<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166206968310598776</id><updated>2012-02-15T05:19:45.766-08:00</updated><category term='railway'/><category term='Wylam'/><category term='George Stephenson'/><category term='flowers'/><category term='Northumberland'/><category term='trains'/><category term='trees'/><category term='spring'/><title type='text'>The North of England</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://north-east-england.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8166206968310598776/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://north-east-england.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Carole</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04977982723293657175</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R5SNolyoNAI/AAAAAAAAADA/P04V8yXBynw/S220/me.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166206968310598776.post-8415014369208074120</id><published>2009-05-03T15:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-03T15:40:47.270-07:00</updated><title type='text'>County Durham</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/Sf4dY2vOVcI/AAAAAAAADOQ/XSIS-M96_-U/s1600-h/P4260168.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; 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&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/SHndt9V3PoI/AAAAAAAABV4/TdjIY4jVXEI/s1600-h/banners.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222449024542916226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/SHndt9V3PoI/AAAAAAAABV4/TdjIY4jVXEI/s200/banners.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/SHneJZEUHqI/AAAAAAAABWQ/4nzBU4bV2d4/s1600-h/holding+the+banner.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222449495841971874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/SHneJZEUHqI/AAAAAAAABWQ/4nzBU4bV2d4/s200/holding+the+banner.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/SHndm0rlq-I/AAAAAAAABVw/ufDPuF-Tnss/s1600-h/banner+parade.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222448901959035874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/SHndm0rlq-I/AAAAAAAABVw/ufDPuF-Tnss/s200/banner+parade.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/SHneAAXU4OI/AAAAAAAABWI/8y9fbmESa8c/s1600-h/a+thoughtful+moment.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222449334592004322" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/SHneAAXU4OI/AAAAAAAABWI/8y9fbmESa8c/s200/a+thoughtful+moment.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/SHnd2clcfII/AAAAAAAABWA/6FzpBwd7smc/s1600-h/waiting+to+move.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222449170368724098" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/SHnd2clcfII/AAAAAAAABWA/6FzpBwd7smc/s200/waiting+to+move.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/SHndW9E6B9I/AAAAAAAABVo/Mpw3783bYEg/s1600-h/colourful.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222448629334804434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/SHndW9E6B9I/AAAAAAAABVo/Mpw3783bYEg/s200/colourful.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/SHndRq4EThI/AAAAAAAABVg/lt0UjSyhHi8/s1600-h/dancer.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222448538549767698" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/SHndRq4EThI/AAAAAAAABVg/lt0UjSyhHi8/s200/dancer.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/SHndNtL8bdI/AAAAAAAABVY/vbBkKOmGQ14/s1600-h/bare+foot.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222448470450531794" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/SHndNtL8bdI/AAAAAAAABVY/vbBkKOmGQ14/s200/bare+foot.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8166206968310598776-6699097921324918771?l=north-east-england.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://north-east-england.blogspot.com/feeds/6699097921324918771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8166206968310598776&amp;postID=6699097921324918771&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8166206968310598776/posts/default/6699097921324918771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8166206968310598776/posts/default/6699097921324918771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://north-east-england.blogspot.com/2008/07/durham-big-meeting-2008.html' title='Durham Big Meeting 2008'/><author><name>Carole</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04977982723293657175</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R5SNolyoNAI/AAAAAAAAADA/P04V8yXBynw/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/SHnhXwm9bjI/AAAAAAAABXg/jBekEIAV58A/s72-c/to+the+cathedral+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166206968310598776.post-7037243507678718705</id><published>2008-04-11T02:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T03:20:35.121-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Newcastle and Gateshead Quayside</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9QGjwJa4I/AAAAAAAAAiY/AJ-DscUKwwo/s1600-h/2379112803_86506ae26f_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187953369360722818" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9QGjwJa4I/AAAAAAAAAiY/AJ-DscUKwwo/s200/2379112803_86506ae26f_o.