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  1. A narrow road from Branxton church leads to the Monument, it is said to mark the spot where James the Fourth was slain. in 1513. the English soldiers were led by the Earl of Surrey.
  2. Flodden Field; a few hundred yards south of the village of Branxton . is the scene of battle in which between 9000 and 16,000 scottish and English soldiers were killed
  3. i am very interested in everything to do with bedlington' Maggie
  4. he was hung for the murder of William Wood . they were both miners
  5. it was the budge . it had glass windows and a big square clock at the top .
  6. the last man to be hanged at morpeth prison. was George Hunter; on march 28th 1876. he was buried in the prison yard
  7. My dad and my brother worked at the old pit at the station they were Deputies' when i left school in 1959 my dad would not let me go down the pit;
  8. Which Green was at 63 and 69 bechuse i am called . Green
  9. my dad and my brother worked at the A pit
  10. yes i can remember you used to get 2 shillings and a bag of food
  11. He was always noel to us in those days
  12. Mr Gebbie was the school caretaker when i was there in 1952 ;
  13. is Noel Buckham still alive do you know
  14. sorry about that i got the buckhams ; mixed up
  15. Ted Buckham and mary miller had a daughter she works in morrisons at bedlington
  16. can you remember mary miller ; and the dixon family
  17. the station pit was the old pit' can you remember the mercer family
  18. Katheen swan used to live there too
  19. I was born in 1944 and lived at the station till 1972 you had to pay money to get in to the Wallaw ,
  20. Have you seen the old top club in the photo Gallery . west end
  21. it was Robsons' his first shop was where the pet shop is now
  22. George Swan had two shops the other one was at the winning his wife ran it.
  23. George swan had the shop before Strakers i used to deliver therein the late 50 s
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