matt303A few photos from yesterday's local wander.
Given the history of mining in this area (mostly coal and clay) the restored areas are starting to green up.
They're very keen on warning signs on the capped off landfill. #woodville #landfill
Visited the local standing stones this morning 😉
I believe these were once part of a cable system to move coal/slag around when this was a mining area. #woodville #swadlincote #blackandwhite
Hopefully we are reaching max-grim for our lunchtime wanders. #woodville #swadlincote
Lots of dog walkers out this morning, I could have done with the stability of four legs myself as a fall on ice curtailed my photography walk. #photography #lx3 #swadlincote #woodville
Last two from this morning's wander, guess these are industrial and are probably in Woodville. #photography #swadlincote #woodville
Ben Greenberg#OTD Feb 28, 1964, a white mob murdered #CliftonWalker near #Woodville Miss. It may be the 1st shooting of an #AfricanAmerican by the #Mississippi White Knights of the #KKK. At 37, Walker & his wife Ruby had 5 kids: Rubystein, Catherine, Shirley, Clifton Jr & Brenda. #DOJ reopened the case in 2009 & closed it again in 2013, with many leads ignored by the #FBI. #BlackHistory #RacistViolence #ColdCase #histodons #lynching #SouthWestMississippi #murder
🧵on my #investigation: https://journa.host/@beng/109819551364475890
🧵on my #investigation: https://journa.host/@beng/109819551364475890
Ben Greenberg (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Today would be the 96th birthday of #CliftonWalker. On February 28, 1964, near midnight, on a dirt road in #SouthwestMississippi, a mob of whites ambushed Walker. They stopped his car, gathered around it with shotguns and fired in at close range. It was possibly the first organized #lynching of a Black man by the #Mississippi White Knights of the #KuKluxKlan. No arrests have ever been made. The murder could still be solved. #BlackHistory #RacistViolence #ColdCase #KKK #histodons (1/14) 🧵
Ms_PymTrying to get furniture sorted for the house and #SmallTownOpShops are bringing the magic. Picked up this peach of a dresser from two lovely women in #Woodville