mickypotts

Welcome Barchetta

How about one of these

Welcome Ed

!. 116 years 2. Ecuador 3. Sheep or goat intestine 4. November 5. horse squirrel goat bears hogs sable, Mr Sable? 6 island of Dogs 7. Albert 8. pink red brown and white 9. originally China exported and cultivated in New Zealand now all over the world 10. orange or red

So now whats the next new stranger????

1. Alsation dog I dont have a clue 2. the Dun Cow was there first, I was caught drinking in there when I was 14 with my brother and 2 freinds, shame was brought to my family over this, Or so my Dad said! We actually gave the copper our real names thinking he wouldnt check! between the 4 of us we were fined 30 Quid, took me ages to pay off my share with my paper rounds, methinks the bartender made a phone call after he served us. we deserved our punishment. 3. isnt a bunker where the coal is stored at the pit? that would be an appropriate term to use and it was the bunker before there was a golf course in Bedders. 4. the Barrington arms had a pet monkey that drank beer in the bar so the story goes and when he had too much he sometimes got nasty, as young kids we would take a pop bottle to the side door and tell the bar man to fill it with best bitter for my Dad, it always worked!!!

in the streets at night when it was damp you would get covered with black soot that hung in the air both from the heaps and the smoke from the chimneys of the houses, it was not practical to take a bath every night since you may have used the old tin baths that you had to heat up the water in the fireplace, a wet cloth to wipe off with was all we had, every one was exposed to breathing in the smoke, it was just the way it was.

Many Happy Returns Foxy, all the best

ah well, thats a scotsman for you, gud one

Well smack my !*!@# and call me Nancy!! my memory is not what it was, Ashington was the place, a single story yellow brick building covered with soot from the chimneys, as everything was back then, he used to go up in trainers from Acklington I think

My brother David was in the ATC in guide Post, he really enjoyed it

Thank you all very much, I spent the weekend in Davis West Virginia trout fishing with my mates and landed the 2 largest, one brook and 1 rainbow about 15-16 inches each, I was going to release them but my freind Todd had promised his girl a nice trout dinner for letting him come on the trip and he caught nowt so I took pity on him, he said they were delicious!

I,ll be pinning this on the board at my club next tuesday, very amusing.

Welcome NE22 looking forward to your posts Good luck with the petitions

1954

isnt that the Dall memorial presbeterian church

Happy Birthday Vic and many more

Thanks Junior, the only time I recall having a crime committed against me was after we moved to Newbiggin and a neighbor stole the battery off my Honda 50, right under my bedroom window in the night, they even put the bolts back in place!! there were only 2 Honda 50,s in the colliery housing area so take your pick, we never even reported the theft I guess he needed his bike to work more than I did!!

As a child living on Hirst terrace in the early 50.s we shared one outside tap and a toilet with 3 other families as well as one outside wash house, each family had its own toilet paper or newspaper and woe betide anyone who used other than their own!! each family had its own wash day and used their own coal to heat the iron wash tub, the clothes roller was made of wood, having to go to the loo in the middle of the night in winter was a challenge to say the least, there was a gas street light just outside our gate that had to be lit each night and put out at first light, never knew if the council or the colliery paid for that? the smell and the taste of the fresh bread that came out of the oven in the cast iron fire place could never be forgotten. I never felt that we were poor back then but having knowt was the same boat everyone was in so it was just the way of life we had...........and Loved

The Golding family had one of these at the top of Gladstone terrace

The dark side of the moon, 17 travelers to the moon have seen it first hand

Welcome to the site Diane, I was born and bred in the town and now live in Pennsylvania USA but I check out whats going on about 5 days a week, Just saw an old picture of my Dad in history hollow so its great to keep up with the old town, I loved the childhood and the simple fun things we did to amuse ourselves back then. All the best Michael

Albert Cochrane is to the right of my Dad

Yes Thats my Dad Bill Potts on the right side, he was one of the founders of the quoites club, I believe that the quoites were made in the machine shop at Ashington pit where he worked and the clay was made by adding oil to soil.Do you have any more like this??

First one is a 1950 Mercury, same type of car as stallones cobra, good job Malcolm!! second one is a 1967 chevy suburban, oldest continueous vehicle name since 1932 and still is