Tag Archives: Northumberland

The oldest living English language

Posted on April 29, 2020 by

Today’s post isn’t one that I wrote.   I’ve been on the internet way before there was a world-wide web.  When it was all Gophers and FTPs in the early 1990’s and even in the late 1980’s on local Bulletin Boards … Continue reading →

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Visiting the home of Joseph Hedley whose murder in 1826 shook the world!

Posted on November 18, 2019 by

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 →

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A close look at a grave of a Pirate or is it?

Posted on November 4, 2019 by

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 →

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A 1915 piece of fake news… with good intentions

Posted on September 30, 2019 by

When German Naval Airship Zeppelin L9 appeared over Blyth on the evening of 14 April 1915, it was only the second time bombs had been dropped on England. Although nobody was killed, it marked the beginning of a series of … Continue reading →

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The Hartley Colliery Disaster of 1862

Posted on September 9, 2019 by

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 →

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I met perhaps the most famous tree in the world at Sycamore Gap

Posted on July 9, 2018 by

If you think of how many trees are famous; there are quite a few of them but compared to the countless billions of trees on the planet they are really few and far between.  Some famous trees are no longer … Continue reading →

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First Footing at New Year

Posted on January 2, 2018 by

First Footing is still very much alive in modern Britain. A survey shows that nearly a third of people in Britain say that First Footing continues to play a part in their New Year celebrations. The greatest number of followers … Continue reading →

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Alston Holiday -Day 2 Hexham and Hadrians Wall

Posted on September 29, 2015 by

For day two of our holiday we visited the lively little market town of Hexham, notable for amongst other things its magnificent Abbey Cathedral. People have worshipped on this site for nearly 1400 years.    On top of the moors and … Continue reading →

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Alston Holiday Day 1

Posted on September 28, 2015 by

I’m away on holiday for a few days and staying in an old farmhouse, 500 metres/ 1600 feet up in the northern Pennines, an official area of outstanding beauty towards the top of England near the border with Scotland.   … Continue reading →

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