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@TheMERL

The MERL, . We explore the English countryside, its history and its people. Lawful Good.

Reading, Berkshire, UK
merl.reading.ac.uk
Registrerte seg februar 2009
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    8. jan.

    ⚡️ Museums around the world are sending each other solicited duck pics ⚡️

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    4. jan.

    Hello 👋 We're Caithness Broch Project, and we're attempting to construct one of Scotland's most iconic building - the ! If you'd like to help us, then please consider donating to our - link below!👇

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    What was THEN Berkshire

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    Wittenham Clumps in Berkshire not only has a fantastic name, but also set the scene for this striking image by Eric Guy. We hold the archives, and we'll be celebrating the varied landscapes of England this month.

    A black and white photograph of a man ploughing a field with a tractor, with a landscape and river stretching out in the background.
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    We are audibly embarassing ourselves at this

    look what I just found in the Newsroom of the
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    this is such a low effort tweet

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    we have a newsletter take it or leave it but preferably take it and tell everyone you know about it

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    Check out our creative workshop exploring techniques for embroidering onto leather and other fabrics, drawing inspiration from the  surroundings of Reading Abbey. No previous experience needed! Book Here:

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    16. jan.

    Want to create a community food garden? Get started with these three top tips from students at Redlands Primary School in Reading, who helped transform a disused plot into an edible growing space for the whole community 🍅🌽  

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    the apple trees traditionally occurs on Old Twelfth Night, 17th Jan. The Queen of the Wassail (‘good health’) awakens the oldest trees in the orchards with cider-soaked bread. The crowd then bangs pots to drive out evil spirits & ensure a good crop.

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    Rural churches are to the brim with the personal, local, national and international stories of England.

    My rural parish church, consecrated on 18 June, 1815 - the day of the Battle of Waterloo - sports lances used on the field that historic day. We are spoiled for heritage 🇬🇧
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    16. jan.

    Just sitting with Steve and his mum, whilst keeping an eye on the heifer due to calve in the next door pen. Look at those eyelashes! 😍

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    16. jan.

    Unfortunately there were no wrongdoers on hand to make an example out of, but I’ll be working with to rectify that situation soon!

    Well, we do. He's emulating rough music, an old tradition of making a massive public ruckus with pots and pans, dragging local wrongdoers out of their homes and parading them about.
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    16. jan.

    Fool your friends and enemies that you have been to a museum of English rural life for . Cut and paste your worst Facebook photo of yourself on these three :

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  15. 16. jan.

    Yum.

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    Yum. Mum used to make it, I'd come home from school and lift the pan lid to see what was for tea and there would be an entire pig's head staring out. Not for the fainthearted
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  16. 16. jan.

    is of course of individual and fame, and is one of our musicians in residence:

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  17. 16. jan.

    Well, we do. He's emulating rough music, an old tradition of making a massive public ruckus with pots and pans, dragging local wrongdoers out of their homes and parading them about.

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  18. 16. jan.

    Pete Flood's in today banging horse bells, moulds, pots and pans and we don't care to explain ourselves.

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  19. 16. jan.

    Fun Fact: Many of our jelly moulds were used to make brawn, a type of jelly mainly made from pig and calf heads, rather than fun jelly.

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  20. 16. jan.

    We are morally obliged to tell you this is not a true fact.

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  21. 16. jan.

    Fun Fact: this object's number is written in the blood of the donor's mother-in-law

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