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  1. the lone ranger
    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
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    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 .
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    i have got to aggree about the comment posted about rhodas chipshop at guidepost they took a lot of beeting .
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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 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
  9. the lone ranger
    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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    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
  15. the lone ranger
    no i am not dick the lone ranger
  16. the lone ranger
    i know the names of dick and the dutches i will not tell you how i know that ?
  17. the lone ranger
    there used to be a saying about jimmy milnes bikes . it was ride a rally ride a wreck ride a milne break your neck
  18. the lone ranger
    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
  19. the lone ranger
    me and my freinds used to get into the star at choppington also named the gaff with an cleen jam jar .
  20. the lone ranger
    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 .
  21. the lone ranger
    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
  22. the lone ranger
    it is a big thank you for being patient with me
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    i was working at choppington colliery when chris arkle was left in the shaft . nobody can under stand how he was left in the shaft as it wasnt the main shaft it was the upcast shaft that was used only for venterlation and emergencies if needed
  24. the lone ranger
    i cant find any of thetitleslisted on my screen hello the lone ranger.
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