Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

@Millbank - checking through this WM album, for the name Stoker, and noticed your comment from 2017 re No 13. So I also checked on the FB group Bygone Bedlngton where we also have a WM album and No13 was confirmed as John Simpsom.

Update photo :- 

Steve (No 10) and Carol's (No 17) list of names added to the photo.

2 hours ago, Canny lass said:

11 is, I believe, John Gair of Third Street, Netherton.

@Canny lass just checked on the Bygone Bedlington group and Sreve Thomas, No10, has given me this list of names and he also has No11 as John Gair👍 :-

Steve Thomas

Photo posted by Steve Thomas on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group.

Space for names added :-

Janet Quintal (Bygone Bedlington FB group) has identified No 50 as her dad - Robert (Bob) Graham.

@Keith Harle - names and info updated.👍

@Keith Harle - i will update the photo at the weekend and add 1966 to then photo. 

Other updates from the ex pupils on the Facebook group Bygone Bedlington are :-

Miss SCHERF to Miss SCHERPF 

Miss LABarre add (French Assistant.

I will add Deputy Head to mr Hedderly. Was Miss Smith also a Deputy Head at the same time as Mr Hedderly?

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When you mentioned Mrs Penhalluric in you previous comment you put a '?' next to her name. One member of the FB group did say that there was a Miss King, later Mrs Penhalluric, the girls PE teacher.

Update from Hazel Krzyzanowsk on the Barrington, Barnt' n memories and stuff!! - 

Hazel Krzyzanowski

@Canny lass & @Keith Harle - my memory says Mansel's first job was at Moscadinni's travel ageny that was next door to the cafe on Ravensworth Terrace. I think it was a storeroom for the cafe converted into a small travel shop and mansel was the first employee. Don't remember how many years he did that job for.

@Keith Harle - photo posted on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group yesterday asking if anyone knows the year the photo was taken

but no response yet.

I will give it a few days before I post an updated photo within this album and hopefully we have confirmation ofm the year it was taken.

Alan 

58 minutes ago, Keith Harle said:

Alan,

Thanks for your response. Out of interest, have you any idea what has happened to Mansel Dinnis. I note that he did not respond to your email of a couple of years ago. I've checked Google, but nothing recent comes up about him.  The photo 1970c Teaching Staff.jpg may well be 1965 Teaching staff.jpg as claimed by Mr Dawson's son. In 1966/67 Mr Shivas, Miss Elliot and Miss Patterson were seriously ill and Mr Shivas died in November 68. Miss Patterson died a couple of years after that. Miss Elliot took early retirement and ,I think, recovered. Mr Wealleans did indeed teach history. He was an excellent teacher as was Mr Hedderly, Mr Cave and (not in pic)Miss Lowes ( Maths). In this photo, Miss Smith and Mr Hedderly are the deputy Heads.

From 1971- 1972, I was a student on a course, at Newcastle Polytechnic with Kevin Tanney. He was a very affable individual.       

Keith  

@Keith Harle - the year 1965 did confuse me as I left BGS in 1965 and Ican't remember Maths teacher Mr PJ Cook - French teacher Mr Knox - Music teacher Mrs Simpson - History Mr Whelans - English teacher Mr Robertson - Mrs brown - Miss Garforth - Miss Elizabeth Smith - or Miss Labarre. But thats noy unusal these days.

I never did hear bak from from Mansel and could only assume that he was no longer with us. The last hoto posted in the album is the reunion held in Ashington c2004. 

I am told that Mansel was not debuty head boy but unfortunately members are unable to edit text posted after 10 minutes from the initial posting has passed.

Mr Dawson's son, Thomas, never got bnack to me so no conmcrete confirmation of the year the photo was taken. I will ask on the Bedlington remembered Facebook group if any of the former pupils that re members can remember what year he retired and I will update the year base on the response + what you have said

Alan

18 hours ago, Keith Harle said:

Alan,

Are you still posting content?

Keith Harle

Yes, still posting within this group when antyhing hew turns up

No13 named by Jean McDonnell on the Bygone Bedlington FB group.

With some names from the Bygone Bedlington FB group:-

No 28 named, with '?' by Susan Denholm on the Barrington FB group.

15 hours ago, Gary Mills said:

Can you explain Netherton/Nedderton please?

@Gary Mills rather than fill up the gallery with comments I have created a topic - Netherton info for Gary Mills - under the History Hollow part of the Discussion section.

This is a direct link to topic :- 

@Gary Mills I assume you have gone through the other 5 Gallery albums on Netherton Colliery/Nedderton :- 

Netherton/Nedderton old photos

•  Album created by Carole

The End of Netherton Colliery

•  Album created by Carole

Netherton Colliery Railway Engine 1970

•  Album created by Cympil

Scotts of Netherton

•  Album created by sweenytwo

Netherton Colliery Band

•  Album created by Bandsman1966

as well as this one.

I would expect finding general info, from pre 1940, from existing members of this site would be difficult unless someone had delved into census records etc.

if you created a new topic under the Discussion/History Hollow section you may get more response. Have you used the search facility? if you searched, using quotation marks, for "Netherton Coliery"  under the Discussion section of this site you will be returned all the comments through many topics that have used that phrase.  probably a lot to wade through but might be worth it.🤞

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