tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618451546098786270.post482184770074166994..comments2023-09-04T09:16:02.629-07:00Comments on George Markham Tweddell: A Story for Boys - Anent the Proposed Tees Bridge. Elizabeth Tweddell 1871George Markham Tweddellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14946841667692635101noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618451546098786270.post-88814269172211931982015-08-23T02:04:45.801-07:002015-08-23T02:04:45.801-07:00Councillor Dave Walsh has just provided an article...Councillor Dave Walsh has just provided an article from the Gazette 1871 that might explain the background to the story. It seems a Swing Bridge was proposed although a year later Lillie said there was discussion of a Transporter Bridge too. I've added the article to the bottom of the post if you want to see it.<br />George Markham Tweddellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946841667692635101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618451546098786270.post-56386803321401048452015-08-23T01:09:24.959-07:002015-08-23T01:09:24.959-07:00Not many I suspect, it was in the Tweddell family ...Not many I suspect, it was in the Tweddell family personal archives and various local reference libraries archives. Elizabeth Tweddell's Rhymes and Sketches in a Cleveland Dialect is still known, with the popular Stockton folk duo Megson setting two of her poems to music but this story was lost in the annals of time! Some research is indeed needed on those early discussions!George Markham Tweddellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946841667692635101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618451546098786270.post-8445000981634234682015-08-22T14:12:42.065-07:002015-08-22T14:12:42.065-07:00Love this, I never seen this before. I wonder how ...Love this, I never seen this before. I wonder how many have seen this?BORO IN MY BLOODhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08999547752463474486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618451546098786270.post-68303778818376405012015-08-22T14:12:03.416-07:002015-08-22T14:12:03.416-07:00Love this, I never seen this before. I wonder how ...Love this, I never seen this before. I wonder how many have seen this?BORO IN MY BLOODhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08999547752463474486noreply@blogger.com