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hi and thank you .. yopu have been a great help to me most of the names you mention bring back memories of the folk i knew .. as you will understand i left choppington when i was 14 years old which is 56 years ago i will be on the phone to my brother during the week ahead and will talk over your information .. once again thank you for your time i will be in touch again if you dont mind all the best for 2010

Hi there, Ive asked my dad and he said the Seddons moved away years ago and he thinks they have sadly passed away The Owens.... my dad knows Les Owen and Brian Owen are still alive but they are grand children of that family The Tilburys.... Brenda is still alive, Ronnie and Gracie and Harvery have passed away. Keith, their grandson is still alive and still living in choppington Not sure about the Rushes but The Rice family lived somewhere opposite number 16. They were called Sammy, Lizzie and their three sons john, neil and billy. Neil is running the choppington miners welfare now. They are relations to my dad Lofthouses.... the sons were billy, horace, les, colin and frank. Billy and Horace passed away, les lives at ashington, colin lives in yorkshire somewhere and frank still lives in choppington As for my dad and his family.... My grandad was called John but known as spike or billy, his wife was barbara. Both have passed away. His sons were my father (Billy known as spike), my uncle Gordon who has passed away and their sisters Margaret, Betty and Jean. Betty lives with her family in guide post, Jean in bedlington and Margaret in Pegswood And me and my dad live in good old bedlington station! Hope all of this is a help to you