#morris windsor

[spilladabalia]

Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - So You Think You're In Love

[gummyartstradingcards]

[huariqueje]

Country Chairs - James Brown

British , b. ?

print 29.7 x 42 cm.

[tomoleary]

Barry Windsor Smith Jane Morris Original Art (The Gorblimey Press, 1975) Source

“This drawing was published in Shelf Stuff and The Studio.”

My friend ungoliantschilde has the full set of prints.

[vox-anglosphere]

A vintage ad that subtly prompted women to take the wheel in 1937

[unreesonable]

Stage/Fright

I won't be reblogging Stage/Fright stuff here to prevent spoilers, but I'll use this pinned post for some real-time archiving. Last updated 05/04/25

SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT

I update this post after every show - that’s every day Mon-Sat and twice on matinee days! (Thursday and Saturday)

Now that the West End run of Stage/Fright has concluded, I will be sharing more information about the guest appearances, photos etc over at @fuckyeahstagefright

Photos and reviews are at the end of this post

I'm going to try and track the celebrity guests throughout the run. Asks/DMs are open if you have a tip for a show you've attended, or you can comment below.

Celebrity guests

(plus the mime for their name and the show name / character name / catchphrase that Len keeps getting wrong)

Previews

16/01/25 - Jim Howick (Gym Cow Sick - Horrible Histories) 17/01/25 - Ralf Little (Death in Paradise) 18/01/25 - The Actor Kevin Eldon (Cave In Held On - Fist of Fun) 20/01/25 - David Morrisey (Day Vid Morris [Boris] See - The Walking Dead) 21/01/25 - Marc Wootton (Mr Poppy, Nativity) 22/01/25 - Adrian Dunbar (Ted Hastings, Line of Duty) 23/01/25 - Nick Mohammed (Nick More Ham Head - Ted Lasso) 24/01/25 - Katherine Parkinson (Cat Thin Parking Sun - The IT Crowd) 25/01/25 - Gary Kemp (Car Reek Hemp - the running joke was the Spandau Ballet song 'True') / Martin Freeman (Fart Tin Three Man - Bilbo Baggins, The Lord of the Rings) 27/01/25 - Matthew Kelly (Mat You Ceilidh - Stars in Their Eyes) 28/01/25 - Lee Mack (Lemur Ick - Not Going Out)

Press night and end of previews

29/01/25 - Alexander Armstrong (All Lick Hair Arms Wrong - Classic FM) 30/01/25 - Daniel Mays (Down Yell [Theresa] Mays - Line of Duty) 31/01/25 - Mat Baynton (Mat Pain Tonne - Horrible Histories) 01/02/25 - Les Dennis (Les[bian] Tennis - New Faces) / David Harewood (Day Vid[eo] Hair Wood - Martin Luther King, The Mountaintop) 03/02/25 - Tamsin Greig (Tame Sing Gregg - Friday Night Dinner) 04/02/25 - Monica Dolan (Moan Knickers Dough Lamp - Mr Bates vs the Post Office) 05/02/25 - Ophelia Lovibond ([James] Bond - W1A) 06/02/25 - Julian Rhind-Tutt (Julie [Andrews] Wine Tut - The Madness of King George) / Paterson Joseph (Peep Show) 07/02/25 - Mel Giedroyc (Smell Head Roy [Orbison] - The Great British Bake Off) 08/02/25 - Denis Lawson (Dentist Law Son - Star Wars) / Sue Perkins (Soup Hare Skins - Great British Bake Off) 10/02/25 - Dara Ó Briain (Parachute O Brie - Mock the Week) 11/02/25 - Rory Kinnear (Roar Reek In Ear - Black Mirror) 12/02/25 - Matt Berry (Mat Bear Eye - The IT Crowd) 13/02/25 - Mackenzie Crook (Mack Hen See Rook - The Detectorists) / Mark Bonnar (Boner - Line of Duty) 14/02/25 - Phil Daniels (Fill - Quadrophenia) 15/02/25 - Emilia Fox (Meal Ear Fox - Silent Witness) / Sarah Hadland (Sir A Add Land - Strictly Come Dancing) 17/02/25 - Gemma Whelan (Jam A Wee Land - Yara Greyjoy, Game of Thrones) 18/02/25 - Joe Thomas (Sew Tom[cat] Ass - Fresh Meat) 19/02/25 - Lenny Henry (Sirloin Knee Hen Wee - Comic Relief) 20/02/25 - Matthew Horne (Mat Horn - Gavin and Stacey) / Nigel Planer (Gel Plane - Filthy, Rich & Catflap) 21/02/25 - Charlie Higson (Charl[eston] Lie His Son - Swiss Tony, The Fast Show) 22/02/25 - Morgana Robinson (Mow Garden Robin Son - Pippa Middleton, The Windsors) / Mark Gatiss (Margate Tits - The League of Gentlemen) 24/02/25 - Rob Brydon (Rob Bride On - Would I Lie to You?) 25/02/25 - Gareth Malone (Car Alone - Military Wives) 26/02/25 - Liza Tarbuck (Please A Starbucks - Upstart Crow) 27/02/25 - Bob Mortimer (Knob More Timer - Gone Fishing) / Julian Clary (Jewel Ink Lairy - The Joan Collins Fan Club) 28/02/25 - Stephen Merchant (Steep Hen Merchant - The Office)

