WHAT a beautiful cover photograph on Issue 121: please congratulate Jeff Veevers. I was almost tempted to jump into my car and go looking for Hazelrigg so that I could walk down St Cuthbert’s Way and admire that stunning view. In ...
I WAS very interested to read Keith Robson’s article ‘Ponteland’s Battling Lords of the Manor’ (Issue 120). My great-grandmother, Elizabeth Tetley (née Charlton) jointly owned the Blackbird Inn with Mrs Minnie Johnson near ...
JOHN Grundy, in his enthusiastic article (Issue 121) about three 19th century residents of Embleton in the worlds of journalism, politics and the Church, has confused members of the Grey family. ‘Grey of Falloden’, Foreign ...
I WAS intrigued to read Monty Brown’s letter (Issue 120) ‘A Hunter’s Fate Far from Home’ about Northumbrian George Grey. By a curious coincidence I had just finished reading a biography of Sir Alfred Pease whose journals ...
THANK you for the latest copy of The Northumbrian. It’s always a joy to receive it and the article on Embleton was especially interesting as it was the birthplace of my maternal grandfather. His father worked at Falloden as Lord ...