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I could do with some help remembering all my various numbers. My computer is in chaos since the last uppgrade and I now have to log in every time i visit a site - despite asking for my details to be remembered. I seem to remember 3g once giving some tips about having all Pin numbers saved under one PIN number (or have I dreamed about it?). Does anybody have any experience of and/or can recommend anything useful - but not too complicated?

I'm sure you would, Vic! The amount of bird seed you'd be using would be astronomical!

Consider yourself chastised! I'll be expecting an apple on my desk first thing Monday morning.

Time to get the grey matter working again! 1. In Greek mythology who was the God of the Underworld? 2. Who had a number one hit in 1982 with Happy Talk? 3. Who was once reported to have bitten off a bat’s head on stage? 4. Rudolf Hess was the last prisoner in which prison? 5. What colour is a ship’s starboard light? 6. What is the unit of currency in Norway? 7. Along with the kayak which other type of canoe is used in the Olympics? 8. What is the Vulgate a version of? 9. What is the largest continent in the world? 10. What is a Pirani Guage used to measure? 11. How many horns does an Indian rhinoceros have? 12. From which tree does the chewing gum ingredient ‘chicle’ come? I’ll bet you didn’t know …. The largest bird in the world, the ostrich, weighs 48 000 times as much as the smallest bird, the bee hummingbird. Answers on Thursday next week.

Would I do that to you! No, I'm not pulling your leg.Tthe question referred to a "billiard table". I think your answer referred to Carom billiards (very popular here btw) or Four Ball billiards. Billiards combines some features of both Carom and pool and is played on a table with the same dimensions as a Snooker table:3569mm x 1778mm, height (floor to top of cushion) 851mm to 876 mm in accordance with the rules standardized by the World professional Billiards and Snooker Association. The shorter version is used in Japan. ... and, I'm sure i don't need to remind you: "the judge is always right"

Answers to last week's quiz: 1. Orthodontics 2. Keep 3. Tower Hamlets 4. Grimaldi 5. Top Cat 6. Oyster 7. Battle of Balaclava 8. The legs are shorter 9. Salisbury 10. Adam Faith 11. Jack Nicklaus 12. Red Hot Poker New quiz tomorrow.

AMENDMENT!! Sorry, I don't know where my head was yesterday but it doesn't seem to have been on my shoulders as I've got my left and right mixed up! The text should read (amendments in capitals): You can see Bebside Furnace straddling the B.1330 (bottom left) The row on the RIGHT of the B.1330 is Brick Row. The row on left side is Stone Row (-Back and -Front, formerly known as Sea View). The row on the LEFT at a right angle to the B.1330 is Paradise Row.

Welcome to the forum, Campers! Do you have any more information on William or Thomas: age at marriage and occupation would be a good start? Should be on the marriage certificate. Stone Row was located in the area shown at the right hand corner of Eggy’s photo at Bebside Furnace. As you see, nothing exists of the buildings today. They were demolished in the fifties. Though not officially in Bedlington, as far as census records are concerned, it was within the parish of Bedlington and the 1911 census has several instances of residents giving their address as Bedlington while the enumerator’s records show the correct address as Bebside Furnace. I even found one resident on the 1901 census who gives his address in Bebside Furnace as Bank Top, though this was an area on the opposite side of the river. The Furnace was also the home of my parents and their parents before them at the turn of the century. I don’t know how familiar you are with the Bedlington area but here’s a map of the wider area we are discussing. You can see Bebside Furnace straddling the B.1330 (bottom left). The row on the left of the B.1330 is Brick Row. The row on the left side is Stone Row (-Back and -Front, formerly known as Sea View). The row on the right at a right angle to the B.1330 is Paradise Row. Here’s a map of the area 1897 which Eggy did for me to help with a bit of earlier research. It might help you too. And here is the best photo I’ve managed to find. The chimneys running north to south to the right of the single tall chimney are the chimneys of Stone Row. The row of chimneys on the far left are of Brick Row while the row running left to right in the distance is Paradise Row. The street names changed quite often as the area was developed. Wood Row became Paradise Row. Stone Row (which seems to have been an extension of Sea View) was built later and the most modern row was called Brick Row – to distinguish it from the other two. As far as I’ve been able to understand Stone Row Back and Stone Row Front are one and the same row of houses with entrances from both sides, hence back and front. Quite a common occurrence earlier in Bedlington. Initially this doesn’t seem to have been the case but there was a desperate shortage of housing at the time so one house with two entrances (one front – facing the main road) and one back (facing the back street, outside toilet and allotment type garden) may have been divided to house two families. The front door would lead directly onto the staircase allowing access to the upstairs rooms which would house one family while the back door would give access to the downstairs rooms. I assume the toilet would be shared. I‘ve researched the area well and I’ve never found any Youngs living in any of the streets at Bebside Furnace on the 1911 census but I have come across a Thomas Young with a son, William born about 1893 on the 1901 census. If I can be of any help feel free to ask.

Coop stands for exactly the same thing as it does in England - Cooperative Society. It's an international movement where all stores have basically the same principles and practices: Food at affordable prices, owned by its members, all profits shared by members. It's come a long way from its humble beginnings in the UK to now being established in hundreds of countries.

