Blyth History.

[jrd1955]

Hi. This is for pityackerfromblyth.
You talked about PC Mussell.
His full name was George Bertram Mussell.
He was killed along with Sgt. Andrew Barton on April 15th 1913.
The incoming landlady Sara Grice was also murdered there.
So all three murdered by John Vickers Amos at the Sun Inn public house in Bedlington.
I researched the murders over many years and have a vast ammount of archive material relating to this tragic event.
Our group, and i am secretary has put a vast ammount on line at www.sixtownships.org.uk and have yourself a look there.
I am also interested in George Mussell so any information you would like to share would be nice.
There is a forum on our website too.
Look forward to hearing from you.

[pityackafromblyth]

jrd1955, Sorry I cannot add anything further re PC Mussell.  What I have already mentioned in the Blyth history is the anecdotes from my grandmother.  She was in her 20s when she knew him, as he was stationed at Blyth then.  As I mention he used to call at the bakery where she worked(whilst on duty) and the girls would try and leave a floury hand print on his cape/back.  And the second was when he had arrested a drunken woman, and as he passed the shop her skirt fell down to her ankles.  She told me that after that incident they would pull his leg about it.

[pityackafromblyth]

      One has to be so careful with the past.   Here is a photo of a Zeppelin over Blyth in April 1915 but it wasn't!!     They were photo pasting way back then. http://www.flickr.com/photos/36891793@N08/8519443334/

      Nevertheless the photo of Blyth at that time is very interesting.
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I was always fascinated about the Zeppelin over Blyth photograph, and after seeing the above quote began to think the incident was a fake.  HOWEVER, have a look at BBC news on the web and they have several excellent 2mins.+ 'things' re WWI. Zeppelin over Blyth is one of them.  It happened on the 14th April,1915, Zepp. - ZL9. The photo on the BBC clearly shows the Central Method. Church.,Blyth, with ZL9 above.It went north, dropped bombs on W. Sleekburn(2 casualties),then dropped bombs on Wallsend. In June, 1915, further raid on NE resulted in 17 men killed at Palmer's works at Jarrow.

[Phodgetts]

Yes, I understand, they added the image of a Zepp to the photo just to illustrate the report. These days they'd do CGI or a animated cartoon to do the same. I call it "fair enough".  We do know the Zepp was witnessed by many people and Zepps were seen in the vicinity of Blyth on more than one occasion. One of the reports I read said that the onlookers were very calm and quiet watching it. No panic or people running about and shrieking. I could imagine it was dumbfounding for the times! A spectacle.

This is the image I have of an old cutting. Not very good, but enough to be able to see.

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[charism]

Just picked up conversation about Blyth hat shop next to the newsagent on Regent St Blyth.  Only 3 years late but I used to go there with my 2 great aunts Maggie Dover and Madeline Gray nee Dover - Maggie owned the shop - this would be in late 50's early 60's.

[pityackafromblyth]

Charism, Thanks for that post.  Welcome to RootsChat.  Since I posted the query re the shop, you are the first person to come up with details of the 2 ladies.  I would have gone there about 1949-ish with my grandmother, who lived one street away from the shop.  I think she just called in for a chat with the two women, although like most older women in those days, she did wear hats, so may also have been a customer there.
I stumbled across RootsChat one night, posted something in the Northumberland page, and being new to computers I did not realise what I had started, ie. "Blyth History"  As a result there have been many threads and useful information added since then.

[charism]

My 2 great aunts would have been in the shop then- I went in late 50/early 60's.
The earlier post said something about relatives in Australia - do you know anything about them?

[pityackafromblyth]

charism, Afraid not re their relatives who went to Australia. There was no family connection with them.   However, now that you have posted their names, it may jog someone's memory in here.  I believe there are other regulars in the Northumberland page who are roundabout my age,and they might recall something connected with them.

[AlisdairGB]

Sorry to post this , I have read the answers somewhere but I cannot find them. 

In what year were the houses re-numbered on Bath Terrace ( I think between the 1881 and 1891 censuses )

And, What were he previous names of Bath Terrace. ( with dates if possible )

The first houses on the Street were built in about 1790, and by 1851 they were Bath Terrace, but before then the street had different names. As I said, I have read it somewhere ( I can't remember if it was on the world wide inter web thingy , or a good old fashioned paper book )

Thanks in advance