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Sutton Palmer - Barnard Castle, Durham, c.1910s - James Henderson Postcard
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Sutton Palmer - Barnard Castle, Durham, c.1910s - James Henderson Postcard
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@globalmuseum/116597258573488576
We got married at Bowes Museum in 2004. We had to delay our ceremony by a few minutes so that guests could watch the swan do its thing first.
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@globalmuseum/116597258573488576
We got married at Bowes Museum in 2004. We had to delay our ceremony by a few minutes so that guests could watch the swan do its thing first.
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Former history teacher Glynn Wales starts our coverage of the 100th anniversary of the General Strike by telling the story of what the Echo called ...
“EVERY second shop in Newgate Street, the main street in Bishop Auckland, shuttered up and the shopkeeper ruined,” wrote the town’s prospective MP Hugh Dalton in his diary 100 years ago.#BishopAuckland #HughDalton #WinstonChurchill #StanleyBaldwin #CountyDurham #theLabourParty #Coalmining #ArthurCook #BarnardCastle #ErnestBevin #Britishcoal #theGeneralStrike
Were the miners "hopelessly defeated" in the Great Strike of 100 years ago? -
Former history teacher Glynn Wales starts our coverage of the 100th anniversary of the General Strike by telling the story of what the Echo called ...
“EVERY second shop in Newgate Street, the main street in Bishop Auckland, shuttered up and the shopkeeper ruined,” wrote the town’s prospective MP Hugh Dalton in his diary 100 years ago.#BishopAuckland #HughDalton #WinstonChurchill #StanleyBaldwin #CountyDurham #theLabourParty #Coalmining #ArthurCook #BarnardCastle #ErnestBevin #Britishcoal #theGeneralStrike
Were the miners "hopelessly defeated" in the Great Strike of 100 years ago? -
Former history teacher Glynn Wales starts our coverage of the 100th anniversary of the General Strike by telling the story of what the Echo called ...
“EVERY second shop in Newgate Street, the main street in Bishop Auckland, shuttered up and the shopkeeper ruined,” wrote the town’s prospective MP Hugh Dalton in his diary 100 years ago.#BishopAuckland #HughDalton #WinstonChurchill #StanleyBaldwin #CountyDurham #theLabourParty #Coalmining #ArthurCook #BarnardCastle #ErnestBevin #Britishcoal #theGeneralStrike
Were the miners "hopelessly defeated" in the Great Strike of 100 years ago? -
Former history teacher Glynn Wales starts our coverage of the 100th anniversary of the General Strike by telling the story of what the Echo called ...
“EVERY second shop in Newgate Street, the main street in Bishop Auckland, shuttered up and the shopkeeper ruined,” wrote the town’s prospective MP Hugh Dalton in his diary 100 years ago.#BishopAuckland #HughDalton #WinstonChurchill #StanleyBaldwin #CountyDurham #theLabourParty #Coalmining #ArthurCook #BarnardCastle #ErnestBevin #Britishcoal #theGeneralStrike
Were the miners "hopelessly defeated" in the Great Strike of 100 years ago? -
Egglestone Abbey— The Poorest House in England
Just under two miles south-east of Barnard Castle, the remains of Egglestone Abbey stand above the south bank of the Tees. They are, not to put too fine a point on it, rather good.
Egglestone was a Premonstratensian house, founded around 1195. The Premonstratensians — known ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/03/16/egglestone-abbey-the-poorest-house-in-england/
#BarnardCastle #NorthYorkshire #Teesdale #history #medieval #monastic
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Egglestone Abbey— The Poorest House in England
Just under two miles south-east of Barnard Castle, the remains of Egglestone Abbey stand above the south bank of the Tees. They are, not to put too fine a point on it, rather good.
Egglestone was a Premonstratensian house, founded around 1195. The Premonstratensians — known ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/03/16/egglestone-abbey-the-poorest-house-in-england/
#BarnardCastle #NorthYorkshire #Teesdale #history #medieval #monastic
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Spent a fascinating time today at Bowes Museum including watching the Silver Swan going through its automated movements even though it is 251 year old!
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I thought this comedy sketch had had its day, but since Cummings and the infamous eye-test are in the news again...
Here's me - and me - imagining if things had gone a step further...
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I thought this comedy sketch had had its day, but since Cummings and the infamous eye-test are in the news again...
Here's me - and me - imagining if things had gone a step further...
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Ensuite white water rafting #barnardcastle #river #LazyWeekend
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1/3 Reading a book called The Stainmore & Eden Valley Railways by Peter Walton (Oxford Publishing Company)
This #railway line linked #BarnardCastle with #Tebay plus branch lines. The last passenger train ran in Jan 1962. I love this quote from a former signalman at Stainmore, Mr N. Pearson, who described his years in the box as follows: continues…. -
1/3 Reading a book called The Stainmore & Eden Valley Railways by Peter Walton (Oxford Publishing Company)
This #railway line linked #BarnardCastle with #Tebay plus branch lines. The last passenger train ran in Jan 1962. I love this quote from a former signalman at Stainmore, Mr N. Pearson, who described his years in the box as follows: continues…. -
It's the right place to be vigilant! You can drive to #BarnardCastle for eye tests...
