# ![@ProudofusUK Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::2004600529755013125.png) @ProudofusUK Proudofus.uk

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### Top Social Posts
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"@Artemisfornow Thanks for sharing This is our video. We are ProudOfUs. We make these because too many of these stories never get told. Not left or right. Just ordinary people who changed history. Hundreds more stories to come. Follow along"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2017549801513238981)  2026-01-31T10:45Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"They taught you about the British Empire. They left out the British people who ended it. The women who boycotted. The workers who signed petitions they couldnt read. The sailors who died. The taxpayers who paid for [---] years. None of them got a chapter. So well write it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2017659825086468114)  2026-01-31T18:02Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"They taught you about the British Empire. They left out the British people who ended it. The women who boycotted. The workers who signed petitions they couldnt read. The sailors who died. The taxpayers who paid for [---] years. None of them got a chapter. So well write it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2017660041151844462)  2026-01-31T18:03Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"They taught you about the British Empire. They left out the British people who ended it. The women who boycotted. The workers who signed petitions they couldnt read. The sailors who died. The taxpayers who paid for [---] years. None of them got a chapter. So well write it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2017791730687611336)  2026-02-01T02:46Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements


"🏭🏠 They didnt own the estates. They didnt own the factories. They were as trapped as anyone. And yet they organised ✊"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2018273315992019349)  2026-02-02T10:40Z 16K followers, [--] engagements


"✊🗳💷 They boycotted. They marched. They voted. They paid for generations to free people they would never meet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2018273365182783578)  2026-02-02T10:40Z 16K followers, [--] engagements


"@elonmusk The receipts:  [--] treaties with African leaders Decades patrolling the Persian Gulf Taking on the Barbary slave trade Lincoln praising British abolitionists as sublime Christian heroism Got videos on all of it 👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2018591158935646504)  2026-02-03T07:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@frollickingmole Thats a fair debate to have about the institution. But the Tredegar story predates all of it - ordinary people solving a problem themselves. Thats the bit Im celebrating"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2018991832827383834)  2026-02-04T10:15Z 18.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Youre absolutely right. Wilberforce Clarkson Sharp loads of them. The whole point is it came from everywhere. Rich poor powerful powerless. All pushing the same way. And that Cornish sugar detail is brilliant. Check out our other videos weve got one on TikTok and YouTube about it. The worlds first boycott. [------] families gave up sugar. Ill be posting it on here soon too 🙏 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019337274618445880 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019337274618445880"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019337274618445880)  2026-02-05T09:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ExegeekPrime If you mean programming languages you might be thinking of John McCarthy (LISP) or George Boole (Boolean logic) Boole was actually born in Lincoln but spent most of his career in Cork. So youve got a fair claim there But we are all part of the same story 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019389779725455728)  2026-02-05T12:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The [----] act banned British ships from carrying enslaved people anywhere. The Royal Navy then spent [--] years enforcing it at sea. Intercepting over [----] slave ships and freeing around [------] people. The abolition movement wasnt military calculus. Over [------] ordinary people boycotted slave-grown sugar. [---] million signed petitions. It was the largest grassroots moral campaign the world had ever seen. Britain then took out the largest loan in its history - roughly 40% of the national budget - to compensate slaveholders and end it. British taxpayers were still paying that loan off until 2015."  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019664435451703691)  2026-02-06T06:48Z 15.9K followers, [---] engagements


"@Diseasel22 All the way until 2015"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019664602720780369)  2026-02-06T06:48Z 13.9K followers, [---] engagements


"@KingBobIIV Thomas Pellow is an incredible story. Just had a look. Kidnapped at [--] and didnt get home for [--] years Cornwall Devon the whole south coast lived in fear of it. Definitely one for a future video. Thanks for this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019713632347791871)  2026-02-06T10:03Z 15.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@DTDavisPhD Jefferson handled Tripoli. Britain handled Algiers. Different targets different years same principle. Stop paying and start fighting The Kipling poem is a perfect fit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019714452694938103)  2026-02-06T10:07Z 13.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Thanks Jo. I really appreciate that. The dark parts are actually in every video. The slave trade. The hangings. The child labour. The massacres. The difference is we dont stop there. We show who ended it and it was almost always ordinary people not the powerful. Thats the bit that never gets taught. The dark parts everyone knows. The people who stopped them Thats whats missing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019743592634257793)  2026-02-06T12:02Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements


"@RayJudah7 Thank you Ray. That really does means a lot to me. Theres so much more to come. Glad youre with us"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019936578924380407)  2026-02-07T00:49Z 14K followers, [---] engagements


"@dr_r_j_harley @DavidDeutschOxf 👌Appreciate that. The history is real the writing is mine. AI just helps with the visuals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019950696330658220)  2026-02-07T01:45Z 13.9K followers, [--] engagements


"Great point about Jamaicas connection. But the largest share of Africans freed by the Royal Navy were actually taken to Freetown Sierra Leone. Thats where the courts were and where most chose to settle. Some were later sent to the West Indies but Freetown was the centre of it all. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020061412186288467 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020061412186288467"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020061412186288467)  2026-02-07T09:05Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Yes. This is the legal ruling that led Britain to force the rest of the world to stop. Over [--] African rulers signed anti-slavery treaties. 20+ nations followed. The Royal Navy freed [------] people at sea. We ended it in Bermuda Jamaica and India too. Thats the point. All sources and tons more evidence at: http://proudofus.co.uk http://proudofus.co.uk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020072390785442176)  2026-02-07T09:49Z 15K followers, [---] engagements


"@parasmunt1 The paint got on us from actually doing it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020072950897209355)  2026-02-07T09:51Z 15.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@SamW4Reform @HistoryInPics A piece of Sevastopol in a Lincolnshire churchyard. Stories like this are everywhere So much history hidden in plain sight. Thank you for sharing this. If you find more like it wed love to see them. This is exactly what we cover at ProudOfUs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020073631670223094)  2026-02-07T09:54Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements


"@HistoryUpheld @anglopjdst 112K views 2.4K likes and comments from people across the world proud of what Britain did. If telling the story of how ordinary British people ended global slavery looks pathetic to you. The problem isnt with us. Anyone who shares these values is one of us"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020074556996591744)  2026-02-07T09:58Z 15.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@Biedaboo Yes. Were on TikTok and YouTube and growing fast. Weve actually been thinking about doing a series specifically for kids. If thats something people want let us know. These stories should be in every classroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020239200050913693)  2026-02-07T20:52Z 15.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Fair points and worth discussing. But the economic weapon argument doesnt explain why Britain then spent [--] years enforcing abolition against nations that had nothing to do with America. Brazil the Ottoman Empire Zanzibar West Africa. The West Africa Squadron alone lost thousands of sailors patrolling for slave ships. If it was purely about hurting US trade the mission would have stopped there. It didnt. It went global at enormous cost for decades. Youre right that the US slave trade was built under British rule. No argument there. But the idea that abolition was only about power politics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020267662534668546)  2026-02-07T22:45Z 15.9K followers, [---] engagements


