mainly photos from around Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland, but not quite daily any more.
Thursday 15 July 2010
Chair at Haddo House
Haddo House is a stately home near Tarves,in Scotland, about 270 miles north of Newcastle. It was designed by William Adam and dates from 1732, Now owned by the National Trust for Scotland a branch of the Gordon family lived on the site for over 500 years. One former resident, George Hamilton-Gordon was the British Prime Minister from 1852-1855. During WW2 the house became a maternity hospital for the evacuated mothers of Glasgow. Nearly 1200 babies were born there during this period
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Interesting history and nice shot.
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Thanks Darryl & Ruth; Charles
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