Ralph Lowe on the [Barrington, Barnt' n memories and stuff!!](https://www.facebook.com/groups/958444760904321/) group is trying to idenmtify the other 6 girls in this netball team photo. Ralph posted this comment :- 'Sister, Linda, sitting in the bottom row, 1st from our right. Linda was in the Girls Training Corps (GTC), which was set up during WW2. The photo was taken at Bedlington Station Modern School, which appears to be the main hall. I think there was also a Barton branch of the GTC, of which Linda was a member.' Can any member of this group name anyone in the photo?

@Vic Patterson just rain forecast for Northumberland. I blame all that hot air coming from America = Trump  

https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/news/data-centre-project-hits-another-milestone

Data centre project hits another milestone

Construction is well underway on a new outdoor climbing attraction for Plessey Woods Country Park. 

The investment in specially constructed ‘climbing boulders’ will complement the refurbished and improved visitor centre and toilets which are due to re-open in the coming months. 

Three large manmade boulders, around ten feet in height, will be installed in a clearing in the trees, providing fun and fitness for a range of skill levels and abilities. 

There will be a rubberised surface underneath alongside safety signage. 

And as part of the scheme a child-friendly boulder climbing is also being put in by the current playpark. 

The boulders have been paid for by the County Council, Section 106 monies and local County Councillor Malcolm Robinson through his Member’s Small Schemes fund. 

The boulders will complement the range of improvements to the park’s visitor centre, also supported by Cllr Robinson, which include an enlarged cafe area, modernised kitchen and improved serving area and new toilets. 

Councillor John Riddle, cabinet member for environment, farming and rural, said: “We are committed to ensuring our parks and green spaces are well managed and maintained, and to invest in them so that they continue to be among our most popular attractions. 

“We know how important our open spaces are for people’s health and wellbeing and this will be a fantastic new addition for the park, alongside our refurbished and improved visitor centre and toilet facilities.” 

The climbing structures have been designed to look realistic and provide a range of different holds and routes for climbers and non-climbers of all abilities to have a go at the growing sport of ‘bouldering’. 

Bedlington West County Councillor Malcolm Robinson said: “This is going to be a great new feature for this wonderful park, and it’s something I’ve been keen to support through funding. 

“Plessey Woods is so popular with residents and visitors and we hope that this exciting new free-to-access facility will allow non-climbers to get involved, helping them to keep fit as well as attracting those already involved in the sport that want to practice and improve their skills in a safe outdoor environment.”  

5 hours ago, Mal said:

 

Bedlington Terriers FC –

.............Bedlington Terriers, a club with a proud history and deep roots in our community, has played at Dr Pit Welfare Park for more than half a century. They had secured planning permission and funding to upgrade the pitch to 3G

I am suirprised that they wanted tpo upgrade the pitch to artificial turf. 

I have no idea how many, if any, other teams in the league the terriers played in had 3G.

But I would always want Bedlington Dr. Pit Welfare Park to have a Bedlington football team playing there🤞.

Good luck Mal

@Pegwoman - 1924 map showing Puddlers Row at the end of Puddlers Road (now Stead Lane) :-

8 minutes ago, Pegwoman said:

Thanks for the info about the land.  It was an uncle of mine who kept everything and we had to have an extension built to house all his parents stuff.  Friends and family who see it think it’s a time capsule. At the moment I am busy cataloging all documentation and correspondence.  Wish Even Martin was still around. 

👍

So a mini Beamish for Bedlington. Sounds good @Pegwoman. 

Do you think there is a spare plot of land, with Carparking, in Bedlington? The grassed area at the top of the Elenbel & Tomlea Avenue where  Puddlers Row used to be?

Our home is like yours as my wife keeps everything, stashed away in cupboards, just incase we ever need it 

Unfortunately @Pegwoman I would thing any artefacts of Bedlington's history will surely be with existing collections outside of Bedlington. Probably all Bedlington has left are a few photos

https://www.northumberlandnetzero.uk/apply/free-trees?fbclid=IwY2xjawNjKoNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHj814jY3EBkXVoM2c5XDd4SrHhRdyQstEzAeWn0m7q4PkGw5mcgR034zoqIT_aem_H4mkvU-6_T04lv-44awVbQ

https://www.northumberlandline.uk/post/bedlington-station-construction-drop-in-event-on-thursday-23rd-october-2025

Members of the team delivering the project, including Northumberland County Council and stations contractor Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, will be available to speak to about the construction works.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A DROP IN EVENT AND NOT A PRESENTATION EVENT.

Advanced notice of kerb replacement works and drainage testing works

From Monday 27 October 2025 – Friday 7 November 2025 we will be replacing the kerbs on Station Road, Palace Road and Ravensworth Street between the hours of 11:00pm – 6:00am Monday – Friday (nights only). During this period works to test the drains ahead of the drainage installation will also be carried out in the carriageway on Station Road, Ravensworth Street and the junction of Station Road on the evening of Monday 27 October 2025- Tuesday 28 October 2025 between the hours of 11:00pm – 6:00am.

In order to carry put these works safely, traffic management will be in place in the form of multi-phase lights throughout this period of works. The phased traffic management approach will mean only one lane will be closed at once so access will be maintained throughout the works. Please note that a pedestrian diversion will in place during this period which will be clearly signposted.

What to expect during the works

 

Throughout these works there is potential for noise and vibration, and delays to your journey. We will aim to keep disruption as minimal as practically possible and within the terms agreed with the local planning authority.

 

 

 

 

15 minutes ago, Vic Patterson said:

I didn't get much out of that! did I miss anything new?

