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Daft Laddies – Lost farms of Tyne & Rede

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Northumberland, farming, history, dialect, forestry, Daft Laddies By Clive Dalton and Don Clegg The forested North Tyne hills The forgotten past A ride up the upper North Tyne valley or the Rede today will tell you little of its past farming history. There’ll be no sight or sound of the heords, the hinds, the lambing … Read more

Kielder viaduct – A North Tyne icon

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By Donald Clegg and Clive Dalton Victorian engineersThis wonderful example of Victorian engineering fortunately survived two major threats – the closure of the Riccarton-Newcastle railway line, and the the flooding of the upper Tyne valley to form the Kielder resevoir. The viaduct was designed by John Furness Tone to get the railway across the Deadwater … Read more