Forum: Amble and Hauxley
22-05-2014, 05:11 AM
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
22-05-2014, 04:42 AM
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
02-10-2013, 01:37 AM
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Replies: 33
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Cains cafe and bakery was at the top of Queens...
Cains cafe and bakery was at the top of Queens Street. They would make and sell small penny loaves of bread.
There was also Bob Stokoe shop which was in the middle of Queen Street. Also,there was a...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
02-10-2013, 01:25 AM
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Replies: 14
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Forum: General topics
29-05-2013, 04:57 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 28,099
Little Wonder Coal Seam
While working at the Radcliffe site every couple of weeks we would have to dig through the Whinsill. It was tough on all of our equipment, I cannot remember now which dragline took the brunt of the...
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Forum: General topics
29-05-2013, 03:01 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 28,099
Hauxley pumping station
Great comments posted on this subject. I worked for Dereck Crouch at the Radcliffe site and had the honour of changing the pumps out two times both in the winter. I think at the change out times the...
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Forum: New member zone
09-01-2013, 06:54 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 67,664
I worked on the opencast at the Togston,...
I worked on the opencast at the Togston, Radcliffe and Hauxley sites and the top seams were very shallow. At the Togston site there was a coal seam called the Little Wonder. It was the best steam...
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Forum: General topics
20-10-2012, 05:55 PM
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Replies: 10
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summer fun
I remember them well, my mother would take us to the third shore in the summer and as treat on the way back it was ride on the shuggy boats.
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
07-10-2012, 09:37 PM
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
07-10-2012, 09:27 PM
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
07-10-2012, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 33,539
The photo of the caravans must be the late...
The photo of the caravans must be the late fifties or the early sixties. My parents had a caravan in this area which would have been close to the road and there was a camp shop there I think it was...
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Forum: New member zone
07-10-2012, 01:27 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,727
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Forum: The Lost Villages, Radcliffe and Chevington Drift.
07-10-2012, 01:19 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 19,071
I worked as a fitter for Derek Crouch at their...
I worked as a fitter for Derek Crouch at their Radcliffe and Hauxley sites and we would remove the underlying coal seam clay and take it to the Brick Yard at Stobswood and I believe it was turned...
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