Hello, To all who gave their valuable input I'm extremely appreciative.  This site is wonderful with such knowledgeable people.  Kind regards Yvonne 

A friend who lives in Newbiggin has just sent me this, don't know if it's the same date or incident, I've deleted the rest of the messages! "Fishing tragedy 18 Mar 1915. 2 cobles "Mary Twizell" and "Lily and Margaret" lost with all hands - 7 men. Robert ROBINSON 1863-1915 and John Lisle TWIZELL 1869-1915 both from "Mary Twizell" - only remains found were 2 left legs and from these they were identified by the pattern on their socks. No entry in Burial Book for St Bartholomew, Newbiggin." Gen in NBL England > To all who gave their valuable input I'm extremely appreciative. This site is wonderful with such knowledgeable people. > > Kind regards > Yvonne

Hello Gen, Thank you so much for the information.  I've had some ribbing about a leg being found and buried so it's a good feeling to know that it happened, the distant relative who told me this story was bright as a button and I didn't like to think that she was telling me anything other than the truth. Funnily enough, we have season tickets for Newcastle United and only last weekend the man I sit next to started talking about where he was born, I've sat beside him for a few years and didn't realise he came from Newbiggen.  I continued to tell him the story about the leg and the Robinsons and he knows the family well so is going to find out any connections. Isn't life strange, of all the people I could sit next too! My distant relative did say something to me years ago about the only way they recognised his leg was by his knitted sock which had his name stitched into it and of course the pattern.  Apparently jumpers were knitted to a certain family pattern that came down through the family, possibly socks were done the same. Thank you again, Kind regards Yvonne   ________________________________ From: Gen ListLass via <northumbria@rootsweb.com> To: "northumbria@rootsweb.com" <northumbria@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, 4 September 2014, 17:45 Subject: Re: [NMB] Fishermens buried leg in Newbiggen A friend who lives in Newbiggin has just sent me this, don't know if it's the same date or incident, I've deleted the rest of the messages! "Fishing tragedy 18 Mar 1915. 2 cobles "Mary Twizell" and "Lily and Margaret" lost with all hands - 7 men. Robert ROBINSON 1863-1915 and John Lisle TWIZELL 1869-1915 both from "Mary Twizell" - only remains found were 2 left legs and from these they were identified by the pattern on their socks. No entry in Burial Book for St Bartholomew, Newbiggin." Gen in NBL England > To all who gave their valuable input I'm extremely appreciative.  This site is wonderful with such knowledgeable people.  > > Kind regards > Yvonne                         .. Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please introduce yourself at the top of every post. The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message