Piper Award 2022

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

@Andy Millne - to follow on from @Bedlingtonian's 2020 award's would you create a 'voting table' for 2022.?

Id's I think should be included are - @Canny lass- @Vic Patterson - @HIGH PIT WILMA - @Bedlingtonian - @Andy Millne - @Pete- @John Fox (foxy) - @Jammy - @lilbill15 - @Maggie/915- @_pauls - @rosco - @James - @Rigger & @Malcolm Robinson and naturally any other member that anyone knows has contributed to the group over the year.

 

[Maggie/915]

We could give the award to someone from history . Raise the profile of Bedlington and the Railways.

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

1 hour ago, Maggie/915 said:

We could give the award to someone from history . Raise the profile of Bedlington and the Railways.

How would we do that @Maggie/915? Do you want to give @Andy Millne a list of historical names to add to the 'Voting list' that he creates?

[Maggie/915]

No idea how we would do it . Just a thought reference raising the profile of the town we all love . I am sure there are worthy individuals alive who deserve the ‘Piper Award’.

[Andy Millne]

Thanks @Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) I've added a few names and created the poll. Still time for more nominations.

Voting open until the first seconds of 2023

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

47 minutes ago, Andy Millne said:

Thanks @Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) I've added a few names and created the poll. Still time for more nominations.

Voting open until the first seconds of 2023

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

Eggy and @Canny lass with 23.08% each share the 2022 award.

@Andy Millnewould you close the voting please? 

[Vic Patterson]

Darn it! I missed it, Congratulation.

[Pete]

Well done Eggy and CL

[Canny lass]

Congratulations Eggy! That hat doesn't half suit you! Does this mean that you are now my 'other ' other half?

Thank you kind sirs! I am again honoured and humbled to receive this prestigious award.

Looking back over the last year and thinking of people people who have impacted my life in a positive way, you, my dear friends, are some of those people. Therefore, I would like to share this prize not only with Eggy but with all of you and thank for your contributions to the site.

Naturally, a thank-you speech wouldn’t be a ’proper’ speech if it didn’t also convey a sense of gratitude to others who have helped along the way. To that end, I would now like to thank, in no particular order of importance:

My tap-dancing teacher, June.

My OH who listens patiently to my ramblings about all things Bedlington.

My next door neighbour (I use the expression ”next door” in its vaguest meaning as it’s 2km away).

The people of Ashington, Cramlington, Blyth and Morpeth who nurtured my love of leisure and physical activity.

Postman Pat.

My father and his fellow leek-growing enthusiasts who taught me that asking two questions was always better than asking only one.

My mother, for teaching me to understand that the real honour lies not in winning but in taking part.

I’m still grateful to Esther at the corner shop and equally grateful to Geordie Collis the colliery ’poliss’ for something or other.

 

A special mention goes to:

My hairdresser, for all her efforts to achieve the impossible.

B.U.D.C

Billy the butcher.

King Charles III

The walruss and the egg man.

The Encyclopedia Britannica.

Tommy Cooper …

 

… and last but by no means least,

 

my cats, Tickle and Pint-Pot.

 

Thank you all once again!

 

Edited January 2, 2023 by Canny lass

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

@Canny lass - 

CannyLass uses the words - I would like to thank :-

 

[Canny lass]

There are many ways to skin a cat!

My OH, the first one, has taken off his hat and is bowing reverently to a fellow Aberlour admirer!

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

4 hours ago, Canny lass said:

My OH, the first one, has taken off his hat and is bowing reverently to a fellow Aberlour admirer!

I'll drink, a small one, to your OH. The Aberlour is the only bottle of single malt I have left in the house.