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Hello , Has anyone got any school photos of Bedlington Station Junior School from about 1952 ?

We had a photographer for our wedding in 1969 at St John of Bedlington Station who we met when my future husband went to get measured for a suit for the wedding. He worked there and said he thought my husband maybe related to him. He told us he was doing photography and could take our wedding photos for a good price. Anyway the photo proofs which were only half a dozen were poor and were left with us to choose. He never returned so we had about four decent photos to celebrate the great day. I wonder what the young brides of today would think .

Yes I always say to people when I go Down South you know that I'm not a Geordie I'm a posh Northumbrian. Ha Ha. Getting back to Sting and Jimmy Nail their concert was absolutely great I put on the subtitles and got the gist of the story easier Well done to Sting.

I thought there was a law that if a property becomes so bad it becomes a danger the council can fix it but send the bill to the owner. Keep me right about this Malcom.

Can anyone shed some light on who now owns Jakes Bar at the Station . How come its been allowed to deteriate as much as it has and no one is responsible for it .

Happy birthday hope you have a good one. Fourgee.

WWWwWWW W welcome bill knew Geordie well. smashing fella You did a lot to help the young ones of Bedlington

Sorry I did'nt realise we had switched topics I was still talking about the Oval Shops

I remember in the 50's there was an electrical shop which sold TV's and its name was Swabeys My Mam and Dad bought our first ever telly from there I think it was where the hairdressers was next to Don Lynns

it looks like a flowering cherry to me

I used to love the frothy coffee in the glass cups we were so easily pleased in them days

I remember telling our mothers we were going to mass at St Johns Church on Xmas Eve and just sitting in the Budge at midnight thinking it was really clever. Sad eh.

well done to burnside residents group. Yes I noticed they came by my house which is on the main road up to Bedlington. Its been a good while since they last cleaned the kerbs.

Well I may be wrong but has the Clayton Pub broke the record for the amount of broken windows. I counted 14 the other day it may have more now though. Can anybody shed some light on Jakes Bar why it is a llowed to get more and more derelict and an eyesore. Is it because it's Bedlington Station? Morpeth would"t allow it. Come on Councillors answer the question

I have been shopping in Blyth today and couldn't believe how it has gone down hill so much lately. Yes they have the new big Morrisons not like our sub standard one in Bedlington but their streets were disgraceful with fag ends and litter bins overflowing. The shops are boarded up on every corner . Woodcocks has gone .The furniture shop has gone .Ethel Austins has gone. What is happening we.ve only got charity shops surviving. Ashington is just as bad Mr Reid is correct to say Blyth is a dump and when are we all going to stand up to these councils who are blaming each other since they,ve set up the Parish Councils. The whole area is getting so down trodden it will be so hard to get it better again.

I remember the top club they had to pull it down due to it being unsafe. It had some great nights there. The resident group Prism were excellent. I remember one new years day they had to stop the broth being served as they had cooked it in the boiler and it had gone rancid so no one could eat it everyone was so disappointed. Oh happy days.

Has anyone got any updates regarding Tescos. It's gone very quiet. They have done exactly what everyone say they do buy up all the shops and then have the monopoly of the high street and then do nothing. Who is fighting for us at the moment or have we been forgotten. The Bedlington front street looks great at the moment with the new fronts been put on the shops but there are no decent shops now . No real reason to shop apart from food at Tescos which is exactly what they wanted.We are making do with a sub standard Morrisons and Tescos .

I remember when you used to huddle round the fire as you were frozen down the back of you. You ran into the next room and ran back it was so cold no central heating, and all the women had mottled legs with being that close to the open fire. Those were the days.

remember when the bleezer was so worn away that you put the newspaper over the worn out bits and of course you had to be ready for the flames to catch hold of the paper and push it into the fire otherwise it would try to burn the fireside rug.

TALKING ABOUT JAM SANDWICHES KEITH MY DAD WOULD ALSO JUST HAVE JAM SANDWICHES FOR HIS BAIT AS HE SAID IT KEPT YOUR MOUTH MOIST HE ALSO TOOK A BAG OF BLACK BULLETS WITH HIM AS WELL

WE WENT TO ALNWICK AND HAD A SANDWIDH AT A PLACE CALLED GRANNY'S KITCHEN. WE HAD A CORONATION CHICKEN AND BANANA SANDWICH BELIEVE IT OR NOT AND IT WAS GORGEOUS. WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD WORK BUT AS I SAY IT WAS SMASHING .

I TOO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME PICS OF PUDDLERS LANE DON'T KNOW I'VE EVER SEEN ANY. WHY ON EARTH THEY CHANGED THE NAME FROM PUDDLERS TO STEAD BEATS ME.

i TOTALLY AGREE WITH TOM TOM. WHY DOES EVERYTHING THE COUNCIL STARTS DOES IT FINISH AS A RIGHT FARCE. wHY IS IT WE HAVE TO SUCCUMB TO CAR BOOT SALES .i AM SURE IT WOULD BE BETTER IF THEY JUST HOLD THEIR HANDS UP TO FAILURE AND ADMIT IT HASN'T WORKED. PLEASE STOP MAKING OUR STREETS A TIP.

I DO HOPE IT ISN'T AS WE SURELY NEED A DECENT GARAGE IN BEDLINGTON. WE HAVEN'T GOT MUCH ELSE. NO DECENT SHOPS JUST SMALL OUTLETS OF SUPERMARKETS LIKE MORRISONS AND TESCOS. NOT MUCH CHOICE IT IS ALL WE ARE GOOD FOR. PROMISED LOADS BUT NOTHING MATERIALIZES.

Hello Keith, Regarding photo of Mrs Gormans class I can fill in the missing names for you. The girl next to Glenda Main was Margaret Robson. John Tiffin was next to Harry Dixon. Iam sitting next to Mrs Gorman Susan Thompson thats me. Next to Elizabeth Butchart is Grace Smith. I hope it jogs your memory. We had lovely times at Barrington School.