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Right so Canny Lass says the paper is the journal and she will see us in The Lion at eight o clock

My Dad reckons it's most probably the Market Place Club as the man standing on the right of the picture with his hands folded in front of him was called either Walter or Bill Allison who was the club's chairman. The chap seated behind him is possibly Andy Fairbairn and he's fairly sure that the remaining members of the quartet are (left to right), Bobby James, Newton Tyler and Tommy Brown. Mind you he thought your Dad was Bill Anderson. Sep Kidd was my Dad's boss when he started in the pits and Newton Tyler drove the taxi which took my Mam and Dad to their wedding.

Thanks threegee, I hang my head in shame… It seems I’ve been away far toooo… long! The Use of abbreviations is such today, that probably the frontal lobes I had, do not any longer contain an adequate amount of dopamine-sensitive neurons required & vitally essential in the cerebral cortex, to navigate through the modern day labyrinth, of my mother language English. Have my gray cells all been depleted, consigned to insignificance & redundancy through absence, or weren’t they available for use, in the first place, never mind… making new friends everyday has something… I did however, better said I commenced building up my ‘PC Literacy’ using DOS v4 & a 386’er with 4mb RAM. Abbreviations then, were more than necessary… I’m Sorry, sincerely sorry for not getting the plot, & I hope I can manage, to make progress in future. I must say though, compliments where compliments are due, you deserve them. I never thought for a moment, or expected such a virtual’ post haste reply. I say a special thanks for the prompt answer. I was on my way, up to roost “switch out my lights” for the night, but I thought I’d give the “Home Town” another visit!!! I honestly thought ‘PM’ meant “Post Meridian” or Prime Minister”… Hope I can envisage a positive, constructive exchange with yourself & others… I appreciate your style, short, concise, correct, & most importantly, to the point. I’m fairly sure I’ve read something somewhere about replacing, or was it expurgating a “Pitmatic Gadgie” From Ashington from the beloved “Bedlingtonshire”. You certainly, have a much better command of words, than the above mentioned. I stand corrected for the “PM” & Promise to buy the next round… when I next come back to Bedlington. Hopefully, that will not be in the too far distant future…. Ta, Ta, Tweet, Tweet, & Goodnight… Spuggy

For some strange reason I seem more attracted to the beer adverts .