Bob le Shambleur

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Bob le Shambleur

@BobShambles

"Ah, here's June... 'She walks in beauty like the night.' Only she's cycling, and the sun is out." •••••••••• Ain't a gambler but honey I'd put money on myself.

Every step is moving me up. Katılım Kasım 2013
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Bob le Shambleur
Bob le Shambleur@BobShambles·
@conoro @timelesscolours It is taken from O'Connell Bridge, but facing north-east towards Eden Quay, not south-west towards Aston Quay. The colours of the background buildings are wrong- the 'Shannon Travel' building and its neighbour with the clock are actually brick, not stone. #HowWellDoYouKnowDublin
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Conor O'Neill
Conor O'Neill@conoro·
@timelesscolours Took me a while but finally figured out it's taken from O'Connell Bridge and that's Aston Quay with the cyclists heading across the bridge coming from Westmoreland Street.
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Timeless Colours
Timeless Colours@timelesscolours·
1960s, Pedal Power Sea of cyclists flows homeward after work: men in suits, women in skirts, bags swaying, wheels spin unison. PAA promises the world, Lyons Tea over Double-deckers. Dublin breathing the rhythm of pedals before car was crowned king. Do you cycle, drive or?
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Richard Holdridge
Richard Holdridge@Rick3816·
@susie_dent @hayfestival assuage. I was dreaming in a music lesson and ordered to read out that word (it's in the hymn 'Glorious things of thee are spoken). I got it wrong and made to feel stupid as I thought I was the best when it came to reading. It did teach me to practice before I opened my mouth!
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Susie Dent
Susie Dent@susie_dent·
Thank you to the lovely audience member at @hayfestival who shared that her daughter had once corrected her pronunciation of ‘epiphany’ and told her it should of course be ‘epi-fanny’. Which word have you royally mispronounced because you’d only ever seen it written down?
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Bob le Shambleur
Bob le Shambleur@BobShambles·
@DCLAReadingRoom Chamber Street, seen from Weaver Square- the same terrace as shown in the images above, from the opposite end of the street: x.com/TheHughLane/st…
Hugh Lane Gallery@TheHughLane

'Weaver Square, Dublin' ~ Lizzie Stephens. Here Stephen’s shows various inhabitants of the street including a street seller carrying her wares on her head, children sitting on the pavement and a barefooted girl carrying a young child. In the distance is St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

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Jean O
Jean O@JMOBrien_Dublin·
Our dog found a real life string of sausages today! I thought that only happened in The Beano 😆
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Willie White
Willie White@williewhite·
Looking for one for @AdebisiShank Button Factory. Have one myself but want to bring a mate. Anyone?
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Bob le Shambleur
Bob le Shambleur@BobShambles·
@dubcivictrust It always struck me as a strange decision to demolish it, given that it wasn't done for road widening (not that that would be sufficient grounds). It could easily have been kept. It's a minor detail, but the demolition didn't actually commence until 1990: x.com/BobShambles/st…
Bob le Shambleur@BobShambles

@stephen_coyne @fergalreid @ccferrie @cianginty According to this old EHB staff newsletter, demolition was underway in 1990: lenus.ie/bitstream/hand…

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Dublin Civic Trust
Dublin Civic Trust@dubcivictrust·
The 1987 demolition of Dr Steeven's Nurses Home was an unnecessary loss. Designed by Millar & Symes, who produced superbly built structures to exacting standards, it also exposed a disappointing elevation of the hospital, much-altered in the 1860s. The landscaping is also poor.
Architecture of Dublin@Archidub1

The nurses home adjacent to Dr Steven's Hospital (1897), the colour photo taken above in 1987 around the time of its closure, now demolished

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Bob le Shambleur
Bob le Shambleur@BobShambles·
@DonaldClarke63 (It's not eponymous, it's not European and it's arguably not an art film, but I might never again have such an opportunity to make a joke I've waited years to make, so please humour me.)
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🥃Donald Clarke📽️
🥃Donald Clarke📽️@DonaldClarke63·
Is Andrey Rublev the only top tennis player who shares his name with that of an eponymous European art film?
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Bob le Shambleur
Bob le Shambleur@BobShambles·
@dubdecodedtours @DublinGhostSign @dubcivictrust @libertiesdublin Looks like a bit of a palimpsest; at least two if not three layers. 'Receiving Office' might be part of one, with 'Works' and 'Pure' part of another. If you're wondering why you hadn't seen it before, it seems it was revealed by the removal of the Tivoli Theatre fascia signboard.
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Bob le Shambleur
Bob le Shambleur@BobShambles·
@AnFearBui Waller designed two terraces on Loreto Road in Maryland, D.8, which I think were built using the Nofrango method; much changed now but still interesting. He also patented the Ctesiphon construction method, inspired by the Arch of Ctesiphon/Taq Kisra in Iraq. (We go way back. 😉)
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Bob le Shambleur
Bob le Shambleur@BobShambles·
@JMOBrien_Dublin If I could change one thing on Wordle it'd be that. I failed my first and my fourth Wordles but none since, but my longest streak is only 285. It should be 1,174. I also do Artle, which doesn't re-set to zero if you miss a day, only if you get it wrong. This seems much fairer.
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Jean O
Jean O@JMOBrien_Dublin·
@BobShambles 186 days Bob. Gone, destroyed, flitters on the digital wind 💔
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Jean O
Jean O@JMOBrien_Dublin·
I have broken a long, beautiful Wordle streak by…forgetting to do the Wordle. Not the first time this has happened 🤦‍♀️
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Kieran Rose
Kieran Rose@kieranarose·
Fascinating on history of urban development of Liberties Dublin 8 in 3 Volume Report on Archaeological Investigations for Coliving scheme on Cork Street including 17th century housing, substantial Medieval tannery, Commons Watercourse, etc, see dublincity.ie ..
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Dublin Decoded Tours
Dublin Decoded Tours@dubdecodedtours·
Okay, Dublin architecture and Dublin history lovers… time for this week’s picture quiz… Whereabouts, in the city, is this fantastic window please?
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Bob le Shambleur
Bob le Shambleur@BobShambles·
@rayofoghlu One might even wonder if that's the main reason they have 0.0 versions. In the early 2000s a similar ban was proposed, which led to both the Witnness (2 Ns, like Guinness, and the same typeface) and Oxegen (the EN used the Heineken typeface) festivals, as workarounds for the ban.
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Ó Foghlú
Ó Foghlú@rayofoghlu·
Love a pint, but in the context of a ban on alcohol advertising in sport, being able to splash Guiness/Heineken logos across a pitch, because these a "0.0" after them is a complete joke.
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