Canny lass

And that was just the lasses, Paul!

And from me too!

Certainly do Foxy. The opencast was a field where we used to play that originally belonged to Fails Farm, if I'm not misstaken. It was between the colliery rows and what eventually became North Ridge. One of the things I remember about the opencast was a small red brick building, just up the road from Raisbeck's Garage, where they used to put new treads on enormous tyres. Possibly from the trucks on the site. The smell was horrible.

We've been trusting the technology here for years Maggie. It works just fine. Everybody here wants wind turbines BUT nobody wants them in their back garden!! Unfortunately they have very large back gardens. It's a real headache. I personally Think they are quite attractive but could be improved if they were painted to look like flowers (pink/ blue/red petals, yellow centre, green stalk). It could be like a field of poppies swaying in the wind! I Think there's something soothing about the steady motion of a wind turbine. A possible alternative to NHS prescribed tranquilizers.

Rreminds me of something I saw in China a couple of years ago. Land for agriculture is now hard to find so they are building multi-storey green houses. Look just like blocks of flats.

I also had such a trusty steed for getting to and from school in Nedderton village. I don't remember that emblem though. On mine there was only a very simple CWS in gold-coloured lettering.

Origin's a bit more difficult. Longbenton maybe? I'll have to work on it.

OR Take cover behind me. You will be safe there and i will protect you.

Yes, I miss it too.

She'll also get an earfull from her mother, doing that on a White sofa with her shoes on!!

What can I say! I bow to your superior intellect Keith.

If only I could Eggy! These things are totally beyond my Control.

Louped it is! Even this is a left-over from the Vikings, hlaupa. Still in use in Iceland.

That must be the Bedlington Station Spelling is it Keith? I Always spell it as lowped.

Well lucky you! I Think I was over 20 Before I got to the Town Moor. I never experienced it as a Child. By then I just called it the Town moor.

Did ye not call them 'the hoppins' like we did in Netherton? I once won a goldfish at the hoppins. My mother wasn't at all happy about having to buy a goldfish bowl and thought my father was an idiot for letting me choose a goldfish. My father thought it was OK, a jam jar would do as the fish would be dead in a couple of weeks, he said. She had to give in after a month or so and it lived to the ripe old age of 14 years. sorry about the underlining. I have lost all Control over bold face, italics, underlining and crossing out. Capital letters seem to have developed a mind of their own as well!

And so it is Malcolm. It can be made with fruit.

Thanks Malcolm & Maggie. Is the Northumbrian tartan black & White or is it just the photo?

I never knew that Northumberland had a flag! Any Pictures?

John Darling was in my class at Westridge. Fantastic voice! He was in the Choir at St. Cuthberts Church. I don't know if he was related to Audrey.

I go with scone mixture, Malcolm. However if you consult the Wiki- Oracle, and more important - if you Believe the Wiki-oracle - you'll find it can be made with dumplings as well. It's actually got quite an interesting history our cobbler. Did you know that there are several variations on the recipe in the USA, where it originated among the British colonials? They have some wonderful names like slump, grump, dump, buckle and sonker (the cobblers, not the Colonials). Can I expect to find cobblers on the menu in France?

Now there's a thing Maggie! They talk about ivy as though it is a tree here as well. "of all the trees that are in the Woods, the Holly bears the Crown".

What a shame!

Still having trouble with the font I see!

I've Always sung that as 'The oak and the ash and the Bonny ivy' (Pronounced i-ivy, to keep the rhythm right).: Never Heard the Rowan mentioned Before or any ivy tree. As you say, it's not a tree.