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Northumberland / Re: NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE - was it ever Scottish?
« on: Wednesday 25 May 22 17:36 BST (UK)  »
I believe on two occasions Newcastle was a "Scottish" city. First when King David took it, and wanted it as the main port of Scotland. Second during a brief time when they held King Charles 1st as captive in Newcastle (Theres a plaque there as to where. On Lloyds bank, I think in city centre

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Northumberland Completed Look up Requests / Re: COMPLETED - Where exactly is Bigges Main?
« on: Monday 04 March 13 17:47 GMT (UK)  »
Bigges Main - currently a golf club is where it once stood.
Wallsend Sports Centre was built on the village area (its now closed and boarded up, awaiting being redeveloped - I used to go there when a kid in 70-71, and boozing underage above the sports centre below. Recall the juke box in the canteen downstairs was wonderful)
There used to be a tram ran through the village from Wallsend to Gosforth, run by Tyneside Tramways

John - was the farm "East Farm" or "West Farm" ?
I lived about a mile and half away and there as a "West Farm Rd" heading in it's direction, and a friend once told me when going to school at Benfield (next to Bigges Main on the Newcastle side) that it was named for going to Bigges Main farm. But there was also an "East Farm Rd" elsehwere.... ::)

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