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The Market Place 'dwellings' didn't have numbers in the 1911 census. Could Mark & Margaret be confusing the schedule number with a house number? Ask if her relative's surname started with the letter T? If so I can probably pin-point the right house for her.

@Canny lass amogst all your research have you any info on the houes/flat numberng in the Market Place? On the Bedlington Remembered Facebook group a member asked :- I had a Google of the shops that are there now and checked the addresses but the last shop in that area, Market Cafe, is given as No 20A :- I had a check on a 1896 map and as expected the Market Place is not filled with buildings that would not have been present when we were runing around there in the 1960s :- I'm guessing that many of the old buildings in that row house multiple families in the early 20c and I suppose it's possible the building were renumbered when the families in 'multiple family' dwellings were rehoused.

I would never have believed that of your good self! Did Bedlingtonians really get up to such mischief!

Maybe these were your tickets to Newcastle Symptoms!

That picture of the Platform Ticket brought back fond memories. Back in the 60s loads of us lads used to go to the Mayfair in Newcastle to see bands ... we'd get the United bus from the Red Lion to the Haymarket. Trouble was the last bus back from the Toon would have been maybe 10 or 11pm, so no transport back when the show ended at 1 am approx. The only solution was to go to the Central Station and catch the 3am London to Edinburgh Mail Train which stopped at the Toon and Morpeth. We'd then walk from Morpeth to Bedders. The trouble was you couldn't wait in the Central Station as the British Transport cops used to throw you out unless you had a ticket. We weren't going to buy one for the full travel cost to Morpeth but always got a Platform Ticket out the machine (I think it might have cost 2d), waited in the station, then got on the train ... no ticket checks that time of night ... we did this for years.

@James - now in the late 1950's and early 60's from Bedlington's railway station 3rd Class is something I have no recollection of. I can only remember 1st and 2nd Class and we could not afford 1st so always went 2nd along with everyone we knew.

Old tickets

Brilliant will certainly go to the archives and visit the church.

@Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) @AvrilG St Andrews wouldn't have a graveyard as it wasn't a parish church. All burials would take place at St Peters (West Sleekburn). As for the Methodist churches in Britain, the majority didn't have graveyards either. Their members were also 'parishioners' of the churches parish and were buried in the churchyard of the parish church. The Methodist church was allowed to do christenings and marriages and at some point the Methodist ministers were even granted permission to conduct marriage services within the parish church. Multi-denominational chapels in graveyards and crematoriums, together with municipal burial grounds solved the problem.

@AvrilG Living in Ashington makes things a lot easier for you! Pop along to the Northumberland Archives at Woodhorn. I'm pretty certain that they will have taken care of the parish records from St Peters (West Sleekburn). You can find their opening hours at https://www.northumberlandarchives.com/. I don't think you need to book before visiting. They can do a search for Edward’s grave, verify which cemetery and give you the plot number of his grave. I forgot to mention that St Peters (West Sleekurn) got a new cemetery when the original was full. It is located next door to the Forresters Arms on Wansbeck Terrace in West Sleekburn, and just opposite the site of the old St Peters church and cemetery. Just when it was opened, I can't be sure but it is registered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as having a few war graves from WW1 so it was there at the time of Edward's death. It might be worth having a wander round the gravestones to see if any names ring a bell.

Hi i live on Ashington so i think i will have a drive over to have a look at where tge church was. Thank you for the info,

Distance from Red Row to Cambois :-

@Canny lass & @AvrilG I have been checking out how many churches there was in Cambois and there were two - St Andrews and the Methodist (seaside) Chapel. St Andrews still exists and your first image is St Andrews. I went around the building via Google street view and there is no grave stones etc to be seen. The Methodist chapel, according to the members on the Camboios Facebook group burn't down at the start of the 1970's and there does not appear to be a graveyard in existance. The second photo above i recognised as it is the old Methodist Church in West Sleekburn that is now a private 'house'. It used to be St Peters The following images show Red Row, Cambois Methodist Church and a 1921 map showing Red Row and Cambois. Red Row :- 1921 map :- Methodist chapel Cambois :-

So sorry about this mistake! It should of course say Edward's death and not Edwin. My sincere apologies.

I don't know if you know the area at all so I thought you might like these as well. The first, and larger, of the photos is St Andrew (Cambois) and the second, smaller, photo is St Peter (West Sleekburn. I'll get all of these off to your in-box now.

This report, from the Blyth News 18 March 1928 is quite long so it is in two separate files. Read them one after the other the coroner's comments are the second part.

The news of Edwin's death, or rather the coroner's inquiry into Edwins death, was quite widely reported in the North East. It must have been a trying time for the family. Here are some of the newspaper reports: More following.

Could you do both if poss

@AvrilG We try to help when we can! Would you like me to post the cuttings here (they are digital copies) or would you like them sent to your private in-box?

Forgot to say i have the obituary bit i woukd be interested in any other paper cuttings you may have

Thank you so much this. You are right with rbe obituary, i got the age. wrong. The sad thing is my mam was born one month after he died. Thank you for the information about the church. What a really helpful site this is.