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Book tickets to the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London. This ancient tradition has taken place every night for at least 700 years.

Meanwhile. This evening I have been invited to witness the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London (which includes a visit to the ‘Beefeaters’ Bar’, courtesy of my little brother). Photography and filming not permitted throughout, but it all sounds very exciting! www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-lon...

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Ceremony of the Keys

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DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This reminds me of a saying favoured by my late grandfather: "there's nothing easier than solving other people's problems".

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At Whitechapel, up in the roof space; a small sign, nailed to one of the beams by a Master Bellfounder... 'Nothing is impossible for the man who does not have to do it himself'. I've long forgotten the story, but it's still an object from the foundry that remains in my memory!

'Nothing is impossible for the man who does not have to do it himself' reads a small sign in calligraphy script that is nailed to a wooden roof beam at Whitechapel Bell Foundry

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One of the beautiful parallels I drew from visits to both foundries is the essence of storytelling prompted by simple objects about the shop. At Taylor’s, Anthony was keen to tell us how the cigarette tins that housed the various foundry type stamps had him hunting for more when at car boot sales.

A collection of brass type stamps for bell making at Taylor’s Bell Foundry

FWIW: My visit was not a result of a @tomscott.com video everyone has recently told me about (respectfully, I haven’t seen it!), but more a curiosity to see who is still making bells in this country after my visit to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry almost ten years ago (before they ceased operations) 🔔

Lettering stamps used for the making of Big Ben

The casting hall at Whitechapel Bell Foundry in January 2017

A small handbell at Whitechapel Bell Foundry that has been removed from its mould, as seen in January 2017.

Workshop and workbench for handbells at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, as seen in January 2017.

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One of the 18th Century Rickmansworth church bells in-situ in the casting hall of Taylor’s. This will be broken down and the bell metal salvaged and used in the re-casting.

A very large 18th century church bell sits atop a stack of wooden pallets

Visited the Taylor’s Bellfoundry in Loughborough over the weekend and met a Master Bellfounder. As you do. Most interesting to see typesetting in Tamil, as well as a set of bells being recast for a church in Rickmansworth.

Various sized moulds for church bells over a sand pit

The casting hall at the Taylor’s Bell Foundry in Loughborough, as seen from the viewing platform

Tamil lettering for the inscription on a bell to be cast by the bellfoundry.

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 04/09/2026

We’ve all seen it, but always nice to dig this out once in a while…

Evening Standard article from Monday 10th October 1977, with the headline ‘DRIVERLESS TUBES BY 1990’.

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The camera is good, but the scanner probably helped as well! Just an old Epson V700!

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 04/09/2026

I am not that brave! Maybe one day…!

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 03/09/2026

Put a roll of Rollei RPX 400 through the Hasselblad that I couldn't be bothered to run to the lab. Mate had some chemicals, so I got to do home dev for the first time in ages (warmer weather; shorter dev times). Ilfosol 3, Ilford stop bath, and Rapid Fixer. #FilmPhotography

Black and white square film photograph of the stair case leading down to the platform at Ealing Common London Underground station. Square tiles line the walls and the floors, with summer light shining through the rectangular Art Deco windows, casting angular light on the floor.

Black and white square film photograph of the overhead lines and numbered gantries leading into London Paddington, as seen from Royal Oak London Underground Station. There are big black numbers on white square backgrounds, numbered left to right, 5 down to 1; underneath each number is a railway signal head.

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 21/08/2026

Also shot some black and white out there on the Hasselblad. Had a great time in Prague this spring. Would love to go back again (well - back into Europe in general). #FilmPhotography

Black and white film photograph taken inside a large hall of a grand-looking Art Deco shopping mall with a stained glass facade in Central Prague. There is an old-fashioned ‘fotoautomat’ photo booth in the centre of the hall, where people are queuing up to use it.

Black and white film photograph showing text on a white roller blind in a shop window that says ‘You don’t have to buy to have a good time’. The reflection in the glass shows the architecture of a Prague building.

Black and white film photograph showing the rectangular mirrored windows of an Australian consulate building in Prague reflecting a church opposite. The effect of the reflection makes the church and a neighbouring building look distorted and pixelated.

Black and white film photograph the corridor inside an Art Deco shopping mall in Prague, which curved roof and glass block skylight.

