Carol D · @tardigrad9
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Visited Abbey House Museum yesterday to catch the Curious Creatures exhibition about Victorian attitudes to the animal kingdom before it finishes on 31st Dec.
Some interesting bits in there about local circus entrepreneur Pablo Fanque. Here's a video about his life...
youtu.be/J0UWoQhg194


#leeds #woodhouse #pablofanque #LocalHistory #WestYorkshire #blackhistory #circus #BlackBritishHistory #beatles #victorian #museums

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Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
507 followers · 441 posts · Server mindly.social

16, 1775
Jane Austen, , is born.

In the 1996 , () writes in her :

"Today I tried not to think about Mr. ...
I tried not to think about him in the where I... plucked the off a ...
I don't think we should keep in the garden. They really are a drab little .
And I tried not to think about him when I went to bed, but something had to be done."

#December #otd #english #novelist #movie #emma #woodhouse #gwynnethpaltrow #Diary #knightley #garden #petals #daisy #daisies #flower #writer #writing #author

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Biff Vernon · @biffvernon
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The proposed in is described as a £165m project. But where does that mean? Where does the £165m come from and to whom is it paid and for what?

#cumbria #coalmine #woodhouse

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Biff Vernon · @biffvernon
675 followers · 1976 posts · Server mastodon.online
Biff Vernon · @biffvernon
675 followers · 1976 posts · Server mastodon.online

Who stands to profit from the decision to open the in , even if the mine never actually operates at a profit (or at all)? Where is the investment money coming from and to whom will it be paid?
theguardian.com/environment/20

#cumbria #coalmine #woodhouse

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Biff Vernon · @biffvernon
675 followers · 1976 posts · Server mastodon.online

From coal to nuclear. Mark Kirkbride, the chief executive of West Cumbria Mining, the outfit promoting the new in , but owned by Australian / Cayman Island based EMR Capital, is also a member of the committee on radioactive waste management. Well, of course he is.

#cumbria #coalmine #woodhouse

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Biff Vernon · @biffvernon
675 followers · 1976 posts · Server mastodon.online
Biff Vernon · @biffvernon
675 followers · 1976 posts · Server mastodon.online

Turns out some people don't want the in and are even willing to put their money where their mouth is. You?
crowdjustice.com/case/challeng

#cumbria #colamine #woodhouse

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Biff Vernon · @biffvernon
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NYYANKEES · @NYYANKEES
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