Blyth History.

[pityackafromblyth]

I was never aware that there were TWO boulders dredged up from the river, but I may be 'wrang' !I am sure that at BGS we were told (possibly by Mr.Rowlands, the History teacher, and I can still see him in his black flowing gown) that the boulder was from the Ice Age - the previous one, not 1962-63. .
Perhaps when BGS was demolished they had a raffle for the boulder, and some lucky Blyth resident, or even ex-pupil now has it as a paper weight next to his laptop, or even as a doorstop.

[c-side]

I had totally forgotten about that boulder!  Maybe it went to the same place as the stained glass window from the library - wherever that was    

[Cowpen Quay Exile]

The BGS boulder was supposed to be an " erratic " boulder deposited as the result of glacial flow from the Cheviots .

[Phodgetts]

A selection of rocks brought up from the riverbed.

P

[Phodgetts]

Cambois

Built by Flemming and Ferguson in Paisley in 1895 – arrived in Blyth 1910. not sure about this - your photo says 'before 1907'
Sold to Tilbury Contracting and Dredging Co. in 1917.
Disappears 1927 – sold, scrapped or renamed?

Cowpen

Built by Ferguson Brothers in Port Glasgow in 1913.  Worked in Blyth for 51 years, was sold to Italian buyers and sailed for Naples in 1964

Crofton

Built by Simons-Lobnitz in Renfrew in 1963.  Replaced the Cowpen

Hi c-side, note that the above dates you have were for the Viscount Ridley, not the Cambois. Devil in the details and all that. Check the photo of the rocks dredged from the river for details of the Viscount Ridley.

P 

[c-side]

Not sure where my friend got the data - I'll mention it to her, thanks

C

[TriciaK]

I'm no expert on stones, but those in your photo, Phodgetts, look as if they've been 'dressed' at some time. So not prehistoric.

[pityackafromblyth]

I'm no expert on stones, but those in your photo, Phodgetts, look as if they've been 'dressed' at some time. So not prehistoric.

Looks like Tricia knaas some technical terms. I would not know - looking at the photos, it looks as though they are dated tp the early 20th Century.  But the ones in the photo/attachment from Phil, they are a bit smaller than what was at BGS.

[pityackafromblyth]

S.S. Flush, Ship lost in the Baltic on Wed. 19th November, 1919.  97 years ago, but when I posted details of the crew, (the majority of them were from Blyth) I noticed several surnames which I recognised, and wondered if they were relations of contemporaries of my age with the same surnames.  My interest ? ----- My Grandmother's cousin was a member of the crew.
Three years hence, The hundredth anniversary of the loss, Will Blyth remember the tragic event in some way ?