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@efrogwraig

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Cymraes living ar wasgar in Sheffield. Library volunteer - Books change lives. Mum, granny, widow, Labour, Anglican, cake eater. Archers.

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Sioned-Mair Richards
3 years
Actor Tom Baker tells of being verbally assaulted in Soho by a woman who kept saying "l shall never forgive you". Tom eventually asked for what & was told "For abolishing grammar schools.. you are Shirley Williams aren't you...?".
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3 years
Thinking of the hours on winter touchlines which their parents did for their small boys. And now....
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@IanBeesleyphoto Such a horrible treatment of young women who were called "moral defectives'. May we never return there.
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4 years
My lovely husband.
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Former Sheffield councillor Howard Knight, a champion for democracy worldwide, has passed away. Thoughts are with his wife @efrogwraig and his family
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5 years
@IvankaTrump How many due to Nepotism??
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4 months
Do l want 2p off National Insurance or would l like to be able to see a GP or access a dentist? Tricky...
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6 years
@EvanSavells @devinslorah @BlueBourbonKY @greenfield64 Strangely, 17 students killed made me very emotional. l suspect their families are too. Whereas you get emotional & flounce because you think a gun got misnamed. Hmmm.
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@JackKingston Yes. Young people who have survived a massacre of their friends & want to put their grief & anger into something constructive. They don't want others to go through this. Don't mock. Be kind.
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5 years
@joelycett @Baddiel @RogerGodsiff Or maybe he could spend time with kids whose parents are gay and, weirdly, just seem to have mums & mums & dads & dads who just wash clothes, pack lunch boxes, make them clean their teeth &...
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6 years
@Daaemo @SkyNewsBreak No they stoped the harrassment if women. Prayers are as effective from 100 yards away.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
5 years
This is like something out of a @DickKingSmith story!
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5 years
A mouse has been captured tidying up bits and bobs in a pensioner's shed. Stephen McKears from Gloucestershire says he couldn't understand how small metal items were returning to their box every night. So he set up a special night-time camera to find out 🐭 📹
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4 years
Her name was Reeva Steenkamp. Her name was Claire Parry. Her name was Grace Millane. Her name was Natalie Connolly. Her name was Denise Rosser, Hannah Pearson, India Chipchase, Charlotte Teeling, Megan Bills, Anna Florence Reed, Christina Abbotts....
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5 years
l won. Now the real work starts.
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4 years
@KatieCurtis Totally. An inspiration. Make sure the sausages are burnt but raw inside!
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4 years
Boy off to next stage of his life. His dad would have been bursting with pride. Titch & l are.
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4 years
@Nigel_Farage The govt wouldn't house illegal migrants. They are asylum seekers waiting to be assessed & as such are due our care. That's how it works.
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4 years
@manylittlewords And please we use taps not faucets; we come into the hall not the vestibule.
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6 years
@philbc3 Yup. Once you've written your 7 bes5 sellers, sitting in a cafe as no heating at home. She didn't inherit all this. She made it herself. And she loves paying taxes. What's not to like?
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Sioned-Mair Richards
5 years
I love this picture. l so was that grumpy girl.
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May Day celebration, Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, 1968.
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3 months
There has been an anti-abortion group outside the Hallamshire Hospital through Lent. Each week there has been a pro choice group standing near them to show that they do not represent people who want legal abortion to continue. Tomorrow 11am we will be there again. #Righttochoose
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Sioned-Mair Richards
4 years
@francesweetman l'd think hard about that. They clearly felt you were being racist & dissing their culture.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
5 years
Am l allowed to say that l love Ramadan as my neighbour brings me portions of the Iftar meal? Tonight lamb curry spiced with cinammon. l have reciprocated with rhubarb crumble. #moreincommon
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4 years
@chrismiller_uk @amylopan Kidney stones worse than childbirth.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
4 years
Cllr Pat Midgley died from Covid-19. Her family has given seven suggestions for how to remember Pat at this time, as restrictions mean we can’t attend her funeral. Please join me & others in remembering Pat. #PatMidgleyWomanOfSteel
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Sioned-Mair Richards
1 year
On our way to That London for the opening night of Standing at the Sky's Edge at the National. #SheffieldsFinest
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Sioned-Mair Richards
5 months
@FraserNelson Tell that to the 75% of children at the school where l am a governor who are on Free School Meals. That means their families have an income of £16k or less. You are going in to bat for the 7% & ignoring the 93%. Don't tell me you care about inequality.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
4 years
Thus is corruption. In local government we would be absolutely, and rightly, hauled over the coals if we even thought of doing this. This is Johnson and his mates treating our hard earned taxes as their personal bank. What have we become?
