Central Exchange - is it still there?
Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:22:38 GMT
I went to the Laing Art Gallery this afternoon. One of the items was a
coloured drawing of "Central Exchange". It was a huge semi-circular
space, with ladies and gentlemen walking about in it and roofed by a
glass and beams very like the space which has recently been covered
over in the British Museum in Londo ...
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On this day .... for six centuries
Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:00:33 GMT
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
From 1153 to 1751 this was new year's day. The 24th March 1749 would
be followed by 25th March 1750. Under this system, the months are
named correctly, as September really was the the seventh month,
October was the eighth month and so on.
Brought to you by ...
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On this day...in 1873
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:06:51 GMT
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
24 March 1873
Mary Ann Cotton was hanged for murder at Durham - a famous serial
murderer of the day. She poisoned her own mother, three husbands, a
lover and several children, including her own. She was the subject of
children's street song:
"Mary Ann Co ...
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On this day... in 1973
Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:06:13 GMT
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
The first Roman writing tablets were found at Vindolanda on Hadrian's
wall. They are written on pieces of thin wood looped together like a
postcard. They had been preserved becasue of the damp nature of soil
in that part of the dig and give a wonderful insight ...
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On this day...in 1935
Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:18:16 GMT
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
21 March 1935 Birth of Brian Clough in Middlesbrough. From ICI he
joined Middlesbrough FCscoring 204 goals in 222 games - an
outstanding record. He transferred to Sunderland where he scored 63
goals in 74 appearances before being injured on Boxing day 1961. ...
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Graffiti on Byker viaduct
Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:09:02 GMT
I sent this message to Nexus and the councillor for Byker
I have recently had to photograph the Byker viaduct as fine example of
modern viaduct which could be copied elsewhere. Doing so I had to
actually LOOK at the viaduct and familiarity was peeled away and I saw
that it was covered with graffiti, not new graf ...
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On this day...in 687
Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:35:27 GMT
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
St Cuthbert's day 20 March 687
This is the feast day of the North's own saint. Popular even in his
own lifetime for his humility and poverty, he was an excellent
preacher and brought together both Celtic and Roman- trained
Christians. After his death, his shr ...
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On this day...in 1880
Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:50:58 GMT
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
19 March 1880
Politician TOO POPULAR! Joseph Cowen MP was to address his supporters
in the Central Committee Rooms in Grainger Street West. A large crowd
of them burst in from the street and Cowen was pinned against a
balustrade, suffering internal injury a ...
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No alcohol beer
Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:01:29 +0000
Drinking no-alcohol beer is like licking your sister's pussy.
It tastes the same, but deep down you know it's not right.
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Words in "Cushie Butterfield"?
Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:44:13 GMT
We all know the song "Cushie Butterfield", well I thought I did, but
when I get beyond verse one I find that I don't know the meaning of
all the words. Can anybody help me with it?
Cushie's trade is selling "yella clay". What is that and what was it
used for?
What does these lines mean?
"an' hor broos i ...
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