I left was born in bedlington 1943 so i go back a little time. left when got married in 1963, have come home often over the years. still do as i have a nephew live there. My mam use sing a song she was in the bedlington ladies songsters it was Bedlington's the toon for terriers, Pubs and pits galore halfpenny wood and canny lasses who could ask for more. their is more but have to think hard to put all together, please excuse errors new at this computer lark