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The other candle factory was Muter’s candle works and was situated at the bottom of St Johns Road where it meets the Stakeford Road. (Cross roads with traffic lights.) Across the road is Moorland Avenue on the way to Cambois. The photo is from another one of Evan Martin’s books.

Jo - as you will see many of the books by Evan martin, and his dad Stephen Martin, have 'Bedlingtonshire' in the title. So some of the books will cover the surrounding small towns/villages eg. Cambois - Nedderton - Netherton Colliery - Stakeford - Choppington - Guide Post - Sleekburn etc. Also you will probably have noticed on the 1920-21 map the name 'Sleekburn'. That name changed to Bedlington Station but I can't tell you the exact date the name changed. The colliery at Sleekburn was Sleekburn 'A'.,and that later changed it's name to Bedlington 'A' (The Station Pit - The A'd (old) Pit) When the Bedlington railway station was opened - 3/8/1850 it was at Sleekburn, http://disused-stations.org.uk/b/bedlington/index.shtml . So the Bedlington folk, from what the locals call the 'Top End' of Bedlington, had to travel to Sleekburn to get the train from Bedlington's railway Station. The railway station not only served the area for passengers but it had branch lines off to all the local collieries, Bedlington 'D' pit (= the Doctor Pit) - East Sleekburn - West Sleekburn -Cambois - Netherton Colliery - Stakeford - Choppington - Ashington etc, from where the coal was transported to the Blyth docks for shipping all over. Hope that helps when you are looking at old maps and books.

Thank you Alan. I will search through the family tree to see if there is a Graham Bestford in there. I have just purchased a few books by Evan Martin - uh oh, I feel I am not going to get much else done for a while 🙂

@Jo C - the photo that @James posted from Evan Martin's book, The People's History - memories of Bedlingtonshire and Beyond, doesn't have any info, other than a comment with the photo on the Dene Candle Works and the comment, by Evan Martin, says ...Graham Bestford's....... not Graham & Bestford as the entry in the Bedlington Timeline has. The bulk of the Timeline was created by @johndawsonjune1955 ,still a member of the group, but no longer a frequent visitor. I have 'Tagged' him and if he does see this topic he may say where he got the info for the Timeline from. This is the photo + text This is the book the photo is from This 1920-21 map shows where Dene House and the Candle Works were. It also shows there was another candle factory - Bedlington Candle Works.

No, no, no, no, no, we can't have that! We already have the Northern lights and they are green. Any red glow from lithium batteries woud just cause a red/green mess. Although, on the other hand, it would match the present political situation.

Thanks to Suzanne, I now have clarified the details of that part of my Family tree. Apologies to Waltham Wanderer for taking over his thread, but the evidence I have is that there was a regular flow of people too and from Norfolk to Bedlington in the 1800’s, but what their means of transport was, I do not know.