Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

1. What car was produced in Britain in 1913 for the first time? Answer - Model T Ford 2. Which Star Trek character was played by Leonard Nimoy? Answer – Spock 3. Who is the first female in the order of accession to the British throne? Answer - Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor Because the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 wasn't enacted until 2015, Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor—the older of Prince Edward's two children—will always be just behind her brother in the line of succession. 4. What spirit forms the base of the liqueur Benedictine? Answer = none, it is a unique herbal liqueur In 1510, the Benedictine monk Don Bernardo Vincelli created the recipe for this French liqueur, which calls for 27 plants and spices. The three main ingredients are Angelica, Hyssop and Lemon Balm. There are only three people on earth who know the complete recipe for making the spirit. Fact - The United Kingdom remains a significant market in Europe where much of the Bénédictine is consumed in the Burnley area of England. This is as a result of returning Great War soldiers of the East Lancashire Regiment acquiring a taste for the drink whilst stationed in France during the War. Traditionally people in East Lancashire drink Bénédictine with hot water, known as 'Béné and hot', and the Burnley Miners Club is reputedly the largest single customer. 5. Which city is the headquarters of the Mormon Church? Answer = Salt Lake City 6. What name is given to a young goose? Answer = gosling Geese migrate in groups in the spring and fall, flying together in a V-shape. A male goose is called a "gander" and a baby goose is called a "gosling". A group of geese is called a "gaggle". 7. Denmark Strait separates which two countries? Answer = Greenland and Iceland The Battle of the Denmark Strait was a naval engagement on 24 May 1941 in the Second World War, between ships of the Royal Navy and the Kriegsmarine. 8. If something is described as ‘eolithic’ from what age is it? Answer = Stone age An eolith is a chipped flint nodule. Eoliths were once thought to have been artifacts, the earliest stone tools, but are now believed to be geofacts. The first eoliths were collected in Kent by Benjamin Harrison, an amateur naturalist and archaeologist, in 1885. 9. In cricket, what do the Australians call extras? Answer = Sundries Extras = Runs not scored off the bat - no-balls, wides, byes and leg-byes. Extras count to the team's total, but not to the batsman. 10. What was unusual about the Roman consul Incitatus? Answer = he was a horse Caligula was going to make him consul in the Roman Senate. Records say Caligula wanted to appoint his equestrian bud to the Senate, but he was assassinated before he could make it happen. 11. (XLVIII + II) x X = ? (Answer in Roman numerals) Answer = D (50-10 + 5 + 1 +1 +1 + 1 + 1) x 10 = 50 12. In which English county can Cresswell Crags be found? Answer = Derbyshire Creswell Crags, ravine about 1,500 feet (450 m) long, near Creswell in northeastern Derbyshire, Eng. It contains caves that have yielded one of the most important British series of extinct vertebrate remains, accompanied by implements of Paleolithic hunters. I’ll bet you didn’t know … The Incas of South America carried out blood transfusions 400-500 years before the technique was mastered in Europe. Answer = I didn’t

@Damian Robson - couldn't get your link to play the video so I reposted the link.

Did you get to Guidepost via bus or car - bus would be a long trip - Wallsend to Newcastle and change for a 16 mile trip to Guidepoost

Would that be what I knew as The Naval Club ?

@HIGH PIT WILMA - Bill unfortunately another deputy you may have known no longer around. Posted on the Blyth Remembered Facebook group was this message :-

Joan Morland off the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group says No 14 is Nellie Halliday. I have added the updated photo into the Gallery>Historic Bedlington>Netherton/Nedderton old photos 2.

Tuesday 05/05/2020 early start to jokes (and I'll try and not miss out words, spell correctly and quality check what I have typed.🙂) First one for the blokes - What's worse than ants in your pants? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uncles! The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades. I think it's wrong that only the one company can make the game Monopoly. I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like granda. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.

A few of them, and Dutchy (also no longer with us) at the Domino 1969

Bill - I posted the photo on the Facebook group Bygone Bedlington and the name they came up with for the other fella is Tommy Knox and there is a photo dated Wednesday 29th January 1964 showing the Guidepost roundabout under construction.

Noo - that was the farther in laws gnome. This Wilf :-

Magic - this one 2008 just before we moved and I stopped gardening.

After man discussion with 4 children who as they grew older were always right and new more than me I would keep my cool in the house and go outdoors and and plant where I wanted, where I knew was best and if they started growing to stringy and going their own way I would nip the heads out and force them to grow the way I wanted then to. None of the plants and shrubs put up any discussion or argument - they just had to accept it. Relax in a garden seat with a pint and a fag, stare at the garden and think - see if yous would just listen and do as your told. These days they definitely all now more than me on about what the youth of today are on about.

I'm only a Facebook member to see whats posted on the local groups, especially Bedlington, but I do check out a few groups = Bedlington - Cambois - past Times History and Old photo's of holywell & seaton delaval & seghill & hartley sluice w/bay (cos I now live there) - Friends Of Bates Colliery (just to let HPW see any new photos and stories etc that get posted) & Barrington, Barnt' n memories and stuff!! and that's where I get most of the photos from that I add to the albums in this group. When I had those few days away from online activity I came back to 1200 + emails - took some time to catch up. I assume TW is Twitter - I don't Tweet or Instagram or anything else that is out there Keeps be occupied whilst the young lady is outside gardening . Gardenning used to be one of my passions, especially Fuscias - surprised I've never posted any photos. I used to get the grand kids to stand next to them and pretend I was taking a picture of the grand bairn

I should try and convince John K to join this group. He is admin of the Facebook group Bygone Bedlington and works at the Woodhorn Museum and that's where he gets all his news paper stories from. Sure I have asked him in the past to join but I think he said he didn't really have the time to comment on other groups. he does do a lot of delving into Bedlington's past and post a lot of stuff on the Facebook group. Don't hold your breath but I will give him a nudge to join

I think, but could be wrong, where John K says :- ....but this doesn't look the case, is John saying his previous understanding of the sale was wrong.