@TyneSnapper

Retired, Local Historian, Snapper. Author of Newcastle in 50 Buildings, River Tyne, 50 Gems of Northumberland by Amberley Publishing.

 Whitley Bay, England
steve-ellwood.org.uk
Joined December 2010
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Angela Simpson@supabici6h
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I've asked when at Wallington and was told they were historic tithe boundary stones or estate boundary markers.
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Guinevere's Dialect. Bleeze - blaze. Bleezer - a screen/hood in front of the fire to help it draw, or as here, a newspaper. Bleeze is a 1700's spelling. We have discussed the "bleezing" qualities of various newspapers. The Chronicle came out favourably.
Louise McIntosh Artist
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A core memory unlocked.
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Alan@Asm194411h
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The interior!
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Billy@67
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Some weight at 35 pounds lol.
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Alan@Asm194412h
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@TyneSnapper Closed when you visited! Romanesque style Church of Santiago - Igrexa de Santiago La Coruna Spain Saint James in traditional pilgrim attire with walking staff and a gourd for water. The shelf has offerings of shells, left by pilgrims & visitors.
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Today's piece of turnipiness :
Quite Interesting
@qikipedia28 Oct 2020
In the 19th century, a Halloween ‘trick’ played on neighbours in Co. Leitrim, Ireland was to make a Jack-o’-lantern out of a turnip, then tie it to someone’s door so that when they open the door the turnip hit them in the face.
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Billy@67
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With allotment gardens to the left and behind. Abbey shot factory used an old pit shaft to make lead shot
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Billy@67
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I doubt Reed would have changed his flawed verdict
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Billy@67
@billy671515h
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Obviously related to James Butterley also of Earsdon Square.
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Bob Scott@scotty846115h
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Bit later when I first became a customer. Late 60s
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Billy@67
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Date stone on corner has a date of 1828!
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Bob Scott@scotty846115h
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My local currently being revamped (the last propa pub in the area)
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Billy@67
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Not where I expected and just across from Bartram Place.
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Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland. John Vanburgh's final creation, it was completed c.1728.
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Stephen Bedson@snabsn12318h
A photo of the new HMRC Regional Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne, from above
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Joseph Cosgrove@JosephCosgrove719h
Geordie graffiti
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Pete Savin@pete_savin18h
The site of Milecastle 51 as the line of the turf wall and later stone wall converge. Excavations showed a ditch had been partly dug around the outside of the Milecastle #hadrianswall #Archaeology #cumbria
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Former Fishermen's Rooms - a Grade II Listed Building in Tenby, Pembrokeshire dlvr.​it/TVz2Vq
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Dr David Barber 💙@barbed5021h
'Newcastle upon Tyne: The Greatest Railway Crossing in the World' by the Photochrom Company Ltd of Tunbridge Wells, Kent. A Pressphotoman piece on this 1930s postcard and its legendary steam locomotive subject. pressphotoman.com/2026/10/19…
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Alan S.Jack@ajac0712Oct 18
The elusive Whitley Bay Yellow Browed Warbler today.
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