Forum: General topics
16-06-2015, 05:54 PM
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Forum: General topics
14-06-2015, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 32,169
Purvis and Hedley
Thanks for that Hollydog!,
I will do some photos, at the risk of duplicating those that have already been seen:)
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Forum: General topics
14-06-2015, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 32,169
Purvis and Hedley
Although i didnt know Bob Purvis, apart from visiting the shop all through my childhood, and remember him behind the counter, as a pleasant , polite man.
Later in life, when i had moved to...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
18-08-2014, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 23,484
photographs
I lived in Ivy street from 1948, and played around the links through the early 50s I dont remember a shelter on that hill, but do recall bits of concrete lying about on the side half buried in the...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
16-08-2014, 07:39 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 23,484
photographs
The date sounds about right to me Allan, I remember vividly, a bunch of us were playing back of panhaven road unaware of what had happened until the activity of the search started.
It scared us ...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
16-08-2014, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 23,484
Photographs
Great photos Hollydog, and itlooks like you have more on the way.
As regards the quarry, I agree with Leslie that owing to the size and the absence of the ww2 building it it could be well before...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
07-07-2014, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 20,318
war trophies
I have heard of the gun at the wynd,but never the one at newburgh street.
I wonder where it was positioned?
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
13-05-2014, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 4
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Burial of german airmen
But were they Nazis?,
It was only natural at that time to assume all germans were.
Anyway, they were given a dignified send off, hopefully some of our lads got the same.
George.
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
28-04-2014, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 12,440
ww2 building on links
Hello Rodney,
Good to hear from you,
Because there has been recent discussion on this site about the whereabouts of the isolation hospital, it crossed my mind that it could be that building
Your...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
28-04-2014, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 12,440
ww2 building on links.
Thats an interesting photo Coquet,
Apart from the gun emplacement building/sea view cafe building, and maybe a couple of pillboxes, I cant remember any other structure of that style along that...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
27-04-2014, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 12,440
ww2 building? on amble links.
Im sure that this building will be recognised by some of our senior members,
but what was its function?
If im correct it stood somewhere along the links between wellhaugh and hauxley pit.
The...
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Forum: The Lost Villages, Radcliffe and Chevington Drift.
30-03-2014, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,583
Radcliffe brass band/Tindale
Thanks for your help Coquet,
I think I need a visit to woodhorn, and get a look at these gazettes you mention.
Regards,
George.
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Forum: The Lost Villages, Radcliffe and Chevington Drift.
29-03-2014, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,583
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Forum: The Lost Villages, Radcliffe and Chevington Drift.
29-03-2014, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,583
Radcliffe brass band/james tindale
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Thanks for that amazing info Coquet.
I thought this attachment may be of interest regarding the date.
photo taken 14th sept 1917, and the studio was Geo. Holdsworth of...
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Forum: The Lost Villages, Radcliffe and Chevington Drift.
28-03-2014, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,583
Radcliffe brass band/ Tindale
HI JANWHIN,
Its interesting for me to hear that you are related to a Tindale, or whatever spelling. The attached is again from my mothers photo box and i feel that its also great grandad James as...
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Forum: The Lost Villages, Radcliffe and Chevington Drift.
26-03-2014, 10:28 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,583
Radcliffe brass band morpeth herald 1903
Janwhin,
See attached photo of my great grandparents Margaret & James Tindale.
I feel pretty sure that he is the James Tindall mentioned as band leader,
as it seems unlikely that there was any...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
08-03-2014, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 55,287
Allen's fish and chip shop.
Alan J mentioned Tully's electricians shop at the top corner of Church street.
Am I correct in thinking that there was a Mr Hall with a cobblers shop up there
somewhere?
George Gray.
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
05-03-2014, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,847
Ref east cemetery.
As the cemetery has been a subject of recent discussion, I thought this 60's pic
showing the church spire under repair may be of interest.
George Gray.432
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
02-03-2014, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 55,287
Allan's fish and chip shop.
Ref no 7 Church street.
This has cleared something up for me, as only a few weeks ago I noticed on the 1926 register, my grandparents Annie and Walter Wright living there with three other...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
21-02-2014, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 26,963
Amble braid pre marina
My Thanks to Hollydog for posting the Arthur Young picture, it confirms just where the hut was in relation to my colour photo.
I remember a couple of us sitting infront of the hut making boats out...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
20-02-2014, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 26,963
Amble braid pre marina
Hollydog, you have made me think.
I shot this one a few weeks ago , and now wonder if those pieces of wood in the foreground could be what remains of the structure in the front of my jetty photo...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
20-02-2014, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 26,963
Amble braid pre marina
Yes coquet, I think it was just down river from the yacht club.
We used to call it the west jetty, and the bit of wood structure in the front of the picture may have been in front of the old green...
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
20-02-2014, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 26,963
Amble Braid pre marina
I photographed this old relic on the same day in 1965,
Shows what an interesting place the old braid was.
George Gray.414
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Forum: Amble and Hauxley
20-02-2014, 01:45 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 26,963
AmbleBraid pre marina
Heres a pic I took in 1965,with the old jetty in view.
Hope it is of interest.
George Gray413
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Forum: New member zone
07-02-2014, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,063
Molly Baldwin
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Hoping this attachment worked as it is my first attempt, if it has,
The detail written on the back is as follows below.
Amble Feast Carnival 1950 King and Queen Rosina Henderson and Molly....
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