Bit late today but better late than never! 1. Which branch of dentistry is concerned with the correction of badly positioned teeth? 2. What English name is given to the great tower of a castle? 3. In which London Borough is Poplar? 4. What did Grace Kelly’s surname change to in 1956? 5. In which cartoon series did the characters try to avoid Officer Dibble? 6. A spat is the young of which mollusc? 7. During which battle did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place? 8. How does a Japanese billiard table differ from others around the world? 9. Which British cathedral has a clock with no face? 10. Who asked “What do you want if you don’t want money?” 11. Which golfer was nicknamed the ‘Golden Bear’? 12. The plant Kniphofia is better known by what name I’ll bet you didn’t know …. The first book on plastic surgery was written in 1597. Answers on Thursday next week.

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

Best thing to do in that case is to hand it in to the local police station. It's where I would enquire first and who knows, it may have been stolen and dumped. But good luck with return. Always nice with someone whose honest.

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Hope it was a good day, Brian. Nice to see you back on site.

I see. Mischief just came naturally to you then?

My word, you lot scrub up well! I didn't know i was hob-nobbing with such elegance! Congratulations Eggy. Keep up your wonderful work.

Apropos running: There's a saying here that if you see a boy running he's just been up to mischief. If you see a boy walking he's on his way to do mischief and if you see a boy sitting still he's wondering what mischief he can get up to!

Would that be with or without your mother chasing after you?

Answers to last week's quiz: 1. Seismograph 2. Peru 3. Hydroponics 4. Michael 5. The Kattegat 6. Dr. Carrot and Potato Pete 7. Vanessa Paradis 8. Queen Victoria 9. Pyramid 10. Men 11. 20 12. Harold Macmillan New quiz tomorrow.

And here are a couple of photos of Second Street/Plessey Street: This is the whole colliery area showing the four rows in question: Nearest thecamera is Third street followed by Plessey Street (2nd Second Street), Second Street (1st Second Street) and last is First Street. Here you see the gable ends of L - R Second Street (1st Second Street, Plessey Street (2nd Second Street) and Third Street viewed from the northern end (next to the railway line). Finally, this is Third Street viewed from the northern end. Plessey Street (2nd Second Street) is opposite so it's a mirror image of your grandparents home.

OK Martyn, here's the info I mentioned about Second Street vs. Plessey Street. It's a long document but I think it's worth posting for future reference: 1911 census, the enumerators round followed this route around the colliery: First Street 1-32 (3 rooms), 1st Second Street 1-27 (4 rooms), 2nd Second Street 1-30 (3 rooms), Third Street 1-25 (4 rooms) Addresses given by a) Residents and b) Enumerator for dwellings in Second Street Netherton1911 census. Details in brackets are amendments to the residents entry made by the enumerator. Deletions made in the form of crossing out also made by the enumerator and the address amended to match his own records. I can add here that even one resident of First Street gives his address as Plessey Street. So great was the confusion. Note that two residents refer to their address as Plessey Street “West”. I find this odd as it would have been the eastern part of Second Street adjacent to First Street. a)Resident b)Enumerator (1st) Second Street 1st Second Street 2 Plessey Street 2 Second Street 2 Plessey Street 2 1st Second Street 2 Plessey Street West 2 1st Second Street 3 Plessey Street 3 1st Second Street 4 Plessey Street West 4 1st Second Street 5 Plessey Street 5 1st Second Street 6 1st Second Street 6 1st Second Street 7 Plessey Street 7 1st Second Street 9 (1st) Second Street 9 1st Second Street 10 Plessey Street 10 1st Second Street 12 Second Street 12 Second Street 13 (1st) Second Street 13 1st Second Street 14 (1st) Second Street 14 1st Second Street 15 Plessey Street 15 1st Second Street 17 (1st) Second Street 17 1st Second Street 19 (1st) Second Street 19 1st Second Street 20 (1st) Second Street 20 1st Second Street 21 (1st) Second Street 21 1st Second Street 22 (1st) Second Street 22 1st Second Street 23 (1st) Second Street 23 1st Second Street 24 (1st) Second Street 24 1st Second Street 25 (1st) Second Street 25 1st Second Street 26 Plessey 26 1st 2nd Street 27 1st (Second) Netherton 27 1st 2nd Street 1 (2nd) Second Street 1 2nd Second Street 2 (2nd) Second Street 2 2nd Second Street 3 2nd Second Street 3 2nd Second Street 4 Plessey (2nd Second) Street 4 2nd Second Street 5 2nd Second Street 5 2nd Second Street 6Plessey (2nd Second) St. 6 2nd Second Street 7 Second Single(Second) Street 7 2nd Second Street 8 Second Street 8 2nd /2nd Street 9 2nd Street 9 2nd Second Street 10 Second Street 10 2nd Second Street 11 2nd Second Street 11 2nd Second Street 12 Second Street 12 2nd Second Street 13 second Street 13 2nd Second Street 14 Second Street 14 2nd Second Street 15 Second Street 15 2nd Second Street 16 Second Street 16 2nd Second Street 17 2nd Street 17 2nd Second Street 18 Second Street 18 2nd Second Street 19 Second Street 19 2nd Second Street 20 Second Street 20 2nd Second Street 21 Second Street 21 2nd Second Street 22 Second Street 22 2nd Second Street 23 2nd Second Street 23 2nd Second Street 24 2nd Second Street 24 2nd Second Street 25 Second Street 25 2nd Second Street 26 Plessey Row 26 2nd Second Street 27 Second Street 27 2nd Second Street 28 Second Street 28 2nd Second Street 29 2nd Single Row 29 2nd Second Street 30 Second Street 30 2nd Second Street Any questions, feel free to ask.