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  1. @FourT4 Thanks. I was wondering how the new organisation and date would compare. I'm pleased the event continues, although I suspect more has been lost than gained from the changes. I don't recall the old organisation needing to invest in a full page advertisement in Cycling Weekly to generate entries.

    #IoWRandonnee #IsleOfWight

  2. Time and Place: Solomon Butler and Charlotte

    I had previously posted most of this material separately, but I wanted to bring it together to show the full picture. Back when I first wanted to know the family history, I was told that we were descendants of Solomon Butler, a free Black man, and a "slave girl." The story preserved Solomon’s name, but not Charlotte’s. Why had her identity disappeared from the family account? While researching the brothers, Anthony and Moses Allmond, from whom I was told that all the Black Allmonds in […]

    genealo.me/2026/08/24/time-and

  3. Time and Place: Solomon Butler and Charlotte

    I had previously posted most of this material separately, but I wanted to bring it together to show the full picture. Back when I first wanted to know the family history, I was told that we were descendants of Solomon Butler, a free Black man, and a "slave girl." The story preserved Solomon’s name, but not Charlotte’s. Why had her identity disappeared from the family account? While researching the brothers, Anthony and Moses Allmond, from whom I was told that all the Black Allmonds in […]

    genealo.me/2026/08/24/time-and

  4. Time and Place: Solomon Butler and Charlotte

    I had previously posted most of this material separately, but I wanted to bring it together to show the full picture. Back when I first wanted to know the family history, I was told that we were descendants of Solomon Butler, a free Black man, and a "slave girl." The story preserved Solomon’s name, but not Charlotte’s. Why had her identity disappeared from the family account? While researching the brothers, Anthony and Moses Allmond, from whom I was told that all the Black Allmonds in […]

    genealo.me/2026/08/24/time-and

  5. Time and Place: Solomon Butler and Charlotte

    I had previously posted most of this material separately, but I wanted to bring it together to show the full picture. Back when I first wanted to know the family history, I was told that we were descendants of Solomon Butler, a free Black man, and a "slave girl." The story preserved Solomon’s name, but not Charlotte’s. Why had her identity disappeared from the family account? While researching the brothers, Anthony and Moses Allmond, from whom I was told that all the Black Allmonds in […]

    genealo.me/2026/08/24/time-and

  6. A typically British run — blustery with sunshine, showers, and somehow a headwind in both directions!

    #10k #Running #Run #IsleOfWight #Exercise #SlowSunday

  7. Have you ever seen a happier duck?
    Millie visited my studio late this afternoon with her two tiddlers (Mike keeping watch from afar). A handful of grain and some porridge oats, and they couldn’t be happier.
    #IsleOfWight #Ducks #Ducklings #GardenVisitors #CupboardLove

  8. New blog post: Searching Street View for a childhood memory.

    Back in the early 90s, I visited the Isle of Wight twice on school trips. After recently rediscovering some photos from those visits it got me thinking - where exactly was it we stayed?

    #blog #IsleOfWight #SchoolTrip #memories

    cjhearn.co.uk/blog/searching-s

  9. @Artecology

    Tagging the @jobsecoevo group so that this #job advert for a #PhD in #Ecology on mitigating the impact of LED #streetlighting on #insects in the #IsleOfWight #UK is boosted to the group's members.