Canny lass

Very best wishes, Vic. have a great day!

There was a Mr. bebington at Westridge too, taught biology. Would it be the same one?

This is all very well but what's the tale about the budgie!

I Think the system got a shock HPW, you Writing all posh in your last posts.

I feel i must be living a very sheltered Life here! Cramlington Budgie Strangler? Somebody explain!

Welcome to the forum Alan.

Got to agree with GGG on this one!

Couldn't get past 2, Eggy! I couldn't even get as far as 2 (or even 1, if I'm honest).

Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy Birthday, dear Merc Happy birthday to you. Sung to the tune of Happy Birthday to you.

Thanks Symptoms.

Well thanks for that. I've had it all wrong for years!

Good question, Adam!

In Old English Bede is actually spelled 'Baed' and comes from the Word meaning to pray. However, I Think Cuthbert was his pupil so Bede was probably named before Cuthbert died. Didn't Bede die Before Cuthbert?

Or a tattooist, Merc. How on Earth does Bedlington support two tattoo parlours?

Maggie, i Think we can Believe Bosworth. His work is still a leading source of information within linguistics. It's almost a couple of hundred years old but is still reprinted, with amendments and modifications, even today. However, let's not be mislead by the entry quoted by Eggy (good work finding that Eggy). 'Baed' has other meanings. For example it's also the past tense of a verb 'beddan' which means to pray. Still used in the Scandinavian languages as 'bad' (prayed) and even in the English language, albeit archaic, as 'bade' (asked).

I Think most houses in Haig Rd., Beatty Rd. and Cornwall Crescent had arches. It was a modernity of the time to bring the outdoor toilet 'indoors'.

This is an interesting one Eggy! Good Point about the chimney stacks. However, there don't appear to be any Gable ends in the photo. I Think they are hipped 'rooves'. Could be the blocks of four houses on Beatty Road, behind Haig Road. There was a small area of grass there as well.

Broken Music: a memoir. GREAT!

What was the legal age for being served a drink in a pub back in the 50s -60s? I bought, and tasted, my first alcoholic drink (also a Cherry B ) in 1965 after completeing a nursing exam. I was 18½. Was I breaking the law? The drink was awful but I perservered and drank it.

Maggie, I must have missed your last posting dated 10th January 'told vs. telt'. I have no answer for that. Could be Geordie but I Think I've Heard it in other parts of England and Scotland. I'll keep it in mind for the next time in the faculty.

Fair enough Brett. I hadn't realised it was a private Company.

It wasn't a fountain as such, Maggie, with spurting water, but it was a drinking fountain where you could quench your thirst from a water outlet above the semi-circular Bowl on the side.

I'm with Keith 2 on this one, Haig Road. My aunt used to live there and her daughter and i used to play under the archway. The archway didn't separate two houses as you might Think but was under one half, the rear half, of one house. The toilet and coal house were on one side of the 'tunnel' and the back door, leading into the kitchen, was on the other. I Believe the Picture must be taken from the rear of the houses that backed onto the park (sorry, I can't remember the name) that ran the length of Park Road. There was often a football match going on there when we went past on a Saturday.

I Think you'll find they, traffic wardens, have quite a bit of lawful jurisdiction. When I lived in London (it's many years ago now) one of my colleages was fined on the spot by a traffic warden for parking too Close to a junction and thereby blocking it. She complained as she thought that it wasn't within the warden's rights to do so - but it certainly was! I Think there are a few other 'crimes' they can fine you for as well. They can certainly clamp your Wheels and have the police tow you away, and apparently the police can't refuse.

Sounds like a good start! It started here about 20 years ago with newspapers and glass jars/bottles and there was loads of information delivered, often, to all households, They've been adding to the list ever since. There was already a system for dealing with aluminium cans, which I forget to mention earlier. They all have a deposit and the empties are fed into a macine at the supermarket, when you do your weekly shopping. You get a receipt for the deposits which you use to pay for your groceries at any store. All PET bottles have a deposit as well as do glass bottles for soft drinks. These are also fed into the machine to get your Money back. We also have sorting for recycling at the tip and you can go there whenever you like with whatever you like. It's Always manned if you need help but the problem is they are usually very remote. Otherwise, Collection Points are numerous and usually adjoined to places that people visit often, so we're not polluting with extra car journeys. There are large centres that take care of composting and anybody can go there with a trailer and collect potting compost. The quality is excellent! On a less positive note, this system has caused untold problems for some elderly people and Home - helps are run off their feet taking care of household waste when they could be doing other things.