"@Jack_H2o Happy to hear what you think we got wrong. We take accuracy seriously. But the core facts are sourced and checkable. What part are you referring to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020457683313123611)  2026-02-08T11:20Z 16.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Youre right Stewart was a British colonist not an American. America obviously didnt officially exist yet. We got that wrong and well own it. But your other points actually strengthen the story. English people hid Somerset raised money for his legal bills and lawyers worked for free to defend him. Thats ordinary British people standing up for what was right at their own cost. Thank you for the correction and for the extra detail. 🙏 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020467314508898363 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020467314508898363"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020467314508898363)  2026-02-08T11:58Z 16.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@Jack_H2o Exactly. The publics view mattered. And it won. Thats something to be proud of. Thank you Jack"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020470837179039872)  2026-02-08T12:12Z 16.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@opageo Thats correct. My apologies. 🙏 James Braidwood started in Edinburgh in [----] before bringing the model to London. We should have made that clearer. Edinburgh pioneered it London scaled it into the first publicly funded fire service. Both stories matter. Thank you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020471584369058184)  2026-02-08T12:15Z 16.1K followers, [---] engagements


"That is correct. Braidwood started in Edinburgh in [----] before bringing the model to London. We should have made that clearer. Edinburgh pioneered it London made it the first publicly funded fire service. Both stories deserve to be told Were going to give Edinburgh its own video. Thank you David. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020475914266562891 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020475914266562891"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020475914266562891)  2026-02-08T12:32Z 16.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@realrikkidoolan @_AdvanceUK [--] months may be too late. Educate yourself now. We cannot let our fate hang on just elections anymore. We must learn our importance and regain our individual power"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021170097033740353)  2026-02-10T10:31Z 16K followers, [---] engagements


"You know about the slave ships. No one told you about the rescue ships. [------] people pulled off slavers. Given a home. Freetown. Still standing. Still free. Be Proud Of Us. #BritishHistory #Freetown #ProudOfUs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2017557953017262257)  2026-01-31T11:17Z 20.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Smallpox killed [---] million people. More than every war combined. A British country doctor ended it. Edward Jenner. [----]. He could have been the richest man alive. He gave it away free. Refused to patent it. The only disease ever eradicated. Because of him. Be proud of us"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2018712628542009421)  2026-02-03T15:46Z 30.5K followers, 173.4K engagements


"@godamgiblethead I have no idea what happened. Here it is again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2018964023039979939)  2026-02-04T08:25Z 20K followers, [---] engagements


"A British miners son couldnt read until [--]. Worked the pits from childhood. First he invented a lamp that saved thousands of miners lives. Then he invented the railway. Every train in the world still uses his gauge. George Stephenson. Taught himself. Changed everything"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019030019730018634)  2026-02-04T12:47Z 29.6K followers, 96.3K engagements


"They hanged [-----] people on this spot. For [---] years the condemned got to speak before they died. The hangings stopped. The speaking didn't. Working men wanted the vote. The government locked the park gates. [------] turned up. Tore the railings down with their bare hands. Walked in. And spoke. Speakers' Corner. Still there. Every Sunday. Your ancestors didn't wait for permission. They took it. Be proud of us"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019437531356361012)  2026-02-05T15:46Z 27.2K followers, 46.7K engagements


"Fair question. I was born and raised in London family have always been here. Stumbled into this history a couple of years ago and couldnt believe how much I never got taught. Once I started digging I couldnt stop. Started as a hobby but it became clear pretty quickly this needed to exist. Ive gone all in on it now and the support genuinely helps me keep going and build something bigger. More videos books a lot more planned. But no pressure at all just glad youre here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019922981724586212)  2026-02-06T23:55Z 30K followers, [---] engagements


"The Somerset ruling set the legal foundation that ended both the transatlantic and the Arab-East African slave trades. It led to anti-slavery treaties with over [--] African rulers 20+ maritime nations the Ottoman Empire Zanzibar Oman and Persia. The Royal Navy freed [------] people at sea. Charles Is sentence changed who ruled. This sentence changed who counted as a human. No contest. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020069646645317901 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020069646645317901"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020069646645317901)  2026-02-07T09:38Z 31.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@OilPaul Great shout 🙏 The cavity magnetron is an incredible story. One of the most important inventions of the war and barely anyone knows about it. Well definitely be covering this now. Thank you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020104746904752314)  2026-02-07T11:57Z 40.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Not quite. The Somerset case which ruled slavery had no basis in English law was in [----]. Four years before American independence. The abolitionist movement was already growing before the colonies were lost. Granville Sharp was campaigning from the 1760s. The timeline doesnt support the idea that it was a reaction to losing America. The moral case was being built independently. But its a fair question and worth exploring"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020246663684857880)  2026-02-07T21:21Z 20.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@craigsweeney71 Thats exactly what we love to hear Craig. Stories worth bookmarking and passing on. I didnt write them I just think we should all know them. Thank you for the support"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020257041596707285)  2026-02-07T22:03Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"@twittawoopoog We gave it away because we didnt need to hoard it. When youre the country inventing the future you can afford to share it. Thats not naivety thats confidence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020439550837887039)  2026-02-08T10:08Z 40.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@DavidofEnglish Youre not wrong David. But. We needed America in the fight and the magnetron was how we got them up to speed. Sometimes you share the best hand to win the game. Thank you for always sharing our stuff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020442159330021720)  2026-02-08T10:18Z 39.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@whalley34825 People like you are how this grows Paul. Thank you. 🙏 More coming"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020603016890679390)  2026-02-08T20:57Z 21K followers, [---] engagements


"@LionofT Denman is one of those figures who should be a household name. I will be doing a video on him soon Thank you 🙏 He won the court case went straight back out and carried on. Unstoppable. Thank you for adding this People need to know it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020772243681456593)  2026-02-09T08:10Z 23.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@donnyfarmshop Couldnt agree more. Thats exactly why were building this. So people actually know these stories. If you want to be part of it and help support the mission: 👉 http://proudofus.co.uk/support http://proudofus.co.uk/support"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020819127984624121)  2026-02-09T11:16Z 23.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@MPrinParr Thats literally the pattern. Maudslay Whittle Berners-Lee Baird. Invent it ignore it watch someone else profit from it. Maybe its time we started noticing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020828842873753727)  2026-02-09T11:55Z 26.7K followers, [---] engagements


"@TeddJFT Ive just had a look - Akroyd Stuart. Seven years before Diesel and they named it after the other guy. Thats going on the list. Keep your eyes peeled. Thank you 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020957567804113333)  2026-02-09T20:26Z 28.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@Turloughc @WaterRabbitt Britain paid [------] to stop Spains slave trade then spent years enforcing it at their own expense. There were no Spanish trade routes to take over. Spain was already declining. The facts dont support the assumption"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021140234142990633)  2026-02-10T08:32Z 23K followers, [--] engagements


"@mark_kynaston Thats absolutely incredible. A piece of history right there 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021154883500445750)  2026-02-10T09:30Z 30.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Absolutely. A English boy from Bristol so quiet his colleagues measured silence in his name. Predicted antimatter using nothing but mathematics. Four years later they found it. Nobel Prize at [--]. Held Newtons chair at Cambridge. Einstein called his work the dizzying path between genius and madness. Hes on the list now. Thank you 🙏 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021156399930056852 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021156399930056852"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021156399930056852)  2026-02-10T09:36Z 40.9K followers, [---] engagements


"@elonmusk I make historical edutainment to remind the Lions how to roar. Have a look at my page for reasons to be proud of Britain"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021244461280367041)  2026-02-10T15:26Z 30K followers, [----] engagements


