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Welcome to the forum, Campers! Do you have any more information on William or Thomas: age at marriage and occupation would be a good start? Should be on the marriage certificate. Stone Row was located in the area shown at the right hand corner of Eggy’s photo at Bebside Furnace. As you see, nothing exists of the buildings today. They were demolished in the fifties. Though not officially in Bedlington, as far as census records are concerned, it was within the parish of Bedlington and the 1911 census has several instances of residents giving their address as Bedlington while the enumerator’s records show the correct address as Bebside Furnace. I even found one resident on the 1901 census who gives his address in Bebside Furnace as Bank Top, though this was an area on the opposite side of the river. The Furnace was also the home of my parents and their parents before them at the turn of the century. I don’t know how familiar you are with the Bedlington area but here’s a map of the wider area we are discussing. You can see Bebside Furnace straddling the B.1330 (bottom left). The row on the left of the B.1330 is Brick Row. The row on the left side is Stone Row (-Back and -Front, formerly known as Sea View). The row on the right at a right angle to the B.1330 is Paradise Row. Here’s a map of the area 1897 which Eggy did for me to help with a bit of earlier research. It might help you too. And here is the best photo I’ve managed to find. The chimneys running north to south to the right of the single tall chimney are the chimneys of Stone Row. The row of chimneys on the far left are of Brick Row while the row running left to right in the distance is Paradise Row. The street names changed quite often as the area was developed. Wood Row became Paradise Row. Stone Row (which seems to have been an extension of Sea View) was built later and the most modern row was called Brick Row – to distinguish it from the other two. As far as I’ve been able to understand Stone Row Back and Stone Row Front are one and the same row of houses with entrances from both sides, hence back and front. Quite a common occurrence earlier in Bedlington. Initially this doesn’t seem to have been the case but there was a desperate shortage of housing at the time so one house with two entrances (one front – facing the main road) and one back (facing the back street, outside toilet and allotment type garden) may have been divided to house two families. The front door would lead directly onto the staircase allowing access to the upstairs rooms which would house one family while the back door would give access to the downstairs rooms. I assume the toilet would be shared. I‘ve researched the area well and I’ve never found any Youngs living in any of the streets at Bebside Furnace on the 1911 census but I have come across a Thomas Young with a son, William born about 1893 on the 1901 census. If I can be of any help feel free to ask.

Hi, New to this group but saw limited information on the above through an Internet search and had limited access to a post with comments from 'Canny Lass' and 'Eggy' I am researching my wife's side of her tree and am struggling with her Great Grandfather and Great Grandmother. I have their marriage certificate, (William Young married Margaret Richardson) in 1912. He shows as residing at Stone Row, Bank Top and Margaret at Vulcan Place. His father shows as Thomas and hers as Joseph. I know from a later birth certificate that they were still living on Stone Row a few years after they got married. My questions are a) Were Stone Row and Back Row one and the same place? b) Are they still standing or have they been demolished (can't seem to find them on Google maps) c) Lastly can anybody shed any light onto either William, Margaret or their parents? Apologies for the length of my first post and thank you in advance to any light that can be thrown on to this. Campers.

Coop stands for exactly the same thing as it does in England - Cooperative Society. It's an international movement where all stores have basically the same principles and practices: Food at affordable prices, owned by its members, all profits shared by members. It's come a long way from its humble beginnings in the UK to now being established in hundreds of countries.

Could it be the COOP at Falun? https://www.coop.se/195030

I was walking my dog in the Gallagher Park area this morning and saw two red squirrel in the wooded area near the old Doctor Pit. If we have the reds we do not want the greys. I understand that there are some active locals in the woods around Humford who have tried to get rid of the greys and would welcome them to visit Gallagher Park and advise our councilors before any decisions are made