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Northumberlandia

The facts and figures about Northumberlandia are endless.  It  is ‘a unique piece of public art’ … ‘set in a 46 acre  park with free public access and 4 miles of footpaths’ on and around the Lady of the North, ‘a … Continue reading

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Aunt T & her Pot Pourri…

She may look a bit like Lady Bracknell or Charlie’s Aunt but she wasn’t really  like that in real life.  Maria Theresa  Villiers may have been born with a silver spoon in her mouth but she seems to have been happier … Continue reading

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That’s the wonder of Woolies….

I’m taking a quick holiday from writing and instead, today’s post is largely based, with his permission, on some webpages originally written by Paul Seaton who runs a website about the history of Woolworths, called http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk. All the photos unless … Continue reading

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Moving the ‘bastard’ orange trees …

And no I’m not being rude just for the sake of it! As I said in a recent post I’ve been doing some research over the past few years into the gardening interests of the Hatton family  who were prominent royalists … Continue reading

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Guano…

It’s hard to imagine the British Government getting excited about bird droppings. But in mid-19thc Britain it certainly did.  Of course ministers didn’t sit around discussing anything quite so vulgar as  bird poo but they did spend time talking seriously about  ways of increasing … Continue reading

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