"@HRHmaggie Exactly right. Thousands of sailors lost their lives enforcing abolition at sea and the debt wasnt paid off until [----]. These are the facts that never get taught. Thank you for sharing 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021267229514334585)  2026-02-10T16:57Z 29.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@uk_ktee7484 @_thnk_weh Thats exactly the kind of thing thats still out there hiding in plain sight. Thank you for sharing 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021349516897837062)  2026-02-10T22:24Z 26.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@PhilipPeake Great point The Normans werent removed they were absorbed. Thats actually what makes the Anglo-Saxon foundation so remarkable. It outlasted even conquest. Thank you for adding this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021643442422788346)  2026-02-11T17:52Z 37.9K followers, [----] engagements


"@lily20087360 Shared heritage shared pride. These stories belong to Australia and New Zealand just as much. Your institutions your legal rights your freedoms trace straight back to the same roots. Thank you for spreading it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021659164922327081)  2026-02-11T18:54Z 31.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@MarkOrmrod Mark thats put a huge smile on my face. Thank you 🙏 Were still getting started. Plenty more where that came from"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021710475889697075)  2026-02-11T22:18Z 39.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@DaroniusS85133 Yes that is fascinating Thank you for sharing 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2022347507830014436)  2026-02-13T16:29Z 40.2K followers, [--] engagements


"A freed slave turned Anglican bishop told Britain to invade Africa. Samuel Crowther. Kidnapped at twelve. Thrown onto a slave ship. Bound for the Americas. A British warship intercepted them. He was pulled from that ship. Given water. Given hope. He learned to read. Studied. Excelled. Was ordained. He became the first Black Anglican bishop. He returned to Nigeria. In Lagos the slave trade continued. Crowther advised the British government. His words were clear: "Fire and force." Britain listened. Lagos was bombarded. The slave-trading king removed. The captives freed. Because a man who'd been"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020622759722897837)  2026-02-08T22:16Z 44.6K followers, 81.4K engagements


"They STOPPED teaching the 🏴 ANGLO-SAXON 🏴 STORY. Heres a brief introduction to it. 🧵 Fifteen hundred years ago England didnt exist. Angles. Saxons. Jutes. Open boats across the North Sea. They carved the island into seven warring kingdoms. ⚔ But they built. Churches. Laws written in English not Latin. Shires your county was drawn by their hands over a thousand years ago. Then the Vikings came. And nearly ended everything. By [---] every kingdom had fallen. Every king had fled or died. Except one. A 28-year-old hiding in a marsh called Alfred. He fought back. Built fortified towns. Retook"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021635498574336426)  2026-02-11T17:20Z 44.7K followers, 328.6K engagements


"Every diesel engine on earth is named after the WRONG man. And here's the worst part. They took the real inventor's own engine and called it a "semi-diesel." Named after the man who came second. In [----] a British engineer from Halifax filed a patent for a compression-ignition engine. Three years before Rudolf Diesel. Built it. Sold it. FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND engines running before Diesel had even built a working prototype. The first compression-ignition locomotive British. Woolwich Arsenal [----]. An Akroyd engine. But Diesel had better marketing. A bigger name. A louder voice. So history gave him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022594876068540596)  2026-02-14T08:52Z 44.7K followers, 73.4K engagements


"The freed Africans were taken to Freetown Sierra Leone. A settlement built specifically for them. Many chose to stay. Some joined the Royal Navy as Kroomen. Others settled in the West Indies. Britain lost [----] sailors on the West Africa Squadron enforcing abolition. They called it the White Mans Grave. This wasnt about keeping anyone anywhere. It was about stopping human beings being sold. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020950021672206495 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020950021672206495"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020950021672206495)  2026-02-09T19:56Z 43.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@Dominic_WingUK @DominicWingUK Dirac is on the list Thank you for the suggestion. 🙏🫡 A boy from Bristol so quiet his colleagues measured silence in his name. Predicted antimatter using nothing but mathematics. Nobel Prize at [--]. Hes coming soon. 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021350676853555283)  2026-02-10T22:28Z 43.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@DaveAtherton20 These stories deserve to be known. Find out more about our mission to bring them all back. 👉 Thank you for sharing 🙏 http://Proudofus.co.uk/about http://Proudofus.co.uk/about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021891847283765618)  2026-02-12T10:19Z 41.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@OwenHumm @JTKernowek Pytheas is a great shout. One of the earliest written accounts of these islands. The tin trade connecting Britain to the ancient world long before Rome arrived. Layers and layers of history"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021912765921906908)  2026-02-12T11:42Z 43K followers, [--] engagements


"@marc_ramag25575 You are welcome. We have a lot more to come 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2022329091807117701)  2026-02-13T15:16Z 43.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@Pa86464224 Thank you 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021859854130753948)  2026-02-12T08:12Z 44.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@Spigzy That might be Justin Pollards Alfred the Great. Brilliant book if so. The fact that you had to find all this yourself through books rather than being taught it says everything. Hopefully the next generation wont have to work so hard to discover their own history 📚"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021911392920518892)  2026-02-12T11:36Z 44.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@soylent_green69 A king who believed his people deserved to read and understand for themselves Remarkable for any era let alone the 9th century"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021937596277174691)  2026-02-12T13:21Z 44.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@job_west_ The Celts werent Irish. They were here across Britain for over a thousand years before the Romans arrived. The Irish Welsh Scots and English all share Celtic heritage. Its not gibberish its your history too. All the best 👍"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021974505741250635)  2026-02-12T15:47Z 44.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@oddhanfoo Youre absolutely right. There were people here long before the Celts. Thousands of years of earlier cultures including whoever built Stonehenge. The Celts are part of the story not the beginning of it 👍"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021983341969650161)  2026-02-12T16:22Z 44.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@NoCRTinSchools Yes distantly. Richard II had no surviving children so the crown passed to his cousin Henry IV. But the bloodlines weave together over the centuries. The current King descends from many of the same medieval lines"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2022330389235470815)  2026-02-13T15:21Z 44.5K followers, [---] engagements


"✅Correction✅ A few of you have rightly pointed out that the first municipal fire brigade was established in Edinburgh in [----] by James Braidwood not London. We should have included that. Edinburgh pioneered it London scaled it into the first publicly funded service. Scotland deserves the credit and were making a dedicated video to put that right. Thank you for keeping us honest. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020476276159435214 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020476276159435214"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020476276159435214)  2026-02-08T12:34Z 44.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@BillCamden25 Appreciate that Bill thank you. Which part do you think contradicts Always happy to look at it. We try to build on each video rather than contradict but keen to hear what stood out to you 👍"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021982986250670273)  2026-02-12T16:21Z 44.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Were you beaten Very severely I thought. In [----] children as young as [--] testified before Parliament about 16-hour days and constant beatings. Many were sacked for speaking out. They spoke anyway. Britain listened. Created the worlds first factory inspectors. It was just the beginning. Every decade the age went up. The hours came down. Until no child worked at all. Be proud of us"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019726445291975030)  2026-02-06T10:54Z 44.6K followers, 36.4K engagements


