January 23, 201610 yr Recently I noticed the slogan 'Keep Calm and AMBLE on ' Maybe thinking of a slogan would be a good start for us with regeneration. Newcastle scored pints with Passionate People Passionate Places. I wonder what we in or connected with Bedlington could come up with !
January 23, 201610 yr Good idea for a competition Maggie! Come on you lot, get your thinking caps on!
January 25, 201610 yr Be difficult to incorporate names like Gooch or Brown that would be recognized by the majority. Would think it had to include ' BedlingtonTerrier' (for XL wearers!).
January 26, 201610 yr Author We are a long way from 'Hartley Pans for sailors, Bedlington for Nailers' Maybe that was the slogan that got people here to buy , much needed, nails. Now we have History , Heritage and so much more. There has to be a simple effective slogan. One concern has to be that, when we get people into the town, we need the simple things. Parking ,public conveniences not to mention the odd shop or two in the well named 'Market Place'. Sadly five years of planning and development may be too long to wait.
January 27, 201610 yr It reminds me of an old anthropological tale about a tribe of pygmies (can we say that these days ??) who lived in the savannah grasslands. The tribe were called the Fukawi and were nomadic hunter/gatherers. They had problems with surrounding tribes encroaching on their traditional and very rich hunting grounds and of course wanted to protect what was rightfully theirs by tradition and prevent interlopers from other parts of the area taking all the 'goodies' and depriving them of their rights. They sent out patrols every day, but the main problem was they were only 3ft 6inch on average height and the savannah grass was 4ft tall. so they developed a gait involving jumping up every third pace to see over the top of the grass. To emphasise their presence and deter the interlopers they shouted out their tribal name when they leapt above the grass to see what was around them. they called out loudly 'We're the Fukawi, We're the Fukawi' strangely enough that may be a good slogan for Bedlington as I'm sure it is heard at many NCC meetings ....
January 28, 201610 yr 11 hours ago, pilgrim said: It reminds me of an old anthropological tale about a tribe of pygmies (can we say that these days ??) who lived in the savannah grasslands. The tribe were called the Fukawi and were nomadic hunter/gatherers. They had problems with surrounding tribes encroaching on their traditional and very rich hunting grounds and of course wanted to protect what was rightfully theirs by tradition and prevent interlopers from other parts of the area taking all the 'goodies' and depriving them of their rights. They sent out patrols every day, but the main problem was they were only 3ft 6inch on average height and the savannah grass was 4ft tall. so they developed a gait involving jumping up every third pace to see over the top of the grass. To emphasise their presence and deter the interlopers they shouted out their tribal name when they leapt above the grass to see what was around them. they called out loudly 'We're the Fukawi, We're the Fukawi' strangely enough that may be a good slogan for Bedlington as I'm sure it is heard at many NCC meetings .... Haha! Thanks pilgrim. I remember the Fukawi from my younger days, along with ..... The Oomegoolie Bird. It dives from a great height,, pulls out at the last second, and yells 'Oo-me-goolies!' And not forgetting the Winkee-Wankee Bird. When it Winks it W@nks, and when it W@nks it Winks. 'No lady, don't throw sand in it's eye!!!' There are others too from the good old 'We're off to see the Wild West show song.' But I digress. Back to the slogan competition ... Bedlington, has a proud mining heritage, so how about, 'Why would you visit Bedlington? It's the PITS!'
January 29, 201610 yr ...........................................................Welcome To Bedlington .......................................................... A Terrierrific Place ........ Edited January 29, 201610 yr by moe19 photo
January 30, 201610 yr 4 hours ago, moe19 said: ...........................................................Welcome To Bedlington .......................................................... A Terrierrific Place ........ Sounds good to me Moe Edited January 30, 201610 yr by Brian Cross tidy up
January 30, 201610 yr Examples of T-shirts using the above suggestions, without the copyright holders permission.
January 30, 201610 yr Author Great ideas. Humour ,genius and inventive ideas for T shirts. True to Bedlington. The only way is up. Bedlington must have a brilliant future.
January 30, 201610 yr Keep them coming guys! I Think you had something good on Tuesday Maggie, when you wrote about "history and heritage". How about: Bedlington, where history, heritage and a hearty welcome await you!
January 30, 201610 yr Author Aye we are 'mining' the depths here. Certainly producing more than 'black gold'. Much more than 'The Pits'. We could try reverse psychology ! Don't come unless you like History Heritage and a Hearty Welcome! Besides that it is 'The Pits'.
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