A black and white photograph in landscape format. It shows an arched brick and stone bridge over a canal on a calm day. A canalboat approaches at a slow speed. It is bridge number 111, also known as Williamson's Bridge, and the canal opened in 1835.

Canal Bridge
Hello! A view of a canal bridge near Bickerton, #Cheshire. The #canal opened in 1835. I love canal side walking 🥾🥾
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOld #canals #bridges #nature #PhotoOfTheDay #landscapephotography

Neen Sollars memorial framed manuscript and the death penny plaque commemorating Private John Leonard Brown of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.

Neen Sollars memorial framed manuscript. All Saints Church, Neen Sollars, Shropshire. Also displayed the death penny plaque commemorating Private John Leonard Brown of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Died of illness on 8th November 1918. First World War. #LestWeForget

Two women stand smiling in front of a brick wall. Between them on the wall is the purple plaque to James Murrell.

One of our Grant winners was the Hadleigh and Thundersley Community Archive, who created some new Purple Plaques!

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#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

Countess launches lifeline for new mums facing cancer treatment Mums in Chester who have to stop breastfeeding because of cancer treatment will soon be able to access human donor milk for their babies, thanks to a new project being launched by the Countess of C…

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Done, dusted, and sent off to University of Wales Press - Performing Pilgrimage to the Lourdes of Wales: St Winefride's Well and Its Pilgrims will be out in Spring 2026! Hoping to have this fabulous image from the Yale Center for British Art on the cover :-)

Catalogue cover featuring the design on the cover of The Mabinogion Set which has a yellow background and bare tree branches reaching across. Text reads: Spring Summer 2026 New Titles

Our Spring Summer 2026 catalogue is available now!

Follow the below link to explore our upcoming titles ⤵️

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Featuring work from @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social, @drsamtabet.bsky.social, @gary1234.bsky.social and more 📚

A geometric shaped decorative mosaic. It has a patterned border and central decoration that looks like floral print.

It's #MosaicMonday so please enjoy this mosaic top on a gilt table. It's in the style of Giuseppe Bonzanigo (early 19th century) and is in the Picture Gallery at Attingham Park, Shropshire.

📷John Hammond

Poster advertising the Cheshire Villages Great War event: An evening of talks about - The Thiepval Memorial to the missing of the Somme by Mike Akeman, and Motor Ambulances of WWI by Gerald Newbrook - at The Church Hall, Eaton, near Congleton, CW12 2NH on THursday 16th April 2026, 19.30 start. Free admission; Tea Coffee and Cake will be available.

Cheshire Villages Great War Society presents two talks about #WWI at 7.30pm on Thursday 16th April 2026 at Eaton Church Hall near Congleton CW12 2NH. Free admission, refreshments available @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social @clha.bsky.social

Princess Olga, Lady Egerton in a dark dress and one rope of pearls who established the fashion house of Paul Caret.

Small image of Lady Egerton against a pink background advertising the Realsilk Fashion Committee in the 1920s.

Landowner Princess Nun. #Tatton Princess Olga, wife of Sir Edwin Egerton Parisian #designer #fashion @jodrellbank.bsky.social @thejohnrylands.bsky.social @researchnt.bsky.social @nt-scones.bsky.social @clha.bsky.social details www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/local-events...

Image of a young Katharine Egerton Warburton in her nun's habit wearing a large crucifix against her chest.

Image of the Victorian gothic Arley Hall where Katharine Egerton Warburton found her calling to become a nun and member of The Society of Saint Margaret (SSM) an order of women in the Anglican Church

Landowner Princess Nun. #Arley Katharine Egerton Warburton nun of St Saviour's Priory Haggerston @jodrellbank.bsky.social @thejohnrylands.bsky.social @clha.bsky.social @cheshiretowns.bsky.social @researchnt.bsky.social details here www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/local-events...

Albert Jones Textiles, Manchester, 2023, photo by Ruxx Naqvi.

Lancashire Fair, Good Friday, Daisy Nook, 1946, painting by L.S. Lowry, 1887-1976 (Government Art Collection).

Canal at Ancoats, Manchester, painting by Arthur Delaney (1927-87).