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2 years
Day 3 of Lord Mayoring. What could top this?
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Sioned-Mair Richards
2 years
Did mention l went to some football tonight? Some stunning goals, great team play & hey, Football's Coming Home! Thank you women! #WEUROS2022 #ENGvSWE
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Sioned-Mair Richards
1 year
Trying on the Ukrainian headdresses.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
2 years
@BBCWillVernon Am assuming Washington will send a diplomatic note to Moscow demanding that Russia stop invading Ukraine?
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Sioned-Mair Richards
5 years
@PaulEmbery You couldn't be further from the truth.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
3 years
@zarahsultana If you want to borrow my t-shirt you'll be more than welcome. Just keep going.
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1 year
This is what solidarity looks like.
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5 years
@realDonaldTrump Before or after ruining Christmas for a small Santa believer?
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1 year
Play was still amazing. London audience laughed in all the right places. Now on the train home to Sheffield. Proud that our city produced such a fantastic piece of theatre. #StandingAtTheSkysEdge
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Sioned-Mair Richards
6 years
@FarmerFunky @alexnunns @James4Labour l like to think there would be an uproar rom Labour people if this was on a Labour site.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
4 years
@kidsstoryworld @MichaelRosenYes Hairy Mclary from Donaldsons Dairy.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
4 years
@NickCouncillor @Keir_Starmer Take the plank out of your own eye & your daughter out of Roedean.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
2 years
@SkyAndyHughes I doubt that respect for a free press reporting on what is actually happening is very high among Russian snipers. Keep going Stuart & Ritchie.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
5 years
Peter Rabbit found on Lyons St S4. (Sheffield) lf you know who he belongs to l would like help him get home.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
3 years
@FullFact @patrickhadfield She is employed by the Cheshire Assoc of Local Councils to help Town & Parish councils run their meetings properly.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
2 years
My usual morning volunteering at @ecclesfieldlib but they bought me cake to celebrate being Lord Mayor. So l'm going to carry on!
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Sioned-Mair Richards
2 years
Chaired my second full council today @SheffCouncil Sick with nerves but l got through it & we all got the hang of electronic voting.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
4 years
@BBradley_Mans lt fixes hunger. lt doesn't fix anything else. That was the job of Surestart. Which your government abolished.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
4 years
The Labour Party needs to change if it’s going to win. That’s why I’m voting @IanMurrayMP #1 for Deputy Leader. He’s beaten the odds time and time again. Find out more: #MurrayforDeputy
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Sioned-Mair Richards
5 years
@rodadams46 @lucianaberger @YoungLabourUK @labourwomen I'm sure she wishes for all babies in the world to be born healthy & to have a safe & happy childhood. lsn't that what we all want?
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Sioned-Mair Richards
2 years
Oh my days! l got to carry the flag for the wheelchair team @WalesRugbyL this afternoon. Then watched a fast & furious match which we won! Can't wait for Sunday!
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Sioned-Mair Richards
4 months
@MYANC This is not what Nelson Mandela & Oliver Tambo fought for.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
1 year
Today on the National Day of Reflection we unveiled the city's Covid memorial sculpture. We tied Ribbons to it. Mine was to thank all the frontline workers like our binmen, cleaners @hilliatfields , shop workers as well as those in the health service.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
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@TheMattWain Wow, her mum sounds brilliant. Really unusual for a woman of her genneration to progress so far. And clearly instilled that public service ethos in her daughter. Great.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
1 year
The Lord Mayor, as dressed by grandchildren. We are off to the circus!
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Sioned-Mair Richards
4 years
@Jess_m_fox @shefshakespeare @Keir_Starmer lnterestingly l had the opposite story. People saying how good he was to work with, thoughtful hard-working& committed.
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2 years
Today l've had my first request from a nursery to come to the Mayor's Parlour for Storytime. l aim to have a group of children come for stories & cake every Wednesday so please, please get in touch if your child's class/group would like to come.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
4 years
@JeanHatchet @bindelj This will be his nightmare every night.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
3 years
Home to Wales for mum's 93rd Birthday.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
4 years
ln Bridport, downpour & thunder. Trapped in a bookshop. Please don't send help.
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Sioned-Mair Richards
1 year
Last night we held a #HolocaustRemembrance in Sheffield. We heard from many speakers. Our special guest was Ruth who came to Britain on the Kindertransport. She has an indomitable spirit. Still telling her story & remembering, so that we do too.
