Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
19-04-2024, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 3
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Colliery Deaths (3)
Morpeth Herald, 2 April 1920:
"A fall of stone took place at Bullock's Hall Colliery, crushing a man named And. McCloud of Edwin Street, Amble. His back was severely injured, and he was conveyed to...
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
19-04-2024, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 36
Colliery Deaths (2)
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 6 May 1922:
"Coroner A Appleby conducted an inquest in Newcastle last night upon William James Shepherd, aged 15, of Swarland Terrace, Red Row, Acklington, who died in the...
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
19-04-2024, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 36
Colliery Deaths (1)
Bullock's Hall may have been a relatively short lived pit but it didn't mean there were no deaths. We'll have to create another mining memorial on the sister site!
Shields Gazette, 12 August 1911:...
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
19-04-2024, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 36
Bullock's Hall Colliery
I've just been catching up on some of the posts about Bullock's Hall and the homes there. I thought I would have a little search about the pit itself, in the course of which I came across two pit...
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Forum: Other Northumberland Miscellanea
09-04-2024, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 99
Views: 126,792
Deja Vu
Browsing for something different and came across this post (again). The strangest thing, copies of these photos have recently been passed to me by a descendant of Jack (John) Ord and my great aunt...
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Forum: General topics
21-01-2024, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 88,228
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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Forum: General topics
15-08-2023, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 17,688
I've had another think about it and would...
I've had another think about it and would suggest:
With permission of Maureen Gilmore and Janet Rice. Photographic copyright Maureen Gilmore and Coquet and Coast Forum.
That should cover it!
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Forum: General topics
26-07-2023, 03:04 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 17,688
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Forum: New member zone
29-03-2023, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,996
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Forum: New member zone
17-03-2023, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,996
Pringles of Warkworth
I do not have info on Henry Pringle but his son George married into my grandmother's family. George eventually became the parish sexton, following in his father's footsteps.
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Forum: New member zone
28-07-2022, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 48,223
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Forum: General topics
02-05-2022, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,441
Up until I was eight I used to go across the...
Up until I was eight I used to go across the railway line on the brow of Percy Street on my way to school. Most of the road was bordered by the allotments on the south side but I do have a vague...
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Forum: General topics
28-04-2022, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,441
I can resist anything but a challenge.
James...
I can resist anything but a challenge.
James Whittle born in Amble in 1898 to Joseph Pringle Whittle, a monumental sculptor, and Elizabeth nee Marr, both born in Alnwick. On the 1911 census they...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
28-04-2022, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,074
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Forum: General topics
25-04-2022, 12:02 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,302
1921 Miners' Strike
Having taken advantage of the cheap offer on the 1921 census there was one unexpected result.
1921 saw the national miners strike when pits returned to private ownership after the War. I believe it...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
24-04-2022, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,074
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
24-04-2022, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,074
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Forum: General topics
17-04-2022, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,517
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
16-04-2022, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,074
This William enlisted 29 March 1915, service...
This William enlisted 29 March 1915, service number 19034 and was discharged on 6 September 1918.
William, born 1876 in Radcliffe was a coal miner, lodging in Pegswood at the 1911 census. He is...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
16-04-2022, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,074
Ok....1901 census, William Gray born 1884...
Ok....1901 census, William Gray born 1884 Warkworth and living at Long Row with David Douglas and Isabella is the same as the 1911 census William born 1887, lodging with the Scotts at Radcliffe. He...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
16-04-2022, 02:38 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,074
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Forum: General topics
16-04-2022, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,517
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Forum: General topics
26-03-2022, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,517
Historic England Aerial Photography
Worth checking out the new facility on the website. Some good shots of Amble and Warkworth in the late 1940s.
https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/aerial-photos/
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Forum: General topics
05-03-2022, 02:36 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,038
Historic Maps of Alnwick and Alnmouth
I don't know if any members are aware of the publication of the Historic Town Maps of Alnwick and Alnmouth at the end of last year, which included a gazetteer....
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Forum: New member zone
26-01-2022, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,048
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