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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The bride just came round with spare wedding flowers to apologise for the noise! Obviously she had no need to apologise given we opened the windows to hear it more clearly 😁

Photo of a huge vase of white wedding flowers

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Went to view the eclipse at a quiet spot in the Peak District, but half of Derbyshire had the same plan 😬 Took this photo of the roads jammed with cars. Nice atmosphere though - mostly families with pinhole projectors/eclipse glasses but a few ambitious people hiked up with telescopes!

Photo looking out over the Peak District national park showing a road lined with multiple cars on either side

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Pizza scissors, which are far superior to a circular rolling slicer. Best boring Christmas gift I ever received.

Pizza scissors with a flat base to slide under the pizza, and a scissor top to cut down

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I ordered a tub of falafels in the online shop and this was all I received. A tantalising glimpse of what could have been mine. To whoever has ended up with my falafels: they go off on 27th x

Clear plastic lid of a falafel container, minus falafels

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Who keeps buying these lights? And WHY? Why must I sit in your living room and be subjected to a blinding spotlight shining directly at me? And so many of them pointing in every direction, I can't escape! The Big Light in any room is bad enough without feeling like I'm being interrogated

A ceiling light consisting of a horizontal pole attached to which is a series of blindingly bright spotlights shining in every direction

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Wait. So Day of the Tentacle was right about microwaving a frozen hamster?

Cover art for 90s computer game Day of the Tentacle, showing a purple tentacle chasing 3 people in front of a spooky house at night. Purple Tentacle has grown arms and is holding a laser gun.

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

But what does the wisest member of the group think they should?

Image of cartoon character Nanny Plum from Ben & Holly, wearing sunglasses and a stripey dress

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Tried to brush this piece of moss off the wall and discovered it's not moss, it's spiders. They scattered then reassembled into a blob, terminator style. Right next to my front door. How's your morning going?

Photo of a red brick wall with a small green/brown blob of what looks like moss on it

Zoomed in photo of the same blob on brick wall showing it's approximately 100 tiny green/brown spiders all huddled together

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Just going through all the old stuff I found in the loft from my teenage years - found a very young looking TB on the cover of a 90s NME

Two piles of NME newspapers from the 1990s, one cover showing a very young looking Tony Blair with the caption "Ever had the feeling you've been cheated?" and the other cover showing the Manic Street Preachers

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I wouldn't have said the home counties were hostile terrains, but maybe I haven't been to the right bits?

Screenshot of BBC news website with the headline "Wind-powered robot set to explore hostile terrains" and red text underneath listing "Beds, Herts & Bucks" as the location

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I've already seen a number of superb owls today, but this year I am looking forward to seeing some evil rabbits. I nominate the Rabbit of Caerbannog as the ultimate #BadBunny

Still from Monty Python and the Holy Grail showing an evil, blood-soaked rabbit launching itself at mediaeval knights

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I wouldn't normally do photos of coffee but LOOK IT'S A SWAN! Bonus Waffle dog in the background too. What a day.

Photo of a cup of coffee with an unbelievable foam art swan, plus a beige fluffy dog sitting in the background of the coffee shop

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I wasn't aware that the Boots meal deal could transport you back to the 1970s! Should I get a foil wrapped potato and some cocktail sticks to make one of those hedgehogs?

Photo of a packet of Del Monte pineapple and cheese chunks

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/... Help Great Britain's Deaf Women's football team reach the Deaflympics! They don't receive government funding so although they have qualified, they rely on donations to fund their travel to Japan in November. They are currently £50k short. Please share!

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Right I'll do the lunch run, what do you want in your croissant - fish fingers, chicken tikka or doner meat?

Photo of food counter of croissants with various fillings including fish fingers, chicken tikka and doner meat

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Today's family Lego build is going really well thanks to this guy

Photo of a fluffy white cat with black patches lying in a tray full of Lego

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Am I being pessimistic or is there no coming back from this?

Photo of me holding a metal slinky that is probably an irredeemably tangled mess

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I don't know which agent of chaos has put a pomegranate in the supermarket box of free fruit for kids, but I like your style. Some kid is going to be an absolute *mess* by the time they reach the checkout.

Photo of the Free Fruit For Kids stand at Morrisons showing a dozen oranges and one pomegranate available

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

This counts as a continental breakfast, right?

A photo of empty packets of mini cheddars and pepperami

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Just found my 2001 assignment brief for the Information Technology module I did at school. We had to make a webpage using (I think) Dreamweaver and demonstrate that we could either use a search engine, send an email or contribute to an online discussion group. I recall being taught to Ask Jeeves!

A page of printed text containing assignment details for 2001 entry to the Cambridge Information Technology Global Communication Module, including producing a webpage and a choice of producing a search from a search engine or writing an email

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Well, with no other incredibly well-known historical information to hand, my guess is that she pulls off a daring escape and lives out the rest of her decades partying in London. Let's see if I'm right!

A screenshot showing an advert for the BBC series Marie-Antoinette captioned "Can Marie Antoinette survive her reign?"

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I haven't had any desire to buy a cuddly toy for decades but now I've seen this I just feel like maybe I should get one?

