 Turnbull would have still been a recent memory when Green was learning the pipes.On 9 April 1775, "about eleven o'clock, as Mr Jos.Turnbull, post-master of Alnwick, and another gentleman, were returning from Heckley Grange, where they had been upon a visit, the gentleman in company with Mr. Turnbull alighted upon the road, and by some accident his horse got from him; Mr. Turnbull riding after, and endeavouring to stop the horse, fell off, fractured his skull and died on the spot."