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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 8h

Smiley's People (4th October 1982). Alec Guinness and Beryl Reid both won BAFTAs for their performances in Smiley's People.

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 9h

Almost forgot: happy That Tom Hollander Interview Day to all who celebrate

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 03/10/2026

#OtD 3 Oct 1896 designer, artist and libertarian socialist William Morris died of tuberculosis at age 62. We have used some of his iconic artwork in merch to help fund our work: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

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Scissorbeans @spudgun67.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Framlingham is known for its two well early 'Handyside' letter boxes, but the town also has this classic GPO pairing of a K6 kiosk and an EiiR Type 'A' pillar. The phone box has been converted into a teeny tiny exhibition centre. The letter box hasn't been converted into anything. #PostBoxSaturday

On the left - a traditional red 'K6' telephone box, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of the coronation of King George V in 1935. To the right, an red EiiR Type 'A' pillar box. If you can wrap your arms around it, it's a type 'B'. Go out and hug your nearest pillar box! Go on!

The phone box has been converted into a little exhibition space called 'The Kiosk on the Hill'. The displays within promote local services, upcoming events, anniversaries, school and club projects, work by local artists, and all sorts of things of interest to the local community. It says here... https://www.hourcommunity.co.uk/kiosk

A general view of the town centre of Framlingham. A red phone box, a red letter box, the town sign, cars spoiling the view, bunting, the little shop that was a filming location for 'Detectorists'. It's all unspeakably wretched.

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Christ Church Spitalfields is the best Hawksmoor church & the best building in London I think, but at St Mary Woolnoth he lays his cards on the table - he’s not unsettling but scary. For the optimisitic a statement about the fear of God, for others (London doesn’t foster optimism) rather different..

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We don’t do the Daily Mail, but as a public service, here is someone with far too much money being attacked by an owl.

Princess Beatrice's friend Alice Naylor-Leyland is attacked by rogue owl during chaotic photoshoot.

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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Me: "OK I'll come but I'm only having one drink" Also me an hour later:

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 03/10/2026

Monster Month Monster Munch #HappyToastMonsterMonth

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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Metal detecting is the closest you can get to time travel." The first episode of 'Detectorists' aired on this day in 2014.

The image of Calvin and Hobbes strolling carefree across a log bridge, above a tiny waterfall, with their arms outstretched. Hobbes is now Andy and Calvin is now Lance (Detectorists).

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T'Other Simon @tothersimon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Took my daughter to an aquarium recently. She was *delighted* to see this black and white fish. "Look Dad! It's FINDING EMO!".

A black and white clown fish. Maybe. Or some other sort of fish. I don't know. I'm not David bloody Attenborough.

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Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes, not all men. But a worryingly large percentage of men are domestic abusers and sex offenders and they don't wear a sign round their neck advertising that, so if she doesn't know you then you are a potential danger. Stop whining about it and start fixing it.

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Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’ve been learning how to guess the weight of dogs - picked up a few pointers yesterday.

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Ms. Deathwish #Exist2Resist @msdeathwish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Bored of this now. Leave disabled people alone you fascist cunts.

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

how many freudians does it take to change a light boob?

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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Cannot overstate how important seeing Floella Benjamin being unapologetically herself on TV was in the 70s and early 80s, and what it meant to thousands of us little children up and down the country. Representation matters. Thank you from one of your Playshool Babies. ❤️

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Morning. Last week I found out for the first time that Champion The Wonder Horse (stalwart black and white 50s schedule filler up to 1993) was a spin-off. Champion was Gene Autry’s horse, and it was a 1955 cash in on the success of the Gene Autry Show. He’s like horse Frasier.

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Tom Larkin @tomlarkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We’ve spent many, many hours over the past few months searching the rock pools of Cornwall for a rainbow sea slug. Today, we finally found one! Absolutely worth all the time we’ve spent - it was truly breathtaking.

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 27/09/2026

Brian and Charles alert! Brian and Charles alert! If you've not seen it, do so, it should be held as highly as Paddington in the British consciousness.

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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's been happening forever, and will happen forever, that rich people fuck off to lower-tax areas and frame it as political defiance of some law they personally don't like. 'Seatbelts in cars make it impossible for me to deliver wealth.' 'Without smoking in pubs, how am I meant to...'

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eastlondongroup.bsky.social @eastlondongroup.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Our tradition of showing this one each #SundayMorning started on Twitter back on 01/06/2014 & it has run, uninterupted, ever since (barring about six months in 2024/5 when I left social media). This is "Sunday Morning, Farringdon Road" by Cecil Osborne from the collection at Brighton & Hove Museums.

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Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is an actual traitor

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LCC municipal @lccmunicipal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

From the late ‘60s, a souvenir model of the Post Office Tower (as was). Per the blurb on the back: “The Tower itself is 619ft high including the 40ft steel lattice mast. The aerials and associated radio equipment will eventually provide for as many as 100,000 simultaneous telephone conversations.”

The model of the Post Office Tower taken out of its box. It is largely made from translucent turquoise plastic, and stands on a black plastic base.

The model in its clear plastic box. The model itself is largely made from translucent turquoise plastic.

The blurb on the back of the box in full: POST OFFICE
TOWER LONDON
Facts and Figures
The Tower itself is 619 feet high including the 40ft steel lattice mast. The aerials and associated radio equipment will eventually provide for as many as 100,000 simultaneous telephone conversations and up to 40 television channels.
Total weight, including foundations, 13,000 tons.
95 tons of high tensile steel were used to reinforce the base and 685 tons of mild steel to reinforce the Tower itself.
The two lifts travel at 1,000 feet a minute.

