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East Lilburn maps
Historic maps of East Lilburn and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all East Lilburn maps
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Chillingham| Chatton| Wooler| Glanton
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Northumberland memories
Calder Farm, Roddam
Last year I visited the place in search for memories of my old folks. I came from Argentina, my country, and stayed at Cheviot View B & B run by Dean & Kay Wilkinson, lovely people, located in close by Powburn village. The story has that some almost two hundred years ago my gt gt gd father, Mr James G. Davison who had been born at the above mentioned farm came to South America and never went back to UK (about 1822). Some ten years later his younger brother Robert Gibson Davison (George Davison and Sarah Gibson were their parents) joined him and together travelled north Argentina up to Corrientes province where the set their business. For that reason I visited the Farm during July 2010 but apparently it was closed as no one answered. Since a Mr James Gibson, married abt 1798 to Eleanor Rutherford, lived at that time in the Farm, I presume the place belonged to the Gibson family but I could not trace that... Read more
Brownieside Cottages
My brother David and me - Jacqueline, were born in the row of cottages in Brownieside to our mum Jessie nee Bell and our Dad Harold Rose in 1942 and 1945. Dad was in the RAF and Mum was a nurse. I think we lived in the second cottage from the right. We later moved to North Charlton and then to Leeds.
I have been back since and was happy to see things hadnt changed very much from how I remembered - happy days.
Milfield Roots
This is a brief, if somewhat patchy, history of my family's connection with Milfied. My maternal family came from Milfield. My Grandma, Isabella Elizabeth Chave (known as "Tibby"), was born in Milfield in August, 1900. She married Robert Hay but he died of TB after serving in the army in WW1, and Grandma had to raise my mum, Joan Johnstone Hay (known as "Bunty") and her little brother, Robert Ian Hay (Ian) alone in the 1920s and 1930s. Grandma worked as a cook while her mother looked after my mum and Uncle Ian. I believe they lived in a stable house or a house near a stable, at the time. My mum and Uncle Ian attended the village school and mum won a scholarship to attend Berwick High School. Mum told me she had to cycle fifteen miles per day and catch a train, to travel to and from Berwick High School each day! I remember being told a story about Uncle Ian, as a small boy, trying to help... Read more
West Fleetham
I lived at West Fleetham for some 6 years, my father had a small business there making fancy goods etc.I went to school in Seahouses by bus when the weather was OK. I spent may happy hours fishing in the Long Nanny burn, it was a great place to relax and forget things. I would like to hear from any of my school friends if they are still about. i live in Thailand now.
The Great North Road
How great was the Great North Road when it squeezed through these ancient gates until the early 1970s? Traffic built up on both sides waiting to get through. For a child this was the spot that marked where our holidays began, as it would only be another 15 miles or so to the cottage on the coast. It felt as if we were driving through a tunnel, like stepping through the cupboard in the Narnia Books ...
Birdcage Club
Hi Pete, we still have, in our family, a much loved painting of Dunstanburgh Castle which we bought from you for 7 pounds one night in the Birdcage ! You won't remember me but I married David from the Nags Head! Found this site when looking for paintings by you. Missed one at auction recently. The Dunstanburgh one has always been treasured. Happy days !!! Sue
Alnwick, Cars Circa 1955
The above picture was from 1948, I can tell this by the types of cars here, especially the light coloured one half hidden in the background, which actually is the most modern for this year.
