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On this day 128 years ago: the Glasgow Subway opened 🟠 Keeping it simple since 1896 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Find us on Facebook. Search New Chalet Club or visit ww2.newchaletclub.co.uk to find out more about us. This year we turn 30! #elinormbrentdyer #chaletschool

Like a bright yellow beacon in the dark winter, the second book in the Betty Steady series comes out next week! I hope you like it. I’m very proud of this book, partly because I wrote it while my little girl was a tiny newborn in my arms.

Terribly sad news about Tony Slattery, he was so brilliantly talented. I was lucky enough to briefly meet him once too, and he was also incredibly kind and charming.

Went back to Substack after a long break! You can read it all here! …derterriersandbreakdowns.substack.com/p/puppies-vs-t…

I wrote ANOTHER new post on Substack…get me! …derterriersandbreakdowns.substack.com/p/its-not-like…

It turns out that pets also have their own "last wishes" before they pass away, something only veterinarians who euthanize old or sick animals are aware of. A Twitter user, Jesse Dietrich, once asked a vet what the most challenging part of their job was. The vet responded without

G'day and Happy #WorldBookDay to all those other parents who no longer have kids in Primary School

"Mothers & babies welcome" That's what the sign says. Today is #InternationalWomensDay2025 . I begin it #grateful for Mary Lily Walker and all she did to make life better for the women of industrialised Dundee. This is her Nursing Mothers Restaurant.

I did not even know this superhuman feat was possible!

It’s amazing how controversial this idea is…. Just bloody leave it as it is…. #savelochlomond

Sooo many questions unanswered… Not forgetting the development is meant to cost £40 million 🥴 aye right… what are they planning to build!!!! Certainly not what their proposed application states…

IYKYK

An excellent idea!

me as a kid: wow I can't wait until we have robots and computers for everything me now: if this toaster makes me download an app I am slipping out into the night to start a new life as a mysterious figure occasionally glimpsed in the fog

OMG. Proud to be a #PlayschoolBaby x

More serious: When my violent ex smashed my laptop, stole my money & would stop me finding work, the library was all I had. They helped me write a CV, find a job, a CAREER and leave that twat. Libraries aren’t just books, they’re escape, freedom, whole new worlds. #LiteracyDay