LNER’s streamlined Beavertail is back! RVP, the historic rail vehicle preservation group, has (over 13 yrs!) restored long-lost Gresley “Coronation” observation car 1729 from a wreck to its original 1937 order. More images beavertail.org.uk. Take a bow, Andrew Daniel &c:

Did you know Yorks first telephone Exchange was above a chemist shop in parliament street and was built in 1886 by the National Telephone Company? BBC York York Castle Museum @Ex_Heritage Heritage Foundation Archive Hour ACHS IPUP YORK Make It York Helen Graham

The mechanism of an ancient Egyptian lock is a thing to behold!

Views of York 👀 This is ‘Children Swimming under the Old Ouse Bridge, York' by John Varley, 1805 - perfect for today!☀️ Having visited York in 1803, Varley sketched the city’s most picturesque sites! Here he presents a close-up view through the bridge’s famous pointed arch.

York Walls (England) York Walls image and reconstruction suggestion. Darcy the friendly pig from Dirleton is in the foreground. Have used her in several reconstructions.#YorkTownWalls #EnglishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

London's long-forgotten pneumatic postal tube network! It ran from House of Commons to the Tower, via the City & GPO and grew to 40 route miles by 1909 - all about 60cm below the street. Many other cities had them too... #PostalWorkersDay douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/COMMS/p…

Yearly Bridge hospital was constructed 1879 to 1881and at the time was known as York City Fever Hospital. It was extended in 1932 and an annex known as 'The Bungalow" for use as a Smallpox Hospital.BBC York @Ex_Heritage York Civic Trust Virtual Heritage youtu.be/qGzbDK1mmOM

Byland Abbey, Whitby Abbey and Tynemouth Abbey (reconstructions) #EnglishChurches #HistoryRebuilt

Fun Fact: Tirpitz was painted to look like a building. During her fitting out, the German dreadnought was painted to resemble the dockyard buildings around her in an attempt to better hide the dreadnought from British aircraft. #FunFactFriday #History #FridayFeeling #fashion

Chapter House, Minster - roof structure. (The oldest beam is c950AD and the heaviest weighs 2 tonnes). It's a gigantic jigsaw puzzle

A N N E B O L E Y N • • My favourite find from today’s rummaging through manuscripts British Library that turn out to be not so beneficial to my research… T H I S! • • A sketch depicting Anne Boleyn and the seating plan at her coronation banquet.

Aysgarth Falls in North Yorkshire runs dry. A natural casualty of the current heatwave sees this famous waterfall without water #heatwave ITV News Tyne Tees Ross Hutchinson

In this experiment Dr Rob Thompson of Reading Meteorology shows just how long it takes water to soak into parched ground, illustrating why heavy rainfall after a #drought can be dangerous and might lead to flashfloods. Dr Rob Thompson Water @ Reading

York walls @BeaufortCompnye image & reconstruction of archer hatches possibly used as a cheaper defence alternative to overhanging wooden hoarding. Uses less wood & Archers were a valued defence commodity. Unlike in Hollywood films when they keep dying leapting off battlements!

This is a very popular view of York, but this photo from the 1960s shows something that’s no longer there. See the two air vents? They were for the wartime air raid shelter and command centre for the staff of the old train station.

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Have you ever wondered if there's any significance in the design of a Custard Cream biscuit? A biscuity thread...

#OnThisDay 1976: A Wycombe footpath with the right of public access allowed locals to traipse through Mr and Mrs Hall’s flowerbed, through gaps knocked through their garden wall, and into the lounge of Mr and Mrs Dunn. Inevitably, it became a council matter.

Why did past societies build so much "useless" beauty everywhere — and why did we stop? It might be a measure of a culture's health... (thread) 🧵

A wonderful description of the limestone landscape which we’re restoring with Natural England, and already seeing some incredible results #WildIngleborough