By Crasterfarian I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve driven or been driven along this road. Even as a bairn, sat beside PMA Snr as… Read More »Battle Bridge: The Forgotten Viking Battle of Northumberland?
By Thomas Bainbridge The British people had become accustomed to feeling safely ensconced within their island nation, assured in the security afforded by the Royal Navy.… Read More »The Hartlepool Bombardment of 1914: When the Germans Brought the Great War to British Shores
By Crasterfarian Anyone who grew up in Craster will know the remains we simply called “the boiler” that great rusting lump lying in the water just… Read More »The MANAGUA — Craster’s “Boiler” and How She Left Her Mark
By Thomas Bainbridge The legend of the Lambton Worm has been an inspiration to more than one great Victorian literary figure. In a recent article I… Read More »The Lambton Worm: Crusader Knights, Dragon Slayers and the Legend of St George
By Crasterfarian I’ve been doing a bit more digging into the shipwrecks along the coastline south of Craster, particularly around the Hole o’ the Dike, and… Read More »Two Ships, One Rock … Again — The Wrecks of the ‘Worms’ and ‘Haarfagre’
By Crasterfarian Now here’s a canny tale, one involving radgies, locals, their Red God, the onslaught of the Roman Empire, and how even the might of… Read More »Fanum Cocidi and the God Who Halted the Legions
Echoing Steps of Shilbottle By Crasterfarian Ever since I saw these steps owa the wall on North Side to the old pit, 6 years ago, I’ve… Read More »Echoing Steps of Shilbottle
By Thomas Bainbridge The North East has produced countless innovators whose contributions have shaped almost every aspect of the modern world. From coal production and shipbuilding… Read More »Joseph Swan: The Man Who Illuminated the World
By Crasterfarian Imagine, you’re on the lash in Alnwick. You’ve visited several of the town’s many pubs and you’re a little worse for wear, a bottle… Read More »From the Atlantic to Alnwick
By Thomas Bainbridge Even to those that live in the North East, Whitburn is a somewhat obscure spot. Situated to the north of Sunderland, further south… Read More »Whitburn: A Village of Stories, Shadows and Secrets
