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OK, I know it's not Friday but it is 'officially' Christmas now that Wilf has come out of hibernation so here's a little quiz to keep you out of mischief: Which mountain range between Belgium, France and Luxembourg has the same name as a breed of horses? Which is the longest: an English mile or a Nautical mile? What is the name of the female roll figure who is secretary to M in most James Bond films? Who or what is Smoking bishop? What does the initial W stand for in former President George W Bush’s name? If you have the letters FRCVS after your name, what would be your profession? In which year was ’Last Christmas’, by Wham, released for the first time? What was the Latin name for England? What sort of creature is a painted lady? (Keep it clean!) The Spanish see in the New Year by swallowing what on each of the 12 chimes at midnight? When does December come before November? How many reindeer are featured in the poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas?” Which country has a Christmas tradition of breaking an egg into a glass and inspecting the egg-white to see into the future? How many colours on a Rubik’s Cube? What is the forename of the boy, played by Macaulay Culkin, in Home Alone 1 and 2? In which country is the Christmas tree decorated with spider-webs and artificial spiders ("pavuchky"), instead of baubles and glitter? The 1916 Olympic games were cancelled due to WW1. Where were the games scheduled to take place? In which city do they erect, every year, an enormous Christmas tree in Rockefeller Square? Who is the singer in Slade, who sings ’Merry Xmas’? A common sight at Christmas is Mistletoe. KIssing under the Mistletoe was, many years ago, a way for women to protect themselves from something. What? I’ll bet you didn’t know …. The albatross can sleep in mid-air and can glide for six days without beating its wings. Answers on 30 December.

Whoopee, Wilf is here so it's officially Christmas. Let the festivities begin!!!

Merry Christmas to everyone in this group from Bygone Bedlington:-

Merry Christmas to everyone, and Happy New Year.

Sad news about the Terriers!

Merry Xmas to everyone from a cold Hungary 🇭🇺

Merry Christmas Canny lass and OH, and to all our members and families.

No 4 named as Valerie Brown :-

A woman's work is never done - not even when she's Mother Christmas! Just look at all that washing, it'll never dry in this weather! Merry Christmas everybody and all the very best for 2026.

Nice!

Good to see the climbing boulders finished at Plessey Woods. I know it’s not the weather to enjoy them but that will change and they will be here for many years to come. It’s taken about 4 years to get these agreed, signed off and delivered, but this time we have outdoor leisure provision which isn't available in the rest of the county! Even the kiddies one next to the play park has been done. Well done to Steve and his crew because it hasn't been the best weather to install these. (Still think they could have been sited in a better spot and when I first started this project there were originally a lot more, but still good to see them in place now.) Speaking to a guys doing the café refurb, that’s still a month or two away from completion!

Same here! I'm usually up to the knees and swinging a snow shovel every morning by now but, apart from a couple of inches in mid November, there's been nothing. Couldn't agree more about the cause and its source.

Ralph Lowe on the [Barrington, Barnt' n memories and stuff!!](https://www.facebook.com/groups/958444760904321/) group is trying to idenmtify the other 6 girls in this netball team photo. Ralph posted this comment :- 'Sister, Linda, sitting in the bottom row, 1st from our right. Linda was in the Girls Training Corps (GTC), which was set up during WW2. The photo was taken at Bedlington Station Modern School, which appears to be the main hall. I think there was also a Barton branch of the GTC, of which Linda was a member.' Can any member of this group name anyone in the photo?

@Vic Patterson just rain forecast for Northumberland. I blame all that hot air coming from America = Trump

Well! where is our snow?