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We need to remember the other details. The suffragettes were persecuted for simply wanting a vote for a democratic government to represent them. Without people like Emily who made a stand for others where would we all be! Okay maybe it was just votes for women but it was unfair, I do not believe she wanted to die or traumatise the jockey. She wanted justice. Surely that is not to hard to understand. We would all fight for a cause we believed in. We would all fight against injustice. Social responsibility means standing up and being counted. Surely that is not to difficult to understand even if you disagree. Sincerely held views are understood by all.

We like a singer called Ron Sexsmith and were shocked by spam mail. Crazy Following a link scientific because of the Mars craft landing. I got something very dodgy.

A son wrote a poem when my mother died,in it he said :- The secret of life lies with each other . Death makes you assess relationships and what you value in life. It is not about money and possessions. However that said I am a hoarder. Exhibition at the Baltic Art Galleries this year in Newcastle (one is in New Bridge Street) American artist Jim Shaw bought odd cheap paintings in charity shops . His point was you do not own your possessions your possessions own you. With my old lot you had to be careful you did not say you liked something because it would go home with you. What an example to live up to.

Love the way we all get side tracked. The price of bread can end with the meaning of life and all under the topic of The Lion Garage.

Maybe we need to have a topic how to disappear. And never be found. The Kingston Trio had a track about disappearing in the Everglades. Desperate times sadly. No wonder we all look back on our Halcyon Days of yore.

A mix of terrier and dandy dinmot not sure of the spelling. Who can resist telling someone you are from Bedlington if you see one! Not me

Just for a swift half and the company. In my Dads day it was the Sun Inn and the darts team. Still have the idea that women are barred from the bar. Club rules apply! Rest days are Tuesday and Thursday. The company is important.

Thanks tonyg I thought it was Don Lynn's but was not sure. Thought it could have been Lewins

Sadly we are at that age where 'it's not dark yet but it's getting there' Vic Sounds dodgy but once you accept that fact nothing matters. I have a Geordie friend in the South with a famous step son who was given weeks and months to live nearly two years ago. When people ask me how she is, I say she was given a new lease of life proving the doctors wrong! That I feel is a mind set, that is easily understood in Bedlington and the North. The other Geordie trait I admire is the ability to give and not expect something, anything in return. In other places people can be suspicious when you are kind and wonder what your after. In coal mining you gave freely because if you had spare veg or anything else you enjoyed being kind. Why let things go to waste. Your life depended on your Marra.

There is a song chorus is:- It's the company makes the feast' Guess what I am saying is the people make our area the best of places. The weather, dialect and shared history of hardship makes life special and we all need to be grateful for our lot. Joke required "Wor Geordie has a pigeon a pigeon a pigeon It flew in the morning it flew in the night and when it came home it was covered in--------- Back to the beginning Sorry to anyone who does not know the tune or song

Thank you I sincerely hope you are right and all is in place for safety. However people's actions, including your own avatar name, mean we need to be careful. I wish it was simple

How do we keep safe. So many scary stories. Could we have our identities stolen from this site.

Bamburgh is supposed to be the castle of Lancelot. We could claim the legends for our own. Forget Cornwall, Northumbria was/is the place to be.

Obviously we are all in the band this week. Fighting injustice! Guess it is table 25 at The Red Lion! Pity it is not a round table. Where is King Arthur when you need him. There is a Northumbrian folk tale about him asleep in our hills waiting to be woken at our time of greatest need.

Be afraid be very afraid!

Crazy concerts, we saw Wreckless Eric at an old cinema used as a concert hall in Ashington. It seems he met the girl for him not in Tahiti but in Hull. The original concert was in about1980 and the last one last year. The track that was popular was Whole Wide World.

How safe is the personal message! All these programmes, dramas etc mean we all become a little insecure. Just today radio television have all run items on computer Internet safety If people can hack into the banks and government websites what hope is there! Bring back the old days. Then we can be safe with people knowing our mothers maiden name and our date of birth. My point is Bedlington has always been a place where you could share and be happy in the connections that make life good. It is all sad the way life is now and I fear for the next generation.

Spoaching again. What fun!

Maybe this is the place to mention the strangest places you have bumped into a Bedlington. We were waiting at the railway station near Venice for our son to arrive, after travelling in Europe. Missed him because I had spotted a Bedlington.

Think there was an electrical shop in Morpeth called Storeys. In the old Sandersons Arcade

Pictures on the targets could help secure concentration

Walking down the Main Street and people talking to each other. Everyone friendly new and old alike. Okay not all the time but there are not many places you can break down in the car and before the AA arrive someone has phoned a relative got them out of the bath and they are there to help first. Yep it is good place to live. Such a shame the Internet security issue means we cannot share names etc. Not the Bedlington of old. Instead of meeting on the ledge we will just have to meet at the Red Lion.

By the way it was not me.

There was a pie shop, the hot mince pies were good. November 5th bonfires were good in this neck of the woods. Someone even took the wood from a telegraph pole. The top was left intact just on the ground.

A neighbour once confided in me that Bedlington is/was not like it used to be! People walk past your house and you do not know who they are! Maybe we need to appreciate that it is a brilliant place to live. One day things will change.