Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

Two years, that's the norm, isn't it "High streets across the country are suffering through the rise of out of town and internet shopping with austerity making things worse." "Many vital redevelopment projects have been entirely abandoned, including the now infamous ‘Ashington Hole’ and our long-awaited development of the old school site in Newbiggin." Killingworth Road traffic nightmare The road, in South Gosforth , first closed in July 2017 to undergo a £13.5m transformation that has seen a new Metro bridge installed and the road widened. That work should have been all done by February 2018, but is still incomplete after engineers encountered numerous problems including severe weather and asbestos. So in 10 years time the headlines will be - Amazon Prime delivery delayed by 30 mins. The government Watchdog & COBR committee to hold emergency meetings. Regardless of what anyone thinks of council members or Advance Northumberland or Ian Lavery etc. etc. surely the delays are mainly down to the major retailer = a supermarket chain trying to expand it's business making the final decision to build a new store and then the other retailers, and property developers join in.

@Tonyp - names added to your photo.

The problem is believing it before it starts - when it's completed we will all believe it.

@Tonyp links to two of your Albums are :- Gallery>People and Events Gallery>Relatives = and Gallery>People and Events gallery>Old photos =

@Tonyp - the photo you just posted, did you mean to post inside one of your Albums eg. 'Old Photos' or 'Relatives? It is in the 'People and Events Gallery' but outside of any Album - along with many more photos. If you say which one is your brother and which one is Paul Cox - number 1,2 or 3, I will add their names to the photo.

Supermarket giant Tesco is set to cut more than 1,800 jobs as it makes changes to bakeries in larger stores. It said that 1,816 bakery staff were at risk of redundancy, with the changes taking place from May. The retailer said it would convert 58 of its bakeries so they will only finish pre-baked products on-site. Jason Tarry, the head of Tesco UK & Ireland, said it needed to "adapt to changing customer demand", with fewer people buying traditional loaves. The move comes as sales of bagels, wraps and flatbreads is increasing, according to Tesco. Bakeries at 257 sites will remain unchanged, with a further 201 still offering some products baked from scratch. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51626529

Thanks @Malcolm Robinson

Ritchie Muldoon, Bygone Bedlington Facebook group, says No 32 is John Snow from Shiney Row.

Very quite - clicked on all the links but couldn't find any updates on the https://www.investinginbedlington.co.uk/news-page/ since 9th July 2019. I wonder if @Malcolm Robinson or @Bill Crosby have a 'one line' update that could say if the scheme is moving ahead or at a stand still.

No 5 updated to Jack Carr - brother of No 12 jack Carr. Updated from Shirley Nichol (Bygone Bedlington Facebook group).

@Vic Patterson - No 13 updated

@Vic Patterson - No 24 & 26 updated.

Photo from Terri King, Bygone Bedlington Facebook group member and it is thought to be the annual Leek Club trip but nobody knows where it was to.