Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

East Bedlington Parish Council have commissioned a stainless steel memorial to the A pit (1838 to 1971), going in at the entrance to Bower Grange and it's nearly fully installed. Then I assume there will be an official opening of the monument but haven't heard when. One of our grandkids was driving past the entrance to Chatsworth Drive, Bower Grange, Bedington Station, and saw the work going on and took the photo. above and this one :-

Update of names from Susan, No3 Susan, and the info @Symptoms posted with the photo in March 2013 added to the photo.

So the info - '..... Class 1 1963........ I originally added was incorrect

No27 named by Alfred Comparini of the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group.

Some names from @StuB added to the photo :-

No2 named by Lisa Healey on Bygone bedlington FB group.

Update to No6

Update of No37

No37 udated - named by John Graeme Hindmarsh on the Bygine Bedlington FB group.

No8 & 19 named by Keith Jameson.

Christine Smith Gray has confirmed No7 as Valerie Collis

No4 & 9 updated.

Karen Gowing, Bygone Bedlington FB group,  thinks No15 is her grandma - Alice Lynn

Jan Lucey (Bygone Bedlington FB group) says No16 is her - Janice Brown.

Update from Andy brown = probably c1970 - info on photo updated.

N016 named by Joyce main (Bygone Bedlington FB group) as her cousin Pearl White.

Nos 29 & 42 updated - update from Elizabeth Robertson (nee Robson) No 27 in the photo.

Update of No 3 from Climpson to Climson.

Names from the facebook group Ashington memories updated in the photo :- 

Update on the names - No 7 & 14 names switched. No 15 is thought not to be a BGS ex pupil but the husband of June Gruny's friend who she was staying with in Ashington for the reunion do.

5th Form from 1958-59 school year reunion do held somewhere in Ashington. Organised by June Grundy nee Ham who lived in Ashington  and attended the school from 1954 to 1961.  Info from June's husband Malcolm Grundy who met June at university. Malcolm does not know the other people in the photo.

Malcolm found a list of names that June had documented whilst organising the reunion.

Photo posted on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group and ex BGS pupil Janice Mathews nee Metcalf has named a few. 

The names of those that attended the reunion are all on the following photo :-

@James - same photo posted on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group by a Dawn Gibson. Are you two related

@loopylou - unfortunately still no one in the photo identified by any of the ex employees of the Welyn that are members of the facebook group Bygone Bedlington.

Latest comment was :-

No 22 & 23 updated - info from Christine Smith Gray :-

April 2025