Malcolm Robinson

Back where it began............ http://www.newspostleader.co.uk/news/local/memorial-dating-back-to-1920-is-returned-1-5775140

How can we make things any worse?????? http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3598/eu-threatened-greek-broadcaster-days-before-it-went-off-air

Very good Eggy!

If only he hid them Maggie!!!!!!!!!!

It was Raisbeck's garage wasn't it?

I think it has to be ecclesiastical records Maggie. I did try to access them via Newcastle University and our HLF but they changed tack at the last minute. I asked to fill in a black hole of around 500 years!

Been trying for funding to do exactly that Wonky! (It looks like a 1950's bus shelter to me!) I was told the idea was way too ambitious and we HAD to protect the historical context! Stop Press............It has been short-listed for funding to at least change the appearance a little, much more like a 'traditional' bandstand and upgrading the area surrounding it too.

An evening to celebrate Bedlington Heritage, the Big Event 2 and Northumberland's Got Talent. WEDNESDAY 3rd JULY 2013 6:00PM - 8:30PM MARQUEE @ ST BENET BISCOP HIGH SCHOOL. See Poster............. heritage poster.pdf

An evening to celebrate Bedlington Heritage, the Big Event 2 and Northumberland's Got Talent. WEDNESDAY 3rd JULY 2013 6:00PM - 8:30PM MARQUEE @ ST BENET BISCOP HIGH SCHOOL. See Poster...... heritage poster.pdf

Tom Sharpe, one of the first writers I bought on authorship. Wicked sense of humour and very risqué! As in a lot of cases, early stuff the best. One novel set in Northumberland, for a while anyway!

The new Pope seems to agree!!!!!!!

WHERE CAN I SHOP NOW? When I was ready to check out and pay for my groceries the cashier said, "Strip down, facing me." Making a mental note so I could complain to my local MP about this running amok security rubbish, I did just as she had instructed. After the shrieking and hysterical remarks finally subsided, I found out that she was referring to how I should position my credit card. Nonetheless, I've been asked to shop elsewhere in the future. They need to make their instructions a little clearer for seniors. Man I hate this getting older stuff.

Just when thing seemed quiet........ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-31/rbs-has-credit-outlook-changed-to-negative-by-standard-poor-s.html

Anything that had like old black bitumen on which would burn great on the bonfire. Used to drip everywhere. Get a drop on your hand and you had a scar for life.

Just noticed. That drink I got you last night, must have known it was your birthday! Happy Birthday.

"The name Camus/Camas (both versions are used, though the version Camus, which has been in use for generations in both Irish and English has been retained by the great majority of the population) may come from the shape of a nearby bay in which the tides come and go through the narrow strait." Well that seems to fit nicely!

I often wondered about that Maggie, I presumed it was something.... wood.

Yep... :lol:

Not good news for our High Streets! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22686180

Sorry Keith, should have said 'boycott'.

Slovenia looking for an EU banking bailout now?

Eggy, Your account of your first experience working should be required reading for all school leavers, the title of which would be, "How we gave away our world class manufacturing base!" The best we can hope for now is to bolt together pre-made (in other parts of the world) and delivered to site bits which will make up the likes of the trains Hitachi are being applauded for 'making' here.

