ON reading ‘Shelter from the Cruel Sea’ (Issue 107) by John Grundy, I was reminded of the many walks I have taken along the pier at Tynemouth. On the north side of this pier at very low tides you can still see the foundations of ...
I WAS most interested in Glen Lyndon Dodds’ article ‘Making The Switch From Stone To Iron’ (Issue 107). My family’s farming connections with the Milfield Plain area go back as far as the 1700s, and certain facts that were ...
I WAS born in Sunderland, now live in New Zealand and very much enjoy The Northumbrian magazine. I have just read Issue 104 and the letter from Julie Lingjaerde about egg jarping. We always used to play ‘jarpies’ at Easter but, ...
IN answer to your correspondent W. Coulson’s request for information (Issue 108) about Jenny’s Lantern Hill, I understand that ‘Jenny with the Lantern’ is a local Northumberland term for Will o’ the Wisp, the most common ...
I HAVE embarked on a project to develop alder as a grain crop grown in rows to form a hedge in upland areas or on lower ground. The cones will be pulled off using a mechanical comb and threshed, but some improvements to wild genetic ...
AS the new owners of Thrum Mill near Rothbury, we would be very interested to hear from any readers who have either old photographs or memories about life and work at the mill over the years. - Margaret Hedley, 51 Bromley Avenue, ...