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Old 16-05-2015, 10:04 PM
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Default Alnwick Foundry : Signposts

These cast iron signposts were made by the Alnwick Foundry, they are believed to date back to the 1920`s. The foundry no longer exists - it was demolished to make way for a supermarket (Morrisons). A small number of signs have survived to this day, all in various states of disrepair. An example is given in the first image. I have photographed a dozen or so, all on minor, unclassified roads, off the beaten track. Imagine then, my surprise, indeed my joy, on seeing just one of these long neglected signposts restored to its former glory. A job extremely well done, I would say!



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I appreciate this is outside of the geographical triangle relevant to these forums, I hope I will be forgiven on this occasion.

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Old 17-05-2015, 07:43 AM
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Is the large listed post at Rock Village from Alnwick Foundry?
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Old 17-05-2015, 09:29 AM
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Is the large listed post at Rock Village from Alnwick Foundry?
Hopefully pic attached off my mobile
Yes, that`s an Alnwick Foundry post; looks like it has been restored, after a fashion, some time in the distant past. If you take a close look at the upright (the actual post), you`ll see the words`ALNWICK FOUNDRY` embossed into the metal. Look near the base of the post. It may be obscured by undergrowth, vegetation etc but it`s there. I`ll dig out an image, show you what I mean.

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Old 16-08-2015, 04:30 PM
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I was going through some old papers last night and came across this:




Small book not much bigger than a passport. Boards are gone and possibly a few preliminary pages, perhaps a contents page and the map is missing. Main text is complete, 56 pages and 16 pages of adverts. No obvious ref to the author but he was (from Google) John Lamb Luckley, an Alnwick writer and journalist (from the census). Again no date on the book but it is allegedly 1873.

In the local adverts mentioned is one for the Alnwick Foundry:

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Old 24-08-2015, 10:25 PM
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Hi Coquet, my apologies for not responding sooner, and thank you for posting these images - very interesting! I`d like to buy this book off you - that is, if you are willing to sell?
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Old 25-08-2015, 09:13 AM
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Before you sell it on Coquet , could you tell me if there is an advert for the woollen manufactory at Tosson Mills. It might mention the name Ashton as the proprietor? Producer of plaids etc.
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