01/03/25 - Robin Askwith (Rob Bin Ass Quiff - The Madame Blanc Mysteries) / Matt Lucas (Mat Loo Gas - The Great British Bake Off) 03/03/25 - Jane Horrocks (Jay No Rocks - Bubble, Absolutely Fabulous) 04/03/25 - understudy show - Steve Pemberton (Steed Pen Button - Inside No 9) 04/03/25 - Joel Dommett ([Billy] Joel Dominatrix Meet - The Masked Singer) 05/03/25 - Alex Horne (All Licks Horn - The Horne Section) 06/03/25 - Micky Flanagan (Mick [Jagger] Key Flannel - "Out out") / Josh Widdicombe (Posh Wee Dick Cum - The Last Leg) 07/03/25 - Joe Pasquale (Joke Pass Quality Street - New Faces) 08/03/25 - Paul Chuckle (Pull Chuck El[bow]- “To me, to you”) / Michael Sheen (Mic[rophone] El[bow] Shin - Good Omens) 10/03/25 - Stewart Lee ([Air] Steward Wee - Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle) 11/03/25 - Chris McCausland (Cry Smack Oars Land - Strictly Come Dancing) 12/03/25 - David Walliams (Slay Vid[eo] Wall Iams - Britain's Got Talent) 13/03/25 - Pauline McLynn (Pull Lean Muck Lean - Mrs Doyle, Father Ted) / Richard Osman (Reach Hard Oz Man - The Thursday Murder Club) 14/03/25 - Tamzin Outhwaite ([Lion] Tamer In Mouth Weight - Red Cap) 15/03/25 - Clive Anderson (Clay Van Der Son - Whose Line Is It Anyway?) / Stephen Fry (Steep Hen Fry - Jeeves and Wooster) 17/03/25 - Paul Merton (Pull Mare Tonne - Have I Got News for You?) 18/03/25 - Mark Addy (The Full Monty) 19/03/25 - Adam Buxton (A Dam Books Tonne - The Adam and Joe Show) 20/03/25 - Elaine Paige (E Lane Page - I Know Him So Well) / Jason Manford 21/03/25 - Romesh Ranganathan (Row Rang - The Weakest Link) 22/03/25 - Neil Morrissey (Knee [Elm] Tree - Bob The Builder) / Paul Whitehouse (Pull Why Toes - Gone Fishing) 24/03/25 - Simon Pegg (Sigh Mump Leg - Mission Impossible) 25/03/25 - Meera Syal (Me - Goodness Gracious Me) 26/03/25 - Robert Lindsey (Robbing Lean Sassy - My Family) 27/03/25 - Danny Dyer (Fan Knee Higher - Eastenders) / Su Pollard (Soup All Hard - You Rang Milord?) 28/03/25 - Danny Baker (Fan Knee Baker - Pets Win Prizes) 29/03/25 - Ross Noble (Row Snowball - Have I Got News For You) / Prof Brian Cox (Brr Iron Cocks - Things Can Only Get Better) 31/03/25 - David Tennant (Slay Vid Ten Ants - Doctor Who) 01/04/25 - Sandi Toksvig ([de]Tox Fig - QI) 02/04/25 - Sophie Willan (Sew Feet Willy - Alma's Not Normal) 03/04/25 - Miles Jupp (My Edge Jump - The Thick of It) / Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Feet Bee Wallop Bridge - Fleabag) 04/04/25 - Sir Ian McKellan (Serene Muck Alan [Sugar] - Lord of the Rings) 05/04/25 - Louis Theroux (Loo Wee T (kanga)roo - Weird Weekends) /Jonathan Ross (Johnny Thin Rose - The Masked Singer)