"Babies were left in baskets at a hospital door. Thousands of them. Before this place existed They died in the streets. In doorways. In gutters. One sea captain couldn't accept it. Thomas Coram. Seventeen years he campaigned. Doors closed in his face. Again and again. The Foundling Hospital opened. Britain's first children's charity. [-----] children saved. Every children's charity since follows the model one man built. Be part of us: Be proud of us. http://proudofus.co.uk http://proudofus.co.uk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020086457218605395)  2026-02-07T10:45Z 44.6K followers, 36.7K engagements


"Youve actually just confirmed what we said Andrew. Yes basic magnetrons existed before. But they were low-powered and couldnt do the job. The cavity magnetron was the breakthrough. Massively more powerful small enough to fit in aircraft. That was Randall and Boot at Birmingham. You said so yourself. It was then shared with America as part of the Tizard Mission which is exactly what the video covers. A gardeners son from Lancashire helped change the course of the war. Thats worth knowing. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020539786755485801 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020539786755485801"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020539786755485801)  2026-02-08T16:46Z 44.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@LordBermondsey Appreciate that Bruce really useful feedback. Youre right. Ill be sticking to realism from now on. The stories are strong enough on their own without the graphics getting in the way. Anyone else got thoughts on this Always want to hear what works and what doesnt 👊"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021704841244885049)  2026-02-11T21:56Z 44.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@thesnollyus Brilliant addition. The fact that Britain was so hard to hold that it kept producing rival emperors is an incredible story in itself. Magnus Maximus is definitely one we need to cover 👏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021982890373103937)  2026-02-12T16:21Z 44.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@BrutusOfTroy_ Thank you for sharing that. A Cambridge paper on Cornish tin reaching the Levant. This is exactly the kind of evidence that backs the story up. Brilliant find 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2022325027396366381)  2026-02-13T15:00Z 44.6K followers, [---] engagements


"BRITAIN In [----] more people signed a petition to end slavery than could actually vote. [---] million names. Working-class people who had no voice used the only tool they had. Your ancestors couldn't vote. But they could write their name. And they did. Be proud of us"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2018596336787136569)  2026-02-03T08:04Z 44.6K followers, 42.2K engagements


"America claims they invented the computer. They didn't. Tommy Flowers Post Office engineer. No degree. Built the first programmable electronic computer in [----]. Used his own savings. He Cracked Hitler's codes. Shortened the war. Got sworn to secrecy for [--] years. He couldn't correct them. Now you can. Be proud of us"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019103240189600024)  2026-02-04T17:38Z 44.6K followers, 41.8K engagements


"Britain's shortest war: [--] minutes. Zanzibar. [----]. New Sultan wanted slavery restored. Britain said no. Ultimatum at [--] AM. He refused. 9:38 AM. Palace destroyed. Sultan fled. Slavery ended. [--] minutes to end an evil. Be proud of us"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019372663609913692)  2026-02-05T11:28Z 44.6K followers, 235.6K engagements


"Britain became the biggest slave buyer. Wait. To free them. The Army bought [-----] enslaved men. Gave them uniforms. Weapons. Training. Then Parliament freed them [--] years before any other slave in the Empire. They fought Napoleon who had just restored slavery. Spain. American slave states. Free men in red coats. Fighting the nations that wanted to keep them in chains. Be proud of us"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019529291835535478)  2026-02-05T21:51Z 44.6K followers, 64.3K engagements


"The air of England is too pure for a slave to breathe. 🏴 [----]. The most powerful sentence in British legal history. An American brought his slave to London. The man walked out. He was recaptured. Chained. Put on a ship bound for Jamaica. But hed made friends in London. They stopped the ship. Took it to court. Lord Mansfield ruled: England doesnt do slavery. James Somerset walked free. British soil meant freedom. 🏴 Be part of us: Be proud of us. http://proudofus.co.uk http://proudofus.co.uk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019834021077803215)  2026-02-06T18:02Z 44.6K followers, 176.1K engagements


"This is The history they left out of the curriculum. Ordinary people who stood up to power and won. Every fact we share is sourced. Every claim is checkable. ✅ 📚 All sources at 📖 Books coming soon 🤝 Support the mission if you can follow us if you want to be part of it 🙏 Be part of us. Be proud of us. http://proudofus.co.uk http://ProudOfUs.uk http://proudofus.co.uk http://ProudOfUs.uk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019872489661223020)  2026-02-06T20:35Z 44.6K followers, 22.3K engagements


"Britain sent warships into Brazilian harbours. Without permission. Seized ships at anchor. In their waters. Under their flag. Brazil refused to stop the slave trade. So Parliament passed the Aberdeen Act. It authorised the Royal Navy to treat Brazilian slave ships as pirates. Anywhere. Brazil was furious. Diplomatic crisis. The Navy went anyway. Into harbours. River mouths. Ships seized. Crews arrested. Enslaved people freed. Within five years Brazil banned slave imports. The world hated Britain for this. Ending slavery cost them trade. Cost them allies. Other empires called it interference."  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020205046328357124)  2026-02-07T18:36Z 44.6K followers, 316.7K engagements


"They call it the American System. ❌✅ Mass production. Interchangeable parts. It was invented by a 12-year-old British boy filling gunpowder cartridges. He asked for a raise. Got refused. Walked out. Built the first production line in history. [---] years before Ford. Then America stole his technology rebranded it and sold it back to Britain at a profit. His name was Henry Maudslay. You've never heard of him. That's what we fix. Be Proud Of Us. Be Part Of Us: http://proudofus.co.uk/support http://proudofus.co.uk/support"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020783171256631589)  2026-02-09T08:53Z 44.7K followers, 48.5K engagements


"@SpartacusX21 Someone legally tied to the land they worked on. Couldnt leave couldnt marry couldnt choose their own work without their lords permission. Effectively owned. It took centuries to end it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2022244705644527881)  2026-02-13T09:41Z 44.7K followers, [---] engagements


"2300 years ago a Greek astronomer sailed to the edge of the known world His name was Pytheas. He sailed from Marseille through the Strait of Gibraltar and turned north. He was looking for the source of something the entire ancient world depended on. Tin. Without tin you can't make bronze. Without bronze there's no Bronze Age. No weapons. No tools. No armour. And the richest source of tin in the ancient world Cornwall. For over a thousand years before Pytheas arrived Cornish tin had been reaching Egypt Turkey and Greece. Tin ingots chemically matched to Cornish earth have been found in ancient"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022289133985497524)  2026-02-13T12:37Z 44.7K followers, 97.6K engagements


"@GeorgeBlackX Fair and absolutely valid point. Anatolia is more accurate for that period. Thank you for the correction 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2022324396786884955)  2026-02-13T14:58Z 44.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@Lizatthecottage @PymPurnell John Newton's story is incredible. From slave trader to the man who wrote Amazing Grace. One of the most powerful redemption stories in British history. Glad we could introduce you to him. Thank you for watching 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2022365048891384178)  2026-02-13T17:39Z 44.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@pixie30333 Instagram is launching next week We're already on TikTok and YouTube too. The more places these stories can reach people the better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2022366976694419467)  2026-02-13T17:47Z 44.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Valentine's Day had nothing to do with love. ❤❌ No romance. No flowers. No love letters. For over a thousand years it was just a saint's feast day. Then one British poet changed everything. Not Hallmark. Not America. Not the Romans. A man in England [----] wrote a single poem. And the entire world followed. His name was Geoffrey Chaucer. He wrote about birds choosing their mates on Saint Valentine's Day. Before that poem NOBODY connected February 14th with romance. After it every poet in Europe followed his lead. A hundred years later a woman in Norfolk picked up a pen. She wrote to the man she"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022661044720558086)  2026-02-14T13:15Z 44.7K followers, 37K engagements


