the lone ranger
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when i started choppington b colliery 1952 i heard that joe barret from eastgate had the northumberland record for filling the most tubs with coal in one shift a cant remember how many he filled
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i new noel howe at choppington high pit he sure had thick glasses as you say ,one day he was visiting his granny at eastgate as he was leaving to go home he got onto his bycycle and rode away the next thing we seen noel do was crashing into a group of young lads playing football in the street he carried the goal keeper out of his posts
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i have voted a lot years but last election is the last time for my vote , i have not got any faith in any party good by
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hello bill regarding the three quarter i cant remember the twins albert and alan morten ever been in the drifts they were allways in the plessey seam driving the road ways the men that i was with was danny salem charlie smith and the dutch man cant remember his name .
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hello bill regarding the drifts at bates and choppington high pit how did you know brian b ?
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i started and completed the downward three quarta drift and also the rising back drift one name i can recall was george palmer
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hello high pit wilma what made you start at choppington b colliery when it seems that you were a west ridge pupil at bedlington?
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i remember the coal fire we used to toast a slice of bread on it also we would put a potato on the fire and toast it for to eat
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yes the golf course was made on the open cast coal mine at bedlington. after it was finnished mining coal
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big geordie was first at bedlington then he was at butterwell
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i can remember the bleezer with the news paper some times it would go on fire and set the soot in the chimney on fire .
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i will never forget where i was when j f k was shot i was under ground at choppington high pit it is athing that i will never forget .
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i knew clanky at bates a tall thin lad i started the three quater drift from the start till the finish of of it
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was storeys buildings on the oppersit side what used to be taits ice cream shop but i lttle bit forther to guidepost?.
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yes thier was a deputy called ronnie twist working at high pit i know as i was working there from 1952 till it closed in 1966
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no i am not dick the lone ranger
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i know the names of dick and the dutches i will not tell you how i know that ?
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there used to be a saying about jimmy milnes bikes . it was ride a rally ride a wreck ride a milne break your neck
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i knew ganny mather very well the gaff had wood benches at the front of the hall ganny would shove as manny people as she could to get more people in ( no health and safety then ) just pack them in . happy days at the gaff
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me and my freinds used to get into the star at choppington also named the gaff with an cleen jam jar .
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i can remember the incident about john chivers and the grenade thier was a few of us lads playing in the park behind ware he lived at the time we didnt no that it was a grenade .after our days play in the park we all went our different way . we found out the next day what had happened .
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i can remember the explotion at choppington colliery as a young lad i seen one ambulance leeve the colliery and one horse and cart with some one in it going to the hospital