Press Night Photos by Marc Brenner

Press Reviews Roundup

compiled by u/NanetteFuckingNewman on Reddit

4 stars from The Guardian: “An ingenious edge-of-your-seat, one-step-ahead show”

4 stars from WhatsOnStage: “Joyously silly … great, all-encompassing fun”

4 stars from The Telegraph: “STAGE/FRIGHT reaffirms [the writers’] rare ingenuity… Bravo”

4 stars from Financial Times: “Another wildly clever, madly innovative and suddenly moving show from this inspired duo”

4 stars from Chortle: “A hugely impressive coup de theatre, keeping you guessing and gasping to the end”

5 stars from All That Dazzles: “Wickedly funny and impressively clever, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith really have made theatrical magic”

4 stars from The Independent: "This is one play you won’t be checking your watch in"

5 stars from the Radio Times: "The production is fabulous across the board... it's a thrilling ride that shouldn't be missed"

4 stars from Time Out: "A delight, the duo at the peak of their powers"

4 stars from The i: "Riotously fun... raucously entertaining"

No rating (but highly positive) from Beyond The Joke: "This spectacular show is both side-splitting and spine-chilling... If you don't enjoy Stage/Fright, contact a doctor immediately, you might be dead. This is brilliant. Go see it." "In the interests of fairness, there have been a few more moderate reviews from the Evening Standard, The Stage and London Theatre (all 3 stars), and one stinker from The Times (2 stars). There’s always someone…"

[world-of-wales]

