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hobohobgoblim · 2 years

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#boris johnson #end of Britain #empire down #englands sinking #uk politics #free ireland #free wales #free scotland

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probablyasocialecologist · 2 years

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Writing on the outside said: "Protected by GPS." Alongside sharing the images, the Twitter user said: "If you think Lurpak is bad - the local Aldi and Coop have started security tagging food. There was a GPS-protected tag on a pack of lamb chops as well..."

Furthermore, Tesco has fitted security tags to tubs of baby milk while Sainsbury’s recently tagged tubs of Aptamil baby, toddler and follow-on milks to tackle shoplifting, reports Retail Gazette. Fellow Big Four grocer Morrisons has placed security tags on £8.50 children’s multi-vitamins, it is claimed.

oh fuck me this is fucking dire

#uk politics #electronic security tags on cheese and baby milk and tablets #let England join Doggerland and sink into the fucking sea

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ladyinfierno-art · 1 year

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"He's a pirate, I don't want to associate with him."

#aph prussia #aph england #pruk #prueng #hetalia #hws prussia #hws england #junestuff #i saw a movie about pirates and just wanted to see them again #Arthur's all 'how interesting could he be? he just drinks and steals and sinks ships'#but just like when you name a stray it stick with you forever #the moment he discovers gilbert has a personality he's lost #pirate au #<- i'll try to organise the tags for the aus

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pfhwrittes · 3 months

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I saw a poll on @gemmahale ‘s blog asking about how common garbage disposals are (or something similar, my brain is a beautiful sieve and I’ve already forgotten) but it got me thinking.

In the UK, I don’t think under sink garbage disposals are a thing? I could be wrong but as someone who has lived in several different houses (and has had my head under a countless number of kitchen sinks), I’ve only ever seen one. It was broken as to boot, so never used.

So that’s something for non-UK fic writers to be aware of I guess.

#pfh talks about england #i’ve lived in 10 places i think?#maybe 12 if we consider a prolonged stay on two of my friend’s sofas/in the spare room #i cannot count the number of sinks i’ve looked at but that’s what you get as the child of a plumber

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georgefairbrother · 9 months

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This is the second in our occasional series featuring luminaries of stage and screen with a strong personal or professional connection with Northeast England, inspired by @robbielewis. This time, Edward Wilson (1947-2008).

Edward Wilson was born into a South Shields mining family in 1947. He performed with the National Youth Theatre and aged 19, formed his own company, the South Shields Youth Theatre, staging their plays at the local Pier Pavilion.

According to his obituary in The Guardian;

"…The local press raved, while stern-faced local Labour mandarins wondered if the radical ideas on their stage were too dangerous. "Kitchen sink drama" had arrived, and so had Ed Wilson…"

He attended Manchester University, and continued acting and directing at the NYT, for which he was artistic director from 1987 to 2003 (or 2004, depending on the source). He also demonstrated a talent for business and administration, successfully negotiating major corporate sponsorships and Lottery funding to ensure the NYT’s ongoing viability.

On television, he had a major role in 35 episodes of the 1970s working-class family saga, When the Boat Comes In, as Billy Seaton, a radically minded, newly qualified doctor working in impoverished pre-NHS Tyneside communities. Billy Seaton's complicated and often combative relationship with Seaton family friend, capitalist chancer Jack Ford (James Bolam), was an ongoing theme that brought out some intense and compelling performances from both actors.

Edward Wilson was one of the few original cast members to return for the final, fourth series in 1981, where the action largely shifted away from Tyneside, and explored left-wing politics surrounding the Spanish Civil War.

Other television appearances included the historical dramatised documentary series, Fall of Eagles, as Russian revolutionary Julius Martov (with Patrick Stewart as Lenin and Michael Kitchen as Trotsky), and a regular role in the 1980s police drama, Rockliffe’s Babies.

In 2004, he went to work in the US as the director of the Los Angeles Young Actors Company, was diagnosed with cancer in 2007, and passed away in 2008, aged 60.

By all accounts he was extremely well loved and respected by the actors he had discovered, mentored and directed during his time at the NYT, including Daniel Craig, who provided ongoing financial and practical assistance during his final illness.

The Independent:

"…Ed Wilson did not merely select the members of the NYT during his time there – he championed each and every one, and retained an interest in them long after they had left the company. A noted wit, he was as clever as he was stylish, and he had an undoubted genius for friendship. When tragedy or bereavement struck, he was magnificent, and he would move mountains to help a friend in need..."

See also, John Nightingale, fellow alumni of the National Youth Theatre;

Sources: the Independent, The Guardian, IMDb

#social history #working class history #kitchen sink movement #social justice #northeast england #british actors #british theatre #edward wilson #national youth theatre #tyneside

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stairnaheireann · 13 days

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#OTD in 1912 – The Titanic sank on her maiden voyage with the loss of 1,513 souls, many of them Irish; 732 would survive.

