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Allerwash maps
Historic maps of Allerwash and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Allerwash maps
Allerwash photos
We have no photos of Allerwash, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Newbrough, Haydon Bridge, Wall, Chollerford, Acomb, Humshaugh, Hexham, Chollerton, BarrasfordAllerwash books
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Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories
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Northumberland Photographic Memories
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Memories of Allerwash
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Dukeshouse Wood Camp School Hexham
My school was one of the first to go to Dukeshouse Wood Camp School just outside Hexham. This was in November 1945 shortly after the Second World War with the lads from Gateshead at Alexandra Road school. Our dormitory was named Poplars at the top left, next to Oaks. On the opposite side was Hawthorns, Chestnuts, Beeches and the hospital Sycamore.... [more]
Shared on 15 August 2009
Evacuated to Langley on Tyne in 1940 as an 11 year old, my memories relating to this peroid remain undimmed. It was a strange world to me, coming as I did with many other children escaping the war. I was taken into care by a farming family.
I missed having children to play with and found it lonely and was unhappy... [more]
Shared on 25 February 2009
It was a warm bright sunny day in May when my husband and I came to look at a house in Thorngrafton. What a lovely quiet atmosphere it had, apart from the mooing of the cows on the farm and the sound of the house martins singing in the background there was silence and peace. We sat on the grass lawn... [more]
Shared on 06 January 2009
You see the wooden building in the background? This is where we went for our school dinners when I attended Allendale Junior school. We walked in pairs along the road and down the path. Earlier on we might see the cooks leaving the kitchen which was next door to Jo Bells and wheel the dinners down on a trolley. Sadly the... [more]
Shared on 19 November 2008
