Jen Hillyard

@mininglibrarian.bsky.social

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Library & Archives Manager at The Common Room in Newcastle and Business Development Manager for NAG. Ex Carnegie-Greenaway judge. Mobility issues thanks to MCTD - I’m the one with the purple crutches... Disabled 🏳️‍🌈 parent.

Screenshot saying end date 23 July, expired 23 July
Temp meter showing 21.6 and 78rh
A screenshot of met office reading 18c
Baby seagull in garden
Washing line with white squares pegged up against a very blue sky
A tabby cat laid on lap with legs sticking out up into hammock in garden
Empty square space next to bathroom
Rail tracks in Derby station with pigeon tucked onto a bar next to them
Part of keyboard showing leatherette coming off, keys with no labels and others sliding off sideways.
Walking dragline against a very blue sky
Picture of hearing aid
A pudding shelved on ambient “cake” shelf in Sainsbury’s Etherstone avenue heaton
Room under renovation with yellow weird paint and piles of ladders and scaffolding
Image showing other side of room with wall demolition in progress
Pre refurb kitchen with only oven as appliances
A handwritten table of names in four columns in old handwriting. Our reference is Wat-3-54-42.
The wood hall full of people seated in back view with the stained glass and stage at the far end.
Mar 24th Coalfields of song and verse. Johnny Handle book launch + musical performance. Free doors 1pm over image of Johnny as a young man with miner's cap and electric head lamp
Picture of the packet of Morrisons Spanish style potato tortilla stolen from internet as I forgot to take a picture!
Lunchbox with ham on top of potatoes and veg thickly drizzled with balsamic glaze dressing.
Ham tomatoes potato waffles and fried eggs.
Cover of Heads you Lose by Christianna Brand
Four coloured booklets titled The … Coalfield” with lovely fonts
Tiny yellow plastic duck on historic staircase
Small girl hugging brown cuddly bear about about 5 feet tall in the street outside a shop in York
Panel titled first drawing of a train by a child from 1825 (Stockton and Darlington railway)
The North Shed open stores at National Railway Museum York
Email beginning Hi Jennifer your Facebook account has been permanently disabled…”
Title page with box reading “before you read anything in this book please turn at once to page 148”
Screen shot of “you have already completed this survey”
A scratched hand on top of a Christmassy dress
Three books fanned out on desk
Email Santa on the roof which includes “you will receive your unique access email at 10am on 8th October”
Jennie smiling at camera with oversize books in background on posh wooden shelves to ceiling
Lumo train. One door labelled for Newcastle stow your cases on the luggage rack in this carriage, the other labelled for London/Edinburgh stow your cases in this carriage.
A tabby cat on a pink harness and lead lies in a flowerpot in the sunshine
Jen (a librarian) in front of a sign saying “library” - not the one she works at. This one is at Ushaw College
Selfie in front of wall of ladybird books
Hunt a duck 27th August
Child on bouncy castle
Photo of the large screen in lecture theatre with captions. The first line is cut in half by the video feed
Woman crouching on grass with flattened tent with toddler in rainbow connecta sling on back asleep
Small blonde child sits in theatre style seats with screen in background reading Wildlife Jamboree
Selfie of a white middle aged Woman in ffp3 mask and large glasses on a train
Retro 80s styled image with “40 years of NAG” headline and 15th May, Leeds Marriott hotel
Jennie in her purple wheelchair in front of a museum in a photo taken by her 5 year old daughter…
Screenshot of PayPal saying “things don’t appear to be working at the moment please try again later”
A row of boxes down a long oak table with a light box on a trolley and an open laptop with a spreadsheet propped on top
Small dog made out of snow on top of a garden wall next to silver car
Tabby cat curled asleep in a ball on a red starry duvet
Cover of “And So This is Christmas” by Brian on my knee with book socks showing on my feet
An inhaler next to a clicker intended for counting people into venues
Tabby cat sat in gap between monitor and keyboard on top of notebook
Jen smiling with exhibition pane reading Worlds first railway talking about Hetton in 1822
Exhibition panel entitled Tom Lamb
Cover showing a drilling rig with a candle flame at the top going down through layers of earth. All monochrome except bright orange flame
Tabby cat looks at camera face on sat on purple duvet
A blue glass covered in pale brown residue held over an open dishwasher
Snap of hob with quesadilla in pan with lid
Selection of lift the flap books such as Dear Zoo, Spot, Oh Dear and Noisy Farm