mickypotts

There was a cut that ran from the pit Raas up te Milnes hoose, As Bairns we would play in the Pit workshops on weekends when no one was around

We picked Tetties for Wade,s farm, and we topped snaggies at Dinsmore,s farm and we picked Tetties for a Farm down past Netherton, towards Morpeth, it was hard work but loads of fun, Lesley Dinsmore was in my class at school.

Hey Maggie, there was a Mr. Pick who lived on Vulcan place in the house next to the coffin chapel, he had a sister who would visit him quite often, they at one time were supposed to have owned the Chemist shop up at the crossing

A snug. I hope you weren't being rude Micky ... snook?

Snug is it, I just remembered the sn

never saw a women at a freemasons meeting either

what did they call the little cubicle at the bar for women to drink in? was it the snook?

Another of Hirst Heads Farm., Who is he.

See if anyone can give names as there are none on the pics saying who anyone is.

Get some more up for weekend.

This might be Wades farm with the tracks behind, we used to potatoe pick this field and when Wade took a load back to the barn we would drag sacks o tetties to the engineer on the train and sell them, made more than Wades wages

Happy Birthday Tony, all the best

My Uncle Bill was a sparky at Dr. Pit and when he got his coal dumped my brother and I would help my cousin shovel it into the cree,

but wor Dad was a miner at Ashinton and when our coal came it was in bags and the men on the wagon would empty them into our cree, also our coal was much better quality and about 1 1/2 to 2 inches in size, Uncle Bills was smaller and flatter pieces with stone in it that would spark a lot, we were not a street apart hardly but each mine had its own delivery system

Actually the central A/C saves me quite a bit over the old window units and its very quiet too, theres nowt like coming in off the redbrick patio when the thermometer says 102 degrees and you are soaking in sweat and you walk into 74 degrees!!!

I fitted our house with central high velocity air conditioning 2 years ago and it is fantastic, we had window A/C units before which were hardly keeping up in heat like this

our temp today is 105 Far or 45.55 celsius and all week will be the same, how hot is England ?

My mother was there in the early 50,s

My mother was a waitress at the tea room and met my father there, Mary Potts

I remember the word " Chebble" from my grandfather in Felton as in " git up ti th Chebble an finish yer dinna" any one else??

Its exactly the same length of time to to read either way

I still recieve the creeful from a mate who sends it to me when he,s done with it

the geordie pitmen seem to have named the town

The new settlement, comprising convicts and a military guard, arrived at the Hunter River on 27 March 1804 in three ships: HMS Lady Nelson, the Resource and the James.^[9][12] The convicts were rebels from the 1804 Castle Hill convict rebellion.

The link with Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, its namesake and also whence many of the 19th century coal miners came, is still obvious in some of the place-names – such as Jesmond, Hexham, Wickham, Wallsend and Gateshead. Morpeth, New South Wales is a similar distance north of Newcastle as Morpeth, Northumberland is north of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Christ Church Cathedral dominates the skyline of Newcastle.

Under Captain James Wallis, commandant from 1815 to 1818, the convicts' conditions improved, and a building boom began. Captain Wallis laid out the streets of the town, built the first church of the site of the present Christ Church Anglican Cathedral, erected the old gaol on the seashore, and began work on the breakwater which now joins Nobbys Head to the mainland. The quality of these first buildings was poor, and only (a much reinforced) breakwater survives. During this period, in 1816, the oldest public school in Australia was built in East Newcastle.^[10]

Newcastle remained a penal settlement until 1822, when the settlement was opened up to farming.^[13] As a penal colony, the military rule was harsh, especially at Limeburners' Bay, on the inner side of Stockton peninsula. There, convicts were sent to burn oyster shells for making lime.^[9]

Aah niver said I bought Orange juice Aah watched it!!

When we moved to Newbiggin to a colliery house in 1969 Oswald Road had the Lofts all connected in common and I recall a scandal in the Early 80,s when a lad who lived up the street started watching people leaving the house and then dropping from the loft to rob them, the stupid buggar left dorty prints aal ower the loft hatches so the police knew how it was being done and put a watch out til he was caught, I believe when he got out, the neighbors got hold of him and took their justice out of his hide

Great story John, no one on the trip seemed to realize how dangerous it could have been for them, I made the trip via Cape town many times and it took about 30 days to Sydney, via the Suez it took almost 2 months, any guesss how the town of Newcastle up the coast from Sydney got its name??? aal bet a few geordies put a word in.

Wey Aye man aah membas it right weel and the ice cold orange and lemonade machines were better to watch than what was on the telly!!!

As for making it out of coal................... how long before the Yobs put a light to it!!!!!

Leading the campaign would not be feasible for me since I live in the US but I am glad to help in any way possible, and yes Symtoms has it dead right, keep it for Bedlington by Locals and for locals,

The miner with his helmet lit and maybe a lit miners lamp in the market place with maybe a tub and a pony would be a dramatic image at night time, imagine at Christmas with snow on the ground...........