Trish Gray (@crackinggems) 's Twitter Profile
Trish Gray

@crackinggems

I blog about money matters, bashing metal, living simply, early retirement and all the time it now gives me to travel.

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Emma Mitchell 💙 (@silverpebble) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tmrw evening at 8pm I'll be opening my Etsy shop for a limited number (30ish) of my Victorian ink bottle tiny posy kits. They're designed to alleviate anxiety & lift mood while you create something small & beautiful. They contain a burst lip handmade Victorian ink bottle (from

Tmrw evening at 8pm I'll be opening my Etsy shop for a limited number (30ish) of my Victorian ink bottle tiny posy kits. They're designed to alleviate anxiety & lift mood while you create something small & beautiful. 
They contain a burst lip handmade Victorian ink bottle (from
Adam Brooks AKA EssexPR 🇬🇧 (@essexpr) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ladies and girls, save 61016 on your phone 📱 and text it if you’re being harassed on the tube, there now so many dirty, aggressive scumbags on there now, please pass this on to a loved one or female friend. RT.

Martin Lewis (@martinslewis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How to call your bank by dialling just 3 numbers… simply dial 1-5-9! Then you know it's legit, watch the video for more info. Please share, the more people know, the fewer will be scammed.

June Slater (@juneslater17) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Imagine being 12 or 13 and your parents lack the skill set to instil values and behaviours. Money is tight and bills don't get paid, there's seldom any real food in the house. It's cold and miserable. School is so overcrowded you don't get the attention you need .. Life outside

Trish Gray (@crackinggems) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I reposted this without making one point clear. I object to any grooming individual/gang, regardless of their faith, colour, nationality, any/all of the above, or indeed none! Our young people need to be protected and supported. Their reality sometimes is beyond our understanding

Annemarie Ward 💜 (@annemarieward) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎓 NEW: Scotland’s Great Educational Lie What’s the real price of “free” university? Answer: capped places, crushed merit, and an entire generation quietly sacrificed on the altar of political dogma. From postcode privilege to vanishing subject choices, this is not social

🎓 NEW: Scotland’s Great Educational Lie
What’s the real price of “free” university?
Answer: capped places, crushed merit, and an entire generation quietly sacrificed on the altar of political dogma.
From postcode privilege to vanishing subject choices, this is not social
Trish Gray (@crackinggems) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Going back to the 1977 me. Off to Norway for a friend’s wedding. £50 cash, logged in my passport (=2 wks wages, civil servant, clerical stage 2!) Fortunately staying with family. Cos 1 bottle of coke & some potato crisps =£5. We couldn’t afford a beer!

Trish Gray (@crackinggems) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Many years ago in a rare hot summer (July 1972). I was doing rescue boat for Portrush Yacht Club. My brother was sailing/racing. Despite covering shoulders & wearing hats, we both got sunstroke! Long before Global Warming??Just a few days of glorious weather which we enjoyed 🤣

The Bee Guy (@the_beeguy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Okay folks it’s hot out there so we need to talk about #bees and #water. Please #retweet. Thanks! BEES NEED WATER! BEES GET STUCK IN AND DIE IN WATER! Here’s what you need to know! Given that they can collect water, their nectar based diet and their ability to generate… 1/11

Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is an incredibly important read. Last month *80%* of government borrowing was spent on paying off the interest on previous government borrowing. While our media and politicians keep demanding more spending and taxes, the reality is we are headed towards bankruptcy.

Trish Gray (@crackinggems) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is an excellent article. Also extremely concerning. The final part, where our national debt is added to APF, PFI costs etc and the much under-discussed cost of public sector pensions, coming to ~165% of GBP is mind-boggling. Major changes needed, now!

Trish Gray (@crackinggems) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Do you remember when the house phone rang in the hall, at the bottom of the stairs, and you dived for it, hoping that it was for you, not your sibling. Then it was for your Dad…

Annunziata Rees-Mogg (@zatzi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I would happily buy wonky strawberries. Repost if you would rather have choice of buying over- and undersized strawberries rather than see them go to compost.👇 Sainsbury's Tesco Aldi Stores UK @LidlGB Co-op Asda M&S

Lord Ashcroft (@lordashcroft) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For every retweet of this post, I will donate £1 to the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association up to £50,000. Time is running out following Imperial War Museums’s decision to close the Lord Ashcroft Gallery. Visit while you still can, to honour the bravery of those who risked so much to protect our great nation.

For every retweet of this post, I will donate £1 to the <a href="/VC_and_GC_Assoc/">Victoria Cross and George Cross Association</a> up to £50,000.
Time is running out following <a href="/I_W_M/">Imperial War Museums</a>’s decision to close the Lord Ashcroft Gallery.
Visit while you still can, to honour the bravery of those who risked so much to protect our great nation.
Martin Lewis (@martinslewis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Expect your mobile to go off 3pm Sunday! Be prepared for a test of the Govt's emergency alert system. Full info... moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/09/e… LIVING WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE? If you've a hidden mobile, the link above has details of how to opt out of the alert. Pls share