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9OmTwJa3I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/g7ElZ8goV8w/s1600-h/reflections.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187951715798313842" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9OmTwJa3I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/g7ElZ8goV8w/s200/reflections.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9OiTwJa2I/AAAAAAAAAiI/HaTpH-eaPOg/s1600-h/The+Baltic2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187951647078837090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9OiTwJa2I/AAAAAAAAAiI/HaTpH-eaPOg/s200/The+Baltic2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9OdDwJa1I/AAAAAAAAAiA/aYXXRAOACpE/s1600-h/quayside2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187951556884523858" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9OdDwJa1I/AAAAAAAAAiA/aYXXRAOACpE/s200/quayside2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9NyDwJa0I/AAAAAAAAAh4/Xjbk7_hRhi8/s1600-h/Millenium+bridge.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187950818150148930" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9NyDwJa0I/AAAAAAAAAh4/Xjbk7_hRhi8/s200/Millenium+bridge.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9NijwJayI/AAAAAAAAAho/cZpDA4pnyM0/s1600-h/cruise.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187950551862176546" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9NijwJayI/AAAAAAAAAho/cZpDA4pnyM0/s200/cruise.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9NpzwJazI/AAAAAAAAAhw/7PN9mRexqFk/s1600-h/millenium2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187950676416228146" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9NpzwJazI/AAAAAAAAAhw/7PN9mRexqFk/s200/millenium2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9KxjwJatI/AAAAAAAAAhA/s9_QRZJgzZs/s1600-h/baltic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187947511025330898" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9KxjwJatI/AAAAAAAAAhA/s9_QRZJgzZs/s200/baltic.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9LDzwJawI/AAAAAAAAAhY/G_7rqKMzCAM/s1600-h/millenium.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187947824557943554" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9LDzwJawI/AAAAAAAAAhY/G_7rqKMzCAM/s200/millenium.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9LJjwJaxI/AAAAAAAAAhg/kJylB921oDo/s1600-h/baltic2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187947923342191378" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9LJjwJaxI/AAAAAAAAAhg/kJylB921oDo/s200/baltic2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9RZDwJa5I/AAAAAAAAAig/CY2H8FhjrlU/s1600-h/tall+ships.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187954786699930514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9RZDwJa5I/AAAAAAAAAig/CY2H8FhjrlU/s200/tall+ships.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9K9DwJavI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/P5PqswZQxrU/s1600-h/bridge.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187947708593826546" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9K9DwJavI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/P5PqswZQxrU/s200/bridge.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8166206968310598776-7037243507678718705?l=north-east-england.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://north-east-england.blogspot.com/feeds/7037243507678718705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8166206968310598776&amp;postID=7037243507678718705&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8166206968310598776/posts/default/7037243507678718705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8166206968310598776/posts/default/7037243507678718705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://north-east-england.blogspot.com/2008/04/newcastle-and-gateshead-quayside.html' title='Newcastle and Gateshead Quayside'/><author><name>Carole</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04977982723293657175</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R5SNolyoNAI/AAAAAAAAADA/P04V8yXBynw/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_9QGjwJa4I/AAAAAAAAAiY/AJ-DscUKwwo/s72-c/2379112803_86506ae26f_o.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166206968310598776.post-3585118747415681243</id><published>2008-04-06T05:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T03:20:38.346-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='railway'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Northumberland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trains'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wylam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='George Stephenson'/><title type='text'>Wylam, Northumberland</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_oqBe4XLNI/AAAAAAAAAfk/baYYQRVHg14/s1600-h/2392182383_b9cca41ed5_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186504125828246738" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_oqBe4XLNI/AAAAAAAAAfk/baYYQRVHg14/s200/2392182383_b9cca41ed5_o.