Malcolm Robinson
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Sym........Flashman?
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OK chaps lets see what ya made of. A foaming pint of the Red Lion's finest says Man C don't win after playing 90 mins. Only fair I get the draw!
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Its about them being released convicts Maggie!!!! Bit like when Noah cleaned out his Ark everyday and no one knew what happened to all the stuff that went overboard..... well until Columbus discovered half of it and Cook the other half! Have I managed to insult both continents now? Have a guddun...
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Aye could they Vic! Incidentally Holly is the little girl we all backed to switch on our Xmas lights only a month ago!
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Seems not everyone is happy about it, http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/bedlington-heart-patients-special-garden-6536365
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Talk about edge of your seat foxy.... Flipping heck but the best team won!
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The site is crammed full of topical themes and matter of local interest so it not only provides a snapshot of the Trust and the work the Trust has been doing but also a glimpse into the history of Bedlington and the facilities a contemporary Bedlington has to offer. This will be on-going and updating will be carried out periodically. Also access to the Development Trust videos is now in one place. A Trust spokesperson said "We are aware this could be one of the first ports of calls for anyone looking into and researching Bedlington on-line so we take what we put up very seriously." -
So fill the rest of us in Keith.............
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I think those are called effigies Maggie aren't they?
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We maybe could and should make the claim that visits are therapeutic, which they are of course, and therefore should be free!
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Having been in self-employed business in Bedlington throughout the miners' strike I can add that it wasn't just the miners hanging on for grim death! I will also say that most of the miners I knew had a slate with me and NONE welshed on it! Not sure I would do the same these days but there was certainly comradely in adversity IRRESEPCVITVE of the stance you took on the justification or otherwise of the strike. It was a reality we all had to live with!
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I researched a Bedlington timeline last year Jedo_03 and these are part of it. Full SP on the Orange Bros I have: 1923 In October the three Orange brothers Joseph, Robert & William, wanted to provide a service between Bedlington & Sleekburn Station & purchased 14 seat Model T bus reg number NL6214. 1924 In May they applied for a licence to do this 1924 They took delivery of another bus, a 20 seater Lancia reg number NL6845 1926 They began to pick up passengers from the Haymarket, Newcastle for Bedlington in July 1927 They bought another bus a Gilford Model reg number CN2956 1927 September saw the brothers taking passengers to London for £1 per head 1928 Saw the brothers running night services to London and they opened an office at Kings Cross 1930 The brothers began a service from Newcastle to Edinburgh and Glasgow in July 1930 Later that year the brothers moved their office from Bedlington to the Haymarket at Newcastle 1933 Orange Brothers employed over 100 staff and had 35 coaches 1933 Later in the year they decided to fly the very first air service between Newcastle and London. The "North Mail" had the headline "London to Newcastle in 3 hours" The paper went on to say that Joseph Orange arrived at Cramlington Aerodrome with his sister in a six seater Havilland Dragon similar to the two he intends to use to link London with Teesside and Tyneside. This service was run from Whitemare Pool, a flying field near Sunderland to Stag Lane aerodrome London and the fare would have been £5. They failed to find the capital and the route was begun by a competitor, Railway Air Services instead. 1934 United Automobile Services bought them out. Finally Orange Brothers faded into transport history.
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Cracking writer too.
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elsewhere............ http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/mayor-blyth-coun-bob-parker-6512828
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Well actually.................AHmmmmmmm!
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Happy birthday Canny lass.
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Not to open old wounds......... Pity we can't see both sets of 'papers' written at the time. http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/revealed-how-margaret-thatcher-saved-6464068
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Last Forum meeting: Web version Bed Forum Minutes 28th Oct 2013 .doc
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The very cursory archaeological digs which took place in the late 90's there revealed all the foundations for the old Iron Works building still to be there, albeit underground. A very impetuous young man at the time suggested they could be uncovered, rebuilt into working exhibitions and the whole site classed as a World Heritage Site.
