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Category Archives: Northumberland and Durham
The monument to Admiral Collingwood
Everyone knows of the famous Battle of Trafalgar and the great old HMS Victory which you can visit with Ye Olde England Tours when life gets back to normal. I think it is perhaps the best day out! Trafalgar Square is … Continue reading
Posted in history, Northumberland and Durham
Tagged Admiral Collingwood, Battle of Trafalgar, Memorials, Nelson, Newcastle, River Tyne, Royal Navy, Tynemouth
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A close look at a grave of a Pirate or is it?
Huddled on the the battered coast of Northumberland you’ll come across many an ancient ruin, castle or church. There is more than enough to spend an hour or so at St Aidan, so named after the saint who died on … Continue reading
Paying homage at the tomb of the Venerable Bede
If like myself you have anything like a passing history in old Anglo-Saxon history or even history itself, the works of Bede are something to behold. I always find it a bit boring I suppose that so many people think … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, history, Northumberland and Durham, Uncategorized
Tagged Cathedrals, Durham, Historia Ecclesiastica, history, Jarrow Monastery, Venerable Bede
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Murky Moor photos
I’ve been away for a few weeks giving a long tour of parts of north east and north west England and having returned I have found my wordpress to stubbornly refuse to fully function on my iPad or even let … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Northumberland and Durham, Photography, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged Moors, photos, sheep, Teesdale, Travel, Travel photography, Vera
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The Hartley Colliery Disaster of 1862
My blog is full of disasters from beer floods in London to Grace Darling – A Victorian Heroine. burning building self-sacrifices to heroic against the odd tales of survival I Am The Army – The Incredible Story of William Brydon Many of them … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Northumberland and Durham
Tagged Coal Mine, Death, Hartley Colliery Disaster, Hester Pit disaster, Northumberland, Victorian, Video
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Taking a ride on the Shields Ferry
Last summer when I was walking Hadrian’s Wall on my fundraising trip, I took a brief diversion on the way to see Bede’s chapel at Jarrow and the ancestral home of of George Washington in the aptly named Washington Hall. … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Life, Northumberland and Durham, Travel
Tagged Newcastle, North Shields, Shields Ferry, South Shields, Stan Laurel, Tyne, Tyne & Wear Metro
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ST PAUL’S MONASTERY IN JARROW AND THE OLDEST STAINED GLASS WINDOW IN THE WORLD
Recently when I was in the area for my Hadrians Wall walk, I took a detour to a place I had long wanted to visited. Not too many miles from the ancestral home of George Washington which I visited on … Continue reading
Posted in history, Northumberland and Durham, Travel
Tagged #WPLongform, church, Faith, Long reads, Monastery, northumbria, St Paul's Monastery, Stained Glass Window, Venerable Bede
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Washington Old Hall – The Ancestral Home of George Washington
A few weeks ago when I was walking along Hadrians Wall, I took the opportunity to make a few deviations along the way. One such side-trip was to the ancestral home of George Washington in the aptly named old village … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Northumberland and Durham, Travel
Tagged Gardens, George Washington, national trust, USA, Washington, Washington Old Hall
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Vindolanda Writing Tablets
When I was recently walking Hadrians Wall, there were countless Roman sites to visit either on or just off the wall. Having visited many all ready, the one I most wanted to visit was Vindolanda. You can see my blog … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, history, Northumberland and Durham, Travel, writing
Tagged Hadrians Wall, Roman, Roman Wall, Vindolanda, Vindolanda Tablets
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