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I'll be talking about 'These Isles: A People's History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales' at Swinton & Pendlebury History Society on Monday Sept 21st, 10 for 10.30am, Fletcher Hall, Vicarage Road. All welcome, £3.

Appropriately for Yorkshire Day, Joseph Priestley of Birstall, West Riding, is credited with discovering oxygen on this day 1774, building on earlier work by Antoine Lavoisier and Carl Wilhelm Scheele.

Nun on a lawnmower, Ty Mawr Convent, Monmouth, south Wales, 1979, photo by Kevin O'Farrell, Irish photographer.

Who is Greater Manchester’s new Belfast-born mayor, Bev Craig? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Bev Craig: Who is the new Mayor of Greater Manchester?Bev Craig succeeds Andy Burnham as Greater Manchester's mayor, but what do we know about her?www.bbc.com

Off the Beaten Path, painting by Padraig McCaul, Irish artist.

Whitley Bay, 1978, by Markéta Luskačová. 'What was overwhelming for me were the people at the beach dressed in their Sunday best.'

Gate to Hathersage, Hope Valley, by Peak District photographer Suzanne Howard (Peaklass).

Under Stockport's Tower, pencil drawing by Dave Hartley.

The Kindle version of 'Made In Manchester: A People's History of the City That Shaped the Modern World' is currently available for just 99p at Amazon and bookshop.org. Fill your boots!

Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, photo by Michaela Murray (via BBC).

Church in Dumfries and Galloway looking for new home for striking stained-glass window. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Balmaclellan church seeks new home for striking stained glass windowThe Church of Scotland hopes to move the artwork - which is nearly 100 years old - to another Galloway church.www.bbc.com

One of Old Trafford’s greatest memories.

Sheep, painting by Seren Bell, Welsh artist.

Bradford-born Harry Corbett, creator of Sooty, played piano in the Guiseley fish and chip restaurant owned by his uncle Harry Ramsden.

Market Street, Wigan, 1968. Wiganers leave for their holidays as the mills close for two weeks in the summer.

Real Coronation Street, Salford, photo by Sefton Samuels.

Knaresborough, Yorkshire, photo by Stephen Candler.

Coronation Street set, Granada Studios, Manchester, 1990, photo by Graham Hogg. Tour ran 1988-99, set demolished 2017.

Enjoyed talking about 'These Isles' at Stretford library, Trafford, a few weeks ago. Thanks to the excellent @urmstonbooks.bsky.social for the book sales and photos.

Parched lawn reveals historic garden at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Parched lawn reveals historic garden at Derbyshire's Hardwick HallThe lawn patterns were created when the garden was remodelled in the early 1800s.www.bbc.com