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Mike S

@viewfindermike.bsky.social
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Based in Warrington. Mechanical Engineering by trade, enjoys a bit of fishing, walking (occasionally backwards) and identifying WW2 photos locations from the International Bomber Command Centre mystery folder

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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 8h
What’s it say I don’t read, just looking at the pictures
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Wordle 1,942 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Wordle 1,941 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FOUND IT
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Strands #950 “That can't be right” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵 But it is
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1215 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟦🟨🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Wordle 1,937 3/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Had several blanks recently, so celebrating this one
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Is that you not leaving X?
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1212 🟪🟦🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟨🟪🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Last minute change on line three helped
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wordle 1,929 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 Aaargh
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Colorful Strands Bonus August 26, 2026 “Shade-y lady” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 💡🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And use a dial telephone. Barber told me a young lad wanted to make a call from his landline, the lad picked the whole phone up not just the handset
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wordle 1,923 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Snatched from the jaws of defeat
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wordle 1,922 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got it on the forth attempt today
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wordle 1,921 6/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Hate it when that happens
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Absolutely, maybe call it ‘Herding’ or Herdable, got a few of those in my collection
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Had a few books that i would class as pacing.
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Woody
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Is this because they were sat out of harms way reading and didn’t get hit by the No39 bus
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
AI bollocks
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1198 🟨🟦🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Several lucky guesses
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wordle 1,917 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Well
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wordle 1,915 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Well after a slight detour we are here. Had a walk around the park plenty of wildlife and people.
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Today I think I’m going to identify this location, by actually going there.
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Wordle 1,902 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Now if you want the house numbers, then it will be 9 & 11 based on two bricks. Above the door there is a patch of raised brick, over 11s door the first row is two bricks over 7s door the second row is two bricks, @danellin.bsky.social
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
PHaileyKJ1507 The location of the photograph is Cambridge Rd, Blackpool. The design of the lintels and brick bay windows match. @danellin.bsky.social
Nos 3 to 13, Row of terraces on Cambridge rd Blackpool
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Wordle 1,895 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Shit
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Just in case other airfields have the same dispersal configuration, a field has been highlighted in red.
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
PDeweyR2020, (Red) This is the northern edge of RAF Wickenby, West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire PDeweyR2019 (Yellow) On the right hand edge is Wickenby, Lincolnshire. With the practice bombing range between both locations. @danellin.bsky.social
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Joy and apprehension, found something but will it be accepted
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We get it the colander has been used and all the bananas fell through the holes onto the floor
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
PBrownDA2005 So although Donald’s collection has correspondence from Bridlington, this is 16 Shaftesbury Ave, Blackpool. There are several features which line up to the original photo. Wall, gate post, window & wall decoration, the porch which should be same as 14s @danellin.bsky.social
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Just spotted the worst invention ever, mobile phone holder on a pram, at a level it could be nicked by distraction
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
PKnoxVD2404 Another wedding photograph, this is Arthur and Dorothy Putnam’s, taken outside St Catherine’s church, Cossall, Nottinghamshire. @danellin.bsky.social
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
PConlonMJ2001 and PConlonM1502 Douglas and Nancy’s wedding photos are taken outside St Matthias, Hanford parish church, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire on the 6th June 1945. @danellin.bsky.social
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
PLutwycheCE1708 shows aircraft flying over the river Medway (main channel above the photo) close to the Isle of Sheppey* The two water courses are Stangate and Halstow creeks. @danellin.bsky.social *used IOS as Medway passes it directly Sittingbourne’s a bit in land
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Connections Puzzle #1153 🟩🟨🟪🟦 🟨🟪🟦🟦 🟩🟪🟨🟪 🟩🟦🟪🟦 You don’t need a jar for a candle
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Wordle 1,875 3/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got to line two and thought how does that work, oh!
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Just watching Superman with Christopher Reed, When he saves the helicopter why does he put it back on the roof?, why didn’t he bring it to ground level it would have been easier to take away
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
PMayD24090007 is Hesketh park lake, written on the back of the card 008, this is in Southport, Lancs Again looking for terraced houses found a park @danellin.bsky.social
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
PMcMahonT24010036 and 38. Found while looking for something else in the area. Springfield House is at 13 Lord street, Blackpool. @danellin.bsky.social
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
@danellin.bsky.social The Trombone player is John Arthur Monks. The only thing to check is if he is on the IBCC photo, he’s on the one below
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
PBaillieWH24010004 The location is outside the The Marnoch Boarding House, 6 Yates Street. Blackpool, Lancashire. Taken from the History of Blackpool FB page @danellin.bsky.social
Facebook post
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Enjoy your weekend
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Wordle 1,861 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
My book shelves are full of old friends, it’s hard to let them go. On a lighter note… I paid £9 for that book no way am I giving that away
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Yes Im with you there
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Mike S @viewfindermike.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Wordle 1,859 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sea of green
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