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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 2h

Turniptober 12. Yesterday Banff, today Wales. Meipen - turnip, singular in Welsh. The plural is maip.

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 2h

Turniptober goes artistic. JMW Turner himself. That's Windsor Castle in the background. Quite near me.

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The Earl ( later Duke) of Newcastle in action again. William Cavendish. His mother was Catherine , Baroness Ogle in her own right. That's how Bothal Castle came to be owned by the Cavendish family - they still do.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Dolly Peel, fishwife and smuggler, South Shields, 1850. When her husband and son were press-ganged, she snuck on board ship and hid. Discovered, she was allowed to work as a nurse and stay with her family.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Starry Night, painting by Spennymoor-born Norman Cornish (1919-2014). He was a coal miner for 33 years.

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Simon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The late 12th Century Galilee Chapel at Durham Cathedral, dominated by the shrine of St Bede. The large collection of medieval and continental glass in this chapel was set here in the 1960s. It includes glass from Ackworth Grange, Warwick Priory and several York churches.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Derailed Coal Tram, c.1941, painting by Vincent Evans, 1896-1976, Welsh artist and former miner (University of South Wales Art Collection Museum).

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Something else to be added to the "you'd walk past it without noticing " list.

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Mivart @bobjim.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Excellent show, and very well attended. Enjoyed the disorganised chaos of the terrier races.

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Sarah Dalrymple @sarahdalgulls.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

fantastic day at the Alwinton Border Shepherd's Show, ended up cheering on the old lads playing quoits after everyone was packing up to go home. Realised the wrestling has a £100 first prize so that's me starting training next week #Northumberland

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Turniptober 11. Today we are off to Banff in NE Scotland. Rorie - "anything large of its kind and specifically a large turnip." Recorded 1866. Also, a turnipy pun for you.⬇️

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

George Edwards, MP for South Norfolk 1920-22 ,& 23-24 said the turnip field was his school. His father was sent to prison for stealing turnips. George started work aged 6 as a scarecrow. He was illiterate until his wife taught him to read so he could read the bible. Active in agricultural unions..

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Turniptober 10. Snarter. A third of the way through now and then no more talk of turnips for 365 days !

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Alwinton means "settlement on the River Alwin", recorded as Alwenton 1233. Alwin means the same as Allen (as in dale), that is "to flow, to stream". The Allen was recorded as Alwent 1275. Aln has the same meaning too.

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David Tanner @7and7is.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Alwinton Show, Border Shepherds Show Upper Coquetdale #BlackAndWhitePhotography #fujifilmx #SheepOfBluesky #northumberland #BNW #photoreel

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's the Alwinton Show today. Traditionally the last one of the season. One of my earliest memories is from there - carried on Dad's shoulders and seeing a pipe band. I was 2.5. Dad was born on show day.

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Newcastle Uni Special Collections & Archives @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

NEW on CollectionsCaptured: Explore the lives of the Plowden, Bell and Trevelyan families and friends (and pets!) in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries through 8 newly digitised photo albums available now on CollectionsCaptured. Explore here: collectionscaptured.ncl.ac.uk/digital/coll...

Group photograph of members of the Bell family at Redcar in 1898.

Photograph of Florence Bell and Madge the cat.

Photograph of members of the Stanley Family in a garden.

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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#NewcastleUponTyne High Friars Lane was notable as the birth place of Richard Grainger the great Newcastle developer. Born on this day 9th October 1797. His father Thomas a porter on the Quayside and his mother Amelia who was born in Gibraltar where her father was serving as a soldier.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The Early Shift, Belfast, painting by Cupar Pilson, Irish artist.

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Peter S @peteringout.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

👋 from #Tynemouth metro station

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Side @sidegallery.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

📸 Explore Newcastle this half term! Join us & Newcastle Contemporary Art for a family photowalk, starting at the exhibition "Under Development" before photographing the city together. 📅 Sat 31, Oct 1–3pm No experience needed, bring a camera or camera phone. RSVP: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/eve...

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Holborn (London) has been in the news. It means "stream in the hollow", recorded as Holeburne 1086. Holburn (Lowick) means the stream by the hill spur, recorded as Ho(u)burn 1242. It's all in the spellings ! Lots of hill spurs about e.g. Prudhoe.

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

⬇️. Possibly the pike most in the NE think of first. Recorded as Pontehope 1240 meaning a hope (small valley) by the Pont Burn. It's more of a "pont op" rather than a "pont up" which is what you'd usually expect with hopes. The "pont" is the same as that in Ponteland and means valley river.

