June 23, 201412 yr Indeed, well done to all involved, enjoyable day, great crowd. (some impressive totty, too) Edited June 23, 201412 yr by mercuryg
June 23, 201412 yr Woodhorn Miners Picnic was a brilliant day it seems!I remember similar days here in Bedlington.The County Archives used to be at Meldon Park and the room for research was named after our very own Ellen Mitchell.Now it is Ashington that is the hub.Swimming in a healthy open air pool at Humford, now where do we go Ashington.Large supermarkets that are built and rebuilt where do we go Ashington.My wish list would be somewhere here in Bedlington.Morpeth County Hall set to be relocated guess where AshingtonPFI rules I guess and who pays that is the question.Positivity would be great anyone got any ideas.I would love our councillors with the majority vote to invest some thought into congratulating Bedlington and bringing some important development to our dear town.Iron Works , Church, leisure pool etc Not just heritage initiative but everyone working together.Clear up the Main Street of half finished developments and accept that there is a wonderful opportunity for everyone.It all used to be so different and could be again.BACK To The FUTURE
June 23, 201412 yr Couldn't have put that one better myself Maggie, but its not just the councillors with the majority vote who need a cracker up their a*ses Unfortunately our MP doesn't appear to give us any help here in Bedlington, if you look at where the investment is going ie Supermarket, Sports Centre and most likely NCC headquarters they will all come within a three mile radius of Ashington Football Club. Only way to beat them is at the Ballot Box.
June 24, 201412 yr Sadly it seems fight or flight .The ballet box could change things, but do enough people care.I think there is a will to change and that there are so many people old and new to Bedlington who will bring about that change .I do accept I may be too optimistic .Our elected leaders often do not see past their own narrow viewpoint and Bedlington gets no investment .I know we are all NCC and I love Northumberland but when you think what we had in the past it seems unfair to not attempt to flag up the basic facts.Bedlington has an unrivalled Main Street that was always seen as special..Meetings that end up congratulating Ashington or Woodhorn, I am not against but that does not help unless we accept six townships and we are just a satellite of Ashington,
June 24, 201412 yr The Big Event gets a great write up in the Journal today by reporter Linda Cameron.The whole thing was filmed by The beautiful image.Well done to all concerned !
June 26, 201412 yr Thanks for all of your kind words, everyone! We're delighted with how the event went! Great write up in the local papers this week - and hope to have a video of the event up courtesy of TBI very soon.
June 28, 201412 yr Here's a little snip for the expatsNot sure if they'll make the Pop Charts http://youtu.be/aUkgos8libII'll put this in here to so it can be found by others.
June 28, 201412 yr Brett!!"The Salvation Army seems to changed its uniform,since I was last in Bedlington ",& they used to wake you up onSunday morning....
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