─ •✧ WILLIAM'S YEAR IN REVIEW : 𝐌𝐀𝐘 ✧• ─

𝟏 𝐌𝐀𝐘 : The Prince of Wales received Mr. Simon Patterson (Vice Chairman, The Royal Foundation) at Windsor. William supported Fields in Trust's #BarkForOurPark Campaign. 𝟐 𝐌𝐀𝐘 : He attended the UEFA Conference League Semi-Final first leg match between Aston Villa & Olympiakos at Villa Park. 𝟕 𝐌𝐀𝐘 : William received the Lord Janvrin (Chairman, The Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee) at Windsor Castle. He received the Lord Hague of Richmond (Chairman, The Royal Foundation) at Windsor Castle. 𝟖 𝐌𝐀𝐘 : William held an Investiture at Windsor Castle. 𝟗 𝐌𝐀𝐘 : The Duke of Cornwall started his two-day tour of the Duchy of Cornwall. He spent the day in Newquay and was received by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall (Colonel Sir Edward Bolitho) at the site of the new Nansledan Housing Project. Afterwards, he met lifeguards and volunteers of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution at Fistral Beach. He met representatives of the Hollywell Bay & Newquay Surf Life Saving Clubs. Later, he arrived at St Agnes in the Isles of Scilly where he visted Troytown Farms & spent time with the community during a picnic. 𝟏𝟎 𝐌𝐀𝐘 : William spent the day in Isles of Scilly. He was received by Mrs. Jane Hartley (Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall) at the Quay, St. Mary's. He visited St. Mary's Harbour and met crew from the 2024 World Pilot Gig Championships. Later, he visited St. Mary's Hospital in Belmont. The Duke of Cornwall also privately took part in a nature walk with Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust. 𝟏𝟏 𝐌𝐀𝐘 : He appeared in a video message during the Steve Irwin Gala. 𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐀𝐘 : William appeared in a video message during BAFTA TV Awards. He sent out a tweet congratulating Manchester United WFC on their Vitality FA Cup Win. 𝟏𝟑 𝐌𝐀𝐘 : The Prince of Wales was officially appointed as the Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps by King Charles III. Subsequently, he visited the Army Air Corps at the Army Aviation Centre. Kensington Palace released two unseen photos from 1999 and 2008 featuring William to mark the occasion. 𝟏𝟓 𝐌𝐀𝐘 : William released a personal tweet congratulating Aston Villa for their Champions League qualification. 𝟏𝟔 𝐌𝐀𝐘 : William attended "World Together Solving the Antibiotic Emergency" Conference at the Royal Society and was received by Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London (Reverend Canon Dr. Flora Winfield). Later in the evening he hosted a Reception at St. James's Palace. William also appeared in a video message to mark the 10th anniversary of the Elephant Initiative. 𝟏𝟕 𝐌𝐀𝐘 : Kensington Palace marked Mental Health Awareness Week via social media. Additionally, the Duchy of Cornwall unveiled funding plans of the Duchy Mental Health Strategy providing their farmers with access to support. 𝟐𝟏 𝐌𝐀𝐘 : The Prince of Wales received Major General James Bowder (General Officer Commanding London District and Major General Household Division, Welsh Guards). In the afternoon, he hosted a garden party at Buckingham Palace. 𝟐𝟐 𝐌𝐀𝐘 : William held an Investiture at Windsor Castle. 𝟐𝟓 𝐌𝐀𝐘 : William and Catherine released a personal tweet offering condolences on the passing of an RAF pilot at RAF Coningsby. William and George attended the Emirates FA Cup Final between Manchester City Football Club and Manchester United Football Club at Wembley Stadium. He also send out congratulations via a tweet. 𝟐𝟕 𝐌𝐀𝐘 : William and Catherine sent a letter to Tracey Morris offering condolences for her husband, Peter's death. 𝟐𝟖 𝐌𝐀𝐘 : William and Catherine were out shopping at a deli in Holt, Norfolk.

[maxwell-mtv]

I'd like to think that in a steamy situation, Morris would attempt to be all domineering and smug. Like hand against the wall, looking down his windsor specs at you, a hungry look in his crimson eyes.

But because he is Morris, he would not know what words to say without sounding like a total dork. And also because he is Morris, he'd also look a little dorky too.

[julio-viernes]

Reunión inesperada de The Soft Boys el 28 de diciembre en el Bowery Ballroom de Nueva York en un show de Yo la Tengo. Salieron a escena Robyn Hitchcock, Kimberley Rew (Katrina & The Waves) y Morris Windsor para tocar un set de 13 temas combinando repertorio de S.Boys y Hitchcock en solitario. Después del set principal de Yo La Tengo, las dos bandas se unieron para un bis, que incluyó 'Queen Of Eyes' y 'I Wanna Destroy You', así como versiones de 'Run Run Run' de Velvet Underground y 'It's All Too Much' de los Beatles.

[queerpyracy]

@gretchensinister tagged me! 💜

Rules: shuffle your 'on repeat' playlist & post the first ten tracks, then tag ten people. If you're not on spotify, just share ten songs that you have on repeat.

my on repeat having been thoroughly fucked by christmas playlists left on for hours while mom and i did baking, i have elected to choose ten songs from it at random based on what i have actually been listening to repeatedly on purpose, which for some reason does not seem to include the christmas songs i did intentionally seek out over the holiday season

so in no particular order:

Cup Runneth Over by Kiki Rockwell

Hei Skål by Songleikr

18+ by Scene Queen

Babylon is Fallen by The Merry Wives of Windsor

Helvegen by Kalandra

Wondrous Love by Bear McCreary, from Black Sails

Burn Your Village by Kiki Rockwell

Rolandskvadet by Trio Mediæval

May it Be by Anúna

Nervous by Maren Morris

tagging @moriarteaparty and @borgevino who are of course each worth five people, but also anyone else who wants to hop on c:

