Vic Patterson

Thank you everyone, the temperatures are down and the local fires are under control, depending on the wind direction the smoke comes and goes, but its not causing a problem here.

Once a fire is brought under control they often like to let it continue to burn to clear out the underbrush and create a fire break for the next few years! it also completley changes the wildlife habitat!

http://wildfire.alberta.ca/wildfire-status/wildfire-status-map.aspx

No worries Tonyp, (as Brian would say!) it's cooler here today with a bit rain, and lightning! (starting more fires) there is still lots of smoke but that often happens, thank you Canny lass, Maggie.

Canny lass, just now smoke is the biggest problem the water bombers are controlling the fire risks and we have several fire breaks, my brother here in town has respiratory problems and has to stay indoors, the rest of our family are 100 and 300 miles away, but still in the smoke! the eldest daughter and granddaughter are coming for a visit tomorrow if the roads don't close.

Talking theoretical % loss etc doesn't really tell me a lot about their situation, they may have been overpaid! underpaid or even average paid! It appears that it's not roll-back but almost a freeze! or am I missing something?

Pork "drippin†cold was also well liked! the brown bit had the most flavour!

Fry-up is is a Sunday night favourite here Tonyp!

I'm not familiar with this business, what is, or was the situation? were they located in Bedlington but had problems that couldn't be resolved and chose to move to Morpeth?

I also got bronze on my first try but then the questions were all U.S. I took too long zooming and looking.

Addictive!

I believe in Gosforth they would pronounce it as one word, hotel, and Tonyp is saying in Bedlington it is pronounced as two words Hoe tel.

(same dialect but with a different accent,I think!)

I used to go to Blyth Library to look up old Blyth news! (not sure if there still is even a library now!)

My wife is not on these photo's but can identify quite a lot of the girls.

FWIW I never saw any milk going down the drain! But did see a Q for any spares. Btw we're they 1 gill bottles?

The market area, in almost any direction as long as it includes the nail, towards St Cuthbert's, The Sun Inn, Top end, the shops, I have more pictures of the nail than anywhere else in Bedlington!

The railway crossing at the station is also very recognisable but the iron works must be more significant. In its state today would it be recognised!

Because of its location and available space I think an information / visitors centre at the Market place would be a great asset to the town. A photographic history of the town (and a narrative by HPW!) with maps and direction. What a fantastic community project!

Joe Rooney, Sw@lnalla, (Alan Swan) goes back a while! what a big miss they are! 

Can yor lass remember hearing me playing the guitar in my bedroom,every neet,when I was only 15 years on....it wasn't like Hank exactly,in them days,

Yes! why do you think she moved to Canada!!!

Happy birthday Adam, hope you have a great day.

Walla, howfing, radgie, twock, scratcha, doylem, and wazzok are some of the words I believe are "modern†Geordie. Slang words that have just recently evolved, I have about a dozen "Larn yesel' Geordie†type books and cannot find any reference to any of those words.

Really depends on the situation and environment! done both responses.

We used to use the accumulator (leclanche') or a car battery to make a "floodlight†using those carbon rods (after wiping off the gooey zinc) I was telt that that's how the wartime searchlights worked! we didn't spot any Messerschmitt as we weren't that bright! neither was our light!

The whisker for the "Foxhole receiver†(they must have used them in the trenches!) was a lead pencil! you could have got plenty of pyrite (crystal) doon the pit!

Great information GGG and Malcolm, I have down loaded "Reflect†but not yet used it, it will be about three weeks before my next shopping trip to the city (we only have a small computer outlet in town) so plenty of time for some research.

I don't have lots of software, (too cheep!) I letter write, e-mail, read newspapers, spread sheets, Family Tree, photo's,(lots of photos) a few Model T forum's, old car part vendors etc and keep in contact with the family, nothing too big. Photoshop is quite big (I like cleaning up old scratched and stained family photos) We watch streaming curling games that are not televised, but connecting to the TV was very poor!