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Hi everyone, I was called Anne Waldie when I lived in Bedlington as a child. Seeing all the stuff about Humford baths made me a bit nostalgic about my birth town. Just wondering if there's anyone who remembers me from Whitley Memorial School, or later. I can't remember when I started there as I was at the school near Stead Lane for a while, but I would have left there in 1970, I think, to go to the Grammar School. Dad was a miner at Netherton, but died in an accident there when I was 14. I left Bedlington when I was 17 to join the Army. I'd love to chat to anyone from around that time. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Does anyone remember the little kiosk at the side of the pub? Around 1967. My dad used to cycle up there from Stead Lane every Sunday evening and buy us a block of ice cream and wafers. Mum, dad and I would sit by the fire and have one thick sandwich and one thin sandwich each. Funny how you remember the simple things.

Additional £40million of investment in Britishvolt from Glencore for the Blyth factory. Reported in The Guardian this morning: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/feb/15/britishvolt-secures-40m-investment-for-electric-vehicle-battery-factory