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 21/08/2026

Prague neons from earlier on this year on expired Fujicolor Industrial 100 pushed a stop and shot through the Ricoh GR1V. Great little camera for travelling and documenting bits and bobs. #FilmPhotography

Colour film photograph taken during evening twilight showing a neon sign that features 3D chopsticks and a neon ramen bowl as part of the sign. The sign is illuminated to show that the restaurant is open, with ‘OPEN’ set in rainbow colours.

Colour film photograph showing an illuminated neon sign in a window during evening twilight. The sign is white and red, with neon images of meat ribs and the letters saying ‘RIBS UNLIMITED’.

Colour film photograph showing a glass shop front photographed at night. The ice cream shop has two neon signs in the window that are illuminated; one ‘Gelato’ sign on the right, with a neon ice cream in light pink, and on the left; a text neon sign saying ‘Love at first bite’. The interior of the shop is painted pink and illuminated by the backlight of the neon signs.

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You must let us know if you ever get around to doing it - I’m only down the road!

What a mood. 🙃 An ex once described our railways as conveying the ‘façade of modernity’. I’m starting to agree.

At this point, the DfT is just going on ‘vibes’. Which would be funny if it wasn’t costing us all a whole lot more in the long run.

I hope TinyAction enjoyed! What was their favourite part of the museum? Always love finding out the thoughts of early years in that space - it’s a very happy place. ☺️

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I’ve always been rather frank in the hope that someone who feels alone with it knows they’re not the only one. It’s funny how creativity is linked so much to mood in a lot of ways. Lately, I’ve felt like the picture-taking has been aimless and lost.

It’s hard to keep going when it feels like you’re on shifting sands. It’s hard to stay creative too when you’re attempting to pour from an empty cup. But I’ve a few projects in the works to share at some point. For now, it’s about resting and recovering somehow. 3/Fin.

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I’m in the middle of a separation/divorce (which is thankfully amicable), but I have had to move home recently which has been a massive change as you’d expect, whilst also having to manage ADHD burnout/general decline in my overall physical and mental health, coupled with a change of medication. 2/~

Colour scan of a scrapbook page. A half-developed Polaroid instant film photograph has been taped to the page and shows Anne as a ghostly figure in the image as the chemicals have not fully developed. On the bottom of the photograph is a label in uppercase that says ‘Tell Me How To Disappear’.

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So. I still take photos. Just about. A few projects in the works. A few irons in the fire. The little fire in my soul still just about there. 2026 has been rough, but I want to hope that things are on the up. 1/~ #FilmPhotography

Colour film photograph showing a newspaper kiosk with newspapers in metal stands in the afternoon sunshine. Hammersmith, London.

Colour film photograph taken on the Bakerloo line. A person dressed in black on the left is talking on their mobile phone, whilst other passengers seated opposite are scrolling on their devices.

Colour film photograph showing hire bikes parked outside the Elizabeth line entrance for Liverpool Street Station. Pigeons sit on the bikes and they have littered their droppings both on the bikes and on the glass covering on the station entrance.

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 18/08/2026

Very kind of you to ask, thank you! It went well, and as of currently, it’s still available to view. :)

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Stand down. It has lasted all of about ten minutes and it's that spitting-type rain, not a complete deluge. Absolute disappointment. 2/10.

Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 18/08/2026

THIS IS NOT A DRILL. IT'S RAINING IN TW8, LADS. SMELL THAT PETRICHOR, OMG. 🌧️

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Andrew Kersley @andrewkersley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I wasn’t there to witness the rush for the last chopper out of Saigon, but honestly this may have been the closest thing to it I've seen in my career. Absolutely feral scenes all over London.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

"Grandpa, what did it feel like living through the 2020s?"

Rocket firing. Tiny frog thrown into the air

Rocket firing. Close-Up: Tiny frog thrown into the air

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Geoff Lemon 🍋 @geofflemon.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

“We keep telling people that this technology will destroy their livelihoods while funnelling all profits to the already catastrophically rich, yet they’re unaccountably hostile to it.”

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Victorian Occupation of the Week (from the 1871 census). Nice work if you can get it 😆

Digital (mis)transcription on Find my Past showing a 36 year old man born in 1835 whose occupation is allegedly 'Toddler'

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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Typography on Pencils, parts 1-6. For it is National Pencil Day. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/t...