Not that i am aware of Vic.

https://qtsdatacenters.com/data-centers/cambois/

2 hours ago, BMog said:

Hi there,

on the topic of German pork butchers, I wondered if there was a Mogerley shop in Durham or near Durham. My grandfather, Heinrich Mogerley was working on a pork butchers when my grandmother, Mary Pratt, came in to buy meat. He went on to marry her and they moved to Ireland and opened their own business. I'm assuming he worked for a family member over there. If anyone has any information I'd be very grateful. Thank you 🙂 Barbara 

@BMog - don't recall any of the Bedlington members mentioning links to Mogerley family.

I searched this site for the name 'Mogerley' but it has never been mentioned before 

23 hours ago, Malcolm George Allan said:

Hi I would like to thank Muriel Gordon and Billy Straughan for making the effort of attending the Red Lion on Sunday 14th September the weather was really bad raining cats and dogs, we were joined by Bill Marley a great orator and Terry Dobson old friends of mine along with my best friend from Ipswich Diane. Also Russell Hogg and his mates were an example of Bedlington hospitality as they remembered me by my nick name which I am not going to divulge as I have grown out of that now been a senior citizen. Alan Edgar can you assist me I am trying to contact Muriel Gordon on Facebook but there is a lot of Muriel Gordons in the world if you gave Muriel my Facebook contact for friend it's Malcolm Allan thanks Alan.

 

@Malcolm George Allan - Muriel has send you a friend request on FB

9 hours ago, pat nee McIntyre said:

So is the building still standing? I live in London but maybe one day can get up there!

This is the Google Street View image 2024 but no idea how much the house would have changed since The Odfellows Arms was there

1 hour ago, pat nee McIntyre said:

Hi. I've found out that my grandma's uncle was John Maddison Hanson who ran Oddfellows Arms in Bedlington. She lived with him till she married.

@pat nee McIntyre a few years back a member, @Reedy, posted a list of pubs that his dad could remember and among the names was the Oddfellows Arms. he also had an old newspaper cutting .

In 2017 a member, @dunlinds, posted info of the pub :-   

                                   and  @Canny lass was doing some research in 2022 on something else but in her research she identfied where the Odfellows pub had been located = Front Street East. This is the old map she marked where the pub would have been :-

An old photo naming the Odfellows Arms was found but I can't recall who found it or where it was found. We joined the info from reedy, the old photo, and a Google street view of 2016 to show where it was though to be :-

@Gary Mills rather than post numerous comments into the Netgherton album(s) in the Gallery section I have created this entry in History Hollow for you.

Your question :- 

@pat nee McIntyre The only Robinson shop I can recall was the newsagent on Front Street East in the 1960's but no idea if that shop went back to the c1920s. There was an advert published in a 1947 St Cuthbert's Parish Magazine with Robinson's in :-

@Malcolm George Allan - No 23 - Muriel Cutter (now Gordon) has been contacted and she replied :-' I saw your post about Malcolm wanting to get in touch.  I do hope to attend  the get together on Sunday 14 September at 7.30 pm; I’ve put this in my diary.'

This info posted by @johndawsonjune1955 of this group and the Facebook group  Past Times History group :-

When the last Northumberland Miners Picnic was held in Bedlington in 1989 this program was on sale and Malcolm Robinson posted a copy within this group :-

@Malcolm George Allan there are a couple of albums, created by 'Blank' &  under the gallery/Historic Bedlington section.

Tese are direct links to the albums :-

The only photos with harold Wilson on that I have come across are these two that are said to be 1958 by the member of a Facebook group that posted them.

Passing the Market Place on the way to Atlee Park :-

This one looks like they are just passing the wall of St Cuthbert's church opposite the begingof front Street East :-

23 minutes ago, Malcolm George Allan said:

Hi Alan I am a bit rusty with my definitions as I am now retired but had some experience in Workers Co-operative sector. Have found out some interesting things. From the Community Right to Buy introduced as part of the Localism Act 2011.

There are 4 categories as follows.

Community Right to Buy.

Community Buy Out

Community Asset Transfer.

Community Right to bid.

That allows community groups to nominate land or buildings as "Assets of Community Value" that does not guarantee the community the right to buy but it does trigger a process where the Community gets first opportunity to bid when an asset is put up for sale

I have been reading about Bedlington Terriers and the problems they have as a Community Interest Company (CIC) with a company that wants the Bedlington Terriers to vacate the ground that has been part of the local football fabric for a very long time.

If the Bedlington Terriers could look at those 4 categories that I have displayed and they got some legal advice from a Co-operative Development Body in the region this could be of some assistance in their case of keeping Bedlington Terriers at their home ground for years to come.

I don't know if this would be helpful in anyway as there is a very pro-active councillor Malcolm I am not familiar with his surname so apologies for that but he might be interested in this Localism Act 2011 and the categories that could benefit the Bedlington Community in the future as a form of building up Community Assets.

I hope this is helpful information.

Yours in the Spirit of Co-operation.

Malcolm. 

Cheers @Malcolm George Allan

I would guess the very ative councilor you are thinking abouit is Malcolm Robinson who often posts info on the work the local council is doing, or not doing.

@Malcolm George Allan - whats a 'Community right to build'? 

I only know I have seen many comments on the online groups about a new swimming pool in Bedlington and I believe it has been discussed many times by the West Bedlington Council but never had the go ahead

In the 1950's we walked walked to Humford baths and it was 3d for the whole 8 hours Wilf kept it open

Back in 2016-17 we created a couple of Then & Now images :-

In the Gallery section of this group under Historic Bedlington there ia an album with images of Humford. This is a direct link to that album :-