Should I Really Join Facebook? Read it all the way through - It's a good laugh! AND really quite true!!A good laugh for people in the over 60 group…. When I bought my Smartphone, I thought about the 30-year business I ran with 1800 employees, all without a cell phone that plays music, takes videos, pictures and communicates with Facebook and Twitter. I signed up under duress for Twitter and Facebook, so my seven kids, their spouses, my 13 grand kids and 2 great grand kids could communicate with me in the modern way. I figured I could handle something as simple as Twitter with only 140 characters of space. That was before one of my grand kids hooked me up for Tweeter, Tweetree, Twhirl, Twitterfon, Tweetie and Twitterific, Tweetdeck, Twitpix and something that sends every message to my cell phone and every other program within the texting World. My phone was beeping every three minutes with the details of everything except the bowel movements of the entire next generation. I am not ready to live like this. I keep my cell phone in the garage in my golf bag. The kids bought me a GPS for my last birthday because they say I get lost every now and then going over to the grocery store or library. I keep that in a box under my tool bench with the Blue tooth [it's red] phone I am supposed to use when I drive. I wore it once and was standing in line at Barnes and Noble talking to my wife and everyone within 50 yards was glaring at me. I had to take my hearing aid out to use it, and I got a little loud. I mean the GPS looked pretty smart on my dash board, but the lady inside that gadget was the most annoying and rudest person I had run into in a long time. Every 10 minutes she would sarcastically say, "Re-calc-u-lating." You would think that she could be nicer. It was like she could barely tolerate me. She would let go with a deep sigh and then tell me to make a U-turn at the next light. Then if I made a right turn instead. Well, it was not a good relationship... When I get really lost now, I call my wife and tell her the name of the cross streets and, while she is starting to develop the same tone as Gypsy, the GPS lady, at least she loves me. To be perfectly frank, I am still trying to learn how to use the cordless phones in our house. We have had them for 4 years, but I still haven't figured out how I lose three phones all at once and have to run around digging under chair cushions, checking bathrooms, and the dirty laundry baskets when the phone rings. The world is just getting too complex for me. They even mess me up every time I go to the grocery store. You would think they could settle on something themselves but this sudden "Paper or Plastic?" every time I check out just knocks me for a loop. I bought some of those cloth reusable bags to avoid looking confused, but I never remember to take them with me. Now I toss it back to them. When they ask me, "Paper or plastic?" I just say, "It doesn't matter to me. I am bi-sacksual." Then it's their turn to stare at me with a blank look. I was recently asked if I tweet. I answered, No, but I do fart a lot."

You asked for it..... Paddy and Paddy, two Irishmen, went out one day and each bought a pig. When they got home, Paddy turned to Paddy and said, "Paddy, me ol' mate, how are we going to tell who owns which Pig?" Paddy says, "Well Paddy, I'll cut one of de ears off my Pig, and ten we can tell them apart." "Ah, dat id be grand," says Paddy. This worked fine until a couple of weeks later, when Paddy stormed into the house. "Paddy" he said, "Your Pig has chewed the ear off my Pig. Now we got two pigs with one ear each.. How are we going to tell who owns which pig?" "Well Paddy," says Paddy,"I'll cut at other ear off my pig. Ten we'll ave two pigs and only one of them will avan ear". "Ah tat'd be grand" says Paddy. Again, this worked fine until a couple of weeks later, when Paddy again stormed into the house. "Paddy", he said, "Your pig has chewed the other ear offa my pig!!!" "Now, we got two pigs with no ears!!!. How we gonna tell who owns which pig?" "Ah, dis is serious, Paddy" said Paddy.. "I'll tell ya what I'll do. I'll cut de tail offa my pig. Den we'll av two pigs with no ears and only one tail." "Ah tat'd be grand" says Paddy. Another couple of weeks went by and...........you guessed it, Paddy stormed into the house once more. "PADDY," shouted Paddy, "YOUR PIG HAS CHEWED THE TAIL OFFA MY PIG, AND NOW WE GOT TWO PIGS WITH NO EARS AND NO TAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. HOW DE ARE WE GONNA TELL 'EM APART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "Ah, damm" says Paddy, "how's about you ave the black one, and I'll ave the white one"

I would like to make a couple of points. First if I stood up on the Nail and shouted what those people are shouting in that video I would EXPECT to have my collar felt pretty dammed sharpish by the boys in blue. Incitement to any number of things no doubt. Why then if we are all the same under the law weren't all those people nicked? Certainly for these hard lined hateful clerics we keep reading about, a swift deportation to whatever Middle Eastern utopia they are trying to recreate here would be first order of business! Secondly we ask our armed services to protect this country wherever and whenever we, the democratically elected government operating supposedly under international law, dictates. We should do EVERYTHING in our power to make sure this country is safe for them to walk the streets with their heads held high. We owe them a debt which very few of us will ever repay. I don't agree with Keith's original premise that we should be banning Asian owned corner shops or other businesses, I think we should be looking at them and wondering why the indigenous population haven't got the same work ethic!