Pete

I don't want to appear to be ignorant but I am not up to speed with the modern speak, can someone tell me what is a charv?

No not me but there was always fighting outside in the car park (piece of rough ground that acted as a car park next to the Railway Tavern) The disco was good it had them lights that turned your white shirt pale blue and your beer looked like a pint of sump oil.

It is difficult to keep a secret especially when she's sat next to me.

In the end I suppose she did.

We also had a discotech in the Railway Tavern which was very famous and not always for the music.

True.

The wife did she tiped me upside down and made sure she got her half of the money out of my pockets.

Can't remember what his song was but it was number one in the charts as I recall, you could say that he put Bedlington on the map, well for one night only.

I like a game at the weekend but I do not win very often, mind you I did have a good win about twelve months ago, I won the Flyer £1.230, has to be called in less that 50 numbers or you lose a £1000 from the prize money.Bingo a plnt and a tab, thats what I look forward to at the weekend.

No way it would be to frightening I would have nightmares.

Do you play Bingo, it aint half fun.

Thank you Cympil.

Exactly, your quite right Cympil.

Not really Swalnalla but I like the poem.

Very good that

He used to be called Shane Fenton and he came to Bedlington in the sixties and performed with his group the Fentones at the Clayton dance.

There both the same person but ones in fancy dress.

On that I can agree.

True that.

I remember the local lads working in the shows for a few bob, the wall of death, now that was something else and your right I only remember it a couple of times and that was on the field next to the Doctor pit. They used to come round at the end of the performance and ask you to put money in a bucket because nobody would insure the bike riders, or at least that was the story they told. The Boxing Booths also had wrestlers, I remember one of the boxers that used to be employed by them his name was Paddy and he also worked as a kicker out at the Clayton dance on a Monday and Friday night. Symptoms, changing the subject a bit do you remember when Shane Fenton and the Fentones Came to the Clayton dance one Monday night, it cost 2/6d to get in, normal price was 1/6d, never seen anything like it we thought it was fantastic. He changed his name a few year ago to Alvin Stardust. The Fentones used to be on the radio on a Saturday morning. Great Days.

As I recall all of the caravans, wagons and side shows were always painted a very dark red colour, was this true or is just my memory fading.

Thank you Stu, but I didn't win again this weekend, still theres always next weekend.

The only Bingo tale that I can tell is that I am often waiting for one number but it never comes out.

I like them.