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Answers to last week's 'Bedlington Special' quiz: 1. Liver, Blue & Tan, Liver & Tan, Blue, Sandy, Sandy & Tan 2. Fact: A Bedlington Terrier cross whippet (a lurcher) 3. 3 August 1850 4. Semper Sursum 5. All of them 6. The Benedictines 7. April 2009 8. PC George Mussell and Sgt Andrew Barton. 9. Cuthbert Watson 10. John Birkenshaw 11. John Gooch and Anna Longridge 12. True 13. True 14. 1844 15. Engineer, Mr Blenkinsop, Bedlington Iron Works 16. Beside the path which traverses the Dene from Furnace Bridge up to Spring Park in Bedlington. 17. Frank Pennink 18. 27.9 miles 19. C) Waste and recycling (are the responsibility of Northumberland County Council). 20. Schalksmühle 21. Nailers 22. Michael Longridge Thank you for putting up with me! It's been an interesting experience and I've learned a lot about you in the process. For instance, I now know that I'm hobb-nobbing with people who seem to know a lot about gansters, whores, drugs, gambling, dictators and just about every alcoholic beverage known to mankind but on the other hand, are also pretty knowledgeable about things like: geography, history, languages (including Japanese!), religion, cooking, world cultures, Easter, Christmas and sport. I take my iridescent purple hat off to you all.

I used to rely on encyclopedias but now it's Google.

@Donna Clark - I'm sure you will be aware that the three places you mention - Old hall, Doctor Terrace & Clifton Row (Netherton Colliery) no longer exist. This is an old map 1896 showing the area but I have excluded Netherton as to fit it all in you wouldn't be able to read the names on the map. We will add some old maps, later, showing Netherton Colliery & Clifton row. You will see on the current Google map added to the 1896 map the name netherton does not appear, just the name Nedderton. Nedderton used to be called Netherton and the colliery area, where the colliery houses where, was always know as Netherton Colliery. There was another village called Netherton, near Rothbury, and the post for the two vilages used to get mixed up so Netherton, Bedlington changed it's name to Nedderton but the colliery area retained the name Netherton Colliery.

These are two I have, not sure where they came from, my father in law Bill Dagless used to live in #2, I believe it was the first window to the right of the lady by the arch.

At least 4 too many! There's more pact-making than politics going on here. Biggest problem is the undemocratic way in which SD party (far right and with a similar ideology to Britain's Ukip) is being treated. While I personally do not support their views i accept that they are now the democratically chosen, third largest party in the country and as such have a right to be included in decisions affecting the country. However, Labour and Centre refuse point blank and openly to work with or include them. Much of the problem now is that Lööf (Centre) has seen fit to support their vote of no confidence in the present government. The prime minister has now two choices. By Monday he must decide if he will resign and leave it up to the speaker to negotiate with all these parties with the aim of getting together a workable government. It took 4 months last time to get a majority out of all these small parties! Or he can call another election - just one year before it's due anyway. What a waste of time, money and effort when we are in the middle of our third wave of Covid. Their time could be better spent doing other things. I think the timing for raising this vote of no confidence in the present government was appalling. Rant over!!