July 13, 200817 yr G/Day To you all I was Born In Barrington Pit village in Office row now gone to the new factoys so i belive went to live in the hartlands when i was 5 years old stayed there intil 1961 joined the army and then to austraila went to giudpost school then to West ridge when it opened it 1958 59 got a brother and sister still living over there in Bedlington somewere do not now were my name john nesbitt any one remember me
September 25, 200817 yr ... got a brother and sister still living over there in Bedlington somewere Is your brother called George ... I went to school with a Geordie Nesbitt, he'll be 57ish?
October 15, 200817 yr G/Day To you all I was Born In Barrington Pit village in Office row now gone to the new factoys so i belive went to live in the hartlands when i was 5 years old stayed there intil 1961 joined the army and then to austraila went to giudpost school then to West ridge when it opened it 1958 59 got a brother and sister still living over there in Bedlington somewere do not now were my name john nesbitt any one remember me Hello John, I think we were at westridge together, you maybe in my brother Davids class, math teacher was Douggie Edwards, arith was Froggy ?? PE was Mr Cook, his wife was cooking teach, but Mr C had a thing going on with Ms Ramsey his asst. Ring any bells???? where in Aussie are you, I live in USA now, Outside Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania.. I spent 4 years or so travelling all over Aussie, my 2 brothers are still over there, Ellington.. I just saw them in August, Its odd when I go back because my geordie has changed so much and keeps coming in and out as I talk with an american/ aussie /NZ accent switching off and on. Gets me the strangest looks!! Michael Potts
November 25, 200817 yr Hello John, I think we were at westridge together, you maybe in my brother Davids class, math teacher was Douggie Edwards, arith was Froggy ?? PE was Mr Cook, his wife was cooking teach, but Mr C had a thing going on with Ms Ramsey his asst. Ring any bells???? where in Aussie are you, I live in USA now, Outside Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania.. I spent 4 years or so travelling all over Aussie, my 2 brothers are still over there, Ellington.. I just saw them in August, Its odd when I go back because my geordie has changed so much and keeps coming in and out as I talk with an american/ aussie /NZ accent switching off and on. Gets me the strangest looks!! Michael Pottswell since you havent replied then you must be busy which is good I guess, the village at barrington disapeared quite fast and we used to spend our days in those fields of gold around the rows finding birds eggs in the hedgerows and just layin on our backs watchin the clouds roll by, and we used the aad hooses as camps, it was really wonderful to live in those times wasnt it?? send is a line if ye can. MICHAEL
November 25, 200817 yr well since you havent replied then you must be busy which is good I guess, the village at barrington disapeared quite fast and we used to spend our days in those fields of gold around the rows finding birds eggs in the hedgerows and just layin on our backs watchin the clouds roll by, and we used the aad hooses as camps, it was really wonderful to live in those times wasnt it?? send is a line if ye can. MICHAEL CORRECTION, DANNY DOUGLAS WAS MATH TEACHER at westridge, aint it funny how time just slips away?? and your memory??
November 25, 200817 yr Ah, 'Danny' Douglas (real name Bill) and The Wacker. Remember, if you were naughty or didn't do the homework or didn't answer the question fast enough, he would shout "You boy, out the front and stand on the red square". For some reason there was this single red vinyl square in a sea of grey ones just in front of the blackboard where you had to bend over for whacking on the !*!@# . Hanging by a string from a hook beside the blackboard would be The Wacker (a section of butter barrel); Danny would take it down, chalk a white cross on the end of it and beat you on the !*!@# . The funny thing was that there were always loads of lads wandering around the school white chalk imprints on their grey trousers. I once got sent by Mr Hogg (the Physics teacher whose lab was next to Danny's room) to borrow The Whacker so Mr Hogg could beat somebody, I knocked on the door and went in, before I could say anything Danny said "Stand on the red square for interrupting my lesson" and I got whacked. He also used to take football training in the evenings for the Youth Club.A great bloke!Happy Days.
August 11, 201015 yr Hi JohnI used to live in 3 office row. If my memory is correct you used to live in No 7 or 8, I can vagely remember you living there.
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