"Britain didnt import rights from Europe. Britain exported them to the world. Trial by jury. Habeas corpus. Innocent until proven guilty. Common law. Abolition. The NHS. All British. All centuries before the ECHR existed. They never taught you this. We will"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2018573961190420821)  2026-02-03T06:35Z 44.6K followers, 17.3K engagements


"The NHS wasn't invented by politicians. Welsh miners in Tredegar formed a healthcare society in [----]. One penny a week. Free doctorsdentistshospitals. For [--] years it worked. Aneurin Bevan grew up with it.Ran it.Then scaled it nationally. "We are going to Tredegarise you.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2018963341067301234)  2026-02-04T08:22Z 44.6K followers, 89.8K engagements


"A British scientist invented the World Wide Web. He could have charged for every click. Every search. Every page. He would have been the richest man in history. But gave it away free. For everyone. Forever. Tim Berners-Lee. Still alive. Still fighting for an open web. Be proud of us. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019152526377992647 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019152526377992647"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019152526377992647)  2026-02-04T20:54Z 44.6K followers, 64.3K engagements


"For [---] years North African pirates enslaved over a million Europeans. Spain. Italy. France. Ireland. Even Iceland. Entire villages taken. Europe paid ransoms. Begged. No one could stop it. Then Britain sailed into Algiers harbour. [-----] cannonballs. [--] hours. Every slave walked free. Not just British. All of them. [---] years of terror. Ended in a single day. Be proud of us. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019498357085929563 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019498357085929563"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019498357085929563)  2026-02-05T19:48Z 44.6K followers, 485K engagements


"Britain ended the other slave trade too. For a thousand years millions were taken east. Boys castrated. Survival rates brutal. Britain bombarded Algiers. Blockaded Zanzibar. Drew a line across the Indian Ocean. The markets closed. The Arab trade collapsed. Be proud of us. Be part of us - http://proudofus.co.uk http://proudofus.co.uk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2019780951857832259)  2026-02-06T14:31Z 44.6K followers, 19.6K engagements


"The screen you're watching was invented in a British attic. With cardboard. A biscuit tin. And string. John Logie Baird. A Scottish farm boy. Sickly. Broke. Working from a rented room. He demonstrated the first television. The BBC launched the world's first regular TV service. Twenty million watched the Coronation. A nation together for the first time. Every screen since. Started in a British attic. Be part of us: Be proud of us. http://proudofus.co.uk http://proudofus.co.uk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020052240761774534)  2026-02-07T08:29Z 44.6K followers, 164.9K engagements


"The word "zoo" is British. Because we built the first one. Before London Zoo only kings could see exotic animals. Private menageries. Locked away. The Zoological Society of London built something different. Not for kings. For science. For understanding. They opened the gates to everyone. A factory worker could see a lion. A child from the slums could see an elephant. Paris copied it. Berlin copied it. New York copied it. Still there. Nearly two hundred years later. Now saving species from extinction. Be part of us: Be proud of us. http://proudofus.co.uk http://proudofus.co.uk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020249543992869083)  2026-02-07T21:33Z 44.6K followers, 23.6K engagements


"Britain gave America the most valuable cargo ever to cross the Atlantic. In a suitcase. U-boats were strangling Britain. Hundreds of ships sunk. We couldn't find them. Then two men in Birmingham solved it. John Randall. A gardener's son from Lancashire. Harry Boot. A PhD student. Twenty-two years old. They built it from scraps. A copper block. A bell jar. The biggest horseshoe magnet they could find. The CAVITY MAGNETRON. Made radar small enough to fit in a plane. Britain sent it to America. No payment. No strings. The war turned. Randall and Boot were paid fifty pounds each. "For improving"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020424443609157665)  2026-02-08T09:08Z 44.6K followers, 128.2K engagements


"Before London cities just watched themselves burn. No coordination. No professionals. Just chaos. Insurance companies had their own brigades. They only protected their customers. Wrong mark on your house They'd let it burn. London changed everything. The London Fire Engine Establishment. The world's first professional fire brigade. James Braidwood united the insurance brigades into one force. Fighting fires for everyone. Rich or poor. The firefighters were working men. Sailors. Labourers. Risking their lives for strangers. Braidwood died in the line of duty. His funeral stopped London. His"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020450510793273545)  2026-02-08T10:51Z 44.6K followers, 21.6K engagements


"British warships attacked Spains navy. Because Spain broke a promise. [----]. Spain signed a treaty to end its slave trade. Spain kept trading. Britain warned them. Again. And again. Still trading. So Britain sent the Navy. Ships seized. Crews arrested. Cargo freed. Spain protested. Violation of sovereignty Britain pointed at the treaty. You signed this. Portugal got the same treatment. Signed a treaty. Broke it. Same response. Hundreds of ships condemned. Thousands of people freed. This made Britain unpopular. Spain complained. Portugal complained. Britain didnt care. Your ancestors served on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020485214548513179)  2026-02-08T13:09Z 44.7K followers, 100K engagements


"They told you to be ashamed. They lied. Your ancestors ended slavery. Invented the modern world. Went to prison for walking on a hill. Ordinary people who changed the world. These stories were buried. Were bringing them back - one video at a time. Help us reach millions more. Be proud of us. Be part of us. http://proudofus.co.uk http://proudofus.co.uk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2020595289300648030)  2026-02-08T20:27Z 44.7K followers, 74.9K engagements


"They dont teach you about Frank Whittle in school A working-class boy from Coventry. Too short for the RAF. Applied under a false name and got in. Invented the jet engine at [--]. Britain ignored him. His patent lapsed because he couldnt afford [--]. Germany picked it up and flew first. Every aircraft on earth flies because of him ✈ This is what British pride looks like. Not empires. Not kings. Ordinary people who changed the world and got forgotten. We find them. We bring them back.🫡 👉 http://proudofus.co.uk/support http://proudofus.co.uk/support"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020814763433865292)  2026-02-09T10:59Z 44.6K followers, 147K engagements


"Britain sent a captain to rescue two people. He freed [---] [----]. Eight Spanish slave factories lined a river in West Africa. [-----] people a year shipped across the Atlantic. Captain Joseph Denman arrived with three warships. Burned every factory to the ground. Freed everyone inside. The Spanish slavers sued him personally. His own government banned his tactics. Six years later the court ruled in his favour. Then the government adopted everything hed pioneered. Queen Victoria approved it personally. They tried to punish him for freeing people. Then used his methods to free thousands more. This"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2020852880064819234)  2026-02-09T13:30Z 44.6K followers, 26.2K engagements


"It took [--] billion [--] kilometres of tunnel and [-----] scientists to prove one quiet British man right In [----] 🏴 Peter Higgs 🏴 wrote a two-page paper predicting a particle that explains why anything in the universe has mass. Without it - no stars no planets no us. It was rejected. No obvious relevance to physics. He waited [--] years. No phone. No computer. No email. Just a desk at Edinburgh University. When CERN announced theyd found his particle he was in the audience. He wept. He died in April [----]. He was [--]. Help us keep telling these stories 👉 Be part of us. Be Proud Of Us."  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2020983217243779465)  2026-02-09T22:08Z 44.7K followers, 26K engagements


