Forum: Amble and Hauxley
02-04-2018, 06:42 AM
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
28-09-2014, 10:16 AM
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Duncans Buildings/ Cottages.
This has been discussed previously, they were directly behind the highlighted area on your map running towards Gibson Street. There is still one left adjoining the larger house at the foot of...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
06-05-2014, 11:11 AM
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
05-05-2014, 03:01 PM
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
30-11-2012, 07:58 PM
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W J Casey, Military Cross.
Rather strange this, I was always of the opinion that the MC, (cross), was for officers and the MM, (medal), was awarded to other ranks, that was until fairley recently when they all now get the MC....
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
29-11-2012, 08:39 PM
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W J Casey.
Yes that was where the remembrance day parades started from, the local TA and a large detachment from RAF Acklington formed up there and marched down through Amble to the war memorial accompanied by...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
29-11-2012, 11:03 AM
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Commanding officer Amble home guard.
Walter Casey was the TA instructor between the wars and as such I suppose he was an obvious choice to run the show when the home guard was formed due to his previous military experience and the fact...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
28-11-2012, 08:44 AM
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Douglass the younger.
If it was, as we suspect, the younger one, his grandson and greatgrandsons are still in Amble. I can verify this by the names of his sons on the census.
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
27-11-2012, 08:08 PM
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James Douglass.
Have trawled through the Radcliffe 1911 census and only came up with two James Douglass' ( note the double s as opposed to Douglas with one s). They were both in Cross Row one in East and one in...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
26-11-2012, 07:01 PM
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W J Casey and J lynn.
Casey was the resident instructor to the TA in Amble and his family were brought up here. I went to school with his grandson, also named Walter. There were Caseys in Amble until last year when Joe...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
02-10-2012, 01:13 PM
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Gable wall.
I too noticed the stone gable wall there yesterday. Looks unusual to have a stone wall on brick houses, seems to bear out the story of a previous building next door.
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
30-09-2012, 06:22 PM
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Properties on Albert and Woodbine Streets.
1: There were flats in what is now the car park behind the Blue Bell and there was a shop, empty in my time,on the corner of the roadside, car sales now. This is also where there was a pub too at...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
29-09-2012, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 166
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Duncans buildings.
I have, for some reason, known Duncans buildings or Duncans cottages to be directly behind your "red brick buildings" at the top of the Wynd. There is only one of these cottages left now, used for...
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