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Hi Pauline! Tunnels are very intriguing! one of the old Hall tunnel entrances was at the side,was very low,about 3ft high,if I remember correctly,and typical scrolled cathedral arched lintels..nicely carved out of sandstone,and weathered to hell,which, seeing as it was a few hundred years old,you would expect it to be. If you walk down Bedlington bank,go into the picnic field [Attlee Park],then walk left and under the river bridge,going downstream,about 70 yards along,on the bank sides,you will see the entrances to tunnels on each side of the river,with nice stone arches. Now a lot of years ago,flat-bottomed barges used to travel up the river carrying all-sorts of goods,cos the river was a lot deeper than it is now. There was a set of differences between us lot as to the origin of the tunnels,and King John's stay overnight at the old hall. It makes no difference ,cos none of us were there,and we only go off what we have been learn't by other people in life! You wouldn't be the canny young lass who met my Wife and me down the Furnace Bank,one day,and who expressed an intense interest in tunnels........would you? We met at a later date,same place,and this nice lass and her partner/Husband/Friend?....had been exploring the tunnel entrance......not you?...!!!! Gud luk wi ya search Pauline,hope ye find things oot,and let us aal knaa!![aa like ti think smugglers used the tunnels ti get the bootleg whisky and tabs up ti thi Vicarage for the monks!!] Vic,that's the best pun aav cum across for yonks!! Gie the Boss me luv and hope ya aal keeping weel!

Canny Lass, I hope you realise you are fuelling Malcolm's posts on Facebook? I'm not sure whether this makes you an accessory. anyway, what does a pirate pay to have his ears pierced? A buccaneer!

Is live down again? Not been able to get it for a few days now.

I think somebody mentioned Guinness .... The directors of Heineken, Budweiser, Guinness and Carlsberg are playing golf one afternoon. After the 18th hole they meet up at the club house. The waitress takes their order: “A bottle of Carlsberg, probably the best beer in the world”, says the Carlsberg director. “A cold Heineken, which REALLY is the best beer in the world”, says the Heineken director. “A bottle of Budweiser”, USA’s best-selling beer”, says the Budweiser director. I’ll have a Coca-cola”, says the Guinness director, “If they’re not drinking beer, I’ll not either”.

A forgot,when a was a kid,living in Hollymount Square,in the 1950's,a used ti play in Hollymount Hall,after it was vacated. For a lang time,the aad-fashioned wood shutters used ti bang open and shut wi thi wind,and on nights in the winter,when the moon was full,and lighting my bedroom up,my older Brother used ti scare thi hell oot o' me by taaking aboot Ghouls,and Vampires,and aal sorts of ghostly stuff! But in daylight it was a fascinating playgrund,wi loads of rooms,passages,and cellars below grund,where the aader lads sed that the owners would keep people doon there chained up and starved like skeletons!!.....they were in fact,the obligatory rich mans wine cellars! Noo we nivvor saw any tunnels in there,but they cud hev been bricked up by sum soor-fyessed bugga who didn't waant kids..."getting hurt".....![it was the favourite sentence used by aad-timers if they saw ye climbing a tree owa thi park or shinnin up a lamp-post!!...yi knaa....laddie's stuff!]

A little boy and his father were at the chemist shop and just happen to go past a stand with condoms. The boy studies them for a while and then asks his father who would need a pack of three. “Those are for teenagers” he answered, “one for Friday, one for Saturday and one for Sunday”. “Then, who would need the pack of six?” asked the boy. “Probably university students” replied his father, “two for Friday, two for Saturday and two for Sunday”. The boy continues looking at the different packages and his eyes become as big as organ stops when he sees a pack of twelve: “Who on earth would need a pack of twelve!” he asks. “Those packs are for married men, son”, his father replies, “one for January, one for February ……