Photo of a display of Ty branded squishy toys from various film franchises with a Star Wars R2D2 right in the centre looking at me

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

People of #Australia I have never tried a TimTam but saw these in my local shop in the UK, have I bought the correct thing to try? Will I get the full TimTam experience?

Photo of my hand holding a packet of Arnott's TimTam Original in brown packaging which states "there is no substitute" so if this is a substitute product I will be mildly annoyed

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Slightly random thing to find in the middle of the pavement, I'm trying to think how they might have got there. Card trick went wrong and they had to ditch and run?

Photo of 4 playing cards strewn on the pavement

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Great deal at the local coffee shop!

Chalkboard sign reading All Coffee + Cake 0 calories for whole of Jan!

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

I see Waterstones has an interesting half price sale on 👀

A half price book table in a shop, on one side Miranda Hart's I Haven't Been Entirely Honest With You, on the other Boris Johnson's Unleashed

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

I love historical recipe books... Here's 'Cooking the Oxo Way' including a delicious recipe for Baked Meat Mould - can be served warm or cold!

Photo of old fashioned cook pamphlet, Cooking the Oxo Way

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

First edition of everyone's favourite journal on sports medicine and soft tissue trauma

Photo of Vol 1 No 1 magazine entitled Sports Medicine and Soft Tissue Trauma, showing a dramatic cover picture of a rugby scrum

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Children's books from the 80s aimed at kids with diabetes and epilepsy

Photo of two books with children's illustrations, the first entitled Mr John the zookeeper with his friends who have to be careful what they eat like you do, and the second entitled Epilepsy: The Detective's Story

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Complete sets of Which? magazine from late 1970s - early 1980s. How often do people show you these kinds of collections @tomskerous.bsky.social? I bet there are a few die hard fans out there! Come to think of it, we may have the whole set up until this year unless some have been eaten by mice...

Photo of folders labeled Which? with years 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1983 on

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

More medical miscellany - old paediatric record cards for female children

Photo of paediatric record card showing charts and tables to be filled in

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Our old Atari, I knew dad would have kept it!! I probably shouldn't keep it. It's almost certainly broken. I don't even know where the games are. But.... our old Atari!

Photo of an old grey Atari 520ST missing a zero key

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

How many laser pointers is too many laser pointers for one person?

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Anyone want a creme egg? There were a few in the kitchen

Photo of a large box of 48 Cadbury Creme Eggs

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Comparison microscope unit - inspected in 1971

Photo of wooden comparison microscope unit box

Photo of interior of microscope box showing old microscope and assorted equipment to go through it

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Fidelity radio (1960s ish?) I wonder if I could get it to work 🤔

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

A blood pressure hoojit (that's the technical term) last serviced in 1984, according to the sticker. Probably still works, no?

Photo of an old fashioned blood pressure monitor in a wooden box

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Case in point - a dermatology handbook from 1985. I've just learnt the hard way never to open a book of dermatology, some pictures are not easily forgotten... Are there people who collect this sort of thing?? Please let me know, there's bags of this stuff

A photo of a book entitled Handbook of Paediatric Dermatology by John Harper

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Post your favourite Star Trek character, wrong answers only

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I'm sorry why didn't anyone tell me we're buying gingerbread cookies by the foot now?

Photo of a menu showing a foot long gingerbread cookie for sale at Subway

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Out in London this afternoon meeting up with various people on a lovely crisp day! Took a few snaps while walking between meetings:

A photo of a large white pelican with a yellow bill in St James's Park, in the background is a fountain on a lake with a large tree on the shore, many brown and yellow leaves all over the ground and in the foreground is a sign in front of the pelican which reads "Please do not feed or touch the pelicans"

A photograph of Big Ben's yellowish brown clock tower attached to the Houses of Parliament, two clock faces are visible showing the time 12:50 against a blue and white sky

A photo of a giant Santa built entirely from Lego. He is about 5 feet tall, taking the form of a standard Lego man scaled up. He is wearing the traditional red trousers, coat and hat, with a large white beard and yellow face underneath. He is smiling broadly and holding a Lego snowball as if ready to throw, with three further Lego snowballs on the ground in front of him. He is either a wonderful display of the magic of Christmas or a terrifying glimpse into a future where sentient Lego starts attacking us in department stores.

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Folks, I can't offer much this morning. Here's my cat sleeping in a moderately ridiculous position. If you have a pet who sleeps weird, please send pics

A white fluffy cat with a black tail is asleep on a grey leather sofa, lying on its back with its feet in the air, tail curled up between its legs and front paws to the side. The cat's butt is propped up against the back of the sofa so its back feet are in the air.

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Um, what's with the "invalid handle" thing? I have an extremely vanilla Bsky handle and haven't changed anything. Is this one of those things where I just have to wait for a bit and it'll sort itself out?

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

Northern lights visible with the naked eye from Hertfordshire!

Photo of bright pink sky with houses in the foreground, with stars slightly blurry as I don't have a phone stand!

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

I started to cover the raised beds with cardboard to keep the cats off during the winter and so far it's going great 👍

Photo of a raised flower bed with a sheet of cardboard on it and an absolute menace of a white fluffy cat sitting on the cardboard

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Tracey Williams Allred @traceya.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

Look at them all! About 100 I think. Ridiculous.

Photo of 100 different sized potatoes spread out on a white kitchen counter

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