On this day...in 1984
Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:25:49 GMT
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
17 March 1984
The last train to Consett from Newcastle ran on this day.
Brought to you by Michael Bell
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Ouseburn - the Montmartre of the Tyne?
Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:11:56 GMT
I went to the Cumberland Arms on Byker Bank this afternoon to watch
rapper sword dancing. I met quite a lot of people I know from related
fields. You need to be fit to do this sort of thing. And not just the
dancers, the fiddlers worked hard too, though the concertina players
and the one piper seemed not to wo ...
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On this day...in 1964
Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:47:09 GMT
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
14 March 1964
The Newcastle v Sunderland derby held added interest on this occasion
because Stan Anderson, who had played four hundred games for the
Wearsiders, had been sold to Newcastle and turned out in black and
white strip. The pitch was so waterlogged ...
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On this day... in 1929
Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:22:20 GMT
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
13 March 1929. Maiden speech of Margaret Bondfield. Wallsend MP as a
cabinet minister. She was born in Somerset, but had found work in
London as a shop assistant. She joined a union to protest against the
abuses of the "living-in" system and became the first w ...
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On this day in 1908
Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:16:16 GMT
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
10 March 1908:Birth of Owen Brannigan.
The popular bass baritone was born at Annitsford where his father was
organist at the church of St John the Baptist. Starting work in
colliery worshop he moved to London in search of work as a joiner, but
won a gold m ...
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On this day... in 1806
Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:00:01 GMT
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
6 march 1806
Birth of Elizabeth Barrett, who later married the poet Robert
Browning. She was born at Coxhoe Hall, County Durham, the daughter of
Mary Clarke of Newcastle and Mr Edward Mouldron who took the surname
Barrett later in life on coming into some p ...
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On this day... in 1806
Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:57:46 GMT
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
6 march 1806
Birth of Elizabeth Barrett, who later married the poet Robert
Browning. She was born at Coxhoe Hall, County Durham, the daughter of
Mary Clarke of Newcastle and Mr Edward Mouldron who took the surname
Barrett later in life on coming into some p ...
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On this day...in 1976
Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:06:25 GMT
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
Eldon Square. a covered shopping mall in Newcastle was opened. It
involved the demolition of a number of buildings, principally in Old
Eldon Square. The Council claimed that the square had been saved,
only the buildings around it were demolished! The only pub ...
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The female blonde mortician..........................
Tue, 3 Mar 2009 07:27:10 -0800 (PST)
A man who just died is delivered to a local mortuary wearing an
expensive, expertly tailored black suit.
The female blonde mortician asks the deceased's wife how she would
like the body dressed. She points
out that the man does look good in the black suit he is already
wearing.
The widow, however, says that ...
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On this day...in 1900
Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:38:25 GMT
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
Birth of Basil Bunting, poet. Son of a colliery doctor, he was born at
Denton Rd Scotswood, and was educated at the Royal Grammar School.
Basil was arrested and convicted for being a conscientious objector in
the first world war and served time in Newcastle an ...
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