Malcolm Robinson

I thought that was No7! I like No 1.

Only understood here? http://www.buzzfeed.com/samjparker/northumberland

This and gasification are a politician's wet dream but a nightmare for anyone else!

New York Times, just missed out on God's County! A few miles further north........ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/travel/lost-in-time-in-englands-northeast.html?_r=0

Sure is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QOcORkFhm4

When I lived in France there was a small hamlet just up the river from us and once a year there was a memorial service at the large memorial carved stone near the chapel there. During the war this area had been a hot bed for the Resistance and there were a lot of munitions being hidden. After rounding up all the inhabitants the Germans asked where the munitions were being hidden and who was in the Resistance. After no answers were forthcoming the whole lot of the villagers were shot. As with a lot of small villages and communes anywhere, family members were prolific in the locality so it's hardly any wonder this sort of remembrance has been maintained.

New book....... http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/grandfather-pens-book-forgotten-northumberland-7157728

So who was the wise guy/(S) who has smashed one of the tubs and started pulling out flowers in one of the the other tubs at the old Top Club? Any info will be gratefully received but could well result in broken limbs!

I think one of them might be an ex Bedlington teacher! 4 sacks of broken glass and weeds taken out.......unbelievable! Big vote of thanks to Russell, couldn't have done it without him. Also Brenda, Brian and of course Adam.

Couple of ways GGG. Anyone can contact the council……. 01670 457070 or online at the Councils website www.westbedlington.org.uk. Don't let council involvement put anyone off, that should change quite soon! Or PM me and I will pass on phone numbers. Group meets twice a month at present but there has been a lot to organise, soon that will change as the season changes. Obviously a much quieter back end of the year. Look out for 120 hanging baskets going up tomorrow!!!!!!!

Only place I have had cherry beer.........yack!

Conjugation ex-B or translation? Damm those French verbs!

Got to admit I got a couple wrong too Brett!

Bonjour a tous, eh bien, http://www.buzzfeed.com/sirajdatoo/would-you-pass-gcse-french-right-now

Now you will just make us blush Maggie! Loads of great stuff coming out of this group...........

Group of volunteers cleaned up the old Top Club last night. Part of the Bedlington in Bloom initiative. More to come this weekend! Why not get involved and help?

1883 William Barnes, candle-maker sold out to John Muter of Bedlington 1883 John Muter began manufacturing mineral waters at Sleekburn (BDT Timeline.)

HPW, Don't worry about getting it wrong or whatever we can still have a mature discussion. You are not saying anything 90% of the population don't say and believe. The problem for me is that there is plenty of properly apportioned blame to go around councils for stuff they have and are doing, so much in fact no wonder it's a popular myth they are to blame for everything! If only we could hold people to account for past indiscretions, I am afraid that's a privilege only us the proletariat are allowed to endure! You know the people of Bedlington chipped in once before to buy a monument, its standing at the Top End next to the roundabout, and they had nowt by comparison (certainly a far as disposable incomes go) in those days.

All the best, have a good'un.

Spot on Merc!

Cup final winners! http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/sport/local-sport/football/deadlocked-cup-final-won-by-wharton-on-penalties-1-6644746

I wonder if it might have something to do with the Slayley Court entrance, because that is now the entrance for all the building traffic for the new houses down there? I know its not the same entrance but being adjacent.........its not a leap to imagine someone working on the wrong bit of road! Also I heard the Cricket Club are looking to expand not close shop.

HPW, First of all let's just say I support and sympathise with a call for a miner's memorial in Bedlington but why something like the NUM can't do it bemuses me! Anyway your posting contains a number of popular inaccuracies and no doubt I will be seen as one of the poor excuses for councillors we have but this really needs to be put right. You mention council, "the council spent on painting the Rostrum” and "Look at the keep-fit equipment along Cambois beach”. You are actually referring to two councils one West Bedders the other East Bedders. It might be popular to pilloried "Council” but the basic inaccuracy doesn't help the argument. Secondly no council spent anything on "painting the Rostrum” that was funded by a SITA grant. Likewise the gym equipment at Cambois and the Rail sculpture, both were funded by grants not ratepayers! The point about trying to "shame a councillor into helping out” is a moot point too because Adam is a councillor and has championed the idea at council meetings only to be told that while council would support a community initiative they didn't feel spending ratepayers money and leading on this sort of project was justified. The ball is quite firmly in the community's court, if you want to organise a group to lead on a project like this then do it, I can almost guarantee it would get support from all over. Holding up "Council” as a generic panacea to everything or the root cause of all evil is as unworkable and outdated as it sounds. And before everyone has a go at me I have asked about the likelihood of the NUM funding or part funding a memorial only to be told it's not something they would consider!

Any good gardeners here? (See news section) 2014 Entry Form Gardening Competition.pdf

Eggy........as if!!!!!!!!!