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Daughter went to the tip today at Bebside. The guys helping her were comedians remarking that it would be best if she lifted the heavy bag. Naturally it was just their sense of humour.

I liked Osgathorpe. I know that will be controversial but he was a interesting character with a wealth of stories.

The heritage and history hollow could be for our children's children HPW, Often I have put things in the secure part of this sight because I feel names could be sensitive. However even there people will do research and pick up on our heritage. The mining stories are a huge part of our life here in Bedlington. Please please keep writing anything down that you think is relevant. It will be more valuable for future generations.

Canny Lass you are forgetting that more is at stake. Remember a friend of mine who joined us from afar with a South African accent. She still feels she was bullied at school. Sometimes it is just a simple case of one upmanship. The ultimate put down here is you have a cockney accent. That seems worse, somehow, than posh.

My parents had a friend Dot Stewart whose father was an overman or supervisor at Woodhorn probably in the 1920s. They moved to Whitley Bay so this Lady came back to Bedlington to camp somewhere above Humford. She had gone to Morpeth Grammer School with Ellen Mitchell and Lillian Graham.

Adam just accept that was the sound you were going for posh or Geordie or Northumbrian. Sounds to me as if one or two people are winding you up.

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Happy Birthday

I think we are all going to have to agree to differ. All accents change depending on the audience. Interesting to hear children talking today, the influence of popular culture is often more important than local dialect or region. Sting and Robson Green have my vote for promoting our area in a positive way.

Can anyone remember using the word oxters ! I cannot but I believe Catherine Cookson uses the word in her books. Thanks Canny Lass.

I bought a Samphire Bay tea towel with dialect words. Anyone help I do not know what 'Oxters' means.

What happens to sand castles?

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Symptoms look up Raymond Reed Dialect Poet on U Tube. There are two clips both start the same but have different content one lasts 7 minutes the other 14. Canny Lass does not agree with all that is said but it is interesting. Raymond was a bin man in Bedlington .

I agree we need Canny Lass to add to this debate. Some people can switch in and out of any accent. Then there is dialect, or standard English with an accent.

Don't leave us Wilf!

Hope you didn't turn up the heat Malcolm.

You need to spend some time at home Canny Lass or maybe you are just being funny. Even the maritime charts have changed! The Power Station , I am informed was a navigation point.

The match was held in terrible weather. I guess they were in the directors box. Unfortunately we have Palace supporters in the family. What an admission! Now Symptoms surely your accent has changed a little over the years.

Good performances from Sting Jimi Nail, as well as Katherine and Peter Tickell. It was on on BBC1 Sunday at 10.55 if anyone has replay. Our region has loyal supporters.

Happy Christmas one and all.

Success my friend has had two visits. Maybe people do want to help local folk.

Happy Birthday

Have a great day Eileen.

I will try to make it Adam. I know people who will. Maybe the people who started this thread would be the people to ask for help. When are the next elections? May!