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The Revolution is This Way!

Tixover: Visiting St Luke’s in the Field Church! (26.10.2025)

We first visited this Church around 2009 – but at that time we were only focusing on the gravestones in St Mary’s Church – Duddington, and ignoring everything else. This was partly due to the early mobile ‘phones and digital cameras possessing a very limited memory. As time went by, and our genealogical research developed, we were asked to include an ever greater scope in our research which we shared online. This coincided with the technology drastically improving. Meanwhile, when we started this “Wyles” research project – we did not even possess a permanent website – and to date we have had two – before settling on the site we now possess. Tixover is just over the bridge at the Western boundary of Duddington – and is about a mile or so down the road. Tixover (Old English meaning “Kids eat grass on a slope” – kids being young goats).

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Dead Confederate sharpshooters of Hood's Division among the rocks in Devil's Den in front of Little Round Top.

CSA: Remembering the Bravery of “Irish” Company “K” – 15th Alabama – Little Round-Top [2.7.1863] – Gettysburg! (3.4.2025)

The weather was hot – and the Confederates had to advance over open ground before storming an inclined slope (in the form of a steep hill) – with the intention of sweeping the Federals off its top and consolidating the victory. The previous day had seen the Confederates sweep the Federals out of West and Central Gettysburg – and into the hills to its East. Washington was just 80 miles to the South – and legend has it that Lincoln was packing his belongings to flee! I have audio-typed part of a chapter from Stephen Sears’ book – carefully reproducing the text from an Audible edition (in my native British English). This provides a general background to the battle – but does not mention the Irish specifically – other than one or two fighting for the Union. For the story of “Company K” of the 15th Alabama Regiment of the Confederate States of America (CSA) – we must turn to the excellent work of Phillip Thomas Tucker – who has produced an excellent book examining the contribution to the Confederate cause made by the Irish!

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David Bacon: How the Far-Right ‘Celebrates’ and ‘Laments’ the ‘Masked Marvel’! (29.1.2023) 

Openly celebrating David Bacon (as the ‘Masked Marvel’) killing endless examples of ‘Asian’ men (all ‘pretending’ to be ‘Japanese’ whilst conforming to Western racial stereotypes) is one thing – but openly recognising the fact that David Bacon may have been ‘stamped’ upon by an unknown person (possibly a ‘male’) wearing high-heels – is just too much for the uber macho Neo-Nazis to contend with – even though many from amongst their ranks are not only routinely found participating in such activity – but are often caught taking part in ‘illegal’ sexual activities far worse than anything that might (or might not) legally occur in a more adventurous bedroom. Although, of course, David Bacon was wearing only swimming trunks at the time of his death and had spent the day frequently a stretch of beach renowned for gentleman callers.  

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