Forum: New member zone
15-09-2013, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 29
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Forum: General topics
09-09-2013, 10:33 PM
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Replies: 27
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Characters and Nicknames
Here are some more for you janwhin "Toddler" Potts ," Daddy" Common,"Bomber" Brown , all from Simonside as was wore Stotter. I'm sure there are a few more in my little grey cells it just finding...
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Forum: New member zone
09-09-2013, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,318
The Drift kitchen shops
I'm pleased your brother-in-laws brain cells were working over time as I had forgotten wee Nancy Davison who was a friend of my mothers. Thanks janwhins brother-in-law.
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Forum: New member zone
06-09-2013, 06:27 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,318
The Drift kitchen shops
I've been reading the Forums posts on the businesses of Burton & Richardson Mineral Water Company & The Norfolk Tucks and it got me thinking about the small kitchen shops of Miners wives at the...
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Forum: Widdrington
09-08-2013, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 12,244
Big Geordie or the Marion
Hi Leslie seem to remember back in the day when I was at Red Row Juniors being allowed out of the school gates to watch this huge beast make its way past our School to go to the back end of the...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
05-08-2013, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 15,375
Coquet Island
I've just read some of the history on Coquet Island and the many changes in residence there from St Henry to Trinity House thanks to the forums sister site Amble and District ,the thread I have on...
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Forum: Warkworth and Birling
03-08-2013, 09:42 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 17,683
Monkey Island
Thank you so much janwhin & coquet between you ,you have hit the nail right on the head ,the name of the young women my relative married was Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart born on Monkey Island about...
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Forum: Warkworth and Birling
02-08-2013, 09:55 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 17,683
Monkey Island
Thanks janwhin I think you maybe right on point as that is the location that my mother used to point out to me as a child ,don't know how many dwellings or what area they covered but as they say the...
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Forum: Warkworth and Birling
31-07-2013, 10:03 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 17,683
monkey island
Can anyone help me with information on Monkey Island ,while looking into my family tree it reads that one of my family line married a young women who was born there in about 1872. I can remember my...
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Forum: New member zone
30-07-2013, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 19,448
"day lady man"
Yeah he did wear a large raincoat which had pockets in the lining that was full of books and other stuff he sold ,for by what he had in his suitcase. I do believe he came from Ashington must have...
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Forum: New member zone
26-07-2013, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 19,448
Day lady
Do any of you drifters remember the "day lady man that used to come around the Drift at the weekends and the things he sold, I will be very interested in what you can remember or maybe some of you...
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Forum: New member zone
26-07-2013, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 2
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Hi Ann the info I have is that my great...
Hi Ann the info I have is that my great grandmother was in the Choppington/Bedlington area about 1873 and definitely in that area in1892. She was married twice and during that time spent some of it...
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Forum: New member zone
22-07-2013, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 14,307
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Forum: New member zone
22-07-2013, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 25,796
hi I was born at the drift and knew a family...
hi I was born at the drift and knew a family called Arries they were a big family and lived on Hartside Terrace,the children names that I can remember are Margaret,brenda,david Noreen Kenny and the...
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Forum: New member zone
22-07-2013, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,133
hello to all
First time on the forum and read new intro from Ann Barnfather couldn't believe it ,Ann my Great Gran was a barnfather from the same area. Pleased to know there is still a lot of people proud to...
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