Cympil, we are going back to the fiftes with this one, it was possibly demolished in the early sixties and I dout if any trace remains of it today. The bridge that Doglover is reffering to is the Black bridge, there used to be a footpath that ran along side the river under the bridge, dont know if its still there as I do not live in Bedlington anymore. If you followed the path to where it started to get narrower there was a slaughter house to the left of the path the river was on your right. Hope this helps