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Today in Morpeth town hall the Roland Bibby memorial lecture was Raymond Reed (Stakeford) giving a lecture on Dialects of Northumberland. The talk was free and wine etc was provided Contributions accepted. Anyone interested in Northumberland or language would have been impressed. It was videoed so maybe it will be available to anyone. I am really proud to be from our town and county. It has such a rich heritage. The humour of his poetry is brilliant. Something we all grew up with .

Long live controversy, and Threegee theories. How about for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Taking part has now become fashionable. Dance, music etc are no longer seen as just for a minority. Break dancing, hip hop are popular with the young and maybe will/can stop excessive use of computer games. The community gains where people communicate on any level.

Physicist Peter Higgs was born in Elswick and lived in Newcastle as a chid. He has won the 2013 Nobel prize in Physics for his work on what has become known as The God Particle. He developed the theory with Francois Englert of Belgium who is the joint winner. Page 11 The Journal today.

Seems like 'This is one I made earlier' Malcolm Have you got a Blue Peter Badge or did you enjoy airfix model making in the past.

Brilliant Symptoms. What else could we bring to life?

Thanks Wonky. Your life sounds good. We are not musical but love to listen to live music of any sort. A friend loves the violinist Joshua Bell. She is in stage 4 cancer and close to death but still made it up to the proms to see him. Music is that important to some people.

Think maybe it is a case of 'more important than life and death' Enjoy the celebrations

I want a bench for the garden Malcolm. When can we buy them.

Here's the thing Eggy. Dylan went electric and people complained. Music is subjective but sometimes the LP /Cd you don't much rate turns out to be your all time favourite. Keeping an open mind, we feel music is a great educator and we subject our kids and now Grandkids to music we enjoy. Amazing how they now turn the tables. The music scene in Ireland is brilliant wonky, you are lucky to be part of it. Listening to Synergy we often felt someone had raided our music collection!

We have been to Kelvingrove and Edinburgh today. All feature in the film. When I go to buy a Proclaimers cd I may have to ask for a plain brown paper bag. Seem to remember making fun of one of my kids who bought their record.

I Wanna be Yours, appeared on the GCSE syllabus around 2000. Hence a whole host of new followers. One girl in front of us said that was the best of nights.

Look out for an advert for McCains chips. Mostly it seems an ad at the cinema. Very good with the man himself. The Article Monkeys use his lyrics on their latest cd. The film they showed at the Tyneside was called :- 'Evidently John Cooper Clarke' We think it has been on the tele, maybe worth a look on U tube etc

Our Mums old houses are great for memories. Mine brought to life a bride doll that I was not at all grateful for in the past and stands as a testament to remind me of her love

She was a favourite of John Peel. She looks like a school teacher.

Yep and she is not the Trembling Kind!

Has Malcolm been abducted on the item he unveiled. Not a magic carpet or a stairway to heaven.

She is on tonight at The Little Theatre Saltwell Park Gateshead. Off to try and get tickets. Have not been to this venue before.

They had him with Frank Sidebottom in the film Wonky. (Playing at the Leadmill .) The Tyneside had John Otway film and questions the other week. Seems he turned up 'Pi----d' John Cooper Clarke was a really funny and unassuming individual . He came across really well. We have followed him since the 70s.

Crikey these medical people should carry a health warning. 'Taking the recommended dose could seriously damage your Health' Hope your well soon Wonky and do not need any medication.

She looked a right 'Clip'. Where did that come from?

Look up the Happy Cats Travelling Sessions at Charlton's Cambois. Research has them with such a loyal following that people get a bus from Bedlington to see them. They are so good people dance on tables. One of my favourite tracks of all time is Heart of Saturday Night Tom Waits. It seems that is one of the songs they sing! Must get to see them. They have played Sour Grapes in Morpeth. Amazing I have only just heard about them. Obviously mixing with the wrong sort!

Excellent Malcolm. A simple idea that is both useful and a brilliant advert for Bedlington. The perfect weather for your unveiling. Hope to see them multiply!

Brilliant film. Edinburgh looks great The proclaimers music is a bonus. It seems locally there is a group called The Happy Cats who do there music and more.

The Tyneside cinema hosted a film and then questions with the man himself. The great thing is it was here in Newcastle and networked live to other venues. If you have never heard of him. I recommend 'I Wanna be Yours' for starters. Then Chicken Town and Beasley Street. They even talk of him being a National Treasure. The Article Monkeys are fans!