Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

Info from the Durham Mining Museum site - the colliery opened in 1834 and closed on the 25th September 1971.
Bower Grange Housing Estate was built on the land where the colliery was.

The original school building was destroyed by fire in 1970. The old school building was replaced with garages and houses and the new school is still within the old school grounds.

It was founded in 1926 as Bedlington Secondary School for the areas of Bedlingtonshire, Ashington and Newbiggin, being built next to Bedlington railway station. Subsequently it became Bedlington Grammar School, before turning comprehensive in 1974. It gained Maths and Computing College status in 2009.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Ex pupils you should know :-   Sir Bobby Charlton CBE &   Sir John Hall, who built the MetroCentre                                       

Info on the Durham Mining Museum site is :-
                  First shaft was sunk 14th July 1854
                  Colliery opened in 1855
                  Colliery closed 2nd March 1968  

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Often referred to as the 'Council School'. Entry in  https://communities.northumberland.gov.uk/005616.htm  has the date c1916

In 2020 @Bedlingtonian  suggested we create an online award for a member of this group that had helped the group throughout the yera and the award should be named Piper awards after Ainsley's Piper, the first Bedlington Terrier. 

Class photos

Celebrated it's 100th year on June 30th 2012. The school has a web site with a collection of photos over the years and the web site address is   http://www.bedlingtonstationfirstschool.com/bsfs100/100_years_of_Photographs/100_years_of_Photographs.html

Pupils that attended the junior schools in Cambois & Bedlington progressed to the West Sleekburn Middle school , in the 1980's & 90's before moving on to the 'High' schools.