In scenes akin to High Noon, four thugs clashed on Newcastle's Newbiggin Hall Estate, following a dispute over a woman. Love rivals Anthony Middleton and Alan Cunningham came face-to-face following a long-running text and e-mail row. ...
Fred Cowley, the groom, had seen this young man grow from a child of five, when the Russell family bought Middleton Hall. That was twenty years ago, when Fred was forty and already held the position of head groom. ...
While Drayton bHall/b lacked the grandeur of bMiddleton/b Place, the house more resembled an English countryside manor than a Southern plantation. It was constructed by lumber baron John Drayton, and through seven generations, the Draytons ... The recirculated cold air in the car and in our bhotel/b room was a welcomed respite as we rested in preparation for dinner. As beautiful as the plantations were, I couldn't imagine living, and working, there during the scorching, ...
