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The ranges are very useful to look at. I wish more would look at these before going overboard on what it could all mean! (Present company excepted of course, but I‘m sure you’ve all come across them …)

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I’ve missed out on Belgium, but Ulster I thought could be significant … I don‘t agree with having any SE England DNA, but I suppose people from my ancestral regions have moved there over the years?

“Wales and northern England” on the map doesn’t go north of the Dee, although the description talks about Liverpool and the Lake District! And the photo is of the Mersey waterfront. Cheshire and southwest Lancashire get no coverage on the map …

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Prehistoric Wirral @prehistoricwirral.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Likewise. My potential “ancestor “ is the wife of an umpteenth cousin, x times removed …

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🎨🖼️ Visited the Williamson Art Gallery in Oxton today and saw a painting to match the weather, 'Wind and Rain on Green Corn' (near Eastham) c.1853 painted by Robert Tongue 1823-1856. Showing as part of their Pre-Raphaelite Collection Exhibition. #Wirral #Art #PreRaphaelites 🍃💨☂️🌦️

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Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It was my husband’s guess … and I don’t know either!

Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

1 Arrowe Park 2 Port Sunlight Lever building 3 Ashton Park 4 Neston near Wirral Way

Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Pity they couldn’t take a decent photo …

Family history nuts &bolts is a great book - full of little inspiring ideas!

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It’s a W shape on the causeways - all private Lever Estate.

On second thoughts, no 4 is Brimstage. I’ve just done the first parkrun there and had an epiphany!

Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

2. Moreton towards Meols 3. By Hamilton Square station 4. Behind Royden park

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Stand not upon the order of your going …

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

via Campbell Finnie

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026

👀 "Nearly 10 years ago, Nigel Farage told LBC he would leave the country if Brexit were not a stunning success. For reasons that no one can quite fathom, he is still here."

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Welcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John Crace

Nige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in

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Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We spent a wedding anniversary there - it was lovely, and we were well looked after (even if the cheapest bottle of wine was rather expensive …)

Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@daveyph.bsky.social Google seems to think it's a stink pipe. McDowell and Steven certainly made these (as well as plenty of other things). Thanks for an interesting walk & talk. #Wirral #Birkenhead Hamilton Square

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Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A mis-transcription makes for a challenge - but I’m on it!

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.

It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

Johnson on X

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What’s your legacy Johnson? Brexit. Total collapse of trust in politics. And this. The small boats symbolise your dishonesty and your failure. You’re responsible for nothing but damage. Not one good thing. Not one proud moment. You’re forever a shameful disgrace who threw his own mandate in the bin.

Boris Johnson @BorisJohnson
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It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate from the people. He has no real ideas, and no plan.
BORIS JOHNSON: UK is defenceless against migrants without...

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Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

1 is the cycle path near Spital going under the A41. Did you find the face?

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OldPostcards4sale @oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Bet you never thought Liverpool Docks could look like this! Find this postcard here in our shop www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11733980...

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Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Faraway Family Tree Where the Old Things Are Snow White and the seventh cousins twice removed

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Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Argyll and Arran look a bit off …

Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I was rather surprised to see a chough in Machynlleth last week - turned out to be a crow with a red Haribo in its beak …

Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Good. Now arrest those who were with him for conspiracy, and then arrest those who tried to set fire to a hotel for arson. And then proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation. Which is what you are if you use violence for political ends. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel

Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life

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Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Some years ago I left the live screening of Titus Andronicus and had a similar reaction to squashed tomatoes in the car park

Paul Chiddicks @chiddickstree.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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IS AI TRYING TO KILL ME? 🤖 I saw a headline yesterday claiming that there is more than a 10% chance AI could kill all humans. So I asked my own AI assistant, Dave at ChatGPT: “Are you going to kill me? Asking for a friend.” chiddickstree.substack.com/p/is-ai-tryi...

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Is AI Trying to Kill Me?

I saw this headline yesterday and thought it would be a good time to ask my AI assistant Dave at ChatGPT this very important question.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This speaks to me very strongly. If it speaks to you please share and ask others to share it.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.

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Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I’ve signed up. Hoping for your usual treasure trove of useful resources and inspiration.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

THIS 👇👇👇👇

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Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If you are still there, can I recommend a trip up the lanes to Holne to see inside the church? We were flabbergasted (in a good way)!

Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

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Just so we are clear: The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns

A photo from the BBC of an older woman, with grey hair, being led away by police.

A photograph of a line of men in black clothes and balaclavas blocking the port at Dover.

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Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It's on the 'pipeline' - old railway to Port Sunlight, just past the bridge under the A41. Took a bit of effort to get onto the path/cycleway, then to find it! Part of a "treasure hunt! A new place for us

Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

@martintravis.bsky.social Do you know where on the #Wirral this is? We had a bit of a hunt to find it!

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Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

No 1 Vale Park 2 wild guess Frankby 3 4 no idea but it’s very nice!

Michele C. Hollow @michelechollow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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There are books in every room of my house.

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Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I appreciate that but is the Mr Hardman of 1790 an ancestor of Chambre Hardman?

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Ruth _W @ruth-w.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Interesting to see the landowners that became street names. Surely a happy coincidence though that Mr Hardman owned land close to the current Hardman House on Rodney Street!