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Re: Blyth History.
« Reply #27 on: Saturday 20 November 10 12:22 GMT (UK) »
Only recently someone has been on a Blyth connected site here, asking re the Donkin surname.  Now I cannot find it.  For that persons information, a Sgt. H. Donkin, from Blyth, fell in WWI. By Googling North East War Memorial Project, one will find a comprehensive site covering Northumberland and Durham; and covers the area by town and village, etc.,; also teachers who joined up, and which school they were from; railways workers, etc. Sgt.Donkin is listed under the Masonic members who fell, and he was from the Blagdon Lodge in Blyth.  I came across the site whilst trying to find details of my grandfather who served at Salonika.
Hope someone spots the DONKIN connection, and alerts that person to this.

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Re: Blyth History.
« Reply #28 on: Saturday 20 November 10 18:43 GMT (UK) »

 PYfB,

The title of the query was   "Early Records from Morpeth re Donkin "

You yourself contributed to it on 8th Nov.   A search of either your own postings or those of Northumberland board, using search criterion of "donki" will reveal the thread.

Michael
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GALLAGHER ( + variations).
Areas. Co Sligo, Co Leitrim, Co Mayo. IRELAND.
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Re: Blyth History.
« Reply #29 on: Tuesday 23 November 10 13:27 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Mike.  Still feeling my way around the computer at times.  Been off it for 3 days, then the first thing I came across this p.m. on North'l'd page was Donkin.  I put the info. there as well.

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Re: Blyth History.
« Reply #30 on: Saturday 02 April 11 08:23 BST (UK) »
Did you find Haughton Terrace? This is my first attempted contact so I am not sure how it works. If you wish to know I can give you the details.Haughton is the correct spelling. James2


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Re: Blyth History.
« Reply #31 on: Saturday 02 April 11 20:14 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the site with the memorials.  It looks very interesting so will have to have a good look later.

Barbara
DURHAM - Johnson
NORTHUMBERLAND - Hunter,  Pigdon, Hansen, Waddell?, Turnbull
LANCASHIRE - Crabtree
SCOTLAND - Mallachin or Mallichan or Mallaghan
NORWAY - Hansen

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Re: Blyth History.
« Reply #32 on: Friday 29 April 11 21:34 BST (UK) »
I see  that it is the Blyth Battery events day on May 21 - 22.

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Northumberland; Johnson, Johnston, Dodds, Rutherford, Gray, Kennedy, Wilson, Sanderson, Davidson and other Border Marauders as they are discovered on this journey.
Berkshire; Knight, Bristor, Sharpe, Sharp, Ashley.
Suffolk / Essex; Perce, Pearce, Pearse, Pierce, Hayes.
Midlands; Hodgetts, Parker, Easthope.

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Re: Blyth History.
« Reply #33 on: Sunday 15 May 11 16:32 BST (UK) »
Reading through the replys, i had a aunt who lived on plessy road who was given i think freedom of the city (hope thats right) many years ago, her name was Alice Harrington, does anybody know about this or any article i can get.

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Re: Blyth History.
« Reply #34 on: Wednesday 08 June 11 20:37 BST (UK) »
She must have been very important if she was given the 'freedom of the city'.  Blyth is only a TOON.  In fact it is more important and better known than THE TOON. (ie Ne'castle))  I do not know the name you mention but someone may come up with information.  Best of luck.

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« Reply #35 on: Thursday 09 June 11 10:35 BST (UK) »
susie wong,  I think I may have jumped the gun with my last post, re Harrington.  I believe, and I think I am right, there was a Harrington family who lived in the Plessey Road area of Blyth. A Frankie(?) Harrington was an electrician and he worked at the Crofton Pit, which was on Plessey Road, and boundaried by Park Road. I believe he and his wife had a corner shop in a street close by the Masons Arms, on Plessey Road.  The shop was run by his wife.  Children ? - I think there may have been a daughter.
I am 95% positive about him being an electrician at Crofton Mill Pit. Other electricians were a Frankie Irvine, a Tommy Laws, who was from Cambois, and various others, whose names I cannot recall at the moment.