"Einstein kept one photograph on his wall It wasn't Newton. It wasn't Galileo. It was a 🏴Scottish🏴 physicist called James Clerk Maxwell. He took electricity magnetism and light. Proved they were all the same thing. With four equations. Without him: no radio no TV no radar no mobile phones no WiFi. Every piece of wireless technology on earth traces back to one man. He also took the world's first colour photograph. He was [--] when he died. Einstein said his work was the most important since Newton. Almost nobody else knows his name. Now you do. Be Part of us: 👉 Be Proud Of Us."  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021146751969722512)  2026-02-10T08:58Z 44.7K followers, 88K engagements


"Britain spent forty percent of its annual budget on one thing Not the army. ❌ Not the navy. ❌ For Freedom.✅ [----] - Parliament faced a choice. End slavery gradually let it fade out over decades. Or end it now. But now had a price. Slaveholders owned people. Legally. Under existing law their property couldnt just be taken. The choice was simple. Pay them off. Or wait. But every year of waiting meant people still in chains. Mothers. Fathers. Children. Britain chose now. 👇 Forty percent of the entire national budget. The largest loan in British history. Who paid Not the slaveholders. They got"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021195216959516710)  2026-02-10T12:11Z 44.7K followers, 32.7K engagements


"The MOST IMPORTANT piece of ground in HUMAN HISTORY is a park by the Thames. Before what happened here. Any king anywhere could do whatever he wanted. Take your land. Take your family. Kill you. No trial. No charge. No limit. No law on earth could touch him. Then in [----] Englands barons seized London and sent King John a message: Meet us or lose everything. ⚔ He met them. In a wet field called Runnymede. They handed him Magna Carta. No imprisonment without trial. No taxation without consent. The king is under the law. He sealed it. Then begged the Pope to destroy it. Didnt matter. You cant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021256033738301707)  2026-02-10T16:12Z 44.7K followers, 383.7K engagements


"This is just the beginning. Were telling the stories they stopped teaching. And building a community around them. Be Part Of Us 👉 Be Proud Of Us. http://proudofus.co.uk/support http://proudofus.co.uk/support"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021635850035945847)  2026-02-11T17:22Z 44.7K followers, 13.3K engagements


"@Alex_Paschim Much appreciated 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021664572290269364)  2026-02-11T19:16Z 44.6K followers, [---] engagements


"One passenger. Two dead birds. Some Devonshire cream. That was the cargo on the worlds first scheduled international flight. August 25th [----]. A grass field in Hounslow. A former RAF pilot called Bill Lawford climbed into an open cockpit and flew to Paris. No radar. No control tower. Just a map and nerve. Today four billion people fly every year. It all started on a patch of grass in west London. Follow @ProudofusUK for stories like this every single day Who are we Be part of us. Be Proud Of Us. #ProudOfUs #BritishHistory #Aviation #HistoryMatters http://Proudofus.co.uk/about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021702278298972190)  2026-02-11T21:45Z 44.7K followers, 16.8K engagements


"You already know Alfred The Great saved England. 🏴👑 But you don't know who he actually was. He was the fifth son. Never supposed to be king. His four older brothers were. One by one the Vikings killed them all. He suffered from a painful illness his entire life. Something that left him unable to move for days. This was the man who was supposed to stop the Vikings. By [---] he was hiding in a swamp. A peasant woman scolded him for burning her bread. She didn't know he was the king. That's how far he'd fallen. From that swamp he rallied every man in Wessex who still believed. At Edington he"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021895108082233827)  2026-02-12T10:32Z 44.7K followers, 79K engagements


"Really good points Its something we want to explore more. The idea of a clean invasion and replacement is increasingly questioned by the archaeology. Merging intermarriage cultural blending. The Gewisse are a brilliant example. Our culture is built on that combination not one thing replacing another. The Celtic church Brittonic traces in Old English Saxon ideas about freedom. All woven together. Thank you for adding this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021903955454816598)  2026-02-12T11:07Z 44.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@FancFay The Last Kingdom is brilliant thelflds story is incredible and it only gets better from where you are. The real history is just as dramatic. Glad youre enjoying it and thank you for watching"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2021904648223981712)  2026-02-12T11:10Z 44.6K followers, [---] engagements


"The CELTS were here for A THOUSAND YEARS before Rome even looked at this island ⚔🏴 We told you about Alfred. The king who hid in a swamp and saved a civilisation. But before Alfred. Before the Saxons. Before Rome ever set foot here. Someone was already here. The Celts. They didn't arrive with an invasion fleet. They came in waves over centuries. They built hill forts that still scar the landscape today. Maiden Castle in Dorset. One of the largest in Europe. Built by hand. Defended by ditches so deep an army would break before it reached the walls. 🏔 They were farmers. Metalworkers."  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021959258518995101)  2026-02-12T14:47Z 44.7K followers, 134.8K engagements


"In [----] THIRTY THOUSAND ORDINARY PEOPLE MARCHED ON LONDON AND BROKE INTO THE TOWER ⚔ They were serfs. Tied to the land. Couldn't leave their village. Couldn't marry. Couldn't choose their own work. Their lord owned them. Oh and he was the judge too. Then the Black Death killed a third of England. Suddenly there weren't enough workers. The survivors knew their labour was worth more. Parliament's answer Freeze wages by law. Then charge every person over fifteen the same poll tax. Three times in four years. For a lord nothing. For a farmer everything. In Essex a tax collector came to a village."  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022232675981881542)  2026-02-13T08:53Z 44.7K followers, 78.4K engagements


"Great question. Research from the University of Liverpool showed Great Orme copper reached from Brittany to Sweden during its peak around 1600-1400 BC. One of the largest Bronze Age copper mines in Europe. Right there in North Wales. Welsh copper Cornish tin. Britain was supplying the Bronze Age https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022325976575717460 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022325976575717460"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2022325976575717460)  2026-02-13T15:04Z 44.6K followers, [---] engagements


"He was ENSLAVED. Then he enslaved OTHERS. Then he wrote the most famous hymn in the world His name was John Newton. Born in London [----]. Mother died when he was six. At sea by eleven. By twenty he was wild reckless flogged by the Navy. Then enslaved in Sierra Leone by a slave trader's wife. A storm nearly killed him on the voyage home. He cried out to God for the first time in years. He called March 21st his spiritual birthday. But here's the uncomfortable part. He didn't stop. He became a slave ship captain. Three voyages. Hundreds of people in chains below his deck. He knew it was wrong. He"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022345490524668267)  2026-02-13T16:21Z 44.7K followers, 105.4K engagements


"Thanks for raising this. Its a common assumption but modern DNA research has actually shown that ancient British genetics are far more present in todays population than previously thought. The Anglo-Saxon contribution IS significant but didnt replace the existing population to the extent that was once believed. Cornwall especially still carries a strong Celtic genetic footprint. Fascinating area of study.📚"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2022355057417625834)  2026-02-13T16:59Z 44.6K followers, [---] engagements