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Guinevere's eye is caught 1st by the obelisk atop a Yorkshire hill & then the piece of dialect. ⬇️ Pike. Not a fish. A pointed or peaked summit, a hill/mountain with such. OED. Chiefly nthn English & Scottish. Early Scandinavian though it's complicated. Also, a beacon or cairn.

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Turniptober 9. Off to 1800's Herefordshire today. 'mip. (That's not a typo. It's spelt with the ' in the OED.)

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Today's piece of turnip information. 2 MP's died following incidents with turnips. One fell from an attic when seeking a better view of his turnip field. The other was walking across a turnip field, tripped, fell onto a turnip & suffered internal injuries ! Take care with turnips !

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Switched the radio on to be greeted by Tyneside accents. Chris & Rosie Ramsay with Sara Cox. Sara trying and failing to say "Here Man". Well, she can say the words, it's more the intonation & rhythm. That's the thing, it's not just the word, it's HOW it's said.

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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#Wallsend Swan Hunter's floating crane Titan III on a floating dock waiting to be sold to a firm in India. Photographed at Wallsend on this day 8th October 2008.

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Turniptober 8. Bagie - "the term is never applied to white turnips " says Heslop from 1892. There is a reason for that ....

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

You thought (hoped) I'd forgotten. Ha! No chance. Turniptober 7. From Kent...knoll. Isn't that a small hill you ask. Yes. It's also "a lump, large piece" and a turnip ! Latter 1st recorded 1669 and described as obsolete dialect. It may well be, but I have resurrected it today !

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Guinevere's dialect. Stot, to bounce/rebound off/from. Chiefly Scottish & Northumbrian. 1st recorded 1522,partly from Middle Dutch. However an older meaning is to stammer/stutter (Scottish, & now chiefly Orkney apparently! ) 1st recorded 1289 & is of partly early Scandinavian origin.

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A very unusual occurrence here in the Thames Valley...it rained all morning and at times was stotting down. A v dreary afternoon too. I cannot remember the last time 1) it rained during the day and 2) it has been so persistent. MONTHS ! So today, back to the word that started me off - stot!

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Son has just told me he will be doing the gold DofE expedition near Kess wick. I looked at him, confused. Where ? Kess wick. It's in the Lake District. You mean Kez ick. Oh, ok. 🙄.

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Turniptober 6. Snagger. A name for a turnip and also this implement, a turnip knife. Using a snagger to snag a snagger is a skilful thing. I have a video on X that one of my farming followers sent me. Unless I can find something on here you'll have to take my word for it !

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Neeps in the wild...with Clapshot. What is that you ask ? An Orcadian dish of mashed neeps & tatties,chives, butter/dripping and salt/pepper. Traditionally served alongside haggis, mince or sausages says Wikipedia. This is where our Orcadian correspondent needs to opine ! @dgplacenames.bsky.social

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Turniptober 5. Neeps. Nowadays chiefly Scottish though it has a very long history. It's OE, borrowed from Latin napus. There is quite a lot to that word.....which I will elaborate on further into Turniptober ( as I haven't written it yet!)

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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#NewcastleUponTyne Odd the things that suddenly 'creep up' behind you. I wasn't expecting to see the Red Arrows when they screamed over Newcastle Quayside on this day 29th September 2007. Don't think they fly that low over crowds these days.

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You thought I'd forgotten...as if ! Turniptober 4. Tormit. OED says 1800's regional. "There are certain times of the year when young men & lads refuse to work & insist on a gaudy day ( holiday), for instance when the turnips are at maturity" ....known as a "tormit mornin".

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Simon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Looking up into the central tower at Durham Cathedral. The nave below was fairly complete by 1133, and the end of that century saw the building of the galilee chapel and the twin west towers. The choir was rebuilt in the 13th Century, and then 200 years later this tower was the finishing touch.

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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

To be auctioned in support of the oesophageal cancer unit at Newcastle RVi bountifulbutterflies.com My butterfly is called a Lesser Striped Novocastriana

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Venturing across the border for Turniptober 4. Tumshie. Scottish. It's also a contemptuous name for a person, an idiot. A tumshie gowk is a scarecrow.

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Why is she posting this you wonder. It's dedicated to St John of Beverley. IYKYK. Wressle - recorded as Weresa 1086. Thought to be from an OE word meaning knot/lump and here referring to a sense of something knotted/twisted. It's next to a twist (or bend) of the Derwent. ..and..coughs.. Percy. 🧵

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear ! For those who don't know, Alexander Armstrong is from Rothbury.

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Guinevere of Mason @guinevereofmason.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm getting this one out of the way. Day 1. Swede. That's not a word I use unless talking about someone from Sweden. A follower on X did liken a certain Swedish footballer to a turnip though. 😉

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