[spilladabalia]

Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - My Wife And My Dead Wife

[doomandgloomfromthetomb]

Robyn Hitchcock - The Bowery Ballroom, New York City, December 28, 2024

Fine, let's hang out at the Bowery Ballroom a little longer to check out one of the Hanukkah fest's most FOMO-inducing openers — Robyn Hitchcock! Of course, this was more than just Robyn, it was more or less a Soft Boys reunion, with everyone's favorite songwriter joined by drummer Morris Windsor and guitarist Kimberley Rew, plus bassist Lee Cave-Berry standing in for the late Matthew Seligman. In a just world, this band would be touring the USA from coast to coast, blowing away crowds with their still-so-amazing brand of splendid psychedelia. But in this totally unjust world, the Bowery show was a one-off.

But it's a one-off that we all can enjoy now, thanks to the steady hands of Roolin, who puts us right there in the front via a typically nice (nice-sounding) video. As always, the Hitchcock / Rew guitar tangle is a thing of absolute beauty, whether they're soaring through "Kingdom of Love" or skronking up a storm on "The Pigworker." There's also room for some tunes of a more recent vintage — "The Sir Tommy Shovel" from Robyn's last LP sounds fab here.

Of course, their opening set wasn't the end. The almost-Soft Boys emerged for a covers-heavy encore with Yo La Tengo, including a riotous rendition of "Run Run Run," a VU tune the Boys had played in NYC all the way back in the early 1980s. Take a drag or two!

[aswithasunbeam]

Excerpt of Expenses from Hamilton and Caleb Gibbs‘ Trip to Albany from Valley Forge

[Valley Forge, January 20, 1778]

“Account of Expences of. Colo. Hamilton. & Captain Gibbs. to Albany & back again—set off from Skippack road, 15. miles from Phila: Returnd. to Valley Forge—

Sent by His Excelly. Genel. Washington on public service...

Novr—     1— at Chester.—    1. 17.4—2d at N. Windsor ferry 8/6    2. 5.10      

4 at Paukeepsey—    19/ —at Rhynbeck— 25/6.    2. 4. 6           

5th. at Clauverick—    16/8.—gave a guide—9/    1. 5. 8.       

  at Kinderhook—    16/ —at Albany ferry 6/.    1. 2—           

8th. at Cosockett2    19/6—at Wells’s ferry—5/.    1. 4. 6       

  at Pools landing    24/6—9th on the road to Clauvierck 10/    1.14. 6        

10th. at Clauverick—    14/ —at Tatias tavern dinner &c. 12/    1. 6.           

11th. at the flats    18/6 —at paukeepsey 10/6    1. 9—         

12th. at Fish Kill—    30/ —at New Windsor ferry 10/.    2.—           

14th. at Goshen—    20/—at Chester—27/.    2. 7—         

16th. at Pompton—    14/    14. £19. 5. 0

On the road to PeeksKill when Colo. Hamilton was taken sick from Morris Town          22d. at Ramapaugh    13/ —at Cacaat3—16/8    1. 9. 8.        

23 at Kings ferry—    11/ —gave the ferry man 5/.    .16—   

Cash paid at Peeks Kill when Colo. Hamilton was sick    

25th. to 3 quarters mutton @8/24 gave the doctr. 6/    1.10—”

-This was the journey back to Valley Forge from Albany, where Hamilton may have first met Eliza. He certainly spoke with Philip Schuyler while he was there. Hamilton became severely ill on the return trip, as can be seen in the entries for November 22d through November 25th.

Source: Founders Online

[newsies-squared]

Newsies name comparison's

So obviously everyone has different headcanons for the newsie characters names and even gender identitys,here's the difference between me and stillts headcanons.