"In [----] two thousand sailors DROWNED. Not because of a storm. Because nobody could tell where they were at sea This was the longitude problem. The deadliest puzzle in science. Parliament offered [-----] to anyone who could solve it. Nearly four million today. Every great scientist in Europe tried. Newton. Halley. The finest minds alive. All of them failed. The man who solved it was a carpenter from Yorkshire. His name was John Harrison. No formal education. No university. No wealthy patron. He taught himself clockmaking. Built timepieces out of wood. His idea was simple. If you know the exact"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022386648466485587)  2026-02-13T19:05Z 44.7K followers, 1.5M engagements


"@TryinHearse The lions waking up. Glad youre watching from across the pond 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2022403846128177161)  2026-02-13T20:13Z 44.6K followers, 14.2K engagements


"@EnszTodd @DavidDeutschOxf Wow. So the real figure is even bigger than we said Thank you for the extra context. That makes the story even more incredible 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2022415941175513591)  2026-02-13T21:01Z 44.7K followers, 18.7K engagements


"@rowan9sam Fascinating period. The Dark Ages are far more interesting than people think. Plenty of stories to tell there 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2022417451380806109)  2026-02-13T21:07Z 44.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@Pluscachange201 Thats a new one for me. Going straight on the list. Thank you for the patent link 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2022610166005281119)  2026-02-14T09:53Z 44.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Britain had the largest network of secret societies in the world Millions of members. Secret passwords. Secret handshakes. Initiation rituals. 🤫 They werent plotting anything. They were looking after each other. 🤝 A few pennies a week. Sick They paid your wages. Dead They buried you and looked after your family. The government didnt fear revolution. They feared being replaced. 😳 [----]. Banned. 🚫 They went underground. The passwords werent for drama. They were for survival. By 1900: [-----] societies. Bigger than the trade unions. The largest mutual aid network on earth. 🌍 The welfare state"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021328127881077117)  2026-02-10T20:59Z 44.7K followers, 46.2K engagements


"He was called the strangest man in physics. Not the brightest. Not the fastest. The strangest. But here's what they never told you about him. His name was Paul Dirac. Born in Bristol [----]. His father had one rule: you could only speak to him in French. When young Paul couldn't find the words he stopped speaking entirely. That silence became a superpower. At [--] he wrote a single equation that united quantum mechanics with Einstein's relativity. Two pillars of physics that nobody could connect. A quiet boy from Bristol did it with a pen. Then his equation predicted something impossible. A"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022753554470195665)  2026-02-14T19:23Z 44.7K followers, 50.2K engagements


"They told you to be ashamed. They lied. Your ancestors ended slavery. Invented the modern world. Went to prison for walking on a hill. Ordinary people who changed the world. These stories were buried. Were bringing them back - one video at a time. Help us reach millions more. Be proud of us. Be part of us. http://proudofus.co.uk http://proudofus.co.uk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2020595289300648030)  2026-02-08T20:27Z 44.7K followers, 74.9K engagements


"He was called the strangest man in physics. Not the brightest. Not the fastest. The strangest. But here's what they never told you about him. His name was Paul Dirac. Born in Bristol [----]. His father had one rule: you could only speak to him in French. When young Paul couldn't find the words he stopped speaking entirely. That silence became a superpower. At [--] he wrote a single equation that united quantum mechanics with Einstein's relativity. Two pillars of physics that nobody could connect. A quiet boy from Bristol did it with a pen. Then his equation predicted something impossible. A"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022753554470195665)  2026-02-14T19:23Z 44.7K followers, 50.2K engagements


"Valentine's Day had nothing to do with love. ❤❌ No romance. No flowers. No love letters. For over a thousand years it was just a saint's feast day. Then one British poet changed everything. Not Hallmark. Not America. Not the Romans. A man in England [----] wrote a single poem. And the entire world followed. His name was Geoffrey Chaucer. He wrote about birds choosing their mates on Saint Valentine's Day. Before that poem NOBODY connected February 14th with romance. After it every poet in Europe followed his lead. A hundred years later a woman in Norfolk picked up a pen. She wrote to the man she"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022661044720558086)  2026-02-14T13:15Z 44.7K followers, 37K engagements


"Every diesel engine on earth is named after the WRONG man. And here's the worst part. They took the real inventor's own engine and called it a "semi-diesel." Named after the man who came second. In [----] a British engineer from Halifax filed a patent for a compression-ignition engine. Three years before Rudolf Diesel. Built it. Sold it. FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND engines running before Diesel had even built a working prototype. The first compression-ignition locomotive British. Woolwich Arsenal [----]. An Akroyd engine. But Diesel had better marketing. A bigger name. A louder voice. So history gave him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022594876068540596)  2026-02-14T08:52Z 44.7K followers, 73.4K engagements


"In [----] two thousand sailors DROWNED. Not because of a storm. Because nobody could tell where they were at sea This was the longitude problem. The deadliest puzzle in science. Parliament offered [-----] to anyone who could solve it. Nearly four million today. Every great scientist in Europe tried. Newton. Halley. The finest minds alive. All of them failed. The man who solved it was a carpenter from Yorkshire. His name was John Harrison. No formal education. No university. No wealthy patron. He taught himself clockmaking. Built timepieces out of wood. His idea was simple. If you know the exact"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022386648466485587)  2026-02-13T19:05Z 44.7K followers, 1.5M engagements


"He was ENSLAVED. Then he enslaved OTHERS. Then he wrote the most famous hymn in the world His name was John Newton. Born in London [----]. Mother died when he was six. At sea by eleven. By twenty he was wild reckless flogged by the Navy. Then enslaved in Sierra Leone by a slave trader's wife. A storm nearly killed him on the voyage home. He cried out to God for the first time in years. He called March 21st his spiritual birthday. But here's the uncomfortable part. He didn't stop. He became a slave ship captain. Three voyages. Hundreds of people in chains below his deck. He knew it was wrong. He"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022345490524668267)  2026-02-13T16:21Z 44.7K followers, 105.4K engagements


"2300 years ago a Greek astronomer sailed to the edge of the known world His name was Pytheas. He sailed from Marseille through the Strait of Gibraltar and turned north. He was looking for the source of something the entire ancient world depended on. Tin. Without tin you can't make bronze. Without bronze there's no Bronze Age. No weapons. No tools. No armour. And the richest source of tin in the ancient world Cornwall. For over a thousand years before Pytheas arrived Cornish tin had been reaching Egypt Turkey and Greece. Tin ingots chemically matched to Cornish earth have been found in ancient"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022289133985497524)  2026-02-13T12:37Z 44.7K followers, 97.6K engagements


"In [----] THIRTY THOUSAND ORDINARY PEOPLE MARCHED ON LONDON AND BROKE INTO THE TOWER ⚔ They were serfs. Tied to the land. Couldn't leave their village. Couldn't marry. Couldn't choose their own work. Their lord owned them. Oh and he was the judge too. Then the Black Death killed a third of England. Suddenly there weren't enough workers. The survivors knew their labour was worth more. Parliament's answer Freeze wages by law. Then charge every person over fifteen the same poll tax. Three times in four years. For a lord nothing. For a farmer everything. In Essex a tax collector came to a village."  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022232675981881542)  2026-02-13T08:53Z 44.7K followers, 78.4K engagements


