many times with Blackpool in the 80's and 90's, the last of which (I think) was a 5-0 battering played out in biblical torrential rain. Probably had a beer in all four of the corner pubs at some point
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/football/pic...
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David Squires on … the masochistic life of a Football League fan
Our cartoonist welcomes the EFL back, with returning characters and a look at what it’s like as an exiled supporter
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Fifthcolumnblue @fifthcolumnblue.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Argentina.
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
That is entirely on Tuchel. The players gave everything, but that was a tactical catastrophe — wrong shape, wrong subs, wrong priorities. England dumped out by a team that kept playing football when England had stopped
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I was 15 so 65 now. 1976 was a seminal year for all sorts of reasons, not least the arrival of Punk, political upheaval, economic depression plus the long drought/heatwave. Of course I remember it
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kyleayers.bsky.social @kyleayers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Not saying that game was stolen from Egypt but it is now on display at museum in London.
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Not sure many Second World War historians would agree with you, I'm afraid. A text not entirely to be trusted......
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 05/06/2026
Classic. This Danish road safety advert is more accurate than quite a few Viking films & tv shows... and photo shoots... ;) But above all, it's very, very funny: youtu.be/pD-f45TbvEw?...
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A helmet has always been a good idea - 893
YouTube video by Rådet for Sikker Trafik
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Good piece. As an avid consumer of the music press at the time, very much as I remember things. Scathing at first, Punk caught the weeklies completely off guard but as the bandwagon began to roll the NME then Sounds jumped on board promptly ditching pretty much everything that preceeded it
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
My kids (now 20 and 25) left secondary education almost entirely ignorant of events during the FWW and SWW and, other than through their own curiosity/general reading/discussions at home, know little of the genocidal atrocities of both conflicts. They both sat GCSE history.
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Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Eric Idle Monty Python: Always Look on the Bright Side
ALT: Eric Idle Monty Python: Always Look on the Bright Side
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Ballsy sign outside a Sydney hotel
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
When did northern soul get so southern? www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...
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When did northern soul get so southern?
Young people are high-kicking to vintage US soul tunes again, but this time London and Bristol are leading the charge. Is the scene losing its working-class heritage?
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
It's an outstanding site and has helped me out so many times over the years, so thank you Chris!
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
*Only works for three out of the five if you misprounce scone 🙂
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Only works if you mispronounce scone 😉
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
My Mum, who was 3 at the time, still talks about the family dog being put down as a war measure in 1939. It sorrows her even now.
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Boy, did this strike a cord. My eldest went away to uni, back for lockdown, away for work placement, back after uni, away for travel, back soon but will be gone for good in the summer. I will admit to a snivel reading Tim's piece.....
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Not saying it's looking bad for him, but in a Leicester car park right now...
Construction worker digging a big hole whilst somebody I fondly imagine to be Princess Anne looks on...
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Ha! Went through those doors more than a few times late 70's/early 80's. Back then the interior seemed mostly original - lots of dark wood and Edwardian tile. Glad to see it's survived.
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Short of the club's SM guys actually making the effort to post on here, this is the best outcome X adverse fans can hope for at the moment, so thanks for setting it up 👍
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Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Well her sense of political timing remains as exquisite as ever.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’ Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The Air Staff was adamant that to throw further squadrons into the Battle of France was to risk losing the Battle of Britain.
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
A 'thrilling' conclusion which is entirely circumstantial and as watertight as a soaked sponge. Quite annoyed with myself that I wasted three hours of my life on this guff.
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Carl Maxim @carlmaxim.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I'm surprised Farage is letting the likes of Zahawi into his grubby fiefdom. It degrades his party's brand, and surely it's only a matter of time before one of the former Tory 'big hitters' makes a play for his title. Then we really will have Conservatives 2.0
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Ah, the Arches at Newcastle Uni with the Student Union off to the right. A well troden path for me in my long distant student days...
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The amazing detail in this story is this lad's neighbour frantically whistling to try and draw the ship's attention to the dangerous local hazard known as [checks notes] Norway. If it hadn't noticed houses are generally stand on vessels a bit of whistling probably ain't going to do it, fella.
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Congratulations. I read your book earlier this year - a genuinely astonishing story and a wonderful read
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
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From Otis Redding to Booker T, Steve Cropper was a strong yet subtle force that shaped so many soul classics
The guitarist for Booker T & the MGs defined the sound of original R&B, co-creating soul anthems and proving himself one of the most influential musicians of the 60s
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Koala, Kennett River, Victoria, Australia 📷my own #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #australia #greatoceanroad
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Twelve Apostles, Victoria, Australia 📷 my own #photography #landscapes #nature #GreatOceanRoad #Australia
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
One of my favourite threads from the other place. Classic. Anyone who has owned a spaniel or variant will relate!
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Speaks well, doesn't he?
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport. Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably? But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
A hotdog and pretzel stand with large hanging bottles of mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The bottoms contain squeeze tubes to dispense the condiments.
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Not at all sure about all of this this. That back room looks very lightweight to me. New managers bringing in their mates rarely works out. How long before Brett makes an appearance?
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Autumn colours, Lancashire, UK 📷 my own #photography #landscape #autumn #fall #nature #lancashire
A sun lit image of a shallow river bathed in yellow and green hues overhung with trees
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Derwentwater, Cumbria 📷 my own #lakes #photography #landscapes #autumn #nature
A low light view of a lake and wooded island taken from a pebbled shore at sunset
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Malcolm Stamp @ribble11.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Should have gone at least half a dozen games ago. Dreadful appointment from the off.
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