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I am trying to find out if Albert Alexander Allison of the Northern Cyclists Battalion (service number 1542) was awarded to Territorial Service medal. His surviving service record indicates that he joined the Expeditionary Force in France on the 26 July 1916 prior to being transferred into the regulary army in September 1916.

The web site 'The Genealogist' shows three listings for an Albert A Allison in receipt of the said medal. However, I can not access these as I do not subscribe to the said web site (I already subscribe to three other sites!!)

Hope someone can help.

I have being trying for over 20 years to find the baptism of my 2 x great grandmother, Ann Pringle (father Robert Pringle, mother Ann Anderson)

I have her in every Census from 1841 to 1861 (Scotland) and 1871 to 1901 (England -- she married John Robinson and lived in Wooler, Northumberland). She died in March 1911 and her burial entry states that she was 70 years of age (gives a DOB as 1840 / early 1841). This ties in with age declaration on Census.

The Scottish Census shows place of birth but I believe they have been transcribed incorrectly (I can only see transcriptions) but I have strong evidence from various English records that she was born in Bedrule.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have come across a book called 'Ralph Tailor's Summer' and found this:-

'8th May 1636, Around this date, the plague hit Newcastle - and hit hard. It is impossible to be sure when the first death came, but it was probably May the 7th or 8th - certainly this is the first day that the parish clerk of St Nicholas's had to write 'pl' alongside the deceased's name in the parish records.'

The entry goes on to say that the death toll mounted until the plague was killed off by the cold weather in December.

This next part of the entry is a parallel to the UK today:_

'Ordinary life ground to a halt. Captain Fenwick said the town was 'almost desolate, thy streets grown green with grass, thy treasury wasted, thy trading departed'. Some were quarantined in 'lodges' on the Town Moor. Others were shut up in infected houses for a period of six weeks'.