Forum: Warkworth and Birling
06-10-2013, 03:38 PM
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Forum: Warkworth and Birling
06-10-2013, 10:15 AM
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Replies: 15
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I found this old map. ( sounds like the opening...
I found this old map. ( sounds like the opening line to a treasure hunt), from before the Coquet changed course(I think, maybe not but looks like it), and you can see an island shaped like a monkey....
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
25-06-2013, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 7,403
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Forum: General topics
25-06-2013, 05:37 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 23,765
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Forum: General topics
12-04-2013, 06:46 AM
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Ah yes, stone and table, my mum still says...
Ah yes, stone and table, my mum still says chebble now and again.
Clemmy remindeds me of my brothers playing skimmers on the little shore. Sometimes I would go plodging up to my honkers. :D
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
11-04-2013, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 34,530
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Forum: General topics
11-04-2013, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 23,765
The local lingo
One of the things I’ve learned since leaving Amble is the number of words that are unique to Northumberland. Just the other day, I was out walking our dog with a friend and her dog, and she asked if...
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
11-04-2013, 08:25 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 55,741
the day the Navy landed.
Can anyone remember the day the Navy arrived by helicopter (79 or 80) on the school field? It was a Wasp just like this one...
http://db.tt/EnJYfGoY
Altough at the time things can seem...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
11-04-2013, 08:06 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 34,530
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
11-04-2013, 08:04 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 34,530
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Forum: New member zone
10-04-2013, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 7,669
it rains a lot
For every one of these...
http://db.tt/44NvPAJ9
It feels like we get a dozen or so of these....
http://db.tt/9PvJXim5
Just an average day in my office...:D
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
09-04-2013, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 55,741
I can remember Malcolm Young: had tea at his...
I can remember Malcolm Young: had tea at his house a few times: he received an eye injury when someone threw a stone at him.
It's odd that I have Ian Dalby in my list too, maybe I'm mixing up my...
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
09-04-2013, 03:55 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 55,741
There's a challenge. I can remember the year at...
There's a challenge. I can remember the year at Cross Street (outside toilets) freezing! Some of them must be on those Dovecote St photos on the other thread, my guess is, it's the half a dozen on...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
09-04-2013, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 34,530
I can't remember the cafe you mention, the blue...
I can't remember the cafe you mention, the blue kettle is the one that comes to mind, I was always fascinated by their orange squash machine: they made great Horlicks too. Some say it was the centre...
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Forum: New member zone
09-04-2013, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 14,313
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Forum: New member zone
09-04-2013, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 7,669
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
09-04-2013, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 55,741
It turns out that if I were a contestant on Ken...
It turns out that if I were a contestant on Ken Bruce’s popmaster… he would have said, one year out! I left school in 1981 too ( just checked my O level certificates), the last year started in 1980,...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
08-04-2013, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 34,530
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
08-04-2013, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 34,530
Amble Sweet shops
http://db.tt/2QyAb1Cp
The photo in the link is of my Great Uncle's sweet shop in Queen Street, it later became George's and then Chapman's, where I bought my first ever record. :D
Other great...
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
08-04-2013, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 55,741
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
08-04-2013, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 55,741
Last night in a fit of nostalgia, I was going...
Last night in a fit of nostalgia, I was going through all the names of people in the E2 year of 1980, the last to be at Hadston when it was Coquet High School. It's quite a list - 50 to 60 names, if...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
08-04-2013, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 3
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Amble Modern School
http://db.tt/YfpzzxLm
http://db.tt/1NoCWWKd
My mum sent me a book about the Modern School about ten years ago now, she sent it mainly because I'm in one of the photos on the back cover...Mr...
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
07-04-2013, 07:44 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 55,741
I can remember most of those , especially Mr...
I can remember most of those , especially Mr Richardson's slipper. Some of those teachers transferred to Hadston with us when we were shipped over there.
Can you remember Miss Stanton the music...
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Forum: New member zone
07-04-2013, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 7,669
it's been 31 years
since leaving Amble to join the Navy at age 17. Apparently no one has missed me :D. No phone calls, no letters, no coded messages in the Times. I still miss the old place, there is no other place...
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
07-04-2013, 05:29 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 55,741
This was the school I went to, leaving in 1980,...
This was the school I went to, leaving in 1980, we were bussed in from Amble. Anyone remember when we raised loads of money to buy coffee machines etc but we never got to use them because they were...
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