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Northumberland / Re: Boat House Terrace,Cambois
« on: Wednesday 26 August 20 00:57 BST (UK)  »
Hello, and thank you for the lovely old photo.  That's Boathouse Terrace closer to the sea, but if you say it's Sinkers Row, you may know better than I.  Very helpful of you.  I'm looking for any information large or small which would help me see the world the way my family did then - they left in 1888.  Was there a colliery clinic, school, market?  Indoor plumbing or in house kitchens?  Some other colliery residential areas had gardens - and so, it's nice to know.  Write again if you like.  Northumberland Daughter

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Northumberland / Re: Boat House Terrace,Cambois
« on: Saturday 18 July 20 17:33 BST (UK)  »
Dear Folks of Boat House Terrace interest,
I'm writing a story about my family who lived on Boat House Terrace for about a decade; they emigrated to America in 1888.  Thanks to all of you who posted photos or had comments and memories of the area and street.  I would like to know if there was a clinic for miners' families; if there was a school; if there was indoor plumbing (I presume not); if there was a cooker or stove in the house - or if water and cooking was handled in a community building/site.  (I know at the time in London, cooking was handled at a "baker".)  Some of the other miners' residential areas had garden plots.  Any detail is of interest to me, and I would be so appreciative of your information.  Hoping you and your families are all well and safe during this pandemic.  Northumberland Daughter

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Northumberland / Re: Boat House Terrace,Cambois
« on: Tuesday 03 March 20 16:31 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for your quick response.  I appreciate any information.  I'm reading "The White Death" by Thomas Dormancy about TB.  I want to know what the family went through.  ND

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Northumberland / Re: Boat House Terrace,Cambois
« on: Tuesday 03 March 20 14:04 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, Boat House Terrace, Cambois or Bedlington descendants,
Have any of you been able to access medical records from the 1880's? Or is that too much to hope?  Do you know what would have been the access to medical care while working for the colliery (or is that too, a pipe dream of mine?)  Was there a community doctor? Social services, etc?  I'd appreciate a push in this direction.
best wishes to all,
Northumberland Daughter

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Occupation Interests / Re: what is a master artificer????
« on: Thursday 19 December 19 12:29 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, I guess I should have let that one go.  Googled the words and delivered what I got - nope, I'm not on the sauce.  Google maps are often wrong, too.  Best of the Season to you. ND

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Occupation Interests / Re: what is a master artificer????
« on: Wednesday 18 December 19 19:10 GMT (UK)  »
Hi, aside from some fantasy-game personality, the dictionary said an artifice is/are clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.
"the style is not free from the artifices of the period"
Presumably, then, someone gets to be a master of this hideous hobby... not to be judgemental...
Northumberland Daughter

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Northumberland / Origins of place names
« on: Wednesday 18 December 19 18:52 GMT (UK)  »
Hello,
I found a fascinating book at this link:
https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028042996/cu31924028042996_djvu.txt

and hope you enjoy it.
Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for the Holiday Season.

Northumberland Daughter

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Northumberland / Re: Boat House Terrace,Cambois
« on: Saturday 14 December 19 12:55 GMT (UK)  »
Dear Gen List Lass,
Thank you for responding so quickly, and sharing that part of your family story.  I appreciate your information and links.  It's not that our family dwelt or dwells on the sad stories, but they need to be shared.  If it's as true with yours as it is with ours, those family stories are told again and again - oral history.  I'm working on setting the stories in our family down for coming generations.  Some people, I find, want to know more, others don't at all.  Northumberland Daughter

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Northumberland / Re: Boat House Terrace,Cambois
« on: Friday 13 December 19 21:46 GMT (UK)  »
Dear Friends of Bedlington and Cambois and...
My great grand-uncle, Aaron Thompson, died at 19 years of age of phthisis (TB) in September 1881.  It was in March of that year that he signed an arithmetic book - the only thing we have of his - treasured.  He is also listed as a "coal putter" - what was that occupation?  Do any of you have knowledge or personal history of TB at that time?  Aaron was buried at St Cuthbert's in Cambois; I've been there - no stone of course.  I believe it was his death which compelled the family to give me an American accent (ha)!  Your insights are important to me.  Aaron's younger brother, John was my grandfather - who also died an early death at 46 in America - of course, affecting my father's life.  These deaths set the tone for our family perspective on life - "we don't go in order".  It's a precious heritage.   yours truly, Northumberland Daughter

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