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Guinevere of Mason.

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Guinevere of Mason.

@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

Joined June 2018

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Guinevere of Mason.
@JHCPAL
Jul 28, 2024
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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Guinevere of Mason.
@JHCPAL
Aug 2, 2025
We were clearing drawers after Mam died. Found 'presentation boxes' of embroidered , lace trimmed fine quality cotton handkerchiefs, with gift tags attached. Beautiful things. She'd received them for her 21st birthday. She died at 68. She'd 'kept them for best'. 😔
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Guinevere of Mason.
@JHCPAL
Jul 29, 2025
This is how older ladies looked when I was a child. Headsquare, buttoned coat, skin coloured tights (probably stockings though, that's what Granma wore, tights were "too modern") & the zip up ankle boots. A handbag on the chair. Salford,but it could be anywhere in the north.
Brian Groom
@GroomB
Jul 29, 2024
Women drinking in the Bricklayers Arms, Ordsall, Salford, 1977, by Phil Portus @PhilPortusPhoto. Exhibition and book: photographs of Salford life in the 1970s. manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia…
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Guinevere of Mason.
@JHCPAL
Nov 3, 2025
Dear @BBCRadio2 , Please advise Scott Mills that Kielder Forest may be near the Border, but it is actually in Northumberland. That rather large county just below Scotland, next to Cumbria. You may have heard of it. Thankyou.
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Guinevere of Mason.
@JHCPAL
Aug 2, 2025
Replying to @lesleyeagan
It's how it was. There were sheets too, given as wedding presents. Very good quality cotton in presentation boxes. Sister & I washed everything & brought them & the hankies into use. I keep nothing for best. I can be gardening & walking the dog in a decent frock.
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Guinevere of Mason.
@JHCPAL
Jul 21, 2024
Replying to @cathydevine56 and @HarrietHarman
"There is now a backlash" she says (about another issue) ....well, she hasn't seen anything yet, if she maintains that a woman is someone who has transitioned into one. No, no & thrice no. I have let my membership to the LP lapse because of this specific issue & told them that.
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Guinevere of Mason.
@JHCPAL
Jul 26, 2025
Short but perfectly understood sentences in the NE : Hoy man, hoy it! It's stottin doon. How man, woman man! Champion, man. Aye. Grand. What fettle hinny? Gan canny. The bairn is bubblin. Keep ahaad. Aa've set the chebble. Haddaway wi ya! Aa'm gannin hyem.
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Guinevere of Mason.
@JHCPAL
Jul 27, 2025
Byker means "settlement by the marsh". Walker is "marsh by the wall". "Ker" being from the Old Norse kjarr, marsh. I like a 'ker' (or carr as they are called) as regular readers will testify. There are a lot about when you look...& I do.
Yanited
@NE5westend
Jul 27, 2025
Byker 1970s
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Guinevere of Mason.
@JHCPAL
Jun 9, 2025
Now THIS is a piece of art. I don't post much art nowadays but THIS,THIS. The atmosphere. The sense of desolation of both soul & place. I could continue but you get my drift.
Brian Groom
@GroomB
Jun 9, 2022
Unemployed, Tyneside, 1936, by Humphrey Spender (1910-2005).
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Guinevere of Mason.
@JHCPAL
Mar 3, 2024
Replying to @cathydevine56
I have read the article. It clearly says there are mixed leagues available in the locality. The parents of the boy concerned should be ashamed of themselves.
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Guinevere of Mason.
@JHCPAL
Feb 7, 2024
Replying to @carolvorders
The general public have absolutely no idea what Freeport's and SEZ are. When they find out they will be incandescent. A lot of people have been trying to raise awareness but you might be the one that makes the difference and makes this explode into public consciousness.
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Guinevere of Mason.
@JHCPAL
Aug 2, 2025
Replying to @john_ford77
Likewise. Grandma's bungalow at Widdrington Station was tiny - but there was a front room kept for best.
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Guinevere of Mason.
@JHCPAL
May 13, 2025
Seemingly obvious things understood in the NE that you'd need to explain elsewhere : Spelk Stot Hoy Neb Bank Staiths Granda Pet Hinny Turnip Hoppings Eeee Ket Kite Man 🤣
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Guinevere of Mason.
@JHCPAL
Aug 12, 2025
I have just crossed the Tyne & my accent has returned. The kids think it's hilarious. 🤣
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