Just before midnight on 14 April, the RMS Titanic failed to divert its course from an iceberg and ruptured at least five of its hull compartments. These compartments filled with water and pulled down the bow of the ship. Because the Titanic’s compartments were not capped at the top, water from the ruptured compartments filled each succeeding compartment, causing the bow to sink and the stern to…

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#Belfast #Carpathia #Ellis Island #England #France #Harland and Wolff #Ireland #Irish Passengers #RMS Titanic #Sinks #U.S.

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simptasia · 3 months

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charlie pace isn't just a pom. he's from the saddest breeds of poms

#actually yorkshire might be sadder in the sense that the accent sounds way sadder #people from yorkshire sound like they're sinking slowly into concrete and they're just accepting it #manc has more bite to it. but nonetheless. the suffering #no im not fetishizing the north of england what are you talking about [coughs]

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maranello · 11 months

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if you want to make F1 an exclusively British sport you should just say so instead of acting all like you’re a global sport when really the only thing global about what you do is the money you’re willing to take. in THAT regard I can truly see how international Formula 1 is willing to be

#sink england.#i am literally sick of their existence.#society has progressed beyond the need for self-important ex-imperialist fuckers who still think they should be the arbiters of sports #and culture #and news #like why SHOULD F1’s official broadcast essentially be British and we should just accept it as a ‘neutral’ natrative #why should I even give a rat’s ass about whoever sits on their iron throne or whatever

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justasightseer · 1 year

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Back again with my bestest boy(s). This one is dedicated in part, to Alfred×Uhtred, the most iconic and influential relationship in the show. I personally don't ship them romantically, but their dynamic is so electric that I can see why many do.

To The King and his Lionheart, to Head and Heart, to Brains and Brawns 🍻

Also, isn't it absolutely INSANE that this is the first time they touch hands??? These men have known and cared for each other for TWO DECADES and this is the very first time???? That they hold hands?? And it's only for a few seconds???? I mean, I'm not the touchy-feely type myself but male culture is actually ridiculous 😭

#the last kingdom #tlk #seven kings must die #seven kings must die countdown #day 13 #alfred #uhtred #king alfred #alfred of wessex #tlk alfred #David Dawson #alexander dreymon #My sweet Alfred. I just want to shake him and scream into his face that his time is not and could never be a waste.#that England does emerge #and when it sinks into his big beautiful brain #give him a hug and a kiss #and vanish into thin air #leaving him to go to sleep every night wondering about the strange woman #I'm obviously very normal about him lol

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pavanwalvekar · 10 months

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what we see depends mainly on what we look for!

~ Egham, London

#iphonography #aesthetic #london #england #united kingdom #nature #buildings #sunset #lights #peaceful #window view #sink taps #vintage interior #vibtagestyle #pipe fittings #red brick #picoftheday #picture #tumblrpost

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mars-ipan · 10 months

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UGUUGUUGGGHGHGHGH (<- annoyed)

#marzi speaks #so i lost my id in england and i'm probs not getting it back from there right #so i went to go online to apply for a replacement #WELL . online replacement requires you to know the id number and audit number #i know neither of these. it was a pretty new id #so NOW i have to fill out the application and make an appmt #so when i go to the dmv (already a miserable experience) the employee is gonna ask what i need #and i'm gonna have to go 'i'd like to apply for a replacement id card'#this tells them 2 things #1: i'm an adult who can't legally drive #2: i managed to lose an id card not 6 months into being an adult #UUUGHGHGHGHGGHGHGHGHGHGH #i KNOW they don't give too much of a shit #but the dmv is so miserable that nobody there is having a good time #and there is a non-zero chance they will judge me #girl it was covid! i had nowhere to drive!#and if my mom comes with me (she probably will bc i need to be driven there)#then she'll do her mom thing where she thinks what she's saying is innocent but it actually comes across as mega judgemental #and i'm gonna want to sink into the seat but i can't do that bc i'm an Adult Now #*head in hands*#i blame all of this on woman pockets. if those pants had better pockets my id would have never fallen #y'know at least it was in england. a brit won't be able to do much with a stolen texas id #we have pretty different accents

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chickpeatalia · 2 years

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the way this fandom is gonna be absolutely insufferable about this whole the queen is dead thing........

#anyone making sincere fanart with arthur mourning her..pls we are already at the bottom of the food chain you cant want to sink any further #hws england

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spatterdots · 10 months

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Okay, so, the other day we had this plumber guy come in and do the necessary tune ups in my Grandpa’s apartment so we can put it on the market.

All we needed was for him to install a new faucet for the bathroom sink. My mother and I are sorting through clothes in the adjacent room when he goes in to start work on the sink.

THIS guy starts moaning and groaning like he’s in debilitating agony, and we’re like, “Are you good?” And he goes, “Oh yeah it’s fine, plumbers just make noises like that” and he continues on with the groaning all the way up until he’s finished.

I have been thinking about this ever since, and I will admit I googled “plumbers moaning normal” with little to no result. What the fuck? Why was he making those noises, who taught him plumbing and to scream like he got his leg cut off when he’s installing a new faucet?

#dots plots #I really have no idea what was up with that dude #he also smoked like 3 cigarettes outside the apartment before he even would touch the sink #a real new englander if I ever saw one

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nomorerww · 1 year

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