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Forum: Amble and Hauxley 28-07-2014, 09:10 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 19,607
Posted By Placidmaster
Old fisherman

Was this not the body of a young fisherman lost if amble in the 1900s
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 26-02-2014, 05:02 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,919
Posted By Placidmaster
Cheers Morph, I did wonder about Littles. I hope...

Cheers Morph, I did wonder about Littles. I hope all are well, the washeteria mystery, on the other hand, shall go on.
Forum: General topics 26-02-2014, 04:52 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 35,356
Posted By Placidmaster
Sorry to hear that about Joe, how come he moved?...

Sorry to hear that about Joe, how come he moved? Just hope he is at peace.
Your grandad is also another of the older Amble generation that made the place. Top respect to that man.
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 19-02-2014, 03:28 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 5,253
Posted By Placidmaster
When?

I flew down this in a Conor, I always wondered when ( and why ) it was built
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 19-02-2014, 03:09 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,919
Posted By Placidmaster
Help needed.

Bit of a silly one, but for me this was a sad moment personally.
We came to the area in about 83-84 and I lived with my nan Cartington Court on the old Percy street crossing ( anyone got pics? )....
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 19-02-2014, 02:55 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 26,882
Posted By Placidmaster
Wow,

I was aver young when this started, I reckon about 9 ish. I remember seeing the braid just before the marina was built and just the other day I was trying to remember the Braid before the marina....
Forum: General topics 26-12-2013, 08:13 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 135,564
Posted By Placidmaster
coastal defences and the dinosaur woods!

had a drive up that way Christmas day to take the dog down the beach, quite a large bunker been exposed by ( I am guessing) what remains of the pipe from the Hauxley pump. walking north along the...
Forum: New member zone 26-12-2013, 08:07 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 18,070
Posted By Placidmaster
a question.

please excuse my dumbness! whats the things with holes in?
Forum: General topics 14-12-2013, 11:01 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 8,077
Posted By Placidmaster
Amble the friendliest port, this name came...

Amble the friendliest port,
this name came about with.....In the 1930s, when RMS Mauretania was heading to the breaker's yard, the town council of Amble sent a telegram to the ship saying "still the...
Forum: General topics 14-12-2013, 10:54 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 35,356
Posted By Placidmaster
wormy joe

I remember him well from playing down the beach, he lived on links ave and would always be down getting worms or coal for his fire, is he still around.
Sharon Allens Grandad lived over the road, we...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 14-11-2013, 12:34 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 55,399
Posted By Placidmaster
just looked at this, wow, always wanted to see...

just looked at this, wow, always wanted to see what radcliffe was like.
Forum: The Lost Villages, Radcliffe and Chevington Drift. 28-06-2013, 11:07 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 43,014
Posted By Placidmaster
always wondered where Newburgh was, cheers

always wondered where Newburgh was, cheers
Forum: The Lost Villages, Radcliffe and Chevington Drift. 28-06-2013, 11:05 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 43,014
Posted By Placidmaster
the Robson children are remembered by having...

the Robson children are remembered by having streets named after them (Robsons Way, last estate leaving Amble on route to Togston)
God Bless
Forum: General topics 28-06-2013, 10:45 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 23,673
Posted By Placidmaster
divent howk ya shneck (don't pick your nose) ...

divent howk ya shneck (don't pick your nose)
kets (sweets)
chud ( chewing gum )
kna (know)
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 10-06-2013, 01:35 AM
Replies: 166
Views: 158,347
Posted By Placidmaster
Aha, I did wonder

Aha, I did wonder
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 10-06-2013, 01:33 AM
Replies: 166
Views: 158,347
Posted By Placidmaster
where is this???

where is this???
Forum: The Lost Villages, Radcliffe and Chevington Drift. 10-06-2013, 01:30 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 34,171
Posted By Placidmaster
blown away

all the years spent in Amble in my youth and I find it great to see that what I have only ever known as fields and a few houses were these little vibrant places stood. Chevington as well. More should...
Forum: The Lost Villages, Radcliffe and Chevington Drift. 06-06-2013, 12:18 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 34,171
Posted By Placidmaster
Yes, he moved on to the aptly named Radcliffe...

Yes, he moved on to the aptly named Radcliffe estate.
Forum: The Lost Villages, Radcliffe and Chevington Drift. 29-05-2013, 09:40 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 34,171
Posted By Placidmaster
wow

Cant believe how much was there, Radcliffe was just stories from my stepdad, he told me that the school fell down because they were all noisy......and I believed him! I'm 35 and can just remember...
Forum: New member zone 29-05-2013, 09:33 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 7,790
Posted By Placidmaster
Oswald street, that was the damn name where we...

Oswald street, that was the damn name where we lived next to the Darlings, I could see coquet island from the loftspace windows!
Forum: New member zone 29-05-2013, 09:31 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 7,790
Posted By Placidmaster
Reverend Sherratt

I never got to know him well, he moved over to Taz when I was young, my mum and dad stayed but they then split. My mam remarried a local lad, Radcliffe orriginally then he moved here when radcliffe...
Forum: New member zone 29-05-2013, 09:17 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 7,790
Posted By Placidmaster
cheers,

all sorts of great stuff on here, weeks of learning!
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 27-05-2013, 10:20 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 48,619
Posted By Placidmaster
Funny, Just passed through Chopwell, reminded me...

Funny, Just passed through Chopwell, reminded me of how the Russians helped them in the strike.............all caused by the Versailles Treaty.
Forum: General topics 27-05-2013, 10:03 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 27,732
Posted By Placidmaster
an iteresting link I found

http://www.ronaldv.nl/abandoned/airfields/gb/england/northumberland.html

I learned quite a bit, it started on an Acklington prison/airfield quest and I learned about loads of other things, hope...
Forum: Shilbottle and Newton on the Moor 27-05-2013, 09:24 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 15,814
Posted By Placidmaster
Broomhill collery

where was it and was that big water tower anything to do with it?
Sorry,, I am a bit to young to remember any mines other than Ellington.
It was all bulldozers and dump trucks in Marks Bridge area...
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