"The CELTS were here for A THOUSAND YEARS before Rome even looked at this island ⚔🏴 We told you about Alfred. The king who hid in a swamp and saved a civilisation. But before Alfred. Before the Saxons. Before Rome ever set foot here. Someone was already here. The Celts. They didn't arrive with an invasion fleet. They came in waves over centuries. They built hill forts that still scar the landscape today. Maiden Castle in Dorset. One of the largest in Europe. Built by hand. Defended by ditches so deep an army would break before it reached the walls. 🏔 They were farmers. Metalworkers."  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021959258518995101)  2026-02-12T14:47Z 44.7K followers, 134.8K engagements


"You already know Alfred The Great saved England. 🏴👑 But you don't know who he actually was. He was the fifth son. Never supposed to be king. His four older brothers were. One by one the Vikings killed them all. He suffered from a painful illness his entire life. Something that left him unable to move for days. This was the man who was supposed to stop the Vikings. By [---] he was hiding in a swamp. A peasant woman scolded him for burning her bread. She didn't know he was the king. That's how far he'd fallen. From that swamp he rallied every man in Wessex who still believed. At Edington he"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021895108082233827)  2026-02-12T10:32Z 44.7K followers, 79K engagements


"One passenger. Two dead birds. Some Devonshire cream. That was the cargo on the worlds first scheduled international flight. August 25th [----]. A grass field in Hounslow. A former RAF pilot called Bill Lawford climbed into an open cockpit and flew to Paris. No radar. No control tower. Just a map and nerve. Today four billion people fly every year. It all started on a patch of grass in west London. Follow @ProudofusUK for stories like this every single day Who are we Be part of us. Be Proud Of Us. #ProudOfUs #BritishHistory #Aviation #HistoryMatters http://Proudofus.co.uk/about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021702278298972190)  2026-02-11T21:45Z 44.7K followers, 16.8K engagements


"They STOPPED teaching the 🏴 ANGLO-SAXON 🏴 STORY. Heres a brief introduction to it. 🧵 Fifteen hundred years ago England didnt exist. Angles. Saxons. Jutes. Open boats across the North Sea. They carved the island into seven warring kingdoms. ⚔ But they built. Churches. Laws written in English not Latin. Shires your county was drawn by their hands over a thousand years ago. Then the Vikings came. And nearly ended everything. By [---] every kingdom had fallen. Every king had fled or died. Except one. A 28-year-old hiding in a marsh called Alfred. He fought back. Built fortified towns. Retook"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021635498574336426)  2026-02-11T17:20Z 44.7K followers, 328.6K engagements


"This is just the beginning. Were telling the stories they stopped teaching. And building a community around them. Be Part Of Us 👉 Be Proud Of Us. http://proudofus.co.uk/support http://proudofus.co.uk/support"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021635850035945847)  2026-02-11T17:22Z 44.7K followers, 13.3K engagements


"A ⚜French-Born⚜ man CAPTURED the KING OF ENGLAND 👑🏴⛓ He held the king prisoner. Ruled in his name. But the lords refused to back him. He needed support. So he did something no ruler in history had ever done. He invited ordinary people into Parliament. Merchants. Craftsmen. Men who worked with their hands. 🔨 They walked through the doors of Westminster and sat beside bishops and barons. For the first time common people had a voice in how their country was run. It was a political calculation. He needed them more than he believed in them. Seven months later he was dead. Killed at Evesham. His"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021578830247313652)  2026-02-11T13:35Z 44.7K followers, 31.9K engagements


"One letter. One newspaper. One month. In [----] a British war hero wrote a single letter to The Times. Colonel Loyd-Lindsay. Victoria Cross holder. Crimean War veteran. Hed seen what happened when wounded soldiers had no one coming for them. So he wrote one letter. Within weeks Britain founded the National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War. Within a month forty British surgeons were on a foreign battlefield. Treating both sides. Equally. From day one. Not for empire. Not for politics. Because it was right. That society became the British Red Cross. Born from one letter and the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021515144719659375)  2026-02-11T09:22Z 44.7K followers, 35.9K engagements


"Britain spent forty percent of its annual budget on one thing Not the army. ❌ Not the navy. ❌ For Freedom.✅ [----] - Parliament faced a choice. End slavery gradually let it fade out over decades. Or end it now. But now had a price. Slaveholders owned people. Legally. Under existing law their property couldnt just be taken. The choice was simple. Pay them off. Or wait. But every year of waiting meant people still in chains. Mothers. Fathers. Children. Britain chose now. 👇 Forty percent of the entire national budget. The largest loan in British history. Who paid Not the slaveholders. They got"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021195216959516710)  2026-02-10T12:11Z 44.7K followers, 32.7K engagements


"Fun fact: 40% of todays national budget would be around [---] billion. Almost double the entire NHS. Thats the scale of what your ancestors committed to end slavery. 🫡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021361095110516818)  2026-02-10T23:10Z 44.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Britain had the largest network of secret societies in the world Millions of members. Secret passwords. Secret handshakes. Initiation rituals. 🤫 They werent plotting anything. They were looking after each other. 🤝 A few pennies a week. Sick They paid your wages. Dead They buried you and looked after your family. The government didnt fear revolution. They feared being replaced. 😳 [----]. Banned. 🚫 They went underground. The passwords werent for drama. They were for survival. By 1900: [-----] societies. Bigger than the trade unions. The largest mutual aid network on earth. 🌍 The welfare state"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021328127881077117)  2026-02-10T20:59Z 44.7K followers, 46.2K engagements


"The MOST IMPORTANT piece of ground in HUMAN HISTORY is a park by the Thames. Before what happened here. Any king anywhere could do whatever he wanted. Take your land. Take your family. Kill you. No trial. No charge. No limit. No law on earth could touch him. Then in [----] Englands barons seized London and sent King John a message: Meet us or lose everything. ⚔ He met them. In a wet field called Runnymede. They handed him Magna Carta. No imprisonment without trial. No taxation without consent. The king is under the law. He sealed it. Then begged the Pope to destroy it. Didnt matter. You cant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021256033738301707)  2026-02-10T16:12Z 44.7K followers, 383.7K engagements


"Einstein kept one photograph on his wall It wasn't Newton. It wasn't Galileo. It was a 🏴Scottish🏴 physicist called James Clerk Maxwell. He took electricity magnetism and light. Proved they were all the same thing. With four equations. Without him: no radio no TV no radar no mobile phones no WiFi. Every piece of wireless technology on earth traces back to one man. He also took the world's first colour photograph. He was [--] when he died. Einstein said his work was the most important since Newton. Almost nobody else knows his name. Now you do. Be Part of us: 👉 Be Proud Of Us."  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021146751969722512)  2026-02-10T08:58Z 44.7K followers, 88K engagements


"It took [--] billion [--] kilometres of tunnel and [-----] scientists to prove one quiet British man right In [----] 🏴 Peter Higgs 🏴 wrote a two-page paper predicting a particle that explains why anything in the universe has mass. Without it - no stars no planets no us. It was rejected. No obvious relevance to physics. He waited [--] years. No phone. No computer. No email. Just a desk at Edinburgh University. When CERN announced theyd found his particle he was in the audience. He wept. He died in April [----]. He was [--]. Help us keep telling these stories 👉 Be part of us. Be Proud Of Us."  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2020983217243779465)  2026-02-09T22:08Z 44.7K followers, 26K engagements

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