Medieval "dug-out" chest (?C13th). A single block of oak, bound with iron straps and studded with nails. St Peter and St Paul, Rock #Worcestershire #Woodensday

A very happy summer solstice to you all from Stone Club ✨🌳🪨💫

New @brisradhis book review: Sean Hosey reviews Simon Hannah’s Radical Lambeth 1978-1991: tinyurl.com/38ft6fky

Built in 1890, this building on Phoenix Wharf was once a fire boat station. A crew of firemen were based here & would put out fires on Bristol docks using fire-float vessels, including the Pyronaught (now moored by M Shed) The building is now an occasional art space and gallery.

A road in Pompeii, built before AD 79, the small white stones reflected moonlight, making it easier to see at night.

Gorillas asking to see visitor’s babies and showing off their own. ❤

The Spanish galleon Andalucia is making her way into Bristol

A disabled man was arrested today at an anti-genocide rally in Shenstone, Staffordshire, for wearing a tee-shirt

My favorite Crooked House, the oldest teahouse in Windsor, Berkshire, England, 1690

The Granary on Welsh Back is among the best preserved buildings in the Bristol Byzantine style - an architectural movement which incorporated Moorish and Byzantine styles with Gloucestershire stone. It was hugely popular in the city from 1850-1880 before falling out of fashion.

The 16th century door of the village pump house at Walsingham in Norfolk. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Walsingham #Norfolk

Doorway - lady Chapel Lichfield cathedral

Stepcote Hill is one of the oldest surviving parts of Exeter. The street was used as the main route into Exeter from the river since Roman times, and has been repaired frequently through the centuries. The street's surface gained Grade II listed status in 1974.

Prof Alice Roberts💙 You may need to upgrade your bathroom to look like this. Do you have a hypocaust?

This dog with his ball has been a good boy for seven centuries. Worcester cathedral

Pitch and Pay Lane is so called as during the bubonic plague this was the city’s boundary. When Bristol was quarantined, tradespeople from the country would operate here by passing food and goods to Bristolians over a stile which was once located here in exchange for money.

Mid-13th century door from the undercroft at Wells Cathedral in Somerset. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #WellsCathedral

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ A reminder of real patriotism.

Special Collections Sunday: Fugitives in the Archive Bristol Central Library Sun 12 Oct 2pm Free, no need to book Introducing an exhibition that showcases 13 adverts for runaway enslaved people from 18th century Bristol newspapers. Includes a short film. bristol.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=235570

New talk - Outcasts of Medicine: Epilepsy, Poverty, and the Workhouse System. 22nd November Bristol. heritagefound.com/2025/10/05/new… via @heritagefound