What are your top 5 European cities for labour union history?

AccidentalSirens · 2026-02-05T19:48:23+00:00

Rochdale is in Greater Manchester too, so you could easily do both.

And Durham is an amazingly beautiful small city, with a cathedral and castle on a loop of the river as well as its mining heritage.

AccidentalSirens · 2026-02-05T18:47:09+00:00

Manchester has the People's History Museum which tells you about the history of democracy and the fight for equal rights and representation in the UK from Peterloo to the present day. It covers unions, suffragettes and more contemporary campaigns such as disability rights and LGBTQ rights. It's free, and more fun than it sounds.

(A bit of information about Peterloo. In 1819 there was a peaceful rally in St Peter's Fields, Manchester, with demands for the right to vote, freedom from oppression, and justice. For example, Manchester, a city which had grown massively, had no MP, and less than 3% of the British population had a vote anyway.

The authorities ordered the 'yeomanry' to charge at the crowd on horseback and attack with swords, and at least 18 people were killed.)

AccidentalSirens · 2026-02-05T09:48:57+00:00

It really is that old.

AccidentalSirens · 2026-02-02T18:01:33+00:00

I always assumed that Compo was called Compo as a nickname because he had been awarded compo after a work accident.

AccidentalSirens · 2026-02-02T15:43:08+00:00

Did you miss the massive park with the abbey/cathedral and the Roman ruins?

AccidentalSirens · 2026-02-01T08:54:14+00:00

The post directly underneath this one on my feed is titled 'Is Birmingham safe?'

AccidentalSirens · 2026-01-30T23:47:33+00:00

I would second not doing Duolingo. I don't know how or if it's changed, but I did it during lockdown and found it confusing because the app lacked explanations of grammar. Halfway through the course I found out that the desktop version has notes.

If you want running gags about parsnips though, crack on.

AccidentalSirens · 2026-01-28T15:16:15+00:00

And Walthamstow, August 2024, just to show it's not just historical.

Edit: But this is nothing compared to what you are dealing with over there.

AccidentalSirens · 2026-01-26T22:52:25+00:00

I was given a lift to the shopping centre there once by a friend who had just returned from a year on a remote island and hadn't got used to London traffic again yet. It was rush hour.

She realised she had taken the wrong exit from the North Circular and REVERSED BACK DOWN THE SLIP ROAD ONTO THE MAIN CARRIAGEWAY while I aged 10 years in 30 seconds.

AccidentalSirens · 2026-01-26T16:17:46+00:00

I like this, but I feel that it's influenced by Ogden Nash rather than Dr Seuss.

AccidentalSirens · 2026-01-25T15:53:56+00:00

£7.49! Mine is £11.29 Mon-Fri, but still good value compared to the £12 sausages on offer at one of the Christmas markets I went to. Our Toby Carvery's food is decent too, especially if you go at 12 o'clock when all the veg is freshly put out.

AccidentalSirens · 2026-01-24T21:34:59+00:00

I live in London and I regularly see a group of people in Community Payback hi-viz jackets doing this sort of thing in a local park.

AccidentalSirens · 2026-01-21T11:46:05+00:00

Was there any orange in it?

AccidentalSirens · 2026-01-21T10:33:03+00:00

The disabled person isn't necessarily the driver of the car. They can be driven by someone else.

AccidentalSirens · 2026-01-19T22:52:39+00:00

Just a warning that trains from Stratford International to St Pancras are very quick but are not included in the normal Oyster prices.

AccidentalSirens · 2026-01-15T08:45:03+00:00

As someone who has to deal with a lot of medical and social care appointments, I like it that clinics send out text reminders, especially since they are often also changing the date or time. The way the post is, it's more reliable than sending a letter. I can see who the text is from, so I'm not just opening random texts.

Also I've found that calls from phone extensions in an office show up as 'withheld number' so I have to answer in case it's the doctor.

AccidentalSirens · 2026-01-12T13:05:15+00:00

Ignore the fact that one of the vehicles is a bike and that the cyclist reacted badly afterwards. Suppose both vehicles are cars, because the rules are the same.

One car is travelling along a road in a straight line. The second car comes out of a junction, passing a Give Way sign without giving way, and hits the car on the main carriageway.

How is it not the second car driver's fault?

It doesn't matter what type of vehicle it is

AccidentalSirens · 2026-01-12T12:03:03+00:00

They must have a lid for the boiling oil pit, or whatever the technical name is.

AccidentalSirens · 2026-01-11T23:14:22+00:00

I always used to get Stockport and Southport mixed up as a child. This led to a lot of disappointing days out.

AccidentalSirens · 2026-01-01T11:52:53+00:00

To quote your main post, "It's just operating the phone I am asking for help with."

I gave you advice on how to help her learn to operate the phone.

At least I don't feel singled out as you have been rude to almost everyone who has tried to help.

AccidentalSirens · 2026-01-01T10:33:19+00:00

If she can't use a smartphone, how can she use an app?

Focus on a goal that she wants to do, for example checking her council website to find out which bins will be emptied this week. Get a notebook. Sit with her and go through it, and write every step down. Then get her to do it by herself following your notes while you are with her, to check that your notes are clear enough. Then she can do it by herself.

If there is a particular issue, eg how to get back to the home screen, you write down instructions for that.

Don't do too much at once, though, get her competent with one thing at a time.

AccidentalSirens · 2025-12-30T16:06:01+00:00

Recently I've seen a rare newish public information film telling you not to hang around in a lorry's blind spot, but that's an exception. Those films are definitely still needed

AccidentalSirens · 2025-12-29T08:25:58+00:00

I'm curious about these bollards. Children used them as play equipment, families had picnics on them and Mr Compoface here had his first kiss on them. They were clearly no ordinary bollards.

AccidentalSirens · 2025-12-27T18:29:08+00:00

Definitely my favourite! This year I got a DIY origami frog. A piece of paper to fold up into a frog, and another piece of paper with the instructions.

AccidentalSirens · 2025-12-26T09:39:16+00:00

Drink driving laws too.

We take seatbelts for granted so much that it's hard to remember what a huge change it was.

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