hello

[Pete]

Hi, this looks a promising forum for those of us interested in the Coquet area.
I can't see anywhere for introductions so i hope it's ok to post here.

About me, Ashington born and bred, via Widdy, Amble, Acklington, Felton, Morpeth,Alnwick, Morwick and Warkworth where my family research fades into the mists of time (and latin)

Interested in local history ( mines, pubs,clubs) Family history, Anglo Saxon customs and language, battlesites, artefacts, fishing, shooting, bottle digging. In short, anything that gets me out and about.

[Coquet]

Hi Pete, a very warm welcome to the forum!

We share a good few interests, and I'm just starting to get a bit more of a serious interest in local history, hence the site(s). Although I'm just an enthusiastic amateur really, no qualifications.

Anyway if you've pushed your genealogy back to Latin then you obviously know your onions so congratulations on that.


Funny you should mention bottle digging - but I claim to be a pioneer (digging in the 70s) the collection has been boxed up for literally decades and I have never been digging for decades either. But I was thinking about photographing the whole thing and putting it online, it may be of interest to locals what their ancestors were using in the late Victorian/ Edwardian period, as it's all from within a few miles of Amble.


Mike

[Coquet]

Regarding local mining, this is a subject I would like to pursue with a bit more vigour but it will mean time at Woodhorn archives. Have you any knowledge of what kind of detail they have on mining for the local collieries? (would be Radcliffe, Hauxley, Togston, Broomhill as the bigger ones )

(there's a nice framework of info on the Durham mining museum site for inspiration)

[Coquet]

And here's a couple of local ginger beers (although you may have seen the picture as I posted it somewhere else)
ok not as spectacular as some of the Tyneside ginger beers but hey, they're from my home town which makes them more interesting, to me anyway!

[williamtheyounger]

Originally Posted by Coquet

Regarding local mining, this is a subject I would like to pursue with a bit more vigour but it will mean time at Woodhorn archives. Have you any knowledge of what kind of detail they have on mining for the local collieries? (would be Radcliffe, Hauxley, Togston, Broomhill as the bigger ones )

(there's a nice framework of info on the Durham mining museum site for inspiration)

Hi Coquet, when I was a boy we used to visit my dad, who was an haulage engine driver at Coldrife Drift, where he pulled a train of tubs full of coal out of the drift, then hitched them up to the rolley way which ran accross the tracks through the fields to Broomhill Colliery. I know we should not have done it, but we sometimes hitched a ride on these tubs.

[Coquet]

Originally Posted by williamtheyounger

Hi Coquet, when I was a boy we used to visit my dad, who was an haulage engine driver at Coldrife Drift, where he pulled a train of tubs full of coal out of the drift, then hitched them up to the rolley way which ran accross the tracks through the fields to Broomhill Colliery. I know we should not have done it, but we sometimes hitched a ride on these tubs.

Hi Bill, really great to have you here. See you ended up in the migration to the Notts coalfield - Mansfield / Worksop / Welbeck area seems to taken a lot of miners from here in the 60s/70s.

Was Coldrife Drift the same as Chevington Drift or a different one? I think Hauxley had a couple of ventilation drifts, not sure if they had specific names?

[williamtheyounger]

No Coldrife Drift was completely seperate, it ran towards the direction of Bondicar Rocks. My dad used to say that the coal was so near to the surface, the miners used to sit in the fields to have there bait.

[williamtheyounger]

Originally Posted by Coquet

Hi Bill, really great to have you here. See you ended up in the migration to the Notts coalfield - Mansfield / Worksop / Welbeck area seems to taken a lot of miners from here in the 60s/70s.

Was Coldrife Drift the same as Chevington Drift or a different one? I think Hauxley had a couple of ventilation drifts, not sure if they had specific names?

I was past Hauxley a couple of weeks ago and noticed one of the air shafts was still in the fields close to the coastal road

[Coquet]

Originally Posted by Pete

I can't see anywhere for introductions so i hope it's ok to post here.

Opened up an 'intro zone' sub-forum Pete, and moved this thread into it, you're the forum pioneer now

I'm sure things will pick up on here soon - google appears to have started indexing us so brace for the stampede (I wish! )

[Pete]

Very nice bottles there Mike. As you say it's all the better when it's part of your local history. I've only recently gotten back into bottles after coming across a couple of dumps by accident. I would love to dig a few gingers in that nick, cheers, Pete.

