keith lockey
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With regards to short list. I actually wanted to put a whole host of names on it, Symptoms, but talked myself out of it in case people thought I was being smartass. I honestly believe women have been more influential behind the scenes than we think, and by that I mean before they got the vote, etc. It may sound corny but love is a wonderful thing, and a man, in any position, whether it be a painter or a President, is going to respect that love, that wife, and he will listen to her and what she has to say. He will respect her opinions and no doubt be swayed by any wise counsel, and that applies to Ancient Greece or modern times. The list was short simply because I didn't want to start preaching, no other reason Symptoms.
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OKAY, VARMINTS, AM BACK. SO GET GUESSING WHAT THE CONNECTION IS.
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http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/wild-animal-bites-footballer-causes-chaos-100809047.html
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I have noticed for some time that there are a lot of axemen out there. When I was young, good-looking and had hair, (stop laughing) I decided I wanted to be like Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues. So I bought myself a guitar, just like his Gibson, from Exchange and Mart. It was a beautiful cherry red Columbus 335 semi acoustic. I put Fender extra-light strings on it and started taking lessons at Grange Park - Jack Dickson/Dixon, who used to rattle a mean banjo. But I used to get my guitar accessories in three shops in Newcastle - Jeavons, Windows and Kitchens. I have posted photos of two of the shops and a picture of what my guitar used to look like. (That photo isn't mine.) The point is, I can't find any photos of Kitchens! It was down near the Laing Art Gallery, if my cauliflower serves me right. It was a big shop with revolving stands so you could stand at the window and wait for the guitars you fancied slowly spinning round. Can anyone else remember the shop?
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I got my English A level at the age of Forty, at the High School, and Bill was my evening class teacher. We started at 7pm and the heating timer went off at the same time, so we had to sit with coats and gloves on during the class. Me and Bill were the only ones to go for a pint that Christmas - we went to the Noerthumberland Arms. Lovely chap, you always felt at ease with him.
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Housing!!! Didn't they learn anything from the luxury apartments they put up at the top of the street? I counted one car in the car park the other week.
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I went to a Neighbourhood Watch meeting years ago. The building was full of council reps and big wig police chiefs. It was the time of the hoodies and ASBOs were just emerging. Well this police chief shot this old guy down in flames because he couldn't recognise the kids who were throwing bricks at his windows. Everyone was gobsmacked, even the pcs who were in attendance. This guy was trying to explain that he couldn't recognise the kids because they were wearing hoods - the police chief just couldn't take it in, told this guy the police couldn't help him if he wasn't willing to name names. Stupendous! Head-brick wall - head against brick wall!!!
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It's a complex business, Adam. It makes you wonder why people want to run for the job. Like the Lone Ranger says, I've got no faith in any party. What amazed me the last time was the amount of people I knew who voted BNP - because of the reasons above.
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Point taken, Adam, but he still represents party - leader politics.
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I sort of see your point Adam, but I reckon I have a right to complain because I have no confidence in the people to vote for!! If you get my drift! By that I mean I want to vote but there is no one I trust or care to vote for. Let's say a general election is called for with the present runners; Look at my choice - David Cameron, Nick Clegg or Ed Milliband. It is totally disheartening! Why bother? I would just be voting one incompetant in to replace another. So my none vote is sort of a stand against the choices I have.- 28 replies
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Welcome to the forum Richie, hope you enjoy it.AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS CONTEST The Australian boomerang champion was hit by his own boomerang today. They reckon he had it coming to him. At the same stadium water threatened the long jump - the contestants had to take a runny jump instead. The Sydney gold-medallist archer is on target for another gold. None of the javelins managed to stick in the ground. They were going to try again but couldn't see the point in it. Dick Frosby made a come-back bid but flopped. Samuel Morse entered the 100 metre dash dash dash dot dot dot. Tell me when you're sick?Maggie, no one wants anyone to resign. It's just this EWD thing is getting volatile. It is a touchy subject and even the historians are split about her motives and designs. She could have done more harm to the WSPU on that day than people are aware. It was the King's horse!!!! As the other Keith said if that happened today there would be hell to pay.I've never believed that women have just sat back in the shadows and said yes this and yes that throughout history. Look at some of the most powerful women in past times, Cleopatra, Boudicca, Pocahontas, Victoria, Elizabeth, way before voting was an issue. I Honestly think that women have had more say in the decision making of Presidents and Prime Ministers than we'll ever know. In the American Civil War women bullied and goaded generals and authorities into giving them the right to attend the wounded on the battlefield. Clara Barton, Dorothea Dix, Mary Ann Byckerdyke and Elizabeth Blackwell. Women with strong wills who went on to achieve great things in a 'man's world'. Please read Lysistrata by Aristophanes, it is a great slant on ancient Greece and male dominance.Excuse me Maggie! Is this a threat? I personally do not take kindly to threats, especially on an open site. I urge the Moderators and Administrators to look into this. Bedlington.co.uk is a marvelous site for sharing information and discussing issues regarding Bedlington and surounding areas. The debates can be varied and lively but I think you are pushing the issue with Emily Wilding Davison - a Morpeth lass. I wasn't even involved in this last batch of debates on this topic but have already voiced my opinions on the subject and was ready to leave it be. Please don't turn this site into a muck-slinging arena. You have already insulted me by calling me a Daily Mail reader and I resent that profoundly. Keep this site friendly, Maggie. I can't speak for the other Keith but I certainly wont stand for being threatened on Bedlington.co.uk.HPW - I hated school. I hated the teachers who were nothing more than bullies, at least some of them. But I loved reading and learning. I left school with no qualifications, as such. But when I was in my forties I put in for the Open University - History, Classical Studies, and got my Ba. I'm not bragging here, I simply wanted to prove that I could do it and given the right teaching and circumstances I could have made something of my life. Those years with the OU were some of the best I ever had. Maggie - You are right about history - it does teach us something. We can look at the mistakes of the past and try not to repeat them. Unfortunately we do repeat them. It is part of the human condition.Same here, Lone Ranger, so much for democracy.- 28 replies
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Democracy, with this government, means I am now going to have to pay £10 more for a spare room I have. A room in a house I have lived in for 16 years in a street I have lived in for 52 years. This from a government that NOBODY voted into power. We once had at least a three-party vote in this country. Now, Thanks to Gordo we have one - the tories. Don't talk of democracy as if it is a great thing. Even the Greeks, the so-called founders of democracy, were more tyrannical than most people think.- 28 replies
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You want to have a look at the old tennis courts at the bottom of the High School at Queens and Kings Road - overlooking the motorway. I remember playing tennis there once!!! Then take a look at the side of the Station Library. But these things are nothing compared to the wasted shop space in our town. There can be no worse condemnation than a town with shops going spare and local people who have to go out of the community to buy a decent selection of shoes and clothes. I was at Blyth and Ashington last week and they are veritable boom towns compared to ours, so I agree whole-heartedly with you, TomTom.
