Christine Swan
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Londoner in the Shire. Computer science and education. Tweets are personal views and not those of my employers. @[email protected] also_Bluesky
Worcester, UK
Joined February 2009
For this week's blog post I journey back through four hundred years and eleven generations.
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by Christine Swan I have decided to journey back about four hundred years in this week’s post. After an exciting few days in Leiden, Netherlands, I wanted to share with you my amazing journey throu…
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This is the first week that I am not posting my blog post on here but link still in bio. Currently winding down my presence. Please follow on Instagram, Bluesky, Threads or Mastodon. Messages/replies on here will not be read promptly.
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The return of the book worms - they're everywhere and they're multiplying
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by Christine Swan I have commuted for a number of years and during these, USB charging points have become commonplace on the trains on my route. Some commuters travel glued to their phones and trav…
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New blog post about my great great grandfather William Aylott
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by Christine Swan My great, great grandfather William Aylott, was born in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire in 1825, the son of a lawyer, Thomas. In about 1830, the family moved to Stratford in East London …
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New blog post featuring my trip to London last weekend for the Open House Festival. So much to see, I could only fit in Saturday's visits in this post. More next week.
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by Christine Swan Just in case you were unaware, last weekend, this week and coming weekend, are a celebration of the built environment in London, organised by Open City. All relevant links are bel…
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@chris_swan @svrofficialsite A walk to Arley Arboretum cafe https://t.co/xYcr3odtkV is often done by some visitors too.
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This is the north side of Brownlow St,where my 2x great grandmother,Mary Flood lived. The extension of Oxford St/ High Holborn dissected the infamous St Giles rookery. Mary was born in the equally infamous Liberty of the Mint,Southwark.Her story is here- https://t.co/aNyYtAAyxz
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Since when did "limited availability" mean sold out? Please be clear if there are, or there are no tickets available. Sold out is the term in every respect! @TicketmasterUK
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Can you think like a spy? 💭🔍 We've designed a series of fiendish brainteasers for a puzzling special of the Financial Times Weekend Magazine! Give them a go! ⬇️ https://t.co/j4HzHDk7qk
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Try your hand at a themed quiz created for the FT by the UK intelligence and security organisation
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Ask me for my DOB one more time X, I dare you. I double dare you 😡
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A bit late posting this but here are my musings on the perfect capsule wardrobe - there isn't one!
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by Christine Swan I will that I love buying clothes so it was with a degree of scepticism that I read a newspaper article recently about yet another perfect capsule wardrobe consisting of twenty ba…
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At least I did get tickets to see #CableStreet again at the @swkplay #Elephant so I do have at least one good "gig" on the horizon.
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If you would like to be the first to hear of future performances of this show from 10 to 4 Productions, please fill in the form below.For additional content and songs from this new musical, you can...
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I think I'm further back in the queue than the entire population of the UK #Ticketmaster #OasisTickets
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This week's blog post featuring William Henry Apthorp - coach smith and wheelwright of Bloomsbury and Long Acre
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By Christine Swan William Henry Apthorp was born in 1803 in Bloomsbury, London and was my great, great grandfather. His father, Henry Welch Apthorpe had made the move from St Ives, Cambridgeshire, …
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