The medieval tower door of St. Mary’s Church at Acton (near Nantwich) in Cheshire. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Acton #Cheshire

In honour of #CheshireDay, here are some Cheshire looks throughout time!
#cheshire #militarymuseum #militarystyle #militaryhistory

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A #blackandwhite #chrysanthemum #flower shot in the Darren Smith Photography #studio in #Cheshire shows the #subtle shades of the #petals. #flowerphotography #flowers. Available as a #print, #poster or #wallart from here or on the #website. #macrophotography #macro #PhotographyIsArt #art

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A bluetit sits in the branch of a #garden in #Cheshire The #plumage of this small #bird is very striking in the cold air of #spring #gardenwildlife #wildlife #birdphotography #RSPBEngland #Natures_Voice. Shot using a #TamronUK #telephoto #lens. See more at www.darrensmith.org.uk

"The Crow"

A Carrion Crow in south #Cheshire, England for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMForMovies and #ThursJay

A #ThrowbackThursday post from the #1980s photographed on #Kodachrome

#ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #ManualFocus

A Fieldfare in a snow covered orchard guarding a pile of windfall apples. The bird is facing away from the camera looking over its right shoulder at the photographer. Published in the magazine.

Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Attitude. A Fieldfare giving me a look that says "stay away from my apples"

Photographed in south #Cheshire, England in the #1980s on #Kodachrome

#ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #ManualFocus #PhotographersOfBluesky

A Eurasian Blue Tit in top of a broken branch silhouetted against the recently risen sun. A large yellow sun with an orange rim is the only colour in the image.

"Rising Sun"

A Eurasian Blue Tit silhouetted against the rising sun for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMForMovies and #ColourADay #YellowThu

A #ThrowbackThursday post from the #1980s photographed in south #Cheshire, England on #Kodachrome

#ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #ManualFocus

A colour photograph in landscape format. It shows a branch of a flowering cherry tree with a small bunch of white blossom, some open, some still in bud. The trees and foliage in the background are blurred, though you can still see that it was a sunny day.

Spring Blossom
A little sprig of #blossom seen on our walk, a welcome reminder that Spring is here! 🌸🌸🌸
#FlowersOnFriday #Spring #nature #Cheshire

Stockport viaduct, painting by Helen Clapcott.

St. Mary Magdalene Church (Bridgnorth) war memorial triptych.

St. Mary Magdalene Church (Bridgnorth) war memorial triptych. St. Mary Magdalene Church, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. First and Second World Wars. #LestWeForget

Theatre company ready to rock as Queen musical set for Hammond School Final rehearsals are underway as a Frodsham based community theatre company prepares to stage an iconic multi award-winning musical which features the music of legendary rock band Queen. Zodiac The…

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A colour photograph in portrait format. It shows a recently sawn tree trunk that has been decorated by somebody to make a face! They used a sharpie or something similar. Seen at woodlands at Brimstage on the Wirral.

Alien
Hello Monday! Shocking thing seen last week and a possible poster for the film "Alien" from 1979 🙂
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMovies #Wirral #woodlands

Classical pianist to join Chester Philharmonic Orchestra for Cathedral concert An acclaimed classical pianist is set to join Chester Philharmonic Orchestra for a dazzling performance of one of Rachmaninov’s best loved works.  The concert, part of the orchestra&#821…

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Bowden war memorial tablet.

Bowden war memorial tablet. Bowden Kirk, Bowden, Scottish Borders. First World War. #LestWeForget

A colour photograph in landscape format. It shows a very lovely blue, cloudless sky with one aeroplane flying above, away to some unknown destination. The plane is white, pale grey and orange and appears in the top left hand side of the photo.

Jetting Away
Hello Bluesky! A photograph taken last week in #Cheshire, with an unbelievable blue sky for March! Have a great week, everyone!
#BlueSkyMonday #planes #Wirral #skies

A colour photograph in landscape format. It shows a display of potted plants on a set of shelves in a stately home garden. Called a "Geranium Theatre" because of the wide range of types of geranium. BTW, Calke Abbey was used as a location for the latest series of "Outlander" on TV now in the UK.

Layers of Geraniums
Hello Sunday! Here is a photograph from 2019 of a tidy display of #geraniums at #Calke Abbey, #Derbyshire.
So colourful and joyful 🌸🌿🌺🌿🌸
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLayers #gardens #flowers #potplants #PhotoOfTheDay#Bloomscrolling #Stunday

Chester Repair Cafe attended UK Parliament to ask MPs to fix our throwaway economy On 25th March, Chester Repair Cafe joined repair groups from across the UK at a repair cafe in Parliament, to call for policies to make it easier to repair our things. The event was organised by&nb…

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