Corbridge, Market Place c.1955

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Caption for Corbridge, Market Place C1955: Corbridge is a small town with a traumatic history. Situated on one of the main crossing points of the Tyne, Corbridge was occupied by the Scots in 1138 and burnt by them on at least three occasions; by William Wallace in 1296; by the Bruce in 1312; and by David II in 1346. There was a time when Corbridge held a weekly market, but this petered out as the town declined following the Civil War.

An extract from Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories.

Memories of Corbridge

A War Time Memory

As I was approaching my 7th birthday at the end of November 1943, my mother (Nan Mackie) was taken from our row house home at 34, Briar Edge, Forest Hall, nr Newcastle-on-Tyne to Dilston Hall, Corbridge, where she gave birth to my sister Dorothy, November 1st. As my dad (Tommy Mackie) had to go to his work as a miner (...Read full memory)

Corbridge, Devils Water, Dilston Falls c1950

An Exciting Place To Be Born

I was born in Dilston Nursing Home in May 1942. My uncle lived at Dilston House which is now luxury self-catering accommodation. We returned many times during the 1940s and 1950s and I remember wading at the edge of the Devils Water.

Moving To Prudhoe 1947

We moved to Prudhoe in 1947, I was 12 years old. My dad, Bill Turner RSM, took over the Drill Hall in Swallow Close. I thought it was wonderful as we had relatives in Prudhoe, plus a grandma, Mary Ann Turner. I was born in Crawcrook in my mother's family home, her mother was Catherine Hogg of Dons House, Bank Top, (...Read full memory)