Clive Mitchell

@clivemitchell1.bsky.social

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Out of hours: masters swimmer, pond tenderer, step-grandad, and words. Occasionally, planes. In hours: freelance charity governance & operations. https://www.cranfieldtrust.org/ volunteer. Facilitator. Staffordshire, UK.

No, Google, there are NOT 5 ps in Pennsylvania
The ruin of the great East Window is all that remains of Walsingham Abbey, Norfolk
A picture of god, who lives in Belgium
A Booths bag, "Morecambe and Pies"
Carvin' up the world
A bucolic riverside
The Board of Pieces
Letter from George VI to my grandparents, welcoming them home from captivity at the end of WWII. "The Queen and I bid you a very warm welcome home. Through all the great trials and sufferings which you have undergone at the hands of the Japanese, you and your comrades have been constantly in our thoughts. We know from the accounts we have already received how heavy those sufferings have been. We know also that these have been endured by you with the highest courage. We mourn with you the deaths of so many of your gallant comrades. With all our hearts, we hope that your return from captivity will bring you and your families a full measure of happiness, which you may long enjoy together. George R. September 1945"
Pic credit: Peter Bielik
One version of Turner's Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons
A knitted Santa Mouse in his sleigh, being pulled by a red-nosed mouse, atop my local post box.
A knitted winter scene — igloo, and penguins fishing — atop our local post box
Photo of a post box with knitted, halloween decorations: pumpkins and witches.
A photo of Salisbury cathedral, with its spectacular spire, taken from the Salisbury Museum cafe
Me, looking uncertain, crossing the Miners' Bridge over the River Llugwy, Betws-y-Coed.
Photo of the holiday cottage at St Oswald's Farm, Northumberland.
Sudhir Hazareesingh's biography of Toussaint Louverture.
Photo of Thistlefoot, a book by GennaRose Nethercott.
The BBC weather app having a right one
Yuri Gagarin, who flew the Vostok 1 space mission in 1961. There weren't no Internet back then, just public phones where you pushed button A when Yuri answered the blower.