John Ayton wrote: > Hi Jim, I lived in Whinfell Rd in the 1960s and 1970s. From memory Darras Hall > farmhouse was on Edgehill just around the corner from where we lived. I > don't remember turkeys being farmed there though.. There is some info about > the building in one of my Ponteland books but not from the period you are > referring too. Perhaps if you could let us konw the family name it may > ring bells. My dad had a garage in Ponteland and lots of folks had accounts > with us.. Yours John Ayton Jim/John You'd better take this off-list if you are going to mention the names of people from such recent times. They could well still be alive. Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer