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21-01-2024, 07:51 PM
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Eglingham and Tarry are one and the same....
Eglingham and Tarry are one and the same. Bannamoor and Shipley seemed to come under a joint banner.
Tarry (and Tarry Lane) were named because of the high levels of tar in the coal. At the 1881...
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18-04-2017, 12:53 PM
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That's a great set of photographs, Coquet, but...
That's a great set of photographs, Coquet, but does your daughter ever get tired of providing the scale!
The engine mounts look promising and the gin is great. I assume we're missing some horses...
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08-06-2016, 09:28 AM
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08-06-2016, 09:20 AM
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07-06-2016, 01:29 PM
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07-06-2016, 10:54 AM
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Finally got to photograph the remains of Tarry...
Finally got to photograph the remains of Tarry Colliery and the lime kiln. They are uploaded into an album (http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/amble-northumberland/album.php?albumid=34) for anyone...
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02-05-2016, 03:09 PM
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02-05-2016, 01:37 PM
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02-05-2016, 01:28 PM
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30-04-2016, 03:38 PM
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29-04-2016, 11:30 AM
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This is going to excite quite a few of you...
This is going to excite quite a few of you collectors out there, not those after coal in jars!
Apparently waste from Alnwick was used to fill in the mine shafts at Tarry which has resulted in a...
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27-04-2016, 04:33 PM
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Just to prove there is a tenuous link between...
Just to prove there is a tenuous link between Eglingham and Amble district :D
Alnwick Mercury, 1 November 1873:
"East Ditchburn, Eglingham; this is the property of Robert Dand Esq. of Gloster...
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27-04-2016, 12:15 PM
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The colliery "utensils" went up for sale in 1847...
The colliery "utensils" went up for sale in 1847 for Tarry.
"2 Horse Gins, ropes, tubs, trams, 4 sledge and other hammers, pinches, hacks, pit shovels, blasting gear, 15 fathom (??) rods complete,...
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25-04-2016, 04:31 PM
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25-04-2016, 10:06 AM
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Vagabond, I always find the Eglingham entry in...
Vagabond, I always find the Eglingham entry in the Durham Mining Museum very frustrating. There is obviously a serious lack of info. I've been trying to join up the dots a bit, using the census and...
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25-04-2016, 10:01 AM
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24-04-2016, 11:22 AM
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Reading again some of the information from the...
Reading again some of the information from the Memoir about Eglingham, a closer look at Curlsheugh would be exciting. The area is moorland and undisturbed. There are a lot of what look like bell pits...
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24-04-2016, 11:05 AM
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23-04-2016, 06:20 PM
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23-04-2016, 06:18 PM
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23-04-2016, 03:11 PM
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Lovely stuff Coquet, thanks :) Fortunately the...
Lovely stuff Coquet, thanks :) Fortunately the coal occurs east of us but I know who has Tarry Colliery in his field! One of his cows fell down a shaft, hauled out safely though. I'm going to have a...
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23-04-2016, 12:45 PM
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23-04-2016, 12:07 PM
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22-04-2016, 03:53 PM
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Coal Pits
This isn't about a very local pit but one further north in the county and I would like some assistance from the experts!
A newspaper article from 1873 states that the pit in question has a drum...
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