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Alnmouth 1906 Tourist Guide-Introduction

This impressively comprehensive guide, published in 1906, positioned Alnmouth as a premier destination for the booming UK holiday market. “Recently described by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland as the quietest and prettiest of the small watering places in the North of England”, Alnmouth benefitted ...
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Alnmouth 1906 Tourist Guide-Introduction 2

This impressively comprehensive guide, published in 1906, positioned Alnmouth as a premier destination for the booming UK holiday market. “Recently described by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland as the quietest and prettiest of the small watering places in the North of England”, Alnmouth benefitted ...
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Alnmouth 1906 Tourist Guide- Alnmouth from Church Hill

This impressively comprehensive guide, published in 1906, positioned Alnmouth as a premier destination for the booming UK holiday market. “Recently described by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland as the quietest and prettiest of the small watering places in the North of England”, Alnmouth benefitted ...
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Alnmouth 1906 Tourist Guide-Map of the Area

This amazingly comprehensive guide, published in 1906, positioned Alnmouth as a premier destination for the booming UK holiday market. “Recently described by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland as the quietest and prettiest of the small watering places in the North of England”, Alnmouth benefitted ...
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Alnmouth 1906 Tourist Guide – Getting here by Rail

This amazingly comprehensive guide, published in 1906, positioned Alnmouth as a premier destination for the booming UK holiday market. "Recently described by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland as the quietest and prettiest of the small watering places in the North of England", Alnmouth ...
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Alnmouth 1906 Tourist Guide – Golfing facilities

This impressively comprehensive guide, published in 1906, positioned Alnmouth as a premier destination for the booming UK holiday market. “Recently described by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland as the quietest and prettiest of the small watering places in the North of England”, Alnmouth benefitted ...
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Alnmouth 1906 Tourist Guide-Motor Services

This impressively comprehensive guide, published in 1906, positioned Alnmouth as a premier destination for the booming UK holiday market. “Recently described by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland as the quietest and prettiest of the small watering places in the North of England”, Alnmouth benefitted ...
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Alnmouth 1906 Tourist Guide-Description

This impressively comprehensive guide, published in 1906, positioned Alnmouth as a premier destination for the booming UK holiday market. “Recently described by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland as the quietest and prettiest of the small watering places in the North of England”, Alnmouth benefitted ...
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Alnmouth 1906 Guide-Plan of Tourist Accommodation

This impressively comprehensive guide, published in 1906, positioned Alnmouth as a premier destination for the booming UK holiday market. “Recently described by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland as the quietest and prettiest of the small watering places in the North of England”, Alnmouth benefitted ...
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Alnmouth 1906 Tourist Guide-Sample Accommodation Page 1

This impressively comprehensive guide, published in 1906, positioned Alnmouth as a premier destination for the booming UK holiday market. “Recently described by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland as the quietest and prettiest of the small watering places in the North of England”, Alnmouth benefitted ...
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Alnmouth 1906 Tourist Guide -Sample Accommodation-2

This impressively comprehensive guide, published in 1906, positioned Alnmouth as a premier destination for the booming UK holiday market. “Recently described by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland as the quietest and prettiest of the small watering places in the North of England”, Alnmouth benefitted ...
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Alnmouth 1906 Tourist Guide-Sample Accommodation 3

This impressively comprehensive guide, published in 1906, positioned Alnmouth as a premier destination for the booming UK holiday market. “Recently described by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland as the quietest and prettiest of the small watering places in the North of England”, Alnmouth benefitted ...
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Hardy’s Fly Making 1-Introduction

In the first part of the 20th century the manufacture of fishing tackle was a very important trade in Alnwick. The pre-eminent firm was Hardy Brothers. In the 1930s the firm published a number of guides to how their products were made. One of ...
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Hardy’s Fly Making 2 – International Agents

Hardys Fly Making- Agents. Hardys of Alnwick established a successful string of selling agents around the world, generating an internationally recognised brand. ...
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Hardy’s Fly Making 3- Your Flies in the making

This page introduces the concept of the artificial fishing fly, and the hooks on which they are attached....
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Hardy’s Fly Making 4-The look of the hook

Here are images of the actual hooks used in this delicate process....
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Hardy’s Fly Making 5- The tricky bits

Here we get into the fine detail of what has to be done to achieve the perfect fly...
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Hardy’s Fly Making 6- No draughts

In hindsight it's obvious- when you have dozens of piles of feathers around, a sudden draught is not a good idea!...
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Hardy’s Fly Making 7- Training the Apprentices

As well as some interesting text there is an amazing picture of some "young" apprentices...
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Hardy’s Fly Making 8-Where they get the feathers from

Large quantities of feathers were needed-and from a wide variety of birds...
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Hardy’s Fly Making 9-Dressing the flies

It is critical that a fishing fly stays securely attached to the hook, whatever rough treatment it gets....
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Hardy’s Fly Making 10-The finished article

"The best salmon fishing hooks ever produced" is the proud boast...
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Hardy’s Fly Making 11- Agents in the British Isles

As well as an extensive overseas agency network, Hardys also boasted around 30 agencies in the UK....
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Hardy’s Fly Making 12- UK Offices

In addition to the overseas and UK agents, the Hardy empire in the 1930's also boasted a network of UK offices in highly prestigious locations, including Pall Mall and the Royal Exchange Buildings in London. It's hard to imagine any company in any field ...
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North East Railway to Alnwick Gas Co

Date: 1879First in a series of letters between the NER and Alnwick Gas Company ...
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NER to Alnwick Gas Company

Date: 1879Second in a series of letters NER and Alnwick Gas Company ...
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NER to Alnwick Gas Company

Date: 1879Fifth in a series of letters NER to Alnwick Gas Company ...
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Wilkin and Dickman of Alnwick Invoice

Date: 1892The leading hardware store in Alnwick at the time, offering many different services ...
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Alnwick Foundry 1

Cover of Artistic Homes catalogue produced in 1910 by The Alnwick Foundry and Engineering Co. Ltd. to advertise their pre-fabricated iron framed buildings....
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Alnwick Foundry 2

Frontispiece of catalogue...
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Alnwick Foundry 3

Company details...
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