the lone ranger

i used to live in burnside 1952 till 197o it was always clean and tidy also the people were very good to have as neigbours

netherton did have a proper dog racing track . it was in the 1950s .i was one of the trappers .iused to put the dogs into the traps .when it was time to let them out i used to open the trap and off they whent

i was born and bread in bedlington shire . when i reed some of the posts regarding pit matic there are some words i dont know what they meen .

when school finished in the afternoon at guidepost on the way home i would fill the coal into the shed to get some money so i could go to the humford baths . by the way my freinds did as well .they were good days.

hello eggy 1948 i dont know if mike has stopped producing the cree full of coal.. i stopped bying it as i thought it was dying due to not having as many old time miners and other older people that mabe dont write in now.

i used to get the creefull of coal by mike kircup during its hay day it was good reeding when we had a good number of miners to post in .as the days have gone by a lot ove miners have passed away so we havent got many people left to post in comments . luckly i am still here as an x miner happy days .

hello h.p.w i have read all your posts .all the names you have mentshiond about minors at choppington b colliery i knew all of them due to you complimenting about my work saying i was bloody good at my job . i am going to give you a hint to my name .brian b,,ford one day i might get your name .

hello hpw thank you for your compliment about being a good composite worker and a drifter developer .i enjoyed every day of working in the mines . i would do the same again if i had my time to live again .. later on i went to college at ashington to sit for my deputies tickets . you seem to know my name other than the lone ranger . if you post it and you are right i will admit it

hpw i knew all the people you have named in the accident about the coal cutter .i think i would know you if i ever see you as i was working under ground at the same time

i played the game you were on about it was mount the cuddy you followd each other mounting the cuddy untill it collapsed .happy days .

welcome back hpw i worked at choppington high colliery between 1952 and 1966 .i cant remember any shunter being run over by a 21 ton coal waggon .

is it not sick posting about miners being killed in the collierys the time i worked under ground there was 4 killed .it is not a nice thing to talk about

you will go as fast down the bank as your buggy will go dont know what speed that will be good look on your journew ?

farthas day to me is to get another hole in one to go with the other three that i have done

some bus stops had a sheltor with the initials budc translated into bedlington urban distric council

we as youngsters used to call the bus stop the budge as some stops had a sheltor

rhodas chip shop was very good qaulity for price and quantidy almost as good as teenies at scotlnd gate

was that the apit at bedlington or the a pit at choppington?

sad to hear that mick mcmanus has died i used to go to newcastle every saturday to the wrestling at st james late 50s and sixties those were happy days r.i.p. mick.

the number of the bus from bedlington station to cambois was the 44.

we used to play a game called corbs we would stand a bottle top up against the corb then put a bottle top in between our fingers then throw it at the bottle top to try to knock it down . what a thrill it was if you could knock it down . happy days

i can remember my mother talking about the tale of a man singing just a rose in a garden of weeds at barrington . that is some years ago .

jeff reid was correct in saying that blyth is a dump . he should be condemming the residents of blyth who are making the place what it is and not the council

i used to call the girls from morpeth baary morts along with my friends i spent some time in morpeth as a young lad .enjoyed every moment of it .

i have got to aggree about the comment posted about rhodas chipshop at guidepost they took a lot of beeting .