Contributor Leaderboard

Big day tomorrow! The PM must reveal to the nation what his decision is: Will he resign or will he call for an extra election? We'll know tomorrow.

Hi @lilbill15. I’m sorry but I can’t be of any assistance with those numbers. I have no idea what they are. Like, Eggy, I don’t use coordinates. I do like Google Earth for this sort of thing because you can go back and look at earlier views of the same area. Here’s a series of pictures from the area under discussion. I’ll start with a map from 1898 then aerial views of the same area from: 2002, 2006, 2015, and 2020. On each view I marked the spot where I think Puce Bush farm was located (Blue) using St Paul’s Church (Red) and the old road into Choppington Colliery (Green) as reference points. I ended up in roughly the same spot as Eggy. Google Earth gives the coordinates at the bottom of the screen print. It varies slightly pic to pic but not significantly. I probably didn’t land on the same spot with my mouse every time. However, the coordinates shown are close to those that Eggy gives. Eggy: 55.149482, 1.610697 G. Earth: 55o09’03.11”N (North) 1o36’36’37.67”V (West) ... but they don’t resemble anything on your picture: 583972 North 424911 East I’ve no idea what your numbers represent.

Honestly, I have no idea either - but for God's sake keep doing it! Your clagging has induced clarity and cohesion to many a topic and a s such has earned its rightful place here on Bedders. Where would we be without you and your clarting and clagging!

@lilbill15I meant to reply to this earlier but football and Midsommar got in the way. If you'd asked me 10-15 years ago if SD was akin to the UK National Front I'd most certainly have answered YES. SD has its roots in white nationalism and fascism but the last decade or so has seen quite dramatic reforms in their politics. Their present leader has done a lot to get rid of the 'hard-liners' . How much this has to do with reform and how much it has to do with their getting the party a bad name is hard to say. However, I'm pleased to say, that today there are no SD politicians going around weilding iron bars and attacking non-whites outside night clubs in the capital and today the SD party openly and officially rejects both fascism and nazism. SD is, however extremely nationalistic in its approach to immigration - something we are seeing in many other European countries' as well. Because of the many changes for the better, I'd now liken SD more to Ukip. As I said, I don't like their ideology, but I do respect that they - possibly through the changes they've made within the party - are now the democratically elected third largest party in this country and as such - if democracy was working - should be included. They are instead totally frozen out by the so-called 'democratic' parties. This, and the fact that we have so many small parties, makes it difficult for any party to build a majority government without the aid of pacts being made (and broken - cause of the present crisis) both to the right, left and across the board. Hope that gives you some clarity in the situation. Sorry you've had to wait.

It’s gone! My Dad’s birthplace: there should be a blue plaque on the wall “Frank Hutton born here 14/11/1933” and “Don Hutton born here 1939”, but there’s no wall, no blue plaque, just a white door with 24 on it! Can anyone please explain this mystery, solve the problem? You’re all cleverer than me:- please advise.