Stilts:

Jack Kelly (He/Him)

David jacobs(he/him)

Race: Luca Higgins (He/Him)

Crutchie: Evangeline Morris (She/They)

Spot: Sam Conlon (He/Him)

Specs: Benji Samuels (They/Them)

Romeo: Rowan De Jesus (He/Him)

Buttons: Brielle Davenport (She/Her)

Sniper: Noelle Wah (She/Her)

Smalls: Tessa Davidson (She/Her)

Roxy Jacobs (Trans Fem Les) (She/Her)

Katherine Plumber-Pulitzer (She/Her)

Sarah Jacobs (She/Her)

JoJo: Josephia Jorgelina de la Guera (She/Her)

Micah Guzman (Genderfluid, so depends)

Ike: Issac Guzman (He/They)

Myron Hernandez (He/Him)

Elmer Kasprazak-Zas (They/Them)

Abby Dasilva (Trans Fem Albert) (She/They)

Henry Rios (He/Him)

Finch: Robin Cortes (She/Her)

Tommy Boy: Theresa Domeski (She/Her)

Kenny: Kenneth Ellenbury (He/Him)

Hotshot: Peter Ferrari (He/Him)

Blink: Louis Batteli (He/Him)

Mush: Charles Skyes (He/Him)

Skittery: Richy Brooks (He/Him)

Boots: Grover Gibson (He/Him)

Bumlets: Eddie Livingston (He/Him)

Snipeshooter: Percy Harris (He/Him)

Dutchy: Levi Burns (He/Him)

Itey: Felix Mitchell (He/Him)

Odette Delancey (Trans Fem Oscar) (She/They)

Morris Delancey (He/Him)

Barney Peanuts: Ginny Scott (She/Her)

Snitch: Harley Brooks (He/Him)

Tumbler: Owen Glenn (He/Him)

Pie Eater: Max Livingston (He/Him)

York: Jasper Rowe (He/Him)

Joey Higgins (She/They)

Rafaela Storrs (She/Her)

Hildy Keller (She/Her)

Stray: Becca Bailey (She/Her)

Lucky: Dani Wildman (She/Her)

Splasher: Will Stelle (He/Him)

Splint: Lily Evans (She/Her)

Scope: Cherry Saroki (She/Her)

Ritz: Alyssa Moss (She/Her)

Pips: Kitty Cony (She/Kit)

Knobs: Dallas Bead (He/Him)

Mack: Jeanie MacDonald (She/Her)

And Here's mine

(Just to clear up there's 2 Mike's and 2 snipers due to a personal headcanon and technically there like 3 smalls and also 2 Splashers but I'm only adding leader of the bronx smalls and the older Splasher,I'll explain why I did this in a later post)

Jack kelly|he/him

David jacobs|he/him

Race:Diego Higgins|he/him

Crutchie: casey morris|he/him

Spot: Riley Conlon|any pronouns

Specs:linus willamsburg|he/they

Romeo:cosmo howard|he/him

Buttons: Benji davenport|he/him

Sniper(queens):Nikola Alekseev|he/him

Sniper(Brooklyn): Elaine wah|she/her

Smalls(bronx): Enya Gallagher|she/he

Les:Leshem jacobs|he/him

(This is inspired by someone else here on tumbler I can't remember them for the life of me)

Kathrine pulitzer|she/her

Sarah: Sarahya jacobs|she/her

Jojo:Josephino Jorgelino de la guerra|they/he

Mike(Manhattan): mike sawyer|he/him

Mike: Miguel Cardoso

Ike: Isaque cardoso

(I believe the idea for Mike and ike's first names are from sparkedblaze on here but I'm not 100% sure)

Myron windsor|he/him

Elmer Ostrowski|he/him

Albert DaSilva|he/him

Henry day|he/him

Finch: patrick cortes|he/him

Tommy boy: carter Simeon|he/him

Kenny: Kenneth Phillips|he/him

Hotshot: Issac jones|he/him

Kid blink: Kesten Bennett|he/they

Mush: Gabriel Myers|he/him

Skittery: dakota riggs |he/him

Boots: Avery clive|he/him

Bumlets: noah lopez|he/him

Snipeshooter: Bernard Melvin|he/him

Dutchy: Ruben brouweer|he/him

Itey: Nicos franco|he/him

(OK the delanceys are next and so I headcanon them using "fake" names so I'm gonna include there legal names and there "fake" names)

