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So she definitely was still alive as I have postmarked postcards sent in 1915 from her daughter in Norfolk. It's an error not corrected in my tree. Yes William had two children, my great grandma Selina and her brother George. Charlotte is not my direct ancestor but I seem to have a box of her keepsakes. I have a photo of a little girl. It could be Selina...or her sister and law Mary Ann Neave. This is the rabbit hole I've gone down. I'll post the photos and see if anyone can help.

Surely Sweden will have more space to store and dispose the Uks lithium😇 And in the winter, when Sweden has less daylight hours than GB, the red glow will help the Swedes see to get around😁

My tree istiddled with gremlins...exciting though x

I have just looked through this very interesting site created by Derek Johnstone. My Grandpa Thomas Bestford, and 4 of his brothers fought in WW1, 2 of them lost their lives. Thomas is standing at the back in this photograph. Unfortunately, they are not listed on this site. Maybe this was because at the time of WW1 they were listed on the census as living at Snowball Terrace, Gateshead? However, all 6 brothers were born and raised in Bedlington.

I have lots of pictures of Mary, George and their son. I will send. I think the Neaves might have known Slaughters who also figure in my tree and all came from Norfolk. Fascinating. The Coles where from Wiltshire, William Cole born 1852 was born in Shrewton and settled in Bedlington. He was my great great grandfather. Interestingly, his daughter Selina (Sissy) and her family were the only family to ever live in 5 North Terrace at Doctor Put, from building it to pulling it down. Remember it well as a child x

Selina Mary Cochrane nee Cole of 5 North Terrace

I am surprisedthat the ran buses over that bridge. If you look at it closely it's had a fair bashing over the years. There doesn't seem to be any signs showing that it was once a working ironworks. It's an important piece of Bedlingtons history. Joe.

Nice picture from 1910! I haven't seen that one before. Looking at the last photo, you can see some of the housing of Bebside Furnace at the top of the hill. My parents started their married life there in the 1920s. By 1934 they had moved down the hill and were living in the house to the right of the bridge in the picture. That is Clock House, part of the old Iron Works. I've childhood memories of hurtling down that hill from Bebside in the upstairs front seat of a double decker bus which took the bend onto the bridge at what i thought was break-neck speed. It's a wonder we ever made it to Bedlington.

I have done a bit of research today in to Bedlington Ironworks and downloaded several good photo's I always wondered what hade been there when I saw the stone rubble. The bridge is beautiful and must have been a great site to see when it was first built. Joe Blyth Dene, Ironworks..pdf

Yes I have found him now, I think he was Thomas William Neave, and Married Penny Gray in 1962. I can trace his Family back to 1766 at which time they lived 10 miles from my Neave Family in Norfolk. I haven't found a link that says he's related to me, but its very useful info for identifying this other Neave family. One of My Neave Ancestors also started a business in Blyth with my Great Uncle, they were Neave and Proom and were wagon builders just after WW1, They emigrated in 1920s to South Africa and had a wagon works there for many years.