Forum: Other Northumberland Miscellanea
05-10-2020, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 2
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Hi there j_mcquillen, :) everyone!
Thank you...
Hi there j_mcquillen, :) everyone!
Thank you so much for the info; you wouldn`t believe the amount of time, the hours I spent on the internet, pouring over ordnance survey maps and god wot else,...
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Forum: Other Northumberland Miscellanea
21-05-2020, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 0
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Colliery Bible
https://i.imgur.com/gN0fiqBl.jpg
I bought this bible about twenty years ago from a charity shop in Morpeth; thought it might be of interest. Photo (found inside) appears to be of a miner and his...
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Forum: Other Northumberland Miscellanea
10-05-2020, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 17,195
Roadmakers Required
The Newcastle Journal
Saturday May 10th 1832
COUNTY of NORTHUMBERLAND
ESTIMATES WANTED for cutting the Bank and making the ROAD at Garment-Edge Hill in the Parish of Edlingham according to a...
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Forum: Other Northumberland Miscellanea
11-08-2017, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 0
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Rudyard Kipling on Newcastle and Morpeth
In the summer of 1908 poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling paid a visit to friends who had rented Biddlestone Hall in Northumberland for the summer. He stayed one week at Biddlestone, departing the...
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Forum: Warkworth and Birling
06-03-2017, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 15,683
What happened there?
The forum wasn`t...
What happened there?
The forum wasn`t available for a while, and then when it came back Sir Hugh de Morwick`s effigy had gone walkabout - vanished!
maybe he went for an ice cream ;)
Nice...
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Forum: Warkworth and Birling
02-03-2017, 05:37 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 15,683
My Murray`s for 1864 says, "In the N. isle of...
My Murray`s for 1864 says, "In the N. isle of Warkworth Church is the effigy of a knight with the (modern) inscription," `"The effigy of Sir Hugh de Morwick who gave the common to this town of...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
09-02-2017, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 15,340
Very interesting indeed, and a great set of...
Very interesting indeed, and a great set of photos; Wish my dad were still alive, he was a merchant seaman, served on the Athenia 1934/5. I`ve some memorabilia somewhere, postcards, photos, etc.
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
09-02-2017, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 8,411
While not directly related to your query this...
While not directly related to your query this short (unfinished) history of the life boat may be of interest to yourself and to others. Posted some time ago on one of my forums. It was a work in...
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Forum: Warkworth and Birling
09-02-2017, 05:01 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 10,421
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Forum: Rothbury and Thropton
04-10-2016, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 28,497
Update 4/10/16
These road signs started leaning...
Update 4/10/16
These road signs started leaning to one side about six months ago and eventually over the summer, they collapsed altogether in a tangled heap, before disappearing into the long grass...
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Forum: General topics
25-04-2016, 08:53 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 89,110
Ok, more about corves later; in the meantime,...
Ok, more about corves later; in the meantime, this about the miners themselves.
"The pitmen are a distinct race. They live in villages, and they worship in churches of their own, and they seldom...
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Forum: General topics
25-04-2016, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 89,110
More...
"On arriving at the bottom of the...
More...
"On arriving at the bottom of the pit, the visitor finds a number of passages striking out in every direction, and only lighted by candles, one of which is carried by each of the pitmen. ...
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Forum: General topics
25-04-2016, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 89,110
Hi janwhin :)
That was a link I found on...
Hi janwhin :)
That was a link I found on Google which I thought may be of interest, I confess though I`ve not done any research on this subject.
The following imho gives a fascinating glimpse...
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Forum: General topics
24-04-2016, 09:27 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 89,110
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Forum: General topics
10-03-2016, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 53,506
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Forum: General topics
28-02-2016, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 53,506
A clock like the one in the picture - found on...
A clock like the one in the picture - found on the beach at Amble! I`ve found some interesting stuff at Boulmer, eg a brass doorknob, But a clock Wow! I`m coming on over. Ages since I was in Amble....
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Forum: General topics
25-02-2016, 05:29 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 53,506
Amble Golf Course & Hillbank
According to my Pevsners, Amble Golf Course contains a "Bronze age burial ground, comprising no less than forty graves. Revealed by accident 1857, badly excavated 1883." Can anyone throw any light...
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Forum: General topics
30-01-2016, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 8,706
lol Nothing changes, eh!
Meanwhile, this...
lol Nothing changes, eh!
Meanwhile, this from `The Cheap Magazine` for 1814.
ACCIDENTS FROM INTOXICATION
"The state of intoxication greatly resembles that of an incipient palsy or apoplexy....
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Forum: General topics
09-11-2015, 08:55 AM
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Replies: 2
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The first that springs to mind is the riverside...
The first that springs to mind is the riverside path at Rothbury, starting from the bridge, opposite Tomlinsons Bunkhouse and westward (upstream) to the where the old golf course building was, and...
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Forum: Rothbury and Thropton
08-11-2015, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 45,923
Yes, perfect sense, indeed the aforementioned...
Yes, perfect sense, indeed the aforementioned burn still enters the River Coquet at the Scottish Ford, better known now a` days as the `Stepping Stones`across the road from Armstrong Cottages. This...
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Forum: Rothbury and Thropton
08-11-2015, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 45,923
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Forum: New member zone
05-11-2015, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 7,471
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Forum: Rothbury and Thropton
26-10-2015, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 45,923
One Green Bottle
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall...
http://i.imgur.com/t44JcEAh.jpg
Nine more would be nice! ;)
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Forum: Rothbury and Thropton
23-10-2015, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 45,923
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Forum: Rothbury and Thropton
01-10-2015, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 28,497
I would have thought that all road signs, the...
I would have thought that all road signs, the ancient and the more recent are the property of the council. These posts were (are) made for, and on behalf of Northumberland Council , as is the case...
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