Oakwood, Northumberland
Oakwood maps
Historic maps of Oakwood and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Oakwood maps
Oakwood photos
We have no photos of Oakwood, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Acomb, Hexham, Wall, Corbridge, Chollerford, Chollerton, Humshaugh, Riding Mill, Newbrough, BarrasfordOakwood books
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Memories of Oakwood
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Northumberland memories
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
thanks to this photograpgh i have identified a photograph of my late father taken in 1954 we all thought it was the hexham bridge but now know it is the bywell bridge by the number and type of arches over the river
thanks
philip maddison
Shared on 26 December 2007
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
Ovingham School during the Second World War
Ovingham C of E School had only two classrooms, no hot water and outside toilets without flushing facilities. It was heated by a coal stove in both rooms, but we were never cold. There was a very happy atmosphere there and the teachers were dedicated; we received an excellent education and I was very sad to leave aged 11 to attend... [more]
Shared on 12 August 2009
Personal memories before and after 1955
Prudhoe Castle has always been a part of my life since I was born in 1938. My mother moved to Prudhoe Castle, where she was employed as a maid, to be nearer to my father who lived in Castle Dene. They eventually married and produced my brother Don in 1934, then me in 1938.
After the war... [more]
Shared on 06 April 2009
Looking at the Tyne as in Tyne Valley c1955 Ref: P265001
This image of Prudhoe and the Tyne Valley is very interesting because the Northern or Ovingham side has not changed greatly. Field boundaries etc are as I look at. But the southern side where the photographer stood is now and has been since the 1970s a mass of houses. Prudhoe Castle First School is probably somewhere in the near aspect of... [more]
Shared on 23 July 2007
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
I lived in Allendale for the first five years of my life, unfortunately due to my parents work situation, we had to leave the village to find work in the town; things were never the same! We still returned to Allendale frequently to visit our relatives the Nixon's & Hutchinson's. I still remember my childhood with fond memories & the very... [more]
Shared on 10 May 2008
