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Tag Archives: Durham
Visiting the home of Joseph Hedley whose murder in 1826 shook the world!
A few weeks ago whilst out on a 11 day tour of Newcastle. Northumbria, Durham and the Lake District, with the lovely Lorraine from Tasmania, I had the opportunity to revisit the Beamish Open Air Museum. The working and living … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged Beamish Open Air Museum, Durham, Joe The Quilter, Joseph Hedley, Murder, Newcastle, Northumberland
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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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The story of the first Black Man in the British Army
A few weeks in a new episode of Dr Who, there was something of a story about one of the characters in that weeks episode. It involved a platoon of Victorian British soldiers who ended up working on some alien … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, television
Tagged Africa, Battle of Ginnis, Dr Who, Durham, First Black man in the army, history, Khartoum, Life, Mahdi, Mars, Sudan
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Visiting the magical land behind a waterfall and underground caving!
So far on our holiday no two days had been the same and this was to be no different. After doing a soot of shopping in Alston, the highest market town in England, we headed east over the Peninnes and … Continue reading
My first England Grand Tour
I’ve been very busy these last few weeks with my tours but wanted to share a little about one particular tour as it was a first, well at least for me. The last 8 days or so I have been … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged Bath, Cotswolds, Downton Abbey, Durham, England, history, Life, London, Oxford, Travel, Whitby, Ye Olde England Tours, York
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