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9 months
Thank you to the delegates who voted for us.
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Labour to Win
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Massive congratulations to all 5 candidates for the National Constitutional Committee 🌹🌹 We are moving forward as a Labour Party towards a party focused on delivering for the nation, and the NCC has a major part to play in that
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2 years
@trishgreenhalgh @mancunianmedic My mum's lovely weekend. 94 today xxx
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@Anita_Kerrigan @thespecials When my son fell in love with the Specials l felt my work was done!
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Sioned-Mair Richards
3 years
l have just watched my first episode of Friday Night Dinner. Why did nobody tell me about it? Six seasons to catch up!
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Sioned-Mair Richards
3 years
This beautiful cherry blossom heart remembers Paige Gibson, 23, the 54th woman murdered in 2019. #HeartsForMurderedWomen
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Sioned-Mair Richards
5 years
@funder Something to do with his mum??
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Sioned-Mair Richards
6 years
@Presstvuk Why on earth is Iranian TV inside a Labour Party meeting?
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5 years
l am a...
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@DAaronovitch The absence of Socialist Worker placards is a joy!
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4 years
Please can Rupert Everett be on Desert Island Discs every week? #desertislanddiscs
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5 years
@KTHopkins Off you go then!
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Sioned-Mair Richards
2 years
Today l helped unveil a Plaque, outside the Cutlers' Hall, in memory of Stan Shaw, who was the last of the Little Mesters of Sheffield.
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Family gathering for dad's 95th birthday. A good time. with great cake.
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Andrew Wyeth - Hans Herr House, 1949
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2 years
@JeanHatchet A question l will be asking for women & unaccompanied children.
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1 year
An evening with Sheffield Norfolk Scout group in which l got grilled by them with some hard questions. But at the end they asked if l'd like to be an honorary member & l said yes. (the cubs are coming for a sleepover next month -A night in the Mayor's Parlour! Can't wait.
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@chriselaine3 She failed to make the rich list as she keeps giving money to good causes e.g. NHS, charities for single parents, multiple sclerosis & the Labour Party. And actually her adult detective novels are great too. Dislike her politics, fine, but respect her as a good person.
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@SketchesbyBoze Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Stayed up reading it into the early hours.
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RiP Christopher Plummer
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2 years
I've been inviting children to the Mayor's Parlour each week to talk books & eat cake. l received this. Fab picture of me & good to know they had fun. Still space & time for more classes to visit. Email lordmayor @sheffield .gov.uk Please come!
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Sioned-Mair Richards
2 years
Cutting the ribbon to open the Pat Midgley Community Hub in Wybourn. Pat loved the people of this community. And the project includes all her favourite things - quality housing, a space to bring people together and a cafe! As one local resident said “this is a dream come true” ❤️
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Presents from my son. And my work here is done!
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Sioned-Mair Richards
4 years
My mum after having a "set". Happy Mothering Sunday across the ether to Cwmann xxx
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4 years
@HylandIan @JournoJenThomas @Barcajim3 Or Meatloaf "You sucked the fart right out of my arse, well it must've been...:
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Sioned-Mair Richards
2 years
With Oleksandr Symchyshyn, Mayor of Khmelnytskyi in Ukraine. signing a Memorandum of Understanding at the Sheffield Council meeting today.
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@JeanHatchet Thank you Jean. Spot on. Tommy Robinson has done nothing for abused girls & women. Simply used them to further his own ambitions. Good call not to go off to hang out with the American Right. Keep riding.
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@LadyLou_1 There have been Muslim mayors in Sheffield. We've had Jewish Mayors, Christian Mayors & Mayors of no faith. Representative of all communities in Sheffield. l think l'm the first Welsh one & gave my oath of office in Welsh & English. #Sheffieldisforeveryone
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@DerbyChrisW @iglwy2 And he would condemn Putin's invasion of Ukraine equally strongly.
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4 years
@MichaelRosenYes But why can't he?
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2 years
That Sir Mo Farah survived & overcome being a trafficked child & a domestic slave to become the man he is today has only increased my admiration for him. #stopmodernslavery
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2 years
ln France to visit Sheffield First World War Graves at the Sheffield Memorial Park, including the Barnsley Pals bench & the Accington Pals bench.
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@suzanne_moore And bullying Malala for having a Tory friend.
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@PrisonPlanet @seddonnews No, Jo Cox was shot.
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At the snooker final...
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