Forum: Amble and Hauxley
15-07-2023, 07:33 PM
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
12-05-2023, 07:38 PM
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I had a look at the old OS Maps on the...
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I had a look at the old OS Maps on the National Library of Scotland website - really useful because you can split screen with Google Earth. Tom Forsyth's hill is marked on an old map and by...
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Forum: General topics
07-05-2022, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,923
That's interesting. Of the 3 brothers, my...
That's interesting. Of the 3 brothers, my grandfather Jim served but I know my Great Uncle Jack was at school - he was conscripted in WW2 and landed in France as part of the first wave on D Day but...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
05-05-2022, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,234
Firstly my bad for getting the company name the...
Firstly my bad for getting the company name the wrong way round "Burton & Richardson". I was passing yesterday and asked one of the contractors working on the site if I could take a closer look - and...
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Forum: General topics
02-05-2022, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 17
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Thanks Alan J you've triggered a synapse. That...
Thanks Alan J you've triggered a synapse. That would be "Jacky Mole", I seem to remember that name. And you're right about the the workshop being where the house now stands, it's on the 1920's...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
02-05-2022, 01:53 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,234
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
01-05-2022, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,234
Bottle Dump
The new carpark where Breezes Garage was seems to have thrown up a broken bottle dump. It's all Heras fenced off but some looked fairly intact.
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Forum: General topics
29-04-2022, 08:28 PM
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Replies: 17
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Forum: General topics
29-04-2022, 07:57 PM
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Views: 2,923
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Forum: General topics
28-04-2022, 09:12 PM
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Views: 2,923
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
11-08-2021, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,730
I'm guesing RSG could be shorthand for Royal...
I'm guesing RSG could be shorthand for Royal (Siege) Garrison Artillery. My Grandfather James Whittle on the absent voters list has his unit being Siege Battery RGA. Can't make out much detail in the...
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Forum: General topics
05-07-2021, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,791
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Forum: General topics
30-06-2021, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,791
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Forum: General topics
29-06-2021, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,791
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
25-10-2018, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 41,216
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
12-08-2018, 08:28 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 41,216
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
14-12-2017, 08:51 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 26,887
Haven't been on this site for a while so just...
Haven't been on this site for a while so just catching up. The monumental masons who did the work on the Amble Memorial were my Greatgrandfather, Grandfather and probaby my GreatUncle (I think he was...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
30-08-2014, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 14,052
I think this is part of the original 1837...
I think this is part of the original 1837 waggonway bringing coals from the first pit at hauxley to the coquet. If so it predates the existing harbour and Broomhill railway. It would be interesting...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
30-08-2014, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 44,912
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
27-08-2014, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 44,912
Yes Leslie, I am aware of the tradition of...
Yes Leslie, I am aware of the tradition of wearing a deceased family members medals on the right breast thanks, and if CR's are to be worn on Rememberance Sunday they will be worn the proper way.
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
26-08-2014, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 44,912
I'll need to lean on my Sister-in-law, but I...
I'll need to lean on my Sister-in-law, but I agree it would be fitting. I'll see what we can do for that. My own belief is that they should be carried, rather than worn (right or left) if they are...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
25-08-2014, 09:21 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 44,912
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
24-08-2014, 08:23 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 44,912
Charles Straker MM
Hopefully I've uploaded these photo's Ok, these are Charles Robert's MM and service medal. Charles was also my wife's grandfather and his medals have passed down to her sister.
The inscription on...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
05-08-2014, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,402
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Forum: Alnmouth, Lesbury and Hipsburn
31-07-2014, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 18,537
I picked up on this thread because I found a...
I picked up on this thread because I found a similar piece at Hauxley recently, which I'm pretty sure is grape shot.
I've just looked up the entry in the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana for Alnmouth...
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