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Somebody get up the ladder and give the lens a clean!

Appreciate the comeback, WillyJ. Funny enough, if I smell putty or linseed oil I'm always reminded of Luncheon meat and pickle sandwiches!!! The job I'm in now means I eat on the hoof...grabbing pasties or sandwiches at bakers, etc. Once in a while I actually sit down to a cooked meal. At times I just haven't got the time to cook anything before I'm out again. But the good part is...I'm losing some fat.

I guess the rescue team didn't look at the content of my father's bait box when they went in after the roof caved in on him - killing him. He was a cutter, so I doubt if he had pretty little hands. PS. I was a painter and decorator...so most of my bait had a smattering of putty and emulsion or gloss on it. But I still remember there was an one hour lunch (bait) break.

Watched it for ages but never once saw the Raisbeck bus!!! Good work, Fourgee, but like Malcolm, can we fit it with one of those laser canons that the Predator creatures have in the films.

TonyP has put this photo in the gallery. I have transferred it her for continuity sake. (Cheers Tony)

Stirling University...happy memories there!!! But if that figure is correct...£4.5000,000,000, why hasn't 'our' government jettisoned Jockland sooner!

Welcome, Sal, hope you enjoy the site. I'm sure someone will be interested in Nedderton papers.

So let's get this right, Merc', you have a 'garage' where someone can park his bike in!!! OOh matron. Do as Merc' says, Pennylane, lay claim to it...you'll soon find out who owns it then!!!

Are you a fellow[?] Musician also?....we can start a thread aboot C# 's and B-flat-minor-seventh's...with a sustained fourth......and a diminished ninth.....!!! That's what my ex-girlfirend said I had, HPW, - a diminished ninth and a flat minor!!!! On the subject of the woods and air rifles, etc. Me, Jim Hunter & Bob Barron got chased from one end of the woods to the other by a gang of lads with air-rifles!!! We were just coming up the Giant Steps when we bumped into them. They said we'll count to twenty... What they didn't know was the three of us knew them woods like the backs of our hands. They're still looking for us yet.

No, Symptoms, I think his dad worked at the Power Station. (He used to drive a monstrous Humber if I remember) Jimmy had two brothers and three sisters. The middle brother, David, was manager of Elliot's Garage before it became a piece of scaffold!!!

I'll take an updated photo, HPW, and put it on site. It certainly isn't the way we remembered it as whippersnappers. Can you recall the barber? Short-back and basin cut!!!! I got a crew cut once...thanks to Jimmy Hunter...and my mam went off it!!! If you eventually get down that way drop me a message and we'll meet up...work permitting!!!

Belated wishes, Malcolm, watch all the candles don't burn the house down.

Symptoms, I came across this after you posted that bit on the Waterman's Arms. Really interesting. http://wharferj.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/quietly-famous-the-watermans-arms-isle-of-dogs/

That's a good idea, Maggie - The Bucket of Sh*te Challenge. Let's nominate people to have a bucket of broon smelly stuff poured over them. Politicians first...since thev'e been dumping on us from the beginning of time.

Are you saying you cycled all the way to The Toon, Foxy!!! You'll get your legs slapped when you get back.

No, no, no, Merc'. It was ancient Egyptians who visited Bedlington, (Or maybe one of the wandering tribes of Egypt) Look, here is the evidence...uncanny.

AW darn!! That pesky Merc has got it right away. Well done. Yes, Mike Nesmith is the answer. His mother invented liquid paper He wore a wooly hat on the Monkees. (See photo) And he hat a hit with a song called Rio. PS There is a brilliant documentary about them on You Tube - Behind the Music - well worth a goosey goosey.

OKAY VARMINTS, I'M BACK. These four pictures will connect you to a musician - who is he?

I've got to be careful how I word this because it might not come out the way I want it... I will probably vote for UKIP at the next elections...someone pick Threegee off the floor. But my reason for voting for them might be simply because we need a change. And I don't think that is a correct reason...or good enough reason for voting for someone. I'll try this another way. The Tories seem, once again, to be self-centered. Only a lunatic would vote for Labour...full stop. So we have no one else but UKIP...and having no one else to vote for should not be the reason to vote for them. I have said this elsewhere...I have NO CONFIDENCE in any of the political parties and to say that we live in a democracy is wishful thinking, at least, and delusionary at most. Democracy is just a word...like Utopia...like Shangri La. It doesn't exist. It meant nothing in the days of Pericles and it means even less now. You may have the right to vote but when there is very little hope or substance at the end of that vote then it becomes meaningless. The next election is going to be a nail-biter, I just hope that whoever gets in can be as earnest and honest as possible.

Cheers, Eggy, I remember I used to take a book to work. Ate my lunch in the first 20 minutes then read for the duration of the break.

Welcome to the site, hope you enjoy. (Should we start putting the 'H' back in Site, folks!)

Who can remember the one-hour lunch breaks we used to get? I worked at several places in the seventies and recall having an hour break for lunch - but when did they stop? Was it an individual employer / employee choice or was it mandatory?

I volunteer to have a bucket of gin and tonic with ice poured down...er...over me!!!

Welcome on board UJAY, hope you enjoy the forum. PS listened to some of your stuff the other night and was very impressed...quality music.

Here's a totally out-of-the-box thought, Malcolm. (Please don't all laugh at once!) What if the Council - or whoever is in charge - leases two or three shops out to the public. (Say for a month's free trial) One person has that shop for one day. They can sell what they want; ie car-boot stuff, junk they have in their attic, books, records or if they have access to other goods then that, too...WHATEVER. It is their shop for that one day. (9am - 6pm) They give a percentage to the shop owner or council and keep the rest of the profits for themselves. Remember; one person's junk is another person's treasure. I know it sounds crazy but why not give it a go...you can't lose anything by it.