Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

@Jr6468 - spent many nights, late 1960's, in the Railway Tavern (Craigsies) before going on to the Domino. In the Railway Tavern disq the Double Maxim looked like engine oil - you could get a pint of milk - the landlady (can't remember her name ) loved it when a fight broke out and I think the policeman that would sort it out was 'Big Jock' . Some photos from @Reedy of two xmas parties at the Glove Factory and one of the management and I think the lady in the photo with the four gents is Dot (Dolly ) Temple. One photo from Colin Crackett showing some ladies working at their machines. This photo from a Claire Gates but no info :-

1. How many days does a broody hen sit on her eggs? Answer = 21 days How to stop a hen brooding - Use frozen vegetables. I’ve heard several people have placed a bag of frozen vegetables underneath their hen. They do this because when a hen is broody their body temperature rises so reducing it (with the frozen vegetables) will sometimes send a message to their brain that they aren’t broody anymore. 2. What would a cooper make for you? Answer = Wooden barrel 3. Which British monarch’s dying words were “All my possessions for a moment of time”? Answer = Queen Elizabeth I Spock - Leonard Nimoy’s last words to the world (two days before he died) ‘A life is like a garden, perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP (= Live long and prosper) 4. Who won the Monaco Grand Prix in 1996? Answer = Olivier Panis = his one and only Grand prix win = Ligier team. The race was run in wet weather, causing significant attrition and setting a record for the fewest cars (three) to be running at the end of a Grand Prix race. 5. Which city is served by Hopkins Airport? Answer = Cleveland, Mississippi 6. What is the currency in Iraq? Answer = Dinar 7. In which city is the Embassy World Snooker Championship held? Answer = Sheffield 8. Who played the title role in the1966 film Alfie?? Answer = Michael Cain. But not a lot of people know that Michael Cain did not say -- not a lot of people know that 9. What is a gibus? Answer = Collapsible Top Hat The gibus was invented in 1812 and named after its inventor, Antoine Gibus, who was a 19th century Frenchman. 10. Which singing voice is between tenor and soprano? Answer = Alto The four main vocal ranges are: Soprano – A high female (or boy's) voice. Alto – A low female (or boy's) voice. Tenor – A high (adult) male voice. Bass – A low (adult) male voice. 11. What is Fred Flintstone’s daughter called? Answer = Pebbles 12. Which organization has twice won the Nobel Peace Prize? Answer = UNHCR The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 27 times to organizations between 1901 and 2019. 24 individual organizations have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, as UNHCR, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, has received the Nobel Peace Prize twice, in 1954 and 1981, and the work of Comité international de la Croix Rouge (International Committee of the Red Cross) (ICRC) has been honoured three times, in 1917, 1944 and 1963. I’ll bet you didn’t know …. In November 1960 an American rocket, launched from Cape Canaveral, went off course and crashed in Cuba killing a cow. November 30, 1960. A solitary cow is grazing in a meadow in the south of Cuba. On the other side of the Caribbean Sea, at the United States launch center, Cape Canaveral, a Thor DM-21 rocket is launched into space carrying a satellite. But something goes wrong. On the way to the stratosphere, Thor explodes and a part of its fuselage hits the Cuban cow head on. Rufina, for that was the cow's name.

@Karen eaglestone - I remember this posting that @katie had made back in 2013 so I checked back to see when Katie last visited the site. Katie hasn't revisited the site since 18th April 2013 = 2 days after she joined. If you hover over the members 'name tag' the system shows some info - small drop down section but staying on the current page you are viewing - and if you select/click on the member's name the system displays a bit more info by redirecting you to the member's info page.

@Steve McGill - I remember, 1960's, there was a couple of small shops in Gordon terrace but can't remember any history of them. My only memory is of small General Dealers, that were on the end of the terrace where there was a road through to the back lane. Looking at Google Street view, 2008, one of them is shown as The Barber Shop but don't know if it still is. I seem to remember a couple of postings on one of the local Facebook groups but at the moment can't find them. There is a lad Brian Jenkinson on the local Facebook groups and I though he used to have a group on Stakeford but can't find that group either so I am not being very helpful here 🙃. Brian is still on Facebook, and I see you are, so it could be worth contacting him via Facebook Messenger and see if he has any info.

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Unfortunately no names. Although Ellenor has mentioned a couple of possibilities no one has positively identified any of them.

Thanks Malcolm. @_pauls - see above from Malcolm.

@Canny lass - @Bedlingtonian - I asked Ellenor for the approximate year of the photo . Ellenor says she struggles with dates and her responses to my questions have been :- Ellenor Owen Alan Edgar A little bit older than me just be guessing AnnAustin 4 sorry but I'm sure someone will recognise a few on fb Ellenor Owen Alan Edgar Alan I started infants early 1944 & by that photo I say it was probably 2 yrs earlier not much more the few I can recall my age then would be Sheila Tatlock Ellen Lynskey Kathy Gregg

Unfortunately not - I have asked the question but as yet no response from Ellenor Owen.

