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Thats good Malcolm. Only pleased to help you and the forum users as i know they are all interested.

Got the time line updated again. looking brilliant Malcolm. Will u/l it over the weekend to see what you and the users think

Here is a bit history for Reedys dad who compiled the list of pubs. Scotland Gate Club was formed in 1910 in what was formerly a butcher's shop. In around 1957 the club planned to build new premises on land bought from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the bargain price of £500. On this site stood the Church of England School which the committee had planned to demolish to make way for the new building. The club needed to build new premises for two reasons. First, the building only held 900 members and they needed larger premises to compete with other clubs. Secondly the old building was affected by subsidence. The club began in what was formerly a shop and house belonging to a butcher called Tom Bowman. There was only a very small bar and sitting room in the building. The first major extensions were carried out during the Second World War when a concert room was added. About the same time improvements were done to the bar to double its size. We have only found the name of two founder members they are Mr. J. Cox, who was chairman of the first committee, and Mr. W. Jenkinson, who was a committee member. The first steward was Mr. Robert Donald, and the first secretary was a man known as "Fisher†Smith.

Malcolm any chance of a d/l version of the dates m8 ? Its handy for reference this

1829 William Hare of Burke & Hare fame came to Bedlington in February . He was recognised and the people of Bedlington chased him out of Bedlington by throwing stones as he ran.

Its looking good Malcolm, You got any dates yet ?

Here is more interesting facts. this time on Orange Bros. Well worth adding to our time line 1923 In October the three Orange brothers Joseph, Robert & William, wanted to provide a service betwwen Bedlington & Sleekburn Station & purchased 14 seat Model T bus reg number NL6214. 1924 In May they applied for a licence to do this 1924 They took delivery of another bus, a 20 seater Lancia reg number NL6845 1926 They began to pick up passengers from the Haymarket, Newcastle for Bedlington in July 1927 They bought another bus a Gilford Model reg number CN2956 1927 September saw the brothers taking passengers to London for £1 per head 1928 Saw the brothers running night services to London and they opened an office at Kings Cross 1930 The brothers began a service from Newcastle to Edinburgh and Glasgow in July 1930 Later that year the brothers moved their office from Bedlington to the Haymarket at Newcastle 1933 Orange Brothers employed over 100 staff and had 35 coaches 1933 Later in the year they decided to fly the very first air service between Newcastle and London. The "North Mail" had the headline "London to Newcastle in 3 hours" The paper went on to say that Joseph Orange arrived at Cramlington Aerodrome with his sister in a six seater Havilland Dragon semilar to the two he intends to use to link London with Teeside and Tyneside. This service was run from Whitemare Pool, a flying field near Sunderland to Stag Lane aerodrome london and the fare would have been £5. They failed to find the capital and the route was begun by a competitor, Railway Air Services instead. 1934 United Automobile Services bought them out. Finally Orange Brothers faded into transport history

That is true and running water was available.

More to add to the time line Malcolm. I have Mark with me and we are doing a few more bits for you and updating at our end. Can you put your bits up too for the users as you go as it will help us get a good deal done for this superb area. this is on the Bedlington Terrier an important piece of our history. We were going to do a book on the terrier, but never got around to it after some really hard research we got the following. its just in bits for the time line, but we have so much more info on this our Bedlington breed 1816 Joseph Ainsley of Bedlington was a mason by trade purchased a dog named "Peacham" from a William Coxon of Rothbury. 1818 He bred "Peacham" with Christopher Dixon's "Phoebe" from Longhorsely. 1818 They kept a pup and named it "Piper" & it was sold to a James Anderson of Longhorsely. The dog was liver in colour 1820 J Howe of Alnwick went to visit a friend in Bedlington and brought with him a terrier bitch named "Phoebe" that belonged to Andrew Riddell of Longframlington and left it with Edward Coates at the vicarage. The bitch was a gift as Coates had a keen interest in dogs. The bitch was then referred to as "Coate's Phoebe" by the people of Bedlington 1825 Coates decides to experiment a little further with the breed and mates "Coate's Phoebe" with Anderson's "Piper" So we have a bit inbreeding here The litter consisted of, after their owners who got them, "Ainsley's Ranter" of Gateshead, Coate's Peacham" "Weatherburn's Phoebe" , "Hoy's Rocky" , "Fish's Crib" They went on further over the years and we have a list of the old breed if anyone wants the list just ask but this is how we got our beloved Bedlington Terrier

heres an interesting bit to add to the time line 1841 the steamship Bedlington was built in 1841 by T D Marshall of South Shields for the Bedlington Coal Company 1851 in April the "Auld Reekie" steamer from Leigh arrived in Blyth to tow the "Bedlington" to Leith as her career was over for the coal company. 1854 on March 19th the Bedlington was sunk nine days before the outbreak of war betwwen Britain and Russia. the location being near Ismail on the Danube

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Got a pics of various hide-outs that were used. When i put the story up i will include some. Theres also a fantastic hide-out not in our area but seahouses. Now that is just unreal. You enter it by a greenhouse and then you go go underground. Still in its original form, but it is stinking. There is another cracker at stannington too.

Yeah i got a few in my personal collection. don't know what the group has though, they should have a few. I will sort you some out very soon

Cracking manufacturer they were.

world war two should be 1939 not 44 an error when compiling and putting the dates in sorry bout that

i will put the story up of the auxillary units from bedlington for the users soon. Bedlington Auxillary unit gaurded princess elisabeth and princess margaret on occasions during the war

Oh just remembered. Cambois had a pub called the Brown Bear. It was situated down the lane from Charltons on the right hand side.

A good list of pubs and i take my hat off to your dad for compiling it. Not an easy job. Well done

The Fountain Inn was previously known as the Blackbird Inn

There was the Highlander Inn at Guide Post log onto http://www.sixtownships.org.uk and see the old add for the invite to the grand opening.

Yes. It was established in the old butchers

BTW Tony Sleekburn includes East Sleekburn, the Bank Top and Red Row, Got loads of history on Muters mineral manufacturer, loads of their old bottles and loads of history on mineral manufacturers around the north of england. i worked at george youngs at morpeth chantry and had the job to clear crates of old bottles from the factory outside attic. Wow, you should see my collection from there. Sadly in the loft at home no where to display them. Maybe sell them one day.

Bedlington Station is Sleekburn Tony The time line is a huge task m8, and some forum users may try to pull it down, but i say try it yourself as it aint easy. But as i say Bedlington Station Is Sleekburn, it is well known as that and has been as long as i have known it

There is talk of mining starting again. But i have to keep my lips sealed for now