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Forum: General topics 05-04-2016, 03:01 PM
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Posted By janwhin
Would it be on the high road to Warkworth by any...

Would it be on the high road to Warkworth by any chance? I've just come across an archaeological survey completed for Northumberland Estates in connection with the development of New Barns. It refers...
Forum: General topics 22-07-2013, 12:26 PM
Replies: 113
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Posted By janwhin
I've got the information now on 146 HAA if you...

I've got the information now on 146 HAA if you want to look at your private messages.
Forum: General topics 15-03-2013, 12:01 AM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
It sounds like your grandfather followed the same...

It sounds like your grandfather followed the same route as my dad. All I've got is my dad's war record which tracks where they went and a group photo of them in training in Kent before embarkation....
Forum: General topics 10-02-2013, 03:22 PM
Replies: 113
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Posted By janwhin
So much to learn and so little time :D I wonder...

So much to learn and so little time :D I wonder when the Northumberland Home Guard records will be released, I think Brian Pears might be making use of some of the recently released Durham stuff.
Forum: General topics 10-02-2013, 02:54 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
You can double click to get a bigger image but...

You can double click to get a bigger image but now you need to buy them. Not broken just smarter!
Forum: General topics 10-02-2013, 02:52 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
I've had a look at a Brian Pears website (...

I've had a look at a Brian Pears website ( www.bpears.org.uk/Misc/War_NE )dealing with the auxiliary units and the home guard. He refers to the Royal Engineers (184th tunnelling company in...
Forum: General topics 10-02-2013, 02:16 PM
Replies: 113
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Posted By janwhin
Looks like "C" Company might be Alnwick District...

Looks like "C" Company might be Alnwick District under the command of Major Millar. Woodhorn has his diaries (4).
Forum: General topics 10-02-2013, 02:08 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
Do you know what platoon that was? I'm browsing...

Do you know what platoon that was? I'm browsing Woodhorn catalogue for anything on there. There's a photo of No. 9 Platoon, "C" Company, 16th Battalion. Sadly I can't get a sharp enough image to show...
Forum: General topics 08-02-2013, 11:23 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
Tried to see if anything turned up in newspapers...

Tried to see if anything turned up in newspapers elsewhere in the country, lots of interesting diversions about other things happening in Amble but nothing helpful on this topic.
A mention in a Hull...
Forum: General topics 08-02-2013, 10:50 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
Bit of a hole in the newspaper archive between...

Bit of a hole in the newspaper archive between 1915 and 1940:(
Forum: General topics 08-02-2013, 10:24 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
I believe there are still the holes from the...

I believe there are still the holes from the strafing in the wall on the corner of Bridge Street/Queen Street.
Forum: General topics 08-02-2013, 10:21 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
Lord Mayor's Camp

There's a lovely article in the Morpeth Herald in 1947 when someone stole curtains from the concert hall in the Lord Mayor's Camp. The camp belonged to Newcastle under the auspices of the Lord...
Forum: General topics 08-02-2013, 02:59 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
Looking at the field boundaries and the 1954 map,...

Looking at the field boundaries and the 1954 map, could it be from the south west?
Forum: General topics 08-02-2013, 02:08 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
Sounds like the charabanc will have to come ouit...

Sounds like the charabanc will have to come ouit for an outing to Kew :D
Forum: General topics 07-02-2013, 12:50 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
POW Camp

This thread is really getting interesting, isn't it.
It appears that, initially, POW camps were set up around the country, for prisoners taken during the war. A camp at Featherstone housed die hard...
Forum: General topics 06-02-2013, 06:44 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
Ah just because English Heritage says that's what...

Ah just because English Heritage says that's what it is, doesn't mean to say its right! I tried to establish their sources and seemed to go round in circles. Good aerial shot though.
My brother in...
Forum: General topics 06-02-2013, 04:01 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
I may be wrong, I often am, but those parallel...

I may be wrong, I often am, but those parallel lines must be the first bit of Links Avenue? Melrose Gardens and St Cuthberts are on there too.
Forum: General topics 06-02-2013, 11:48 AM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
My sisters cetainly talked about there being...

My sisters cetainly talked about there being Russians and Mongolians in the camp.
Forum: General topics 21-01-2013, 04:14 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
I don't know whether you get the Northumbrian...

I don't know whether you get the Northumbrian Magazine, Derilda, but following an article which appeared in Issue 126 about the Home Guard, the "Northumberland County Information Officer" for the...
Forum: General topics 21-01-2013, 01:24 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
There is a website devoted to recording evidence...

There is a website devoted to recording evidence of the "Auxiliary Units" formed in World War 2, and a section dealing with Northumberland....
Forum: General topics 19-01-2013, 11:58 AM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
Here is the photograph of the gun team on tour....

Here is the photograph of the gun team on tour. It is taken at South Beveland, the Netherlands in 1945. The 146 HAA, with their hits on the gun barrel. They were on their way into Germany, sadly...
Forum: General topics 18-01-2013, 09:45 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,620
Posted By janwhin
A good piece of work to come. Isn't it always...

A good piece of work to come.
Isn't it always the case that you wish you'd listened more and asked the right questions when you had the chance. When my dad joined up in 1940 he went into a Heavy...
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