@Canny lass - shot in the dark - photo posted by ex Netherton Colliery lass Ellenor Owen (don't know what her maiden name was). Can you name any of this group? Ellenor Owen‎Bygone Bedlington Alan Brady They look like Netherton lasses. Hide or report this Ellenor Owen Wish I knew names def , Netherton lasses

1. Harry Potter was brought up by his aunt and uncle at which address? (House number, street, town and county required). Answer = 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey, England. After Harry Potter's parents are killed by Voldemort, Albus Dumbledore arranges for Harry to live with his relatives, the Dursleys - his Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon and cousin, Dudley. 2. Where was the first land battle of the Falklands War? Answer = South Georgia 3. Which of the four Beatles was the youngest? Answer = George Harrison Born - February 25, 1943 4. Who was known as the Widow of Windsor? Answer = Queen Victoria ’AVE you ’eard o’ the Widow at Windsor With a hairy gold crown on ’er ’ead? She ’as ships on the foam—she ’as millions at ’ome, An’ she pays us poor beggars in red. (Ow, poor beggars in red!) There’s ’er nick on the cavalry ’orses, There’s ’er mark on the medical stores— An’ ’er troopers you’ll find with a fair wind be’ind That takes us to various wars. (Poor beggars!—barbarious wars!) Then ’ere’s to the Widow at Windsor, An’ ’ere’s to the stores an’ the guns, The men an’ the ’orses what makes up the forces O’ Missis Victorier’s sons. (Poor beggars! Victorier’s sons!) Walk wide o’ the Widow at Windsor, For ’alf o’ Creation she owns: We ’ave bought ’er the same with the sword an’ the flame, An’ we’ve salted it down with our bones. (Poor beggars!—it’s blue with our bones!) Hands off o’ the sons o’ the Widow, Hands off o’ the goods in ’er shop, For the Kings must come down an’ the Emperors frown When the Widow at Windsor says “Stop”! (Poor beggars!—we’re sent to say “Stop”!) Then ’ere’s to the Lodge o’ the Widow, From the Pole to the Tropics it runs— To the Lodge that we tile with the rank an’ the file, An’ open in form with the guns. (Poor beggars!—it’s always they guns!) We ’ave ’eard o’ the Widow at Windsor, It’s safest to let ’er alone: For ’er sentries we stand by the sea an’ the land Wherever the bugles are blown. (Poor beggars!—an’ don’t we get blown!) Take ’old o’ the Wings o’ the Mornin’, An’ flop round the earth till you’re dead; But you won’t get away from the tune that they play To the bloomin’ old rag over’ead. (Poor beggars!—it’s ’ot over’ead!) Then ’ere’s to the sons o’ the Widow, Wherever, ’owever they roam. ’Ere’s all they desire, an’ if they require A speedy return to their ’ome. (Poor beggars!—they’ll never see ’ome!) 5. What was the name of the boat in which Sir Francis Chichester circumnavigated the world 1966-67? Answer = Gipsy Moth IV 6. What did Jack Horner eat in a corner? Answer = Christmas pie 7. What is the full moon following the Harvest moon called? Answer = Hunter’s moon 8. The Statue of Liberty was a gift to America from which country? Answer = France Did you know the Original Statue of Liberty presented to the U.S. was a Statue of a…”Black Woman”. 9. How many players are there in a hurling team? Answer = 15 10. Who had a 1966 hit with Good Vibrations? Answer = The Beach Boys 11. From which language has English borrowed the words brandy, decoy and landscape? Answer = Dutch 12. Which Canadian city was originally called Ville-Marie? Answer = Quebec I’ll bet you didn’t know …. Until 1930 riders of bicycles had to ring their bells non-stop while the bicycle was in motion. Answer = I did - it was in an episode of QI.

Must be me age☺️- could not work that line out - had to Google it ⌨️. Answer = 'One Inch Rock' - Lyrics Met a woman she's spouting prose She's got luggage eyes and a roman nose Her body is slung from side to side Need a lift she said much obliged I'm riding piggy-back Then I came to her shack We go inside the place it's a mess She said my name's the liquid poetess She unties her mouth And her buckskin dress She drinks from a bottle Labelled tenderness I'm in one hand in the other's a can She puts me in the can And smiles through the wall I got the horror's cos I'm one inch tall Next thing I know's a girl by my side Dressed in a bayleaf she's trying to hide I asked her name she said Germaine Do the rock do the one inch rock.

The original headline acts were The Kinks and Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders but these acts were replaced at short notice by Tyrannosaurus Rex, later known as T. Rex. Tickets were £1. Other billed acts of note were Steamhammer, Quintessence,Stackridge, Al Stewart and Keith Christmas. Organised by: Glastonbury Festivals Ltd Genre: Performing arts festival Location(s): Pilton, Somerset, England Founder: Michael Eavis Glastonbury Festival - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Glastonbury_Festiva Back in 1970, started life as the Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival. It was called the Glastonbury Free Festival the following year, before finally landing on the simple but effective Glastonbury Festival in 1979.