Letters


Ringing the bells

I had many old memories coming back from 65 years ago when reading the article about the bell ringers at Hexham Abbey in issue 125. (I have every issue of The Northumbrian from No.1) On December 21, 1946, I rang the 5th bell at the ...


A walk into history

I was very interested to read John Grundy’s article in issue 126 of The Northumbrian having just completed the walk from South Gosforth to the Newcastle Quayside which follows the route of the Ouseburn and which took in all the ...


Name change

It was most interesting to read the letter from Peter West regarding memories of Low Newton-by-the-Sea in Issue 126. He mentions the names Carse and Wright and my grandparents were called Annie Wright and Jimmy Carss. They were born ...


Flying hero remembered

As a loyal Northumbrian who emigrated to Canada in 1974, I was very interested to read the article in Issue 126 about the statue of Harry Hotspur made by sculptor Keith Middleton and in particular, the reference to the fact that Keith ...


Wartime secrets

In the article about the Home Guard (Issue 126), it was good to see some references to the work the Auxiliary Units were to do in the event of a German invasion. The Northumberland units were part of 201 Battalion GHQ Home Guard ...


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