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Have a look at this other gallery picture Jim.

http://www.bedlingto...-glebe-roadjpg/

The gap up the hill (on the right) I think was due to a much earlier fire, and was never filled. There's a picture taken just hours after that somewhere too.

Of course nowadays it's the Eastern part of the dual carriageway. If only she'd been a Bedlingtonian Joni Mitchell would have written a song about it!

Super fuzzy - but looks just as likely to be from the 1950's - from the coat and the wooden railings. But then we "know" it's the 1960's?

The entrance to the Church Lane looking across to the Nothumberland Arms. The group of kids possibly from the Church Infants School behind the camera? Could you be in that group?

^ Hmm... no ears, can't be a dog; proceed with care!

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V Some kind of young wild animal; avoid eye contact!

Great shot, but funny perspective makes it look downhill, whereas it's quite steeply uphill!

This one is a real gem Carole!

Doubtless all the locos went for a scrap value, but any one of them would be worth a small fortune today.

And, what's even sadder, is that we are still ignoring and trashing OUR priceless heritage whilst acknowledging other's less important ones.

Ditto Cympil! They are very similar aren't they?

Looks like the lamp posts are in the process of being changed, getting rid of the "dangerous" concrete ones. Will that date it?

Early 1960's but somehow looks earlier - which it is not! The false sepia tones perhaps?

Note the concrete lamp posts which were later deemed to be a hazard.

Some classic Bedlington businesses in the background including the original Market Place Post Office, and (door behind the two black cars on the right) a real caf' with juke and espresso (US/UK style - AKA frothy coffee). You can almost hear the sound of 'The Everlys' (The Everly Brothers) drifting out!

Fabulous! Consider the thought (and raw engineering talent) that went into that chair and command console.

Move over Captain Kirk!

We're looking at the East side of the Glebe Road here. This is where the dual-carriage way North from the top-end is these days.

In the mid to late 1950's I remember that one of the shops shown here was Watson's the Newsagents. They also had the right-hand side unit to the "Brenton Fruit Shop" around the corner (ie. around to the left up the bank, as shown).

I was never quite sure why Watsons operated shops so close together, but it wasn't uncommon at the time c.f. Barnes' and Millne's.

Anyway, this photo appears decades earlier than when I remember it in the 1950's. I'm sure that by then several - if not most - of these buildings had been demolished.

Look at how well those paving stones in the right foreground are set. This was the old B.U.D.C. (Bedlington Urban District Council); an era when people took pride it their Town, and their workmanship!

Not technically the best photo in the world, but nevertheless great stuff!

Probable reason for this is that the access road to the right of it is new. There are houses where the old phone exchange used to be - affectionately called Jellystone Court.