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_oqIO4XLOI/AAAAAAAAAfs/NcOisxDNiWM/s1600-h/2393014962_37f1fcb3e9_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186504241792363746" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_oqIO4XLOI/AAAAAAAAAfs/NcOisxDNiWM/s200/2393014962_37f1fcb3e9_o.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_op7u4XLMI/AAAAAAAAAfc/3ZCSHbsCeC8/s1600-h/2393017538_e52f5b849e_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186504027043998914" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_op7u4XLMI/AAAAAAAAAfc/3ZCSHbsCeC8/s200/2393017538_e52f5b849e_o.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_optu4XLLI/AAAAAAAAAfU/IrMAst6a9ms/s1600-h/2392173623_a37fd48776_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186503786525830322" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_optu4XLLI/AAAAAAAAAfU/IrMAst6a9ms/s200/2392173623_a37fd48776_o.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_opje4XLKI/AAAAAAAAAfM/EGhj_gJEWGU/s1600-h/2393006778_4b4f13aef8_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186503610432171170" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_opje4XLKI/AAAAAAAAAfM/EGhj_gJEWGU/s200/2393006778_4b4f13aef8_o.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_opTO4XLJI/AAAAAAAAAfE/iFPf4tjjY18/s1600-h/wylam+station.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186503331259296914" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_opTO4XLJI/AAAAAAAAAfE/iFPf4tjjY18/s200/wylam+station.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_oRDe4XLBI/AAAAAAAAAd8/BWkUB5Yx6ok/s1600-h/20080405-_4052698small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186476672397290514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_oRDe4XLBI/AAAAAAAAAd8/BWkUB5Yx6ok/s200/20080405-_4052698small.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_oRdO4XLDI/AAAAAAAAAeM/pl1Yq4hMNrg/s1600-h/railway1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186477114778922034" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_oRdO4XLDI/AAAAAAAAAeM/pl1Yq4hMNrg/s200/railway1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_oRJO4XLCI/AAAAAAAAAeE/t1eScdjtND4/s1600-h/passing%252Btrain.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186476771181538338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_oRJO4XLCI/AAAAAAAAAeE/t1eScdjtND4/s200/passing%252Btrain.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_oSGO4XLGI/AAAAAAAAAek/Fx9VJVAdIh0/s1600-h/DSCF0025.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186477819153558626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_oSGO4XLGI/AAAAAAAAAek/Fx9VJVAdIh0/s200/DSCF0025.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_oSBO4XLFI/AAAAAAAAAec/8ZM-p3kWf_w/s1600-h/DSCF0007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186477733254212690" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_oSBO4XLFI/AAAAAAAAAec/8ZM-p3kWf_w/s200/DSCF0007.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_oRru4XLEI/AAAAAAAAAeU/U1WWzsiCr8c/s1600-h/DSCF0004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186477363887025218" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_oRru4XLEI/AAAAAAAAAeU/U1WWzsiCr8c/s200/DSCF0004.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wylam is situated in the Tyne Valley within The county of Northumberland. It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 miles) to the west of Newcastle upon Tyne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Several famous engineers have also had links with the village. George Stephenson was born at a small cottage at Wylam in June 1781. Timothy Hackworth's father was foreman blacksmith at the colliery and his son was born in the village in December 1786. Hackworth together with William Hedley and Jonathan Forster were involved in the development of the locomotive engine at the colliery. Perhaps the most famous of the engines to be developed was The Puffing Billy, which is now housed at The Science Museum in London.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8166206968310598776-3585118747415681243?l=north-east-england.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://north-east-england.blogspot.com/feeds/3585118747415681243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8166206968310598776&amp;postID=3585118747415681243&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8166206968310598776/posts/default/3585118747415681243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8166206968310598776/posts/default/3585118747415681243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://north-east-england.blogspot.com/2008/04/wylam-northumberland.html' title='Wylam, Northumberland'/><author><name>Carole</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04977982723293657175</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R5SNolyoNAI/AAAAAAAAADA/P04V8yXBynw/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J1kCEsl3gxg/R_oqBe4XLNI/AAAAAAAAAfk/baYYQRVHg14/s72-c/2392182383_b9cca41ed5_o.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
