Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

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@Stuart Ashing as you will see it's a while since anyone posted anything on the farm. Sometimes if you 'Tag' those members who have previously added info on the topic they may respond🤞 On this group you can Tag = notify members by starting with the @ character followed by inputting their name tag immediately after the @. When you do that a list of names appears eg :- @Sa and you can select the namefrom the list that appears and the name you are typing will be highlighted and a message sent to them by the system.

tonight I will sleep soundly, as normal, and tomorrow when I wake up everything in my household will be the same.

@azacavagin17 they did practice often in the YMCA at Bedlington station. Your granda John was a couple of years older than me and he lived next door to us in Coquetdale Place. I remember the bands first gigg and I think it was your granda (electrician?) who connected four coloured light bulbs to aa slab of wood and added an extension cable with an on-off switch. I sat under a table, covered by a cloth, and operated the switch = off and on to the beat/rythm of the song the band was playing. The band bought me my first under age pint of a Blank and Tan. I can't be sure of the venue of this first gigg that would have been 1964, or 65, but I thnk it might have been netherton Colliery or the Top End of Bedlington. I know the band were riginally named the Statesmen but can't remember when they changed to the Olympics - (to me). Just remembered your granda's son fitted my kitchen when we were living in cramlington. Think it would have been in the 1990's and the two of them, I think, were living in Millbank Road.

When the weather is fine get out and play. In the winter months, when yourretired and stuck indoors, is the time to be'clarting' on line and researching thepast.

@stustep - have you seen @Canny lass's info on the nailers?

@Rachel H - I've never been to the Northumberland Archives at Woodhorn Colliery but no doubt it's the place where you could spend houes/days searching for historical records of the area. If you are on Facebook the group Bygone Bedlington admin is John Kyzyznowski and he works at the Woodhorn Archives and might be able to advise you where to look🤞 https://northumberlandarchives.com/