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@Cannylass thanks for providing some great quiz questions in the weekly quiz. Definitely appreciated by the group. Perhaps in the darker days of winter you will find time to put some more quizzes together even if not weekly. On behalf of the group a huge THANK YOU.

Quiz time! Now that the recommendations for reducing the spread of Covid 19 have been relaxed, a little, we are planning to catch up on some quality time with the family - something we have missed a great deal these past 460 days. There's a new grandchild to get to know and wedding plans are afoot for an older grandson on return from his military posting in Mali. These occasions usually call for cake-making and dress-making. Therefpre this will be the last Friday night quiz. However, should the restrictions involve staying at home again in the future, you may well have to put up with the inconvenience again. You have astounded me with your knowledge of many things so this time let's see what you know about things nearer to home in this 'Bedlington Special: 1. What are the six accepted colours of the Bedlington Terrier breed? 2. There can be no doubt that a Bedlington Terrier exists. What about a Bedlington Whippet – fact or fiction? 3. When did Bedlington railway station open? 4. What was the motto of Bedlington Grammar School? 5. Which of the following buildings is/are Grade II listed?: Trotter Memorial Drinking Fountain, The Old Vicarage, Netherton Blue House Farmhouse 6. The parish of St. Bede, Bedlington, was established in 1876 under the care of which religious order ? 7. West Bedlington Town Council is a relatively young council. In which year was it created? 8. Name the two police officer victims of the Sun Inn murders 15 April 1913? 9. What was the name of the somnambulist who, on St Valentine’s Day 1669, climbed a buttress of St Cuthbert’s Church and fell to his death when woken by a passer by? 10. Who invented the malleable iron rails for which Bedlington Iron Works became renowned?: Michael Longridge, George Stephenson, John Birkenshaw 11. Name the parents of Sir Daniel Gooch? 12. East Sleekburn and West Sleekburn are recorded as early as 1183 in the Boldon Book. True or false? 13. Bomarsund Coal Mine, which opened in 1905, was part of Bedlington Colliery. True or false? 14. Bedlington was previously part of the County Palatine of Durham, belonging to the Bishop of Durham, When did Bedlington become part of Northumberland? 15. The first ever recorded use of a Penny Black postage stamp was on a letter sent to Bedlington. To whom and at what address in Bedlington was the letter addressed? 16. Where in Bedlingtonshire can you see the Peter Burke’s sculpture “Janus” (the god of new beginnings) which symbolizes the changing face of Wansbeck? 17. Bedlington Golf Club opened in 1972. Who designed the course? 18. Excluding its tributary, the River Pont, how long is the River Blyth from source to mouth along the river bank? 19. Which of the following services is NOT the responsibility of West Bedlington Town Council?: Bus Shelters, Children’s play areas, Waste and recycling 20. Bedlington is twinned with which German town? 21. According to an old song: Hartley Pans for sailors, Bedlington for ……………? 22. 1836, Michael Longridge opened his own locomotive works at Bedlington. His first locomotive was built for the Stanhope and Tyne Railway. What was this locomotive called? I’ll bet you didn’t know …. The French king Louis XIV hated washing so much that he only took three baths in his whole life. Answers on Thursday next week. PS. Tried to upload a photo of the statue Janus (question 16) without success.