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Forum: Amble and Hauxley 15-07-2023, 07:33 PM
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Posted By Al88c
Further north of the look out post. There is an...

Further north of the look out post. There is an old boundary hedge that crosses the coastal path next to the new tree trunk sculpture. The boundary shows up on the same OS Map as "Tom Forsyth's...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 12-05-2023, 07:38 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 637
Posted By Al88c
J I had a look at the old OS Maps on the...

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I had a look at the old OS Maps on the National Library of Scotland website - really useful because you can split screen with Google Earth. Tom Forsyth's hill is marked on an old map and by...
Forum: General topics 07-05-2022, 09:10 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,402
Posted By Al88c
That's interesting. Of the 3 brothers, my...

That's interesting. Of the 3 brothers, my grandfather Jim served but I know my Great Uncle Jack was at school - he was conscripted in WW2 and landed in France as part of the first wave on D Day but...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 05-05-2022, 08:37 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,704
Posted By Al88c
Firstly my bad for getting the company name the...

Firstly my bad for getting the company name the wrong way round "Burton & Richardson". I was passing yesterday and asked one of the contractors working on the site if I could take a closer look - and...
Forum: General topics 02-05-2022, 10:04 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,402
Posted By Al88c
Thanks Alan J you've triggered a synapse. That...

Thanks Alan J you've triggered a synapse. That would be "Jacky Mole", I seem to remember that name. And you're right about the the workshop being where the house now stands, it's on the 1920's...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 02-05-2022, 01:53 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,704
Posted By Al88c
I couldn't get close enough to find out but would...

I couldn't get close enough to find out but would these be Richardson & Burton bottles - the Amble fizzy drinks manufacturer on Bridge Street? Would make sense if they dumped any broken bottles at...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 01-05-2022, 07:20 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,704
Posted By Al88c
Bottle Dump

The new carpark where Breezes Garage was seems to have thrown up a broken bottle dump. It's all Heras fenced off but some looked fairly intact.
Forum: General topics 29-04-2022, 08:28 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,402
Posted By Al88c
Jim told me the story about being gassed. The RGA...

Jim told me the story about being gassed. The RGA were firing one way and the enemy were firing back. His gun crew were wearing gas masks at the time but a shell blew up close by and covered him and...
Forum: General topics 29-04-2022, 07:57 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,402
Posted By Al88c
The workshop was on Percy Street where the...

The workshop was on Percy Street where the Chemist is now - I have very vague memories of it when I was a child circa 1964/65.
Forum: General topics 28-04-2022, 09:12 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,402
Posted By Al88c
When I saw this post I wondered if anybody would...

When I saw this post I wondered if anybody would pick up on Joseph Pringle Whittle. He was my greatgrandfather, James (Jim) my grandad. He had two brothers Will and Jack. Whittle and Sons did the...
Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row 11-08-2021, 07:45 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,403
Posted By Al88c
I'm guesing RSG could be shorthand for Royal...

I'm guesing RSG could be shorthand for Royal (Siege) Garrison Artillery. My Grandfather James Whittle on the absent voters list has his unit being Siege Battery RGA. Can't make out much detail in the...
Forum: General topics 05-07-2021, 08:29 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,337
Posted By Al88c
Central Hall, I think became the Britisk Legion...

Central Hall, I think became the Britisk Legion and in my youth the Norseman - Thomas Gibson Proprier circa 20's?
Forum: General topics 30-06-2021, 07:45 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,337
Posted By Al88c
Kelly's Directory of 1910 lists William Winter as...

Kelly's Directory of 1910 lists William Winter as a Printer and Auctioneer, Queen Street and in the 1934 edition at 57 Queen Street as Amble Printers. It could be him if he had an auction room -...
Forum: General topics 29-06-2021, 09:41 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,337
Posted By Al88c
I'm thinking that by then there was the Central...

I'm thinking that by then there was the Central Hall, Coquet Hall, Parish Hall in Dovecote Street, Drill Hall and the Hall later School Canteen in Gibson Street, possibly Ballantine's Building in...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 25-10-2018, 06:41 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 39,357
Posted By Al88c
Is that the James Rowell Jnr on the Absent Voters...

Is that the James Rowell Jnr on the Absent Voters List?
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 12-08-2018, 08:28 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 39,357
Posted By Al88c
There was an award to Jim Rowell. Jim and Evelyn...

There was an award to Jim Rowell. Jim and Evelyn were downstairs when the tragedy happened and he dragged the upper gunner to safety. Don't know what the award was or where it went but Evelyn was my...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 14-12-2017, 08:51 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 26,390
Posted By Al88c
Haven't been on this site for a while so just...

Haven't been on this site for a while so just catching up. The monumental masons who did the work on the Amble Memorial were my Greatgrandfather, Grandfather and probaby my GreatUncle (I think he was...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 30-08-2014, 11:03 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 14,010
Posted By Al88c
I think this is part of the original 1837...

I think this is part of the original 1837 waggonway bringing coals from the first pit at hauxley to the coquet. If so it predates the existing harbour and Broomhill railway. It would be interesting...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 30-08-2014, 10:24 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 44,705
Posted By Al88c
An impressive collection and for one individual...

An impressive collection and for one individual to be awarded medals from both conflicts I would think quite rare. The MM and Victory medals passed to CR and Ellen's son also Charles Robert "Bob"...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 27-08-2014, 07:21 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 44,705
Posted By Al88c
Yes Leslie, I am aware of the tradition of...

Yes Leslie, I am aware of the tradition of wearing a deceased family members medals on the right breast thanks, and if CR's are to be worn on Rememberance Sunday they will be worn the proper way.
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 26-08-2014, 09:59 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 44,705
Posted By Al88c
I'll need to lean on my Sister-in-law, but I...

I'll need to lean on my Sister-in-law, but I agree it would be fitting. I'll see what we can do for that. My own belief is that they should be carried, rather than worn (right or left) if they are...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 25-08-2014, 09:21 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 44,705
Posted By Al88c
I've not seen these I'm afraid, but I'll ask the...

I've not seen these I'm afraid, but I'll ask the rest of the family
Al
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 24-08-2014, 08:23 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 44,705
Posted By Al88c
Charles Straker MM

Hopefully I've uploaded these photo's Ok, these are Charles Robert's MM and service medal. Charles was also my wife's grandfather and his medals have passed down to her sister.

The inscription on...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 05-08-2014, 09:20 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 7,386
Posted By Al88c
If a "miller and dyer" would that be fullers...

If a "miller and dyer" would that be fullers (cloth) miller?
Forum: Alnmouth, Lesbury and Hipsburn 31-07-2014, 08:15 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 16,912
Posted By Al88c
I picked up on this thread because I found a...

I picked up on this thread because I found a similar piece at Hauxley recently, which I'm pretty sure is grape shot.
I've just looked up the entry in the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana for Alnmouth...
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