Sometimes they sell items when they get older. Give it a new home etc

front & hammer dressed stone with a pitched Westmorland slate roof with gable copings. The church seats 436 in the main body & 400 in the gallery. It is now home to the United Reformed & Methodist church. It was Grade 2 listed in 1977. /2

Long Causeway United Reformed Church, Dewsbury, W. Yorks is the former Ebenezer Congregational Church. It is one of many local buildings designed by Walter Hanstock of Batley. Designed as a Gothic Revival church in Decorated style it is built from white Holmfirth ashlar to the /1

Ruth Slenczynska, last surviving pupil of Rachmaninov, dies aged 101 Ruth Slenczynska was a child prodigy who played with five US Presidents and recorded into her 90s.

Virtuoso pianist Ruth Slenczynska & the last surviving pupil of Sergei Rachmaninoff has died aged 101. By the age of 3 she was versed in basic musical theory & harmony & gave her first recital age 4.👇
Ruth Slenczynska, last surviving pupil of Rachmaninoff, dies aged 101
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Football Focus to end after 52 years Football Focus is to end after 52 years, BBC Sport announces.

The BBC's Football Focus which started in 1974 & has been a staple in many people's lives is to end after 52 years. 👇
BBC News - Football Focus to end after 52 years
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Tony Parkes: Blackburn Rovers legend dies at the age of 76 Former Blackburn Rovers player and coach Tony Parkes has died, aged 76.

Former Blackburn Rovers player & coach, Tony Parkes dies age 76. He made over 400 appearances for Rovers & spent 34 years with them playing & coaching. 👇
BBC News - Tony Parkes: Blackburn Rovers legend dies at the age of 76 - BBC Sport
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Early 17th century oak gate at 10 Cathedral Close, Exeter, sometimes called the Gatehouse. The gate is carved with rusticated cubes, shell design with a semi circular arch with the arms of Bishop Cotton, 1598-1621 over it.
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Landmarks recreated as bug hotels near Burley Park Station in Leeds Safe havens for insects and small animals have been installed near Burley Park Station in Leeds.

Bug hotels of historic Leeds landmarks including Hyde Park Picture House, the Cardigan Centre, the Headingley Bear Pit & Burley Park bandstand installed at Burley Park railway station. 👇
BBC News - Landmarks recreated as bug hotels near Burley Park Station in Leeds
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#wyrdwednesday Two illustrations by Edouard Riou for Jules Verne's massively popular epic 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth.' Originally published in 1864, then expanded in 1867, the influential book spawned imitations & films as well as influencing authors such as Tolkien. #EarthDay

I should have got the magic eraser out for that. 🤣

Early 17th century oak gate at 10 Cathedral Close, Exeter, sometimes called the Gatehouse. The gate is carved with rusticated cubes, shell design with a semi circular arch with the arms of Bishop Cotton, 1598-1621 over it.
#adoorablethursday

Original Sooty and Sweep glove puppets to go under the hammer A collection of glove puppets from the popular children's television show are up for auction later.

5 original Sooty & Sweep gloves puppets belonging to Matthew Corbett to be auctioned. 👇
BBC News - Original Sooty and Sweep glove puppets to go under the hammer - BBC News
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Happy St. George's Day. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The Duke of Kendal pub, 36 & 38 Connaught Street, London is one of the slimmest pubs in London & sits in the exclusive Connaught Village in W2. It is an early 19th century pub built from brown brick in Flemish bond. It has a channelled stucco ground floor & stucco dressings. /1

It was Grade 2 listed in 1975. /2

The Duke of Kendal pub, 36 & 38 Connaught Street, London is one of the slimmest pubs in London & sits in the exclusive Connaught Village in W2. It is an early 19th century pub built from brown brick in Flemish bond. It has a channelled stucco ground floor & stucco dressings. /1

Traffic co-founder Dave Mason dies aged 79 He rose to fame after starting the British group alongside Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood.

Dave Mason the co-founder of the band, Traffic has died age 79. 👇
BBC News - Traffic co-founder Dave Mason dies aged 79 - BBC News
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Demolition plan for Glasgow church goes to hearing after objections Some locals have argued the new development - a six-storey block of flats - would not be a suitable replacement for a historic building.

Demolition plans for B listed Hillhead Baptist Church, Glasgow, designed in 1883 by Thomas L. Watson put on hold for a hearing. 👇
BBC News - Demolition plan for historic church goes to hearing after objections
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That's what I thought.

Service will mark 85th anniversary of Hull bombing raids The ceremony on 6 May will remember the German air raids of 1941 which killed more than 400 people.

A service to be held at Citizens Air Raid Memorial in Hull's Northern Cemetery at 2pm on 6th May to mark 85th anniversary of WW2 German bombing raids on Hull. 👇
BBC News - Service will mark 85th anniversary of Hull bombing raids - BBC News
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Titanic hero's pocket gold watch sold for £46k in Penshurst The item had belonged to John Richardson who helped save 700 Titanic passengers in April 1912.

The pocket gold watch of John Richardson, the lead engineer of RMS Carpathia which rescued 700 people from the Titanic sold at auction for £46k. 👇
BBC News - Titanic hero's pocket gold watch sold for £46k
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Blue plaque for the woman who unlocked the secrets of the stars Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin is described as

A blue plaque has been unveiled for astronomer, Cecelia Payne-Gaposchkin at her teenage home, 70 Lansdowne Road, Notting Hill, London. Her thesis from 1925 proposed that stars are composed primarily from hydrogen & helium. 👇
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Tourist finds chunk of oldest sea crocodile on Lyme Regis beach The Thalattosuchian's jawbone was a chance find on a guided fossil walk run by a museum.

Amateur fossil hunter finds a rare fragment from the upper jawbone from the world's oldest marine crocodile at Lyme Regis, Dorset. 👇
BBC News - Tourist finds rare chunk of oldest sea crocodile
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I think this is my favourite so far. Alice Knox in Blackrock, Co. Dublin who is very glad to be single. #1926census
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The village of Lympstone in Devon has over 80 listed buildings. Ferndale & Osborne House, part of a row of cottages dates from the early 19th century are built from brick in Flemish Bond with a slate roof. Ferndale has a beautiful round headed doorway & each cottage has a 16 pane hornless sash /1

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I had to take a second glance at this from Exeter Cathedral when I saw it as I immediately thought of the Charles Hawtrey from the Carry On Films.😅

Leaning church with a wonky floor in Lincolnshire needs repairs St James' Church in Dry Doddington is looking to raise £100,000 to pay for the work.

Grade 2 listed St. James' Church in Dry Doddington, Lincolnshire which dates from the 12th century & has more of a tilt than the Leaning Tower of Pisa needs to have £100k spent on it as it has no foundations. 👇
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Blue plaque for the woman who unlocked the secrets of the stars Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin is described as

A blue plaque has been unveiled for astronomer, Cecelia Payne-Gaposchkin at her teenage home, 70 Lansdowne Road, Notting Hill, London. Her thesis from 1925 proposed that stars are composed primarily from hydrogen & helium. 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...