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Originally Posted by jumpy shore
Great detective work indeed! A clear connection with Lambs Terrace and the brewers who seem to have the makings of a good business with properties in Brewery Lane, building and selling properties in Amble outlets for their products in Amble and Warkworth. It seems Thomas's early demise and WW1 took its toll on the family as with many others. We may well have been sampling 'Lambs Bitter' in the local hostelries had things been different. Marias address in Scrogg Rd in Walker is still a main thoroughfare. To add to the tale, I worked on drilling rig with and Electrician from Clipstone Colliery, Notts, which must have been close to the location of Clipstone Camp where 2nd Lt. Thomas Lamb was accidentally killed in June 1916. Artillery accident maybe?
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Lt Lamb was killed during hand grenade practice:
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Hull Daily Mail 3rd July 1916
It was reported to the Notts Constabulary on Saturday that Second-Lieutenant Thomas Lamb aged 19, of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was killed on Friday whilst instructing men in hand-grenade throwing at a Notts camp. Sergt. Iverson and Private Bilney, who were alongside him in the trench, were very seriously injured.
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I worked on drilling rig with and Electrician from Clipstone Colliery, Notts,
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I spent multiple summers down there as a kid, Uncle David (Arthur Goode's brother) lived there - cannot recall what colliery he worked in. They lived Clipstone/ Forest Town, and Worksop.
NCB were very active in getting miners to move into that area in 1960s - lots of north east men ended up down there at that time... ey-up-duck! (not sure if they still say that down there but it was the standard greeting in the 70s)