On a rose pink colored background celebrating Betty Reid Soskin are a book, Sign My Name to Freedom by Betty Reid Soskin with 3 photos on the cover. A quote "What gets remembered depends upon who is in the room doing the remembering. There wasn't any grand conspiracy. There simply wasn't anybody in that room of color except for me." Betty Reid Soskin. A photo of Betty wearing her National Park Service uniform and hat, she wears glasses and pale pink lipstick. Lived in Berkeley for part of her life and owned Reid's Records in South Berkeley. Her great-grandmother was born into slavery. Became a National Park Service Ranger in 2007 at the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historic Park from ages 87-100.

Betty Reid Soskin
b. September 22, 1921, d. December 21, 2025 at the age of 104.
#Women'sHistoryMonth
#LocalHero

#LocalHero
#Chislehurst
Siouxsie
#TotP

What a special film, and not a bad poster either! This is a genuine UK quad for "Local Hero", Bill Forsyth's wonderfully wistful comedy-drama classic.
#localhero #movieposter #posterart #british #classicmovies #cinema #homedecor

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Local Hero villagers call for conservation status review Some residents of Pennan have called for a review of the village's conservation status as the rules make it more difficult to upgrade their homes.

I mean, I get it, but I routinely retreat to my own mental Ferness to escape from [gestures widely]. #LocalHero

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Irish Eyes, Spanish Life John Liddy: The Man Who Quietly Became A Madrid Institution. By James Hartley.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day to everyone, wherever you are in the world. Today we have a blog on a local legend. #poetry #madrid #Ireland #Irish ##stpatricksday #poet #localhero
themadridreview.com/f/irish-eyes...

One time I brought a sack of White Castles into Tiger Stadium and passed them around #LocalHero

That's a storm cloud, not a burning oil refinery.
Though that's the beach which would have ended up as an oil refinery if the #LocalHero hadn't intervened.

Be the most responsive business in your city. It’s easier than you think.

Upgrade your system

#Responsive #LocalHero #MeldFlow

Politics needs more people like Hannah Spencer. A plumber who rolls up her sleeves and gets things done is exactly what Gorton and Denton deserves in Westminster. A historic night for Greater Manchester! 🔧✨ #LocalHero #GreenParty #NewPolitics"

Data Center Developers Offered Farmer $60k Per Acre; He Preserved the Land Instead A data center offered a Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, farmer $60,000 per acre for his farmland. He chose to preserve his farm through the Lancaster Farmland Trust instead.

Amid all, a fantastic story: 86-year-old Pennsylvania farmer rejects $15 million from an AI data center developer and instead is paid $2 million for a preservation easement from the local land trust. #localhero www.lancasterfarming.com/farming-news...

Oh how delightful!

I forgot

A young Eric from Two Doors Down

#TwoDoorsDown #AlexNorton
#LocalHero

#LocalHero #Film4 now :)

The amazing village of Pennan. The image shows a view along the sea wall with a concrete path on top of it. There's a stony beach to the left descending to the sea, which looks blue under a clear blue sky. To the right is a grassy strip and posts for hanging clothes, then a road and the white cottages and houses of the village. The land rises steeply behind the village and there's a large headland in the background.

The amazing village of Pennan, set on a shelf below north-facing cliffs on the north Aberdeenshire coast and still famous for its role in the 1983 film Local Hero. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Pennan #Aberdeenshire #LocalHero

Dailymotion

Oh my first time in a year i have woken up to some GOOD NEWS - made me cry tears of pride. For all us Balingupians. Tender hearts and humans that care.

This is for #allofus

#AustralianOfTheYear #LocalHero #balingup #AustraliaDay

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#WOW Frank Mitchell
#LocalHero #2026AOTY

All sorts of stuff wash up on Ben's beach. #LocalHero

[This image was digitally created, just in case you thought it was from the White House]

The exterior of Buckingham Palace

👏 Know a local hero who goes above and beyond for #Worcester?
Nominate them for a New Year Honour today!
⏳ Closes Friday 6 March
🔗 www.worcester.gov.uk/news/worcest...
#Honours #LocalHero #MakeADifference

Chicago Mourns Death of Harold’s Chicken Shack CEO Kristen Pierce-Sherrod at 55 Chicago is mourning the loss of Kristen D. Pierce-Sherrod, the longtime chief executive officer of Harold’s Chicken Shack, one of the city’s… The post Chicago Mourns Death of Harold’s Chicken Shack CEO Kristen Pierce-Sherrod at 55 appeared first on Shine My Crown.

Chicago Mourns Death of Harold’s Chicken Shack CEO Kristen Pierce-Sherrod at 55: Chicago is mourning the loss of Kristen D. Pierce-Sherrod, the longtime chief executive officer of Harold’s Chicken Shack, one of the city’s…… #Chicago #KristenPierceSherrod #HaroldsChickenShack #InMemoriam #LocalHero

Another excellent pre-match display from Wor Flags in the Leazes End ahead of last night's Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg.

#NUFC #NUFCFans #NUFCNews #Newcastle #NewcastleUnited #football #footballnews #fyp #video #watch #reel #reels #reelsfb #reelsfyp #reelit #PremierLeague #CarabaoCup #localhero

We're proud to pass savings on to y'all with @toogoodtogo . Reserve your $30-value Surprise Bag now for just $10! Pick up tomorrow during our free tasting, and we have new Surprise Bags every single week #localhero #toogoodtogo #wineshop

Meet the Georgia Councilwoman Who Dashed Into Burning Home to Save Neighbors: ‘She Saved Our Lives’ A dramatic act of courage days before her swearing-in has made Hiram City Councilwoman Melissa Bayardelle a local hero. Bayardelle was formally… The post Meet the Georgia Councilwoman Who Dashed Into Burning Home to Save Neighbors: ‘She Saved Our Lives’ appeared first on Shine My Crown.

Meet the Georgia Councilwoman Who Dashed Into Burning Home to Save Neighbors: ‘She Saved Our Lives’: A dramatic act of courage days before her swearing-in has made Hiram City Councilwoman Melissa Bayardelle a local hero. Bayardelle was formally…


The… #Hero #Courage #Community #Georgia #LocalHero

Found while sorting the singles -- Gail Greenwood, future member of Boneyard, Benny Sizzler, Belly, L7 and Gang of Four #LocalHero

Needed this lil bit of good news #luckypup #iaff #firefighters #localhero #dogsky

That’s the #LocalHero beach.
Ben’s Beach.
One of the best.

You can read the #LocalHero amateur follow-up script, titled "Rionnag" (Star), at
tinyurl.com/Rionnag
Or my story about the story at:
tinyurl.com/skyebalou

Sharing this space with G-pa – 78 rpm (rocking past midnight). He’ll put a G in his posts. Images are a mix of his & mine over the years.
Like me, he loves the movie #LocalHero & worries about climate change, so much he wrote a script for a climate follow-up. Open this post to read more in my reply.

‘Thank you Norman, but there was no need to bring that up’ #localhero

Q23 #LocalHero quiz

This is very tricky.

Now apparently it was never meant to have Marina (Jenny Seagrove) look like she had a tail when she dived back into the water, but it looks like she has a tail
#TCMParty #LocalHero

The Edge of the World (1937) ⭐ 7.3 | Drama, History, Romance 1h 14m | Passed

I've previously suggested that fans of #LocalHero should watch #IKnowWhereI'mGoing,* but this time I'm also recommending #TheEdgeOfTheWorld, a film that Michael Powell directed before he co-founded the Archers
#TCMParty
(* I think EVERYBODY should watch IKWIG)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0028...