Adam Hogg

Should cash in that old Donkey Jacket with the holes in Bill stops you losing your money .

Good to see you back Bill. Missed you talk like always.

At the end of the day if there are Bats on site or in the building they will not be able to remove or kill the bats as it is an offense to do so and i'm sure you will be keeping your eyes open and contacting the right people if you see anything like this happen.

Waste of money, Why? It only reduces the trip time from London to Birmingham by 20 minutes. Only goes to Birmingham not up to the top of the county (north east mainly as you don't know what Scotland wants) Does not decrease amount of trains on routes like the east coast and west coast mainlines. Could be better spent on opening older routes I.E Blyth and Tyne to reduce trains on mainlines. Have other reasons but don't want to bore you all.

Anyone have any idea how to get bats into the building that will stop them. Also this issue is on the agenda of West Bedlington Town Council on the 14/11/2013 under planning and I must say will be vote against the application for a number of reasons, hopefully the other Town Councillors will do the same and that will mean a letter of objection from West Bedlington Town Council.

The problem with Swan Hunter in 2006 was they had poor management, resulting in delays and cost overruns: http://en.wikipedia....yme_Bay_(L3007) Then the MOD removed Swan Hunter from any future Royal Navy project meaning swan hunter stopped building ships and lost jobs. Also depends on what you class as growth of industry (more Jobs or more money) if jobs none only because of more advanced technology however most operated at profit until the 80's when places steelworks, mines, etc. where flooded with new unneeded equipment and deemed unprofitable. One last thing though what Industry has grew though private enterprise since the privatization's of the 80's and 90's?

Another Industry going to dust thanks to the Tories, If they had not been privatized thousands of jobs would have still been in the Newcastle, Gateshead, Teeside, and now Portsmouth along with many others. Politics Should never come before jobs look over the last 20 years Politics before Jobs: British Coal, British Steel, British Leyland, British Rail, Vickers, Alcan all victims of privatization, Lack of investment, Green Taxes and now Referendums.

Welcome to the forum Jen, Hope you enjoy it here.

At the time you are talking about the miners cottages, I would have thought they would be owned by the colliery company so the Bedlington Coal Company, as well as that the colliery your relatives would have most likely worked at would have been Bedlington A colliery next to Bedlington station. at least i would have thought i may be wrong.

I would have guessed you where a right little monkey when you were little Keith L.

Welcome Rod, good luck with finding your family roots.

Hope they don't make them any bigger because Kieth L will be making kylie minogue if they do.

Just for another bit of information, the dragline in the photo served at Bedlington, Widdrington, Butterwell and Stobswood opencasts and even featured on BBC's Jim'll Fix it, but was taken out of service in 1993 by RJB mining and stood out of service till it was sold for scrap in 2003 by UK coal the contractor who dismantled it was O'Brien demolition and dismantling.

This the article you talking about? If so, It's copyright owned by the news post leader.

As I said before Barton Rafie that could be looked at, but we don't have a group and I can't do it all myself.

Shame a Memorial like that can't be for Bedlingtonshire Miners, but nobody seems interested in starting a working group and trying to get a memorial for Bedlingtonshire Miners except me and I can't do it all myself.

Done it Malcolm, hopefully it get good levels of replies.

Someone has to Foxy, its my new business: Bedlington Knitting .

I can spot two at least, in the photos, but I'm not saying who they are. Could get it on the quiz on here.

Better luck next time Keith, Wait till Bedrock 2014 I here that they got Kylie just for you.

What a present for him canny lass, he will be happy.

Happy Birthday GGGG have a good one.

AH HA Proof Malcolm is a Witch!

A sad moment was announced today (2nd October) that Tom Clancy has Died Aged 66. I am a fan of Tom Clancy Novels some of which were turned into films and Video games, he was one of the best and he will be sadly missed, Rest In Peace Tom Clancy.