Category: Northumberland

Glimpse history through old images of Northumberland, England, UK.

Bamburgh may only be a small village in Northumberland and home to barely 400 people, but it has a proud and significant past. Between the beach and the village rises an impressive castle, which quickly caught the eyes of filmmakers. While it has more recently hosted film crews for Macbeth, Transformers and Indiana Jones movies,…

Berwick-upon-Tweed was caught on camera many times over the past century, preserving a record of the historic Northumberland town and its inhabitants.

Glimpse history through old images of Craster, Northumberland, England.

Famed for its annual traditional music festival which began in 1969, and the nearby National Trust property of Craghall, Rothbury is a pretty market town in rural Northumberland, which attracts ever larger numbers of visitors. Old Photos of Rothbury This is a lovely collection of old photos and images showing the people and places in…

Vintage film and old photos of Amble in Northumberland take us back in time to a thriving community. Work could be hard and backbreaking, but the streets drew in men, women and children going about their daily lives. Miners resume work at Amble (1921) It was 1921, not long after the Great War (World War…