@JHCPAL

All things historical & geographical. Reads. Art. Words.Coal. Turnips. Kyes. Spelks.Percys. Pinnies. Jumps down some very niche NE 🐇🕳️. Shy bairns get nowt!

 N E England and the 'Ding
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I post NE dialect, history, old things & anything that interests me. I have eclectic tastes in art but especially like "northern, grim, industrial". I reply to much Brexit & women's rights though rarely post those here. Owner of a very dry sense of humour.
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Important advice for the Wandering Northumbrian.
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@zmarkan1h
Replying to @Andy_eprr @JHCPAL
Serbo croatian and other slavic languages work on a write as you say it principle - very different from the phonetic mess that is english and are a joy to learn (once you ignore the grammar) 😅 It also works for personal names - so they’d write the PM’s name as Endi Brnam
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Guinevere of Mason, Defender of the Spelk. retweeted
Andy Kelly 💙@Andy_eprr9h
Also on this day in 1917, my gt uncle was part of a push to stop reinforcements from attacking Canadian troops at Passchendaele by an assault on Gheluvelt. It was a complete disaster. He was killed and has no known grave. I've written about him here ⬇️ cwgc.org/stories/stories/pri…
WW1 On This Day
@WW1IEPER191711h
On This Day 26th Oct 1917. The positions of the British from Passchendaele to Poelcapelle are much improved. On This Day 26th Oct 1917. Brazil is declared in a state of War with Germany.
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I am losing it. I'm ordering bathroom fittings. 🤯. Next time (and that will be in the new year as I have another one to do - don't ask) I will be going to a bathroom shop and getting them to order and manage everything. That wasn't an option this time otherwise I'd have done it!
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I like a map.....and this one is splendid! I especially like Berik, Lester and Bermingem - a case of spell it like you say it ! I also approve of the kasl ending of Njukasl. I'm less sure of Sanderland. 😉
Andy Kelly 💙@Andy_eprr5h
Ever wondered what 1980s Yugoslavia thought about UK place names? Another map for @JHCPAL From Sarajevo 80s Museum
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Guinevere of Mason, Defender of the Spelk. retweeted
Cdr George Ericson
@CdrEricson11h
Flower class corvette HMS Anemone (K 48): Laid down at Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. Blyth, England 26.10.39.
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Aha ! A top turnip carving tip..
Gavin McLelland@gmac7000Oct 25
Replying to @northumbriana
My mum had a spoon with a blade ground on the edge, made it easier but still remember it as hard work
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Exploding turnips ! That would indeed be a smell to remember.
Paul Lynch@pd_lynch23h
Replying to @northumbriana
I can still remember the smell from when the bigger boys asked to borrow mine to knock on a door for trick or treat, put a banger inside it & exploded it all over the street! I hadn't even knocked on a door. My poor mother had to carve out three for me and my two brothers too
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More turnip tips.
Jill Towers@jilltowers18h
Replying to @gardnerstuart39 @JHCPAL @northumbriana
We used matches to stand the candle up. 4 of them, stuck around the candle.
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Turnipy recollections.
Keith Nicholson (Keith E Babes)@FatPunter23h
Replying to @JHCPAL
We never had a turnip lantern back in the 1960s. Don't think our dad's wrists were up to it, but there was always one kid on the street who managed to have one, and he became the Halloween King. Parents also weren't keen on door knocking with said King "penny for Halloween"ing.
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Turnip carving tips.
TH@Trystanian21h
Replying to @JHCPAL @northumbriana
They're a bit easier to carve if you steam them for a bit first.
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Turniptober 26. Snaggie. More recollections of borrowing..... Does anyone live near a turnip field ? You will know if you do simply by the aroma. A lovely smell. I posted a picture of a turnip field in Devon last week.
Bronwyn Twizell@WitchesKitchen13h
Replying to @Catus14 @JHCPAL @northumbriana
This type of borrowing in Newbiggin was “snaggie raiding” conducted from Peacey’s field at Spital under legendary threat of his 12 bore shotgun Only the brave
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Guinevere of Mason, Defender of the Spelk. retweeted
Damian@bourdamo22h
Didn't expect such a response to my Newcastle posts, thanks for all the feedback and tips, it was an enjoyable weekend.
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Guinevere of Mason, Defender of the Spelk. retweeted
Damian@bourdamoOct 25
A few photos of Durham, charming little city, nice atmosphere.
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More turnipy recollections. First - the borrowing of turnips from a field in Dudley. Now - the borrowing of the church candles. A theme is emerging.....
Stuart Gardner Dosh@gardnerstuart39Oct 25
Replying to @JHCPAL @northumbriana
Difficult to get a candle 🕯️ to stand up in them. Some years we had Holy turnips...candles from church. It's all tea lights in church now. Don't tell the pope it might be a sin... supposed to be for the lady altar not turnips 🫣
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Turnipy recollections.
Peter Hutchinson@Catus14Oct 25
Replying to @JHCPAL @northumbriana
I'm delighted, for the sake of my hands, that my visiting grandchildren assume the only option is pumpkins. I can remember in the 50s "borrowing" turnips from the edge of the field in Dudley then sitting with my cousin on the step in Green Lane hacking at them for hours
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Turniptober 25. A fozy turnip is frost bitten & thus spongy. Also one which is overgrown and thus light & hollow sounding. Were often used as footballs ! Compare fozy.OED.Scottish & dialect. Spongy,loose textured. Unknown origin though Norwegian fos, spongy.
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A thread full of turnipy goodness. Do click through, there are some excellent snippets in it !
Back in Time West London@OldLondonW1424 Feb 2023
Time to dip into British turnip history. A thread on the turnip. In 1865 the pages of Bells Newspaper were full of top turnip advertisments.
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Arriving at Newcastle.
Cdr George Ericson
@CdrEricsonOct 25
W (Flotilla leader) class destroyer HMS Kempenfelt (R 03) Lt.Cdr. James Bogue Marjoribanks, RN: Commissioned 25.10.43. Built by John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. Clydebank, Scotland. Seen arriving at Newcastle.
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Today's piece of turnipy information.
Scotland's Stories - Graeme@StoryScotlandOct 25
We don't carve pumpkins in Scotland, we carve neeps (turnips)!* I think they look far scarier and that's what they're for, to ward off bad spirits, keeping us safe with their light. *of course people do carve pumpkins too, but this is the real tradition.
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Guinevere of Mason, Defender of the Spelk. retweeted
The Tyne and Beyond@tyneandbeyondOct 25
cormorant riding the waves on the River Nith, Dumfries
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