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Surely the people should be consulted before any work starts. Maybe I am just being silly! The Government of the people for the people.
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On the night Kennedy was shot there was a Welwyn do at The Spanish City ballroom. The news came through as we got off the bus. I can even remember what I was wearing!
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Could we have a Bedlington connection with 'Garrow's Law' Maybe one for the Heritage Initiative.
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How about 'The Queens' in Newcastle. Remember seeing Ben Hur and The Ten Commandments. Not together, but it was the only time we got my Dad to the pictures. Then there was Life of Brian at a cinema in the Haymarket. The controversy was quite something. What a shame the big cinema on Northumberland Street is no more! Does it become Pilgrim Street?
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Kathryn Tickell has won musician of the year at the folk awards in Glasgow. She took her tour around the country last year and like The Pitmen Painters or Billy Elliot (thanks to Lee Hall), our accent is now totally accepted. A friend saw the show in Buxton and people were queuing for Kathryn's dads autograph. Maybe singing Border Ballads instead of reading Sleeping Beauty did it.
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Petition to Save the City Hall handed to the Newcastle Council today. 11,000 I believe.
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Strangely while working in the garden 'West Bedlington' my husband heard a series of loud bangs. OK it could be the opencast, but it sounded nearer. Anyone any idea what they are doing in the middle of the Bedlington Lane Farm. From both roads particularly if your on the bus it looks like drilling or worse. Surely they have dug out all the coal. Hopefully we are not in line for Fracking! I am trying to catch up on old posts. Basically 'Spoaching'
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This lady also hid in a broom cupboard in the Houses of Parliament. Then she could say her residence for the census was Parliament even though she could not vote. Tony Benn has put a plaque on the back of the door. Several people in the area have said they were related to this lady. This year is important. Inspirational, to fight for a cause that you believe in and to die. Her grave in Morpeth says just that. Sad that the jockey suffered but interesting that he paid tribute to her.
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Ellen Mitchell told the tale at the Bedlington History Society. She was president. She was left with a neighbour,while her mother went to Morpeth. The funeral was a big event in London and then in Morpeth.
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Ellen Mitchell told the tale at the Bedlington History Society. She was president. She was left with a neighbour,while her mother went to Morpeth. The funeral was a big event in London and then in Morpeth.
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Not at all Keith. There is an argument that she did not intend to die and had a return ticket. Either way suicide or accident. People suffer. Was it for the greater good? Horrible things were happening to these ladies.
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She died 100 years ago this year. People must be related to her. The church yard in Morpeth has her grave. She gave her life for a cause she believed in.
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Sadly we are all to soon forgotten. A memory of hers was being left by her mother in 1913. Her mother was attending the funeral of Emily Wilding Davison. Another topic I feel!
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Seems there was talk of a shopping centre in the past.
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The Red Lion are about to get the Mordue Breweries Radgie Gadgie. What is not to like about controversy.
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Memories of the films I saw in Bedlington are too many to mention. Having just been to see Django Unchained at the Tyneside Cinema I am very happy to remember the tanner rush at the station and many many cowboy films Tarantino has paid homage to Mel Brooks and the whole 'genre'! With touches of Pulp Fiction!
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How about Bob Dylan 1965 ish Santana 75 or 76 Then there was Eric Clapton with Muddy Waters in 1978 Dire Straits on the day John Lennon died. They were good times. Bring back the Vinyl Maybe we are just getting old but it beats Spotify!
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Agreed
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This venue needs saving it seems. Makes me wonder how many people have memories of concerts. My first concert was a strange one 'The Hollies and Roy Orbison' sharing the bill. Everyone listened to Roy Orbison but for the Hollies It was people screaming so loudly you could hear nothing at all. Possibly1964
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Old mine working can also be a problem. Subsidence, old shafts etc. Sometimes no one knows they are there! Water water everywhere is a good topic, even though it was not meant literally.
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Maybe the word should have been Lisk. Trial and error. Strangely my Grandmothers generation used to decide each week whether they were ' in the band or out' basically to describe arguments and disagreements. Either way thanks to everyone, who has so effectively found out information. 'In the band or out' A good talking point
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Bedlington History Society is the last Monday in the month at The Coffin Chapel. Last night was the English Language with reference to Northumbria. It seems we may have had an important part to play.
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Instead of going on line, go and see Django Unchained, it is Pulp Fiction meets Mel Brooks and Blazing Saddles. Excellent
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Well done Keith. Anyone heard the word 'kist' to describe the top of the leg where it meets the body. Keep it clean.
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Sorry Admin