The rear of the box, which features an image of the Tower. For the detail of the blurb on the back, see the previous image.

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

U R G E N T news.

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As the blue plaque records Peter Schuyler Bruff 1812-1900 masterminded the building of the railway to Ipswich so it is appropriate that there should be a Victorian postbox at the station. #PostboxSaturday #Ipswich #Suffolk

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Scissorbeans @spudgun67.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Spotted this type 'C' double-pillar and, surprisingly, a disused post-mounted stamp vending machine, whilst walking along Caledonian Road, January 1st 2023. This SVM type was battery powered; unreliable and costly to maintain. Both box and SVM have since been removed. #PostBoxSaturday

A red double aperture oval section 'Type C' letter box and its accompanying electronic stamp vending machine in the form of a red box on a black post. We are at the junction of Caledonian Road and Frederica Street, London N7, not far from Caledonian Road and Barnsbury Overground Station. Both were removed between July 2024 and September 2025 based on Google Streetview imagery. There is a grey building in the background - Doyle’s Tavern - a black litter bin and a lockable bike storage unit to the right.

A 1980s style red rectangular stamp vending machine on a black post. From top to bottom the legend 'ROYAL MAIL' in yellow, the coin slot, vend button, stamp aperture, coin return slot, keyhole, the legend 'Stamps'

Stamp Vending Machine facts from Wikipedia

- By 1970, there were about 50,000 stamp selling machines being used in the UK

- The basic design remained unchanged from 1905 until 1970

- Most share the same common features that contributed to their success; they all have a stamp feed wheel with pins which accurately interlock with the stamp perforations and they all derive the energy needed to operate the mechanism from the raising of a weight through the insertion of a coin.

- the machine illustrated is a later electro-mechanical type, introduced n the 1980s and powered by a battery. This made them expensive to service and more unreliable than the purely mechanical designs.

- As stamp booklets can now be widely purchased from supermarkets, garages, kiosks and newsagents, demand for automatic vending facilities has declined to the point where their continued operation has become un-economic. Those that remain are found inside Post Offices.

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 25/09/2026

Wish they'd do another series of True Detectorists

True Detectorists, starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as Andy and Lance

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 25/09/2026

Happy Birthday Felicity Kendal

Drawing of Barbara after she buried Tom in the Good life

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𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐨 @agnes-guano.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The glorious Felicity Kendal – 80 today!

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Charlie Brooker @charliebrooker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

(it’s aimed at people who like jokes)

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AJ Jefferies @moonjam.com · 24/09/2026

HOLY CRAP! "DUCKS" hit ONE MILLION views on YouTube today!? 🤯 Thank you to everyone who shared it, commented, told me they loved it/hated it/hate me for making it. It's really mind-blowing that someone I made sat at a desk can be seen by so many eyeballs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8vZ...

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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Of course, my first technical challenge for #GBBO had to be a coffee and walnut cake. It’s loftier in stature and more assiduously decorated than usual, but the cake’s just as easy to make and unlike the bakers in the tent, you’re allowed the recipe! thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/recipes/all/...

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dawn of the debb @debbshock.com · 23/09/2026

well shidd I guess I'm buying a cat

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I had long suspected this was the way to get attention but it's good to get confirmation.

A sign, which says 'BASH CAN WITH STICK TO GET ATTENTION', next to a can and a stick, in a great bookshop in Westleton, Suffolk.

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Did my first proper big belly laugh in a very long time to this. Magnificent.

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I like to smuggle a tiny piece of luggage onto the carousel at Yo! Sushi.

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Cindy Iritano @jaynesworld.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In memory of Jaco Pastorius♥️ 12/1/51~9/21/87 #jacopastorius

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Two people I knew took their own lives last week - we still view mental health with too much cynicism and not enough compassion - remember @samaritans.bsky.social and @calmzone.bsky.social - it is not weak to share how you feel #mentalhealth #depression #suicideawareness

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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

*wakes up from a coma after 28 years* Hey, I wonder what happened to that 11 year old girl who rang This Morning to sing Pie Jesu.

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Millions of Chopped Landlord Pieces @thirteentwelve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Charlotte Church roasting Ed Sheeran over a Dead Kennedy's cover

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Over the last few months these guys made me proud to be British: kind, practical, profoundly moral, a testament to this island. Now they're targeted by the very worst of us. I just gave them a bunch of money. You should too. Show those fascist clowns what's what. rnli.org/support-us/g...

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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

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Verity @becausepithy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Mini Ice cream van! Seen at Bamburgh this afternoon.

Blue old mini converted into ice cream van

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Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

My top motorway service stations that also sound like they’ve been capped by the Jamaican national football team are: Charnock Richard Norton Canes Pont Abraham Skelton Lake Sutton Scotney Taunton Deane Newport Pagnell

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 20/09/2026

Elite was released 42 years ago. This space trading open world game is considered to be the forerunner of many modern games, as well as being an important milestone in the history of space sci-fi. Art by Philip Castle🔽

Box art by Philip Castle.

The image is dominated by the game's title, "ELITE," rendered in a bold, golden 3D font with large, stylized wings, resembling a prestigious pilot's insignia. The scene depicts key elements from the game:

The Cobra Mk III: The sleek, saucer-shaped ship in the foreground is the player's starting vessel, the legendary Cobra Mk III.

Coriolis Station: The massive, geometric structure is a Coriolis space station, the rotating hubs of trade and commerce where players would dock.

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