keith lockey

Thanks for your comments and advice it's actually my friend's daughters property which she rents out. (Not me Symptoms - if it was my house I'd be okay about asking for advice in the open) The mould is occurring in two places; the bedroom wall, and a storage cupboard - both on the gable wall. The downstairs flat is okay. Someone else mentioned a Sky dish - that maybe it wasn't sealed properly and the water is seeping in. Then someone else mention putting PVA paint on it - it acts as a glue barrier. Anyway, keep your advice coming and I'll pass the messages on - I'm going to have a look at it on Monday. Cheers everyone.

Inside - bedroom wall.

My friend is having some problems with mould on one gable wall. She has tried anti-mould spray, etc, but it has returned. has anybody got a sure-fire solution. Cheers.

I always associate the Laing with Holman Hunt's Isabella and her pot of Basil. I like some of the Pre-Raphaelite stuff, especially Waterhouse's works - Hylas and the Nymphs. I once saw Coley-Burn Jones' Pygmalion and Galatea...well I did once the crowds parted. The four paintings were magnificent. But I've never been to the Laing for over a year now. I wouldn't mind seeing an exhibit of Casper David Friedrich's works; so haunting.

It's the Laing Art Gallery with me. Once they used to have good exhibits on show from Rembrandt to Heath Robinson. The last time I was there they had a Minimalist exhibit - it was half-a-dozen girders painted red. Poor show. The best artwork there was the two stained glass angels in the cafe!

All the very best and have a good one.

what a versatile voice. (pity about the jerky photography - a bit annoying) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCgKLbuHJBI

One thing I've noted with regards to language and dialect, in Bedlington, is the fact that so few people actually say Bedlington ( Bed-ling-ton) it is always Beddleton. It's the same with Ashington - Asherton. If I talk to a stranger on the phone I tend to say 'yes' instead of 'Aye', and 'home' instead of 'yem'. Once I phoned the information desk at Wansbeck Council and asked if they had any details of cycle paths in the Wansbeck area. I was told by a haughty receptionist that she couldn't give out that information due to the Data Protection Act. Somewhat puzzled I explained that I had just bought a push bike and I wanted to know where the cycle paths were. There was a sudden gasp and apology on the other end of the phone and she said "I'm sorry, i thought you said Psychopaths." (True!!)

When I saw it it was 4.25pm (GMT). The sky was clear and I could see it with the naked eye. To be honest, Vic i thought it was a plane coming in. Then I realised the time and location was right. I trained my binoculars on it but just got a whirling orange spiral (!!!) so I just observed it with my naked eye. Then the clouds came over and it poured down.But what a Sight!!

ALL THE BEST TO EVERYONE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wl0PSXPOsk

DID YOU SEE THE ISS? It was brilliant. I was standing in my outhouse door and it 'flew' (glided} straight overhead. (Red Lion to Kitty Brewster sort of.) I've seen it before but not as clear as tonight - I nearly waved to the pilot. Awesome!

With regards to nuclear power. Last week I watched three documentaries on You Tube. One was on Chernobyl; one was on Fukushima and the other one was Three Mile island. All nuclear plants that were GUARANTEED to be safe; that were GUARANTEED to be completely fail safe, regardless of what might happen. What we weren't told by our governments is the frightening part of it. (France is still in denial about the radiation cloud reaching its borders.) But it opened my eyes to nuclear power and i could see why Germany backed out of its programme. I would recommend the watching of these documentaries.

And I complain when my lot bring birds and mice in!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBnS_fNIyq0

I distinctly heard it at 1 pm and then I noticed there are a lot of owen Pugh lorries driving through Bedlington. Is there a connection?

You knew Des, too? He was a funny sort, long hair and always wore a duffle coat. He had a go at me outside the Terrier pub once!! Didn't he have a sister called Andrea?

Anybody hear an explosion or something at 1pm exactly today. Or was it Keith blowing out his candles!

Happy birthday, Eileen, I came across one of your school photos.

All the best and I'm sure you still attract the birds at your age.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

So we can all expect a bottle of sloe gin wine for our Chirstmas prezzies this year!!!!!!!!

Reedy, is that a hearse on the left-hand side of the first picture? I know there was / is a funeral parlour down there. On the photo it looks as if that bloke is waiting for the coffin coming out.

Aha!!! You're back again! Well nice to hear from you Your Omnipotent One. Did you hitch a ride on Comet Ison? Now about birthday cards; my birthday was on the 10th and it sure would have been peachy dandy to have received a card from you with a nice fat layer of crisp twenty-pound notes in it. But if you want to send a belated one that's okay by me...oh, I forgot, money is the root of all weevils and that's not your department, is it? Now when you say BUY a birthday card does that imply that your credit isn't good down here anymore? Oops that's bordering on blasphemy, isn't it, Your Intelligent Designedness. Maybe your flock could have had a whip round for you and talking of flock why is it they are called a flock...is it because they are sheepish!! Well I can't stand here jabbering away with you, Your Light of the Worldiness, I have more mundane things to think about like wondering if I'll see my next birthday after this rant!! Toodle-pip, Your Universalness and have a happy son's day.

That's the type I was thinking of, Eggy, but look at her arm - it's hanging straight down. if she was holding a cam-corder her arm and shoulder would be raised a little. Try it and see what I mean.

I had a bad night last night. (In fact half the street did). 1.30 am two fire engines, one fire chief's car, three police vehicles and an ambulance descended on our small cul-de-sac, the only thing that was missing was the helicopter!!! So come last night I was zonked. Still don't know what it was about believe it or not!

Thanks to everyone who sent me good wishes and thanks to Malcolm for sending me those two-legged prezzies - I'll be unwrapping them tonight.