Northumberland Gazette - John Tait Blog
Columnist looking back at his boyhood in 1970s Coquetdale.
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- Three lions and a donkey
I'm sure that Fabio Cappello is the man to lead England out of the football doldrums. But at what price?
Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:18:13 GMT - Love affair stands test of time
I'VE always had a penchant for watches. When I was a young child down at the now-gone Central Buildings in Rothbury, I clambered up the metal fireguard to get my dad's
Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:14:30 GMT - Model-making wasn't all plane sailing
THE Meteor was a fine aircraft. Many people regard the Spitfire nostalgically as the finest plane built by Britain, but for me the Meteor was the greatest fighter jet. Shapely
Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:01:44 GMT - Run for the hills
NOTHING can beat the wild abandon of running cross country. Cooling mud splashing up your calves as you pound over the soft, springy grass with your mind on auto-pilot. Switch
Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:12:17 GMT - Godparents are to blame
THE congregation of Warkworth United Reformed Church are my godparents.
Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:49:49 GMT - Head down, spirits up and safe home soon
WHILE we were disappointed as the snow failed to fall at Christmas once again, please spare a thought for the lads and lasses from north Northumberland who were forced to cele
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:28:16 GMT - The battle of sexes is over – they've won!
THE painters had been rolling emulsion on the walls high up a scaffold on the gable end of the building and when they climbed down the ladders for their bait, one of them shoo
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:35:47 GMT - Power to the people
DO you remember the actor Robert Lindsay rolling down the street in a tank wearing a guerilla black beret and displaying a defiant clenched fist salute as Wolfie Smith, leader
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:45:27 GMT - Doyle the dream striker
NONE of you will have ever heard of Jimmy Doyle. He was a goalscoring legend for Rothbury City – a tall, bustling centre-forward with a knack for finding the net. And a figmen
Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:26:58 GMT - New Year - our way
FORGET Auld Lang Syne, it's the lads' tradition to sing the KLF's Justified and Ancient at New Year.
Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:16:38 GMT - Tettie week
KIDS still get the tettie week holiday in October, but none of them use it to pick spuds and earn a few quid.
Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:10:05 GMT - Kids' TV
WHATEVER happened to wacky kids' TV presenters?
Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:46:20 GMT - Beware the undercurrants
WE were always warned to beware the undercurrents at the Thrum Mill when swimming as kids. There were supposed to be underwater caves and swirling pools and people reckoned th
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:03:12 GMT - Bring them back home
"THE Lindisfarne Gospels don't belong in London. They don't belong in Newcastle. They don't even belong in Durham Cathedral. They should be on Holy Island. Bri
Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:54:11 GMT - Epic battles over the coffee table
THERE were some epic battles in our back garden when I was a kid. Shells exploding, the rattle of gunfire and rounds clipping the brickwork. The thump of heavy artillery. Plat
Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:04:16 GMT
