Jim Steele

24 May 1930. Hull-born Amy Johnson became the 1st woman to fly solo from England to Australia. Flying the G-AAAH Jason, she left Croydon Airport on 5 May and landed at Darwin, Northern Territory on 24 May having travelled 11,000 miles.

@rafko74 I cant understand why there isn't plaque there

@clock1258 That’s amazing!

We found out today that my later mother in laws flat was next door to Sir Nicolas Winton's office in Prague. The place where the young English man masterminded the trains that saved hundreds of Jewish children's from the nazi in WW2 #ww2 #Prague #Praha #czechrepublic

@rafko74 All thanks to watching CT1 documentary and much to our surprise they visited my later mother in laws building

@soniarussell195 We saw a programme about it on czech tv . We didn't realise until day

@clock1258 Wow!. Just Wow!

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@azsweetheart013 @hlthiskrieger I am sorry to hear this happen to you

Funny you ask. A man broke into my house this week. I was here alone. She chased him out. She saved my life. I’m still in shock.

@TomK_Brit1993 He is a grade A crook

Can't wait for this man to be Prime Minister. 🩵

I'm in Weimar where there are traces of the people I wrote about everywhere. This was Hedwig Hetemann's shop where she repaired toys for children. It was destroyed by the SA in the pogrom of 1938 because she was Jewish. Nobody helped her. She became withdrawn and isolated. 1/2

@Nigel_Farage Love to buy you a one way ticket to somewhere far away

I’d like to buy this man a pint. Does anyone know how I can find him?

East German border guards on the Berlin Wall, November 1989.

Lithuania's leaders take shelter during drone air alert bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Scott Hastings, a man of integrity, honesty and empathy. A player who never gave below his maximum. There is nothing more you can ask as a legacy. RIP

Josef Mengele: Switzerland finally to open secret files on Nazis' Auschwitz 'Angel of Death' #ww2 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

16 May 1770. Marie Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria (aged 14) married Louis-Auguste, the Duke of Berry (aged 15) who later became Louis XVI of France. The marriage was designed to bring about a diplomatic reconciliation between France and Austria.

They all died today in a missile strike. Kyiv. My deepest condolences to all their families and loved ones... 🥲🕯️

WEIMAR is @guardian's Book of the Day!"Her book confronts us with troubling ambiguities..Understanding why ordinary, even likable, people turned away from democracy is, she argues, essential to safeguarding freedom..that task could scarcely be more urgent" theguardian.com/books/2026/may…

14 May 1967. Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, officially known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, was opened. It’s known locally as “Paddy’s Wigwam”. The cathedral’s architect, Frederick Gibberd was the winner of a worldwide competition to design the building.

@No_Surrender81 Fantastic leader

He’s such a fucking horrible Prime Minister. I feel bad for England.

This weekend Gerry Manolas (Chair) visited @okenko_london with Glass Artist Jason Leggett from The Gift of Glass Mortimer. Together they introduced the students to the process of glass fusion by creating the panels to our new Poppy Remembrance Lanterns: facebook.com/share/r/1GZyXW…