Keith Saint photograph of Holy Island ( Lindisfarne) Northumberland. (Tidal) Reached by a road through the sea which if you visit please watch the tides the sea they will trap you and Grace Darling won't be there to rescue you More art after coffee

STRIKEPOINT GOLD HAS ANNOUNCED AN AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE THE NORTHUMBERLAND PROJECT, A GOLD DEPOSIT IN NEVADA'S WALKER LANE, FROM NEWMONT CORPORATION FOR $70 MLN UPFRONT PLUS TWO CONTINGENT PAYMENTS OF $25 MLN EACH.

The loud, wheezy hoot of the pit horn used to signal the end of the shift. Blaring across the town, it blew the changes. We'd all hear it. My father, as his father before him, was a GP in Ashington, a large mining town in Northumberland. Ashington was the hub of a network of subsidiary collieries including Woodhorn (now a museum), Ellington and Lynemouth, which both appropriately featured as film locations for Billy Elliot. Mining was in the local blood. To work 'doon the pit' was a proud profession and a natural family succession. ✍️ Alastair Irvine Article |