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From the album: Old Photos of Bedlington 2
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Silly things you thought were true when you were kids
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) replied to Tonyp's topic in Chat Central
If you were in the huff and pulling a miserable face me mam would say :- "If the wind changes your face will stick like that": -
A Pit and pond.jpg
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Can't remember any catching any toads from the pond but do remember we spent hours catching fish, sticklebacks I think, from the pond with a long piece of grass plus a worm threaded through the end of the grass. Like you Jammy my memory says we never took them home we put them all back when the day was over. Another memory is of the pile of wooden pit props close to the pond and my two brothers and me used a few in an attempt to build a raft. Can't remember what we used to try and tie the props together just that it only worked for less than a minute and I ended up in the pond, surrounded by props, and wor Dek & Den having to get a pole to reach out for me to grab and they pulled me back to the edge. And yes I was in the dog house when we all got home - me still dripping wet, and probably stinking -
Palace Theatre enlarged.jpg
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@Jammy - there is a web site cinematreasures.org that gives info on all the cinemas in Britain. I remember finding the site, a few years ago, and learned that the name WALLAW was from the original owner's name - WALter LAWson. They don't have any photos of the Bedlington WALLAW but they do have this info :- ' Located in Bedlington, Northumberland. The Palace Theatre was opened as a variety theatre in 1896. It had a full stage and 5 dressing rooms. At the turn of the century it began screening films as part of the variety programme. It suffered damage from a fire in 1927. The Palace Theatre was restored in 1928, and in 1929 it was equipped with Western Electric(WE) sound system. It was taken over by Wallaw Picture Ltd. in 1930 and in the 1930’s it was rebuilt in an Art Deco style. It was re-named Wallaw Cinema around 1939. The Wallaw Cinema was closed in the middle of August 1966. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the first half of the 1960's we used to bunk off school to go to the WALLAW on a Tuesday afternoon for the Matinee. It was 6d to get in. Can't prove this but I think I was told that the matinee, at the Bedlington cinemas, was introduced for the shift workers = miners -
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From the album: Old Photos of Bedlington 2
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A pit entrance from South Row2.jpg
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Entrance to the 'A' pit from Station Road. The kids from Waverley Avenue; Waverley Drive; Bolam Place and the Oval area that went to Barrington County Primary school would cross the Station Road, from outside the Pioneer Boot factory and walk through the pit area up to Shop Row where they would turn right and to the railway crossing at Bedlington North signal box and cross the lines onto the Barrington Road and turn left to head for the school. -
A pit entrance from South Row2.jpg
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From the album: Old Photos of Bedlington 2
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A Pit aerial shot c1950.jpg
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From the album: Old Photos of Bedlington 2
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Clayton Street c1920.jpg
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From the album: Old Photos of Bedlington 2
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From the album: Old Photos of Bedlington 2
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BedlingtonStation_Old_Postcard2 Railway Crossing.jpg
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From the album: Old Photos of Bedlington 2
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St Cuthbert's Church.jpg
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St Cuthbert's Church.jpg
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St Cuthbert's Church.jpg
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Station Club 1950's.jpg
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Latest on Tesco site development
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) replied to _pauls's topic in Talk of the Town
@_pauls link also has this link at the end of the text :- https://www.advancenorthumberland.co.uk/latest-projects/bedlington/bedlington-town-centre -
Station Club 1950's.jpg
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