Whitley Memorial

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

@HIGH PIT WILMA - this would be your era. Photo from @James

[HIGH PIT WILMA]

Spot on with me age group,Alan,and it's great ti see aal me aad school friends from the Whitley! Aa lost a lot of schooling up ti that period till a had ti gaan ti Morpeth Cottage Hospital aroond this year ti hae me tonsils and adenoids removed.A have nae recollection of this trip at aal!..it might hae been when was off school...but aa wudn't hae been anyway,me Mother wudn't have been able ti afford ti send me.She couldn't afford most of the yearly group photo's either,so a have very little memorabilia apart from the odd single pic.owa me school life.Thanks ti James for posting it,and ti ye Alan for notifying me!...it leaves me wanting more!!

Funnily enough,Eric Campbell worked at Choppington High Pit,as an Apprentice,in the early 1960's,and when the pit closed in 1966 a never saw him again....till a few weeks ago,doon at Cambois beach,we stopped ti taak ti this canny couple,wi LBJ,[Little Black Jess for those who don't know her..],and it was Eric and his Wife,Pat,both of who aa hadn't seen since the 1960's!!

Then after aal them years break,we saw them again a few days later at Wansbeck Hospital!!...small world!

The first lass a cud think of immediately a saw this pic,at number 13,was Lilian Moore,sadly now deceased..R.I.P. Lilian.

Doreen might remember,Vic,she was Lawrence Moore's Sister.[Lol was his nickname,at number 11..]..a cud be wrong but just wat struck me.

[Vic Patterson]

HPW, Doreen hadn't heard about Lilian but did hear that Lynn Hayes had passed away. 

[HIGH PIT WILMA]

Aah, aam sorry to hear about Lynn Hayes passing away. We had a class of about 43 pupils, and sadly a lot of them have passed on too soon in life. Lynn and me were good friends.. like Vic's boss was also..a lot of my male classmates are no longer with us. I have lots of vivid memories of the days when time went by slowly. These pics are gold dust to me! R. I. P Lynn. 

Edited December 9, 2018 by HIGH PIT WILMA
.. addition to the comment.

[HIGH PIT WILMA]

Hi Folks.. I just got some sad news from my Niece.. Matty Hall passed away last week and his funeral is on Friday 28th of December at 1-30pm at St Cuthberts Church in Bedlington.. He was very well liked by all who knew him. R. I. P. Matt Hall. 

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

12 minutes ago, HIGH PIT WILMA said:

Hi Folks.. I just got some sad news from my Niece.. Matty Hall passed away last week and his funeral is on Friday 28th of December at 1-30pm at St Cuthberts Church in Bedlington.. He was very well liked by all who knew him. R. I. P. Matt Hall. 

@HIGH PIT WILMA -- see under Chat Central. Matty Hall's grandson posted the news + info on the Bedlington Facebook  group and I created a topic in Chat Central from the many comments that were posted :-

 

[scott campbell]

On 08/12/2018 at 21:18, HIGH PIT WILMA said:

Spot on with me age group,Alan,and it's great ti see aal me aad school friends from the Whitley! Aa lost a lot of schooling up ti that period till a had ti gaan ti Morpeth Cottage Hospital aroond this year ti hae me tonsils and adenoids removed.A have nae recollection of this trip at aal!..it might hae been when was off school...but aa wudn't hae been anyway,me Mother wudn't have been able ti afford ti send me.She couldn't afford most of the yearly group photo's either,so a have very little memorabilia apart from the odd single pic.owa me school life.Thanks ti James for posting it,and ti ye Alan for notifying me!...it leaves me wanting more!!

Funnily enough,Eric Campbell worked at Choppington High Pit,as an Apprentice,in the early 1960's,and when the pit closed in 1966 a never saw him again....till a few weeks ago,doon at Cambois beach,we stopped ti taak ti this canny couple,wi LBJ,[Little Black Jess for those who don't know her..],and it was Eric and his Wife,Pat,both of who aa hadn't seen since the 1960's!!

Then after aal them years break,we saw them again a few days later at Wansbeck Hospital!!...small world!

The first lass a cud think of immediately a saw this pic,at number 13,was Lilian Moore,sadly now deceased..R.I.P. Lilian.

Doreen might remember,Vic,she was Lawrence Moore's Sister.[Lol was his nickname,at number 11..]..a cud be wrong but just wat struck me.

Was just scrolling through and cane across your mention of my mam and dad, Pat and Eric Campbell, and can remember them coming home talking about seeing you at Cambois. Just to let you know, sadly we lost Dad on July 20th. 

[HIGH PIT WILMA]

Aaahh,Scott,I am so sorry to read of your Dad's passing.We worked down Choppington High Pit in the early 1960's,when we were very young.We recently caught up again,and I know Eric was really ill with his reduced lung capacity...please accept my sincere condolences,from my Wife also.My deceased oldest Sister June was friends in the same class at the Whitley in the 50's..as your Mam,but we all knew her..she was always a lovely Lass. Kindest regards Scott. Bill.