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  1. Canny lass
    Where's Wilf?
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    The year is 2019 The date is January 1st This planet is Earth. I offer this information from the kindness of my heart to all those who may be wondering this morning. Happy New Year everyone (and Happy Birthday 3g).
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    Thanks Eggy! Mines not working either.
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    I hope my OH hasn't heard about this or I'll be getting it for Christmas! Ever the romantic!
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    From the frozen North - a very Merry Christmasto everyone.
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    Don't know about the qualiity of the singing in that video but the dialect was music to the ear!
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    Infant school 1946 or 7.jpg
    I think that might be the first picture I've seen of Yard Row (background).
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    Could be 'The Road Not Taken', Maggie. (Robert Frost)
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    I would just take that as a compliment, Malcolm! You're clearly doing the job too well and it's ruffling a few feathers. Keep up the good work!
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    .... that must have been one of them bonny coloured, chequered bath towels that they sold in the pit canteen.
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    1965 Mrs Fox's class clarting named.jpg
    That's amazing! All that's left to say is 'Carry on clarting!' you're doing a great job! Thanks.
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    1965 Mrs Fox's class clarting named.jpg
    I've explored many avenues looking for a logical explanation for this title but never in a million years would I have come up with that one !
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    Class 5 - c1962
    Christine Rowell it is!
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    scan 14-3-15109.jpg
    Would I be right in thinking that's Bower Grange?
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    Sometimes it does refer to the actual 'open and close' type of gate but not so often. It all depends on when the name was given.Citys and towns became walled in to protect the inhabitants and to allow some control over who could enter. (Why am I reminded of America ?) Naturally those walls needed the odd opening to allow entry and exit. Of convenience these openings were placed over the existing roadways - then called 'gata'. Over the years the word gata/gate was eventually used for the door itself. A sure sign that the road and not the door is being referred to is when you see the words 'within' and 'without' in the street name either side of the opening. Oldgate Within, Oldgate Without or Bondgate Within, Bondgate without are two of the most common I've come across. As miners use 'gate' when referring to the roadways in the mines, you can be assured that it's been in use a long time.
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    1965 Mrs Fox's class clarting named.jpg
    Eggy, would you like to explain the title: 'Mrs Fox's class clarting'. Clarting?
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    Class 5 - c1962
    I agree with Rigger but with reservations for Pat French/Kathleen Brown. I also agree that #25 is Ann TYLER, not Ann Smith. I can also confirm that #20 is indeed Pat May and #33 is Joyce Butcher. It's amazing what a bit of memory jogging can do! Thanks Rigger. With Pat French vs. Kathleen Brown I'm not sure. These two looked quite similar and I'd completely forgotten Kathleen. I'm leaning more towards Kathleen now but not 100% sure. There's another girl in this class who's name hasn't cropped up yet: Dorothy Dickinson. Could she be #19 or #35 Thanks Lorraine! #16 is indeed Margaret Coppin, though I wouldn't have recognised her from this photo - or you yourself.
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    Class 5 - c1962
    I have to admit that 42 looks like Gladys Stewart but I wondered what she was doing in this group as she would be a couple of years younger than those I recognise. Could this be several classes or some other combination of pupils (as there are three teacherst here)?
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    Class 5 - c1962
    16 Lorraine Armstrong 18 Jacqueline Armstrong 24 Barbara (Stephenson?) 25 Ann Smith 26 Janice (Surname given as Hindhaugh on an earlier class photo) 27 Lesley Bainbridge 31 ? Patricia French 32 Eileen Brown 36 Yvonne Williamson 37 Sylvia Hindhaugh/Hindmarsh 43 Lorna Hudson
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    Great news! Not so great news!
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    Westridge Late 50s
    "Update from No 12 Derek Johnstone - he thinks No 13 Peter Sadler & No 24 Derek Taylor". I can confirm that.
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    ... or take more water with it, maybe.
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    November 16 2010, according to The Journal: http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/local-news/jobs-boost-bedlington-wetherspoons-prepares-4444986
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    Thanks, Rigger! This is a long överdue and very welcome addition to the material available for research today. I'll be using this quite a lot!
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    1975BrentfordNylonsNethertonCollieryBand.jpg
    Thanks for all the info, Bandsman1966. What a sad end for the band. I loved that band as a kid and me and my brother often played at being'bandsmen' marching (in our fashion) ehind them when they were practicing outside the institute,
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