banffshirethings.bsky.social
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@banffshirethings.bsky.socialWar work party When you discover your almost totally blind great Grandmother knitted 197 pairs of socks in 15 months - to be sent to the Forces for Christmas in 1944 #socksforchristmas #1944
Show Post🏛️👻 #RomanFortThursday: Beneath a building outside Housesteads Roman Fort, archaeologists found a man & woman buried under the floor — with a broken sword blade embedded in the man’s ribs. Who were they, & what happened? Centuries later, the mystery endures… #RomanBritain
Show PostThe east gate at Birdoswald is the best preserved of any of the forts on Hadrian's Wall, while nearby sections of the Wall itself are easily accessible. More on Birdoswald in a new blog: visiting-roman-sites.blogspot.com/2026/10/bird... #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #HadriansWall
Show Post22nd October 1995 Medieval silver penny of Henry III Voided short cross Minted by Nichole of London Class 7c2 1240-1241
Show PostThe 7thC Holderness Cross was sold to a dealer for £55,000 at auction in London #OTD in 1999. The gold and garnet pectoral cross was then acquired by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, where it went on display from November 25 that year.
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