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  1. Canny lass
    Answers to last week's quiz: 1. Brisket 2. George V 3. Rivers 4. Jerusalem 5. Night and Day 6. Flyweight 7. Fish farming 8. Prince Henry 9. J F Kennedy 10. 1929 11. Sheep 12. Bill Bixby New quiz tomorrow!
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  2. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    ps. forgot to say the last file input to the OCR was a selection from your comments from the Bates album - all converted - nee bovver👌
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  3. HIGH PIT WILMA
    Hi Folks! Alan,many thanks for that bed time reading! A think my best bet is to first scan the pages,like it says ,if only to preserve a clear image,as the ink IS starting ti fade. A haven't had books one and two oot the carrier bag in the drawer where they are kept,for a few years..time flies!!..and a took them oot yistidi mornin',ti let wor lass read them,and book one one was written wi a fineline pen,and aam sure it looks faded aalriddy. Aa started reading book one ,just ti check it oot, a few pages like,and a got absorbed and interested in thi bugga...and a thowt...it's MY story,and AA wrote the bugga!![Hoo crazy is that?!!..aav forgotten wat a wrote aboot me childhood,even though aal of it is still fresh in me mind!] Aam not that clivvor when it comes ti pdf's word documents etc,aav nivvor done owt at aal wi Word,and a wadn't knaa wheor ti start! Mind, aav got a ton o' patience,so sitting printing oot 600 double sides,[ie 1200 sides!..],doesn't bother me at aal,it's just thi time factor involved,it's 24 hour care more intense noo wi me Wife,since she had another big Seizure on May 1st ,at 6-20 am,resulting in a fall from a standing,seized,position,forward onto her face,flat oot,which bust her face aal up and broke her nose. So aam waatchin' her like a Haak,and the days just fly by wi being on thi go aal day. So,aal hae ti try and dae a bit at a time before thi ink fades and it will aal hae been a waste o' time! Cheers Alan,and lilbill,from this Bill!!
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  4. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Steam at Bedlington Station
    @Oldwulf - did you attempt to create an album for your photos of the trains? The photos hanging beneath the albums are often missed by visitors to the group. There are a couple of types of album that can be created - 1) where only the member can add an additional entry that they and other members can comment on and add additional photos with the comments on a particular entry and 2) where any member can add a new photo entry to the album. When you create an album the system gives you the options. This is a 1960's photo showing the same level crossing, with the wooden bridge that we all loved standing on when a steam engine was passing under.
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  5. Canny lass
    If like me, you are 'optically challenged' it can be a good idea to save the map from here to your own PC then you can zoom in and out as much as you like.
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  6. Canny lass
    If you mean the text which I've marked in red, it says "Brick works" as do the other two which I've marked blue. The whole of that area was brick works so It doesn't surprise me that you find bricks. I think the kids of Netherton helped to spread them all over the place.
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  7. Canny lass
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  8. Canny lass
    No, I don't have a legend for any maps.I haven't needed one for a long time. When I've been stuck I've simply typed 'ordnace survey symbols' or 'maps conventional signs and symbols' into the search box and choose from the many sites returned. There are some good quick guides which are compact enough to have on an A4 paper when you are out and about. I've usually found them too small when viewing on my mobile.
    1 point
  9. HIGH PIT WILMA
    Ten past one in thi morning,here,on Thursdi,27-5-2021,and aam fading harder than thi ink on me books!
    1 point
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