keith lockey

Here's some photos from the old box brownie, Keith. Now you know why you mistook me for Phil Temple in the Whitley photo. Jim was tall even then - we were about thirteen-fourteen when those were taken.

Cheers Adam

The John Hunter I knew was the youngest of the family - we all lived in the same street at Terrier Close - but I don't think he was a football fan, funny enough. So you might have the wrong John Hunter.

I have a soft spot for Maggie - it's called QUICKSAND.

Can anyone put me onto a good site for Hartford Hall history. Everytime I google it I get real estate. I've found some but they are sporadic and not what i want. One thing I want to know about is this mysterious gray lady ghost. Cheers all.

Me and Jim Hunter were great mates. When we were in our early teens we used to hang around together with Bob Baron. (All three of us lived in Terrier Close) We were never away from the Halfpenny/ New woods and where you saw one you saw the other two. As for where the Hunters are now!!! Jim and me lost contact but I believe he is living in Seychelles or something, The family comprised of three girls - Veronica, Joan & Christine. Then there was three boys; Jim, David and John. You've brought back happy memories because Jim, Bob and me had some great times together.

Am I right in saying Keenlysides at Bedlington Station opened a shop on the front street! I believe it is where Zuenziga (?) and Tino's deli are now. It was all one shop. What happened to it? It didn't last long!

Smiling!!! Is that what Gordon Brown is doing? He looks like a ventriliquists dummy and the ventriliquist has had his hand in the fridge.

I found an illustration of your new machine.

Good luck; wish you well.

Sorry Symptoms, Maggie was never Miss Haversham. But if you get a copy of the Wizard of Oz you'll see this green-skinned witch who had a troop of flying monkeys. That was Maggie and her cabinet ministers.

I got mine from Merlin. The Pentax Excalibur.

What on earth would the conversation be like in that room? I mean how long would it take for one of them to say something that would get another one's back up. Seconds? Minutes? What would they talk about that wouldn't start an argument?

Sorry Adam, just worked it out. There were five Thunderbirds puppets weren't there?

Maggie isn't in it. She should or could because she's still alive and kicking. Is that it? She is the only living former PM not to be there?

Thanks Mickypotts. I was never in the Dun Cow when it was called that - I just started drinking there when it was the Millfield. As far as the Bunker room is concerned there could be any amount of feasible answers. But the MONKEY!!! I have heard that many versions it is beyond a joke. The latest one I heard was that is was a pit managers house and that he flew a flag above it when it was safe to go down the mines. The flag became known as the monkey for some obscure reason and hence the renaming of the pub. I remember going there for a pint one night in the seventies (?) and a chair came hurtling through - that was when there was an outside toilet with a corrugated roof. Talk about splashing your boots.

Where do we start? The blue tie Blair is wearing; (then again) the painfully obvious false smiles; the fact that nobody has a dagger sticking out of their back; the missing musketeer - aka Nick Clegg; The lack of vomit bags; The brilliant job of hiding the strings of the puppet master. I mean who managed to get all these together in the same room anyway? Sir Bob Geldof. Is there a live aid concert on the back of this photo session? God forbid.

Hope the attached photo and info is of use. It comes from the book Images of England - BEDLINGTONSHIRE - compiled by Evan Martin. PS - Sorry if this comes in two parts I am having problems with my computer.

Hi Vic, yes, I believe St. Cuthberts would be the old church; it dates back to c 900 AD I believe. I have some photos and info somewhere in the house and I will post these up on this site when I can. Unfortunately I am decorating at the moment and can't find anything. Watch this space.

Clegg!!!! Now I remember - he was the one in the raincoat in Last of the Summer Wine. How could I have forgotten him.

I really don't know, Canny Lass! It was a legitimate question because I didn't have a clue. When I used to go there for basket meals on a Sunday night there were the two seperate rooms. One was the big lounge with the stone fireplace in the middle and the little room was always known as the Bunker. I assumed it was a golf term but then I began to wonder. Cheers.

I thought so - though I don't think i was in it when it was called that.

Sorry Foxy - I have great difficulty in even remembering Clegg.