(He/him)Oscar-

Legal name: Oskar Antosha Ehrlich

"Fake":Oscar Guillaume delancey

(He/him)morris-

Legal name:Maurice Pascal Ehrlich

"Fake":morris beau delancey

Barney peanuts: Emerson Truman|they/them

Snitch: Allen Sommers|he/him

Tumbler: Sanjay robbins|he/him

Pie eater: vernon Kingsley|he/him

York: Virgil smith|he/him

Joey: joesph Hudson|he/him

rafaela Haddad|she/her

Hildy: Hilda Swanson|she/her

Stray:Cheyenne willamsburg|she/her

Lucky: Della Patterson|she/her

Splasher(Brooklyn): William Steele|he/him

Splint: Cassidy Harrison|she/her

Scope: Juliet Tudor |she/her

Ritz: Lydia Harrison|she/her

Pips: sawyer Andrew|she/her

Knobs: Johannes Theodore Andersson|he/him

Mack: jeanie Macdonald|they/she

(Oh my God that took so long I'm going to explode, I know some of my names are really weird but my irl name is odd aswell,I don't know I'm tired)

[blogparanormalexpresso2stuff]

Welcome to the Ghosts of The River Thames (Please note some images are for illustration only)

This video focuses on some the hauntings along the River Thames, from close to its source at Lechlade through to the village of Clifton Hampden in Oxfordshire.

Who haunts the Halfpenny Bridge at Lechlade? Who is the ghostly captain of St John’s Lock, and why are there so many ghostly stories connected with this world famous waterway? We’ll look at William Morris’s country retreat as well as a haunted Abbey, a pub and a former school building.

In today’s Post Script, we’ll talk about a haunted property in Oxfordshire that’s owned by a famous person and have a look at some very different vintage postcards. I think this might become a series of videos as I originally wanted this video to finish in Windsor, but there were so many stories, it was impossible to put them all into one video. The next leg of the journey might be Abingdon to Richmond.

I hope you enjoy the video and my apologies that it took so long to load up!

Some of the stories focus on historic events and I hope you feel that my video covers the sad side of history in a respectful and honest way, without the need for sensationalising the past.

As always, I hope you enjoy these tales from the River Thames. Feel free to leave a comment. Thank you so much for your kind words and comments. They mean so much to me.

Please feel free to Like and Subscribe to the channel.

Your support is always appreciated. Feel free to buy me a cup of tea using the Ko-fi link below. Your generosity helps to keep the channel producing new content and encourages the channel to expand.

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Thank you all

Nicola

[somediyprojects]

Queen of Hearts stitched and designed by Julia Line of Long Dog Samplers.

MERRIE ENGLAND a comic opera by Edward German. ACT I. SCENE. The Bank of the Thames opposite Windsor. The May Queen comes, let her path be spread With roses white and with roses red, The flowers of Merrie England ! Of what shall be the crown For the Queen o' May ? Of roses white and of roses red Shall a crown be made for the May Queen's head The flowers of Merrie England ! And who shall guard the crown Of the Queen o' May ? Two men of Windsor born and bred Who wear her badges of white and red, The flowers of Merrie England. 

(The MAY QUEEN has entered, attended, and takes her place on the throne.} Can you spot who the May Queen is?  Yes, it's me, Jools, way back in 1953 at Winterbourne Road Infants School, Thornton Heath with Stinky Stevens as King and Robert Walker as Robin Hood who were my two guards.  Heady times and a month later Queen Elizabeth II in a copycat ceremony was crowned at Westminster Abbey.  I was a trend setter even then and Quill was a fledgling raven at the Tower of London.

Enough of this Memory Lane stuff there's lots to do.  The Great Colin is about to erect his Maypole for us all to get tied up in, Quill and the Morris Dancers are drunk already and I'm going to wash my face in dew in the vague hope of being bestowed with beauty and good health.  It never works but it's always worth a punt.

The little sampler is Queen of Hearts in case you were wondering, it seemed appropriate.  Have a fabulous day whatever you're up to.  Let's hope it stays fine.