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Hello Everyone I am a born and bred Bedlingtonian, can trace the Wilsons back to the 1700's and lived most of my life in Bedlington but now live in France so hope I can still be a member of your community. I have helped with a couple of projects for the history society...the shops of Bedlington and recently the public houses so found the comments on the Gardeners Arms useful. My Great Great Grandfather was landlord in 1861 and his father had the Tankerville at that time too. I am also related to 'Monkey Lizzie' from the Barrington. On this subject does anyone know the name of the person responsible for the Bedlington Terrier in the Red Lion? One of my children keeps promising to look but think he forgets after a few prints of Abbot! Fortunately with the internet I can still carry out a lot of research online and if time allows call into Woodhorn on visits back to see my family. I have spent the last couple of weeks trailing through the Census of Bedlingtonshire identifying the inns and beer houses not an easy task trying to read them even with local knowledge and copies of old maps but very interesting seeing how Bedlington has changed over the years. I am still interested in Bedlington today and hope to see a new revamped Market Place with new shops while preserving the beauty of the old buildings. I enjoyed looking at the pictures of the Miners' Picnic supplied by members. I remember the brass band competition and going to the shows it was the highlight of the year when I was young. I look forward to reading and sharing information with other members Wilson