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 26/03/2026

We can’t be friends anymore 😮‍💨

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We don't need 'Support' for Energy Bills Bills need to be frozen If the Energy Companies can't afford to stay in business they can be nationalised Rishi Sunak gave them £200bn for nothing he could have nationalised them Since they have made £500bn in profit it should be yours

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 21/03/2026

It’s us in Watford again singing about a curry to the tune of songs by Queen 🤣

Tom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier @iiotenki.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

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I've said it before: I genuinely consider it a moral imperative that people my age and up bang the drum about what the Internet used to be so those younger know that there's nothing inherent about what it is now. The Internet doesn't have to be this; its culture can and has belonged to people.

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 21/03/2026

Remember buying this from the LTM shop when it was first published and it’s still very much a staple on my bookshelf after moving house four times since its initial publication!

Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 13/03/2026

Managed to get a wee busman’s holiday too in Peru with two amazing train journeys. 🚞 Firstly, the train from Lake Titicaca to Cusco; around ten hours of stunning scenery up and down through the Andes. Then a return trip from Cusco to Machu Picchu Pueblo/Aguas Calientes. 😍

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 13/03/2026

Still feels a bit weird being back home after a month away in South America. Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Peru, and Colombia. Feels like a fever dream.

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 13/03/2026

So much for protecting all grades from the threat of automation, huh 🤷‍♀️

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 12/03/2026

My employer, and most of my colleagues for that matter, probably won't learn from this. And funny (or not) how absolutely no-one in my immediate workplace (or either union) has mentioned or known about the AI 'Smart Station' trial. But ho hum. www.the-londoner.co.uk/brian-mitche... #MemeRailway

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Brian Mitchell was hit by four tubes before anyone intervened. Was automation to blame?

'Humans are not evolved to maintain vigilance without doing anything'

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 12/03/2026

Missing the estancia and the gaucho life, 🇦🇷 San Antonio de Areco, February 2026. 🎞️ Kodak Pro Image 100. 📸 Ricoh GR1V. 🧪 Dev/scan Tokyo Photo Lab, Buenos Aires. #FilmIsNotDead #FilmPhotography #Travel #Argentina

A colour film photograph showing a landscape scene in San Antonio de Areco, Argentina. To the left of the image is a gaucho on horseback, tracking through an open plain under the middle of the sun and blue sky.

A colour film photograph showing a scene of gauchos of San Antonio de Areco and women in traditional Argentine dress, dancing and entertaining guests to their ranch, under the shade of the trees

A colour film photograph taken under the shade of the trees at an Argentine ranch in San Antonio de Areco. A gaucho lies on the grass in the shade whilst he watches one of his horses grazing beside him.

On a wooden table under the shade of the trees at an Argentine ranch sits a plate of freshly made empanadas

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 25/01/2026

Following medical advice, common sense, & having a good listen to my body, I’ve concluded the best course of action today is to rest. The spirit was more than willing, but the body is broken. I still want to walk the route I’d pledged, so we go again in March. 💪🏻 www.justgiving.com/page/anne-ma...

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Anne's walking a half-marathon for CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably)

Help Anne Maningas raise money to support CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably)

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 25/01/2026

The highlight of my year thus far has been getting food poisoning from a sandwich I got out of Pret the other day; and having only just stopped vomiting, also deciding to walk a half marathon around London later on today. Here’s hoping I don’t die, I guess. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 25/01/2026

I’m out by a few days, but… Behold! 2026 in all its glory!

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 05/12/2025

The last thing I need at this time of year is a near-miss with someone's CHILD. At a station I already have history with. 🙃 I implore those of you with teenage children (who travel to/from school without adult supervision) to remind your kids that railway platforms aren't f*cking playgrounds.

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Crystal Storm 💎⛈️ @thecrystalstorm.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Nostalgia is a toxic impulse but also I miss the time when tech trends were things like "let's put everything in a translucent colored plastic case" instead of "let's add software to everything that lies and also accelerates climate change"

A variety of electronics from the late 90s to early 00s with translucent colored plastic cases

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Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk · 28/11/2025

Thanks to anyone thats donated or shared thus far. I was a bit lax when I signed up with pushing the page, what with my recent return to work after long-term illness. For those on the #MemeRailway - I've got a super team behind me holding a bake sale fundraiser at Harrow TCA next month.