This is Derek's son, @martinsfp.bsky.social.
I'm sad to say that dad passed away on 17 January 2026.
A tribute fund has been set up with @thebhf.bsky.social. Donations welcome to honour a much-loved father, grandfather, uncle, friend... and prolific poster
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the altered ground left behind.
Images: Fairburn Ings RSPB nature reserve, Derek Dye
Fairburn Ings: nature reclaiming an industrial landscape.
What we think of as natural heritage is often anything but natural. Fairburn Ings is a landscape shaped less by preservation than by repeated intervention, collapse and chance. Originally a wet marshland on the floodplain of the River
Datestone for Crooked Riding Terrace, Thornhills Bridge Lane, Brighouse This is quite a large and elaborate datestone for a row of terrace houses, and has been placed on the blank gable-end. The houses face onto Anvil Street. Crooked Riding is the name of a house further down the street, although the second word is spelt Rhyding on one OS map and Ryding on another.
What's in a name? In Brighouse just down the road from me you have Rydings for the park, library, and art gallery (The Rydings) and a doctors surgery in the town - Rydings Hall Surgery. The older, historic name for a nearby terrace might appear as either Rhyding or Ryding
John Fielden (1784–1849) was a prominent British industrialist and a Radical Member of Parliament (MP). Known locally in Todmorden as "Honest John," he was a wealthy cotton mill owner who became a significant social reformer. This is a statue erected to him in Todmorden
On tomorrow's date 17 January in Todmorden in 1784 John Fielden was born. The mill owner and radical British reformer became a notable proponent of legislation protecting the welfare of factory workers. Influenced by his experiences in his father's mill, John developed a strong
Antique engraved view of Sandal Castle near Wakefield, showing a fortified medieval stone castle with curtain walls, round towers, and a central keep set on rising ground. The castle is surrounded by trees and open countryside, with small groups of people and horsemen in the foreground, rendered in a detailed eighteenthcentury engraving style.
the Pilgrimage of Grace (1537). It aimed to enforce royal law and suppress dissent, serving as a crucial regional court until its abolition by the Long Parliament in 1641 before the English Civil War. The Council of the North was based primarily at Sandal Castle (near 2/3
six miles from York the stone castle was originally built for John Lord Neville of Raby. The castle hosted the council in its early days. I don't think I have posted a "Cowscape" before. Image: Cowscape with castle, Michael Levine-Clark, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
The historic Sheriff Hutton castle ruins in a field with cows against a a very stormy sky. The sky is filled with dark, dramatic, heavy gray and black clouds,
When I was posting about the Council of the North this morning, I didn't have room for a photograph of the the privately owned ruins of Sheriff Hutton quadrangular castle and early garden earthworks. They date from the 14th and 16th century. Situated some
Courtesy of Peter Mintun, a brilliant take on Warner Brother's opening cast credits that features just about every performer who crossed a WB soundstage in the Pre-Code days.
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Reporter @kenklippenstein.bsky.social investigated the inner workings of the Department of Homeland Security, finding that “there's splits within the agency about the shooting [of Renee Good] and the general mission.”
Intertitle from 1924 film ‘The Sea Hawk’ which reads “A curse on those that call themselves Christians and countenance such cruelty.”
The Sea Hawk (1924). #SilentFilm
ge-tremman, wk.v: to strengthen, establish, confirm. (yeh-TREM-mahn / jɛ-ˈtrɛm-man)
#OldEnglish #WOTD
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Good. The real people hurting London are the people spreading lies about it, not the mayor.
There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected.
the horror of this is compounded by the fact that the whipple building sits on the same military fort where 1600+ Dakota, mostly women and children were held in a concentration camp in 1863, where over 300 died
Seaby was very influenced by Japanese printing as can be clearly seen from this pared-down depiction of two bullfinches on a snow-lined tree against a blue background
Other work of the Ladybird artists
Woodblock print
‘Bullfinch’
Artist: Allen Seaby
Situated in the fields around Walburn Hall are the earthwork and buried remains of the extensive medieval village of Walburn itself.
Situated in the fields around Walburn Hall are the earthwork and buried remains of the extensive medieval village of Walburn itself. The first documentary evidence of the village dates to 1222 but it could be around one hundred years older. The medieval village took the 1/3
I was asked why there would be a labyrinth in a church. They are nothing new. Dating back to the 4th century they became a more widespread feature in churches and cathedrals during the Middle Ages, particularly in Italy and Northern France: The practice peaked with large, elaborate floor
was arrested carrying weapons. Elsewhere hundreds marched towards Huddersfield from Barnsley but scattered before engaging troops. The uprising overall really failed to gain traction although 30 individuals were imprisoned or transported for their involvement in the unrest. 3/3 #Yorkshire #uprising
In Huddersfield, around 2,000 armed men, many weavers, gathered to seize the town but called off the attack and dispersed. Meanwhile in Sheffield a well-organised group led by John Blackwell assembled, marched, and intended to attack barracks but again dispersed; Blackwell 2/3
Coat of arms of the former West Riding of Yorkshire (or at least one variation of) Taken by Flickr user:Tim Green 2.0
In early April 1820, what could have been a significant uprising occurred in the West Riding of Yorkshire, It was closely linked to unrest in the west of Scotland, particularly around Glasgow and the aftermath of the "Peterloo" trials. The unrest unfolded in several towns. 1/3
both conducted and composed. He was also organist at St John the Baptist church (now the Minster) in Halifax. Herschel moved to Bath in 1766, where gradually astronomy began to take over his and Caroline's lives. See Alt for image details. 5/5 #History #astonomy #music #Yorkshire
The image is a portrait of Sir William Herschel, a renowned Hanoverian-British astronomer and composer. The painting is by Lemuel Francis Abbott was created around 1785, shortly after his most famous discovery.
William was also a talented musician and had been an oboist in the Hanover Military Band before moving to England in 1757 where he was leader of the Durham Militia band from 1760-61 with whom he was based in the Yorkshire Dales town of Richmond, for a short time. Here he 4/5
A colour lithograph from around 1896, depicting astronomers Sir William Herschel and his sister Caroline Herschel at their home in Bath, England. Herschel was a German-born British astronomer famous for discovering the planet Uranus in 1781 using a telescope he built himself. Caroline Herschel was an accomplished astronomer in her own right, becoming the first woman to be paid for her scientific work and discovering several comets. Caroline moved to England in 1772 to live with her brother and became his assistant, helping him with his observations and mathematical reductions. The siblings often worked together, with William observing the night sky through large, self-built telescopes while Caroline recorded his findings.
The Enlightenment or the great ‘Age of Reason’ was a time in the 17th and 18th centuries when a new philosophical movement dominated the world of ideas throughout Europe William Herschel who had a brief connection with Yorkshire and his sister Caroline were a 1/5