[Pete]

I think it would be an excellent idea to put your bottles on the site. As you know i'm quite active on the family history side of things and the amount of folk country and worldwide who have coquetdale heritage is staggering. (well travelled us'ns) I'm sure folk would love to see the type of bottles and jars their ancestors had.

[Coquet]

Originally Posted by Pete

Very nice bottles there Mike. As you say it's all the better when it's part of your local history. I've only recently gotten back into bottles after coming across a couple of dumps by accident. I would love to dig a few gingers in that nick, cheers, Pete.

If you find anything nice don't forget to post a few snaps on here

[Coquet]

My interest restored, I'm opening a few boxes now and came across this one, I'm sure it was a unique find for us:

so maybe a rare one?

Keefe & Brien, Amble

[Coquet]

Here's one for the Amble Mineral Water Co. The Wynd Amble.
have a few Codds for this company too somewhere.


Nice to see "THE WYND" embossed on the bottle, don't think that is on this company's Codds.

[AnnaAtTheAmbler]

Just discovered this forum via twitter can you believe! I'm Anna and am usually found putting together The Ambler community newpaper. I'm also working with a group of young people on a hi - tech community/history/game project for Amble, and am finding more things out about the area in the last few weeks than in all the years I've lived here!

[Coquet]

Originally Posted by AnnaAtTheAmbler

Just discovered this forum via twitter can you believe! I'm Anna and am usually found putting together The Ambler community newpaper. I'm also working with a group of young people on a hi - tech community/history/game project for Amble, and am finding more things out about the area in the last few weeks than in all the years I've lived here!

Hi Anna, welcome to the forum, great to have you here! The Ambler is one of the few worthwhile things coming through our letterbox - it's a V.I.P., "Very Important Paper" read it all the time.

Anyway your other 'hi-tec' project sounds fascinating too, good luck with that.


Also hoping you can give us a boost with a few threads about local matters on here too!

[williamtheyounger]

Originally Posted by AnnaAtTheAmbler

Just discovered this forum via twitter can you believe! I'm Anna and am usually found putting together The Ambler community newpaper. I'm also working with a group of young people on a hi - tech community/history/game project for Amble, and am finding more things out about the area in the last few weeks than in all the years I've lived here!

Hi Anna I have very fond memories of Amble, first as an apprentice at Hauxley, one of my first jobs was working on the coal Staiths doing some repairs to them, so the coal boats could load up. The second memory is attending the local dance on Saturday nights after a drink in the Waterloo, and of course playing football for Amble boys club junior football team.

[williamtheyounger]

My name is Billy Young, and I was brought up at 22, Stone Row, North Broomhill, and 9, Druridge Avenue, Hadston Estate. I had 6 sisters and 1 brother. I attended North Broomhill junior school from 1949, where Mr, Donaldson was the headmaster, and then on to Red Row secondary school. I left school at 15 and had a job at DOT laundries in Alnwick, then I went down the pits where I started as an apprentice fitter at Hauxley, then transferred to Newbiggin Colliery when I got married to Sheila Vickers from Newbiggin. Then I transferred to Welbeck in Nottinghamshire in 1966, then in 1972 during the miners strike I joined the Metropolitan Police, serving for 30yrs+. I retired and returned to live in Newcastle where I now reside. I play flat green bowls both indoors and out, and my other passion is football, a Toon supporter.

[Parsonx]

Originally Posted by williamtheyounger

My name is Billy Young, and I was brought up at 22, Stone Row, North Broomhill, and 9, Druridge Avenue, Hadston Estate. I had 6 sisters and 1 brother. I attended North Broomhill junior school from 1949, where Mr, Donaldson was the headmaster, and then on to Red Row secondary school. I left school at 15 and had a job at DOT laundries in Alnwick, then I went down the pits where I started as an apprentice fitter at Hauxley, then transferred to Newbiggin Colliery when I got married to Sheila Vickers from Newbiggin. Then I transferred to Welbeck in Nottinghamshire in 1966, then in 1972 during the miners strike I joined the Metropolitan Police, serving for 30yrs+. I retired and returned to live in Newcastle where I now reside. I play flat green bowls both indoors and out, and my other passion is football, a Toon supporter.

Hi there my grandparents lived next door to you at number 7 Druridge Avenue ,Johnson family.