Cyril

She was mint, tough exterior but a heart of gold.

Margate Gallery is,nt exactly the Tate Royal and judging by the standard its not good enough for the Loo Wall

Just as an MP who retired said............"He was a victim of the system"

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I complaind bitterly at the time because of the immoral earnings of this person. Guess what it fell on deaf ears, those individuals should also have their judgement called to question.

And did you still see the "Station Star" Thank you

Fascinating pictures. Its great looking back on our town,s "development" some good some bad but nontheless very interesting, thank you to ALL who put them on here.

I knew I had or thought I had seen the words "de profundis" somewhere ............. Thank you Canny lass it was doing my heed in

Again

ONLY 3.5 million I would,nt bother getting out of bed for that amount, I get them for 20 million I obviously know richer scammers than you lol. Scarey thing is there are those out there that actually believe this crap is it greed, gulability, naivety, or just plain stupid.

I do my little bit, a part of my business allbeit a small part is that I supply materials that are exported to all corners of the world via a few of my larger customers and the bloody Chinese have the worst double standards of them all we import certain products that are turned around and sent back to them and the cheeky buggers have the ordasity to have the most stringent standards before they will accept it back as an import.

I could,nt agree more..........

Unfortunatly....... Enough said ..... But thank you once again for taking the time to reply...

Well Witherspoons are doing very well as are Tesco,s and Morrisons car park is invariably busy there,s building work going on all over the town, the town,s getting a well overdue makeover, the independant traders are still here ..... yes I,m fully aware of the history of Bedlington I have lived here all my life and yes we have for decades played second fiddle to Ashington, bliddy hell even Newbiggins had more investment than we have but that is down to the councilors in charge or not as in our case, I have even reffered to us as being a dormatory town, however I do believe things are looking up. We are all entitled to an opinion, things in the world are tough and Bedlington is no exception. The location of the Ridge Farm is a good one it has a good carpark the infrastructure is good, but its not a drinkers pub, it used to be a very good food establishment but its gone down hill over the years, I,m not fully converse with how it has been run but the reccomendations about the quality of food/service I have heard were not very good consequentally I took my business/hardearned elsewhere. So yes we have in the past been the "Ghost Town" you reffer to but as I said I do think things are on the "up" its not an informed opinion just an observative one.

Well it in my opinion was only mediocre with regards to food, I personally think Witherspoons will be kicking themselves as theres a good chance another one of the BIG players in the pub business of the same ilk will take it on.

The Bedlington Fayre........... I,m not fully converse with the H&S legislation but is it not comparable to the market but on a bigger scale ? How do they get around this sign of the times necessary evil?

Thank you both Malcolm and Stephen for the reply,s. And like I said nothing to do with me so a free ride was,nt implied just backing up my personal experience of the Community Center nothing more.

Or RUN through the black bridge on those two planks which ran in parrallel to the railway tracks............mind you I,m not condoning that now .........or swinging from a rope tied to a branch overhanging the rockface on the way down to Humford baths (as was)... it must be at least 50 feet high... a mere step compared to that bloody bridge.......... lol

Great idea ........... nothing to do with me but could the Community Center not be used in conjuction with the Lodge for all these up and coming events?

Absolutely spot on

You are indeed correct about Chinchillas and the purple and cream/yellow are the corporate colours of the stores suppliers I believe but you are right its a bit garish

To be honest my first comment to my mam when I was told about the problems in the cemetry was.........Quote......... (GET THE BLOODY FOLKS BACK WHO GOT PAID TO DO THE JOB IN THE FIRST PLACE).............. My dad is up there as are two very good and dear departed friends.......my mam was devestated when she saw the mess when she went up to put flowers on my dads grave, but its good to see its been sorted out properly as it should be I may add. But I dont think personaly that some individuals look upon a cemetary as a place that should be treat with respect, but thats another subject and unfortunatly a sign of the times.

I will second that

BIG YES they are starting to look a lot more impressive than it used to (apart from that bliddy eye sore of a school ).........is it going to be done all the way down the street past the North ?

Does this government or ANY government for that matter not realise the cost of fuel is the lifeblood of the country and it effects ALL of us in all sorts of ways. Its a knocking bet that if the costs keep rising it will cripple our economy and it WILL put thousands more on the dole.......... poor innocent casualties of GREED...........