Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

Say enough is enough...........

 

http://www.fairfueluk.com/tellyourmp.html

Said it and MP emailed.

Wow! It looks like I've been taken over by some devine source or power.

Click, crackle, zzzz ... Yes you have and you'll never appear here again, so say goodbye!

That Tantric sex must be taking your body over. It'll be a long time before you come out of it!

Hi everyone. I'm Paul - the person who posted some of the Acorn Bank images onto Flickr.

 

They were skimmed from the microfiche records of The Blyth News in Blyth Library. I was given full permission to photograph and use but not for financial gain. That bit's important!

I took many of the photographs in the book titled 'We're the Famous Blyth Spartans...' by Ken Sproat. During that time I soon realised that the other images would be of great interest..

The images I've shared on Flickr are only a small percentage of what can be found in the microfiche records. If anyone has the time I recommend a visit to that library to see the thousands of news pages they have.

 

Somewhere on the internet (my old PC took bookmarks with it upon death!) there's a promotional film that has a lot of footage of Acorn Bank Opencast. It also shows haulers crossing the bridge in question.

I need to find it..

Welcome to the site Paul - If I come across the promotional film I will try and remember to book-mark and let you know.

I had a quick look on Flickr and saw the picture of the 66 ton coal hauler -  http://www.flickr.com/photos/flyeye/6130678964/in/photostream/

Noticed there was a posting on that page, from 'Bigloda', that mentions 'High Pit Wilma' might be interested. High Pit Wilma is on this site so you never know he might just have details of the info you are after.

Whilst looking at some of your pics I came across the one of the remains of the windmill at Plessey. The stories in my family are that a relative of my grandfather was the stonemason that assisted in the building of that and the Hartford bridge. Never been able to get to the windmill site or the east side of the bridge to see if the stonemason left any evidence of the builder.  

Do you have any info on the windmill and bridge?

My world was lang pit rows .with ootside Nettie's.

Pigeon crees and garden tetties.Men Gannon to work

Wearing auld cloth caps.

Fetching wettor from outside taps.Jinny/ Mary/ Hannah/ May

WOR some of the names of every day.

Kids riding around on ramshackle bikes

Dorty angels raggy arsed tykes.

Nobody had out we wor aal the same

Could/nt tell the difference except for the name.

A divvent regret these times have past

Its just that whey man

They wor the last.

Part of a poem I wrote years ago which I. thought apt for this topic

I like that. You didn't loose your Penka doon Double Raa did ye?

Did the names Gibbons & Potts fit in with your memory of the occupants of the first two house in Office Row? Just so I can tell the 'ageds' they were right or wrong.   

I agree it's similar to the Bebside Inn but the Inn has 3 upstairs windows.

 

It might not even be a pub. Looks like a really old photo and I'm not sure the women featured would have gone into rough public houses in those days.

 

The photo is one of only 4 unidentified pictures in Dad's collection so is probably a Bedlingtonshire building.

Not saying cars didn't move around the country in the early 19 hundreds, but the 1 or 2 letter plates followed by 4 numbers were issued between 1903 & and the mid 1930s. The registration  M-2248 on the old car is, according to the 'Chiltern Vehicle Preservation Group'  that have issued a document  http://www.cvpg.co.uk/REG.pdf detailing when and where car registrations were issued, gives that car as registered in Chichester in 1919.

Must get out for a pint!

I lived in no 14 0ffice row until I got married.There were 17 houses in the street.Starting at 17 the families were Audsley .Easton/ Scott/ Dickson /Beldon/ Scot/ Allison/ B

loom/ Godsmark/ Dixon/ Marshall/ White/ Lowe/ Neal/ Hunter / I/m afraid my memory let's me down on the last 2 .

Alan - and old Barrington source, that wishes to remain anonymous, says the last two could be:- 

Gibbons - mended the potts! and Pollard.

And then wandering away from the actual Offfice row question they said :-

"House through the gateway was Ronnie Cook and Bob Crackett" and then the conversation went off in another direction.

It might just be my 51 and three quarters year old dodgy eyesight but can anyone name the pub. The sign looks like it ends with 'House'.

Well my even older dodgier eyesight also failed.

Using Microsoft Digital Image I applied every filter and distortion I could. The best, for my eyes, I got was by cutting out the sign and distorting the image. Definiteley say the last word is house but the; it appears to start with 'JO'  then the rest beats me.

Definitely got clipped by polis (and then by parents after they were informed by polis) but don't remember his name. If your dad was the Bedlington Station polis Paul then I for one am extremely happy he clipped me and sent me home. A clip, a throbbing lug for a day or two, the embaresmaent (of getting caught) etc. etc. much better than a police record. 

The Wheat Sheaf Inn.jpgBedlington 1897.jpg

 

In one of Evan Martin's books he records the pubs that were in Bedlington in 1886  -

 

Beerhouses

Alma Inn, Glebe Row, Wm Barnes.

Barrington Arms, Vulcan Place, William Herron.

Cross Tavern Market Place, John Phillips.

Fountain Inn, Glebe Row, John Simm.

Gardener's Arms Front Street, Margaret Birkley.

Traveller's Rest, Front Street, Henry Kidd.

Wharton Arms Inn, West End, G Anderson.

Wheat Sheaf Inn, East End, Andrew Hay.

 

Hotels, Inns and Taverns

Black Bull, Front St, Henry Ternent.

Blue Bell, West End, Thos Mole.

Bridge Inn, East End, Robed Leslie.

Dun Cow, East End, Wm Green.

Howard Arms, Market Place Mark Bowman.

King's Arms, Market Place Hutton Glover.

Mason's Arms, West End, Thomas Hay.

Northumberland Arms, Northumberland St, James Archer.

Oddfellows Arms, East End, T R Simm.

Percy Arms, Bedlington Station, Wonders & Son.

Puddlers Arms, Bank Top, Joseph Wm Craggs.

Red Lion, Thos Robson.

Sun Inn, Front St, Wm Scott.

Tankerville Arms, Glebe Row, Joseph Cowans.

Traveller's Rest, Scotland Gate, T Morrow.

Turk's Head, Market Place, Mrs Hudspith.

 

I've no idea what the difference is between a Beerhouse, an Inn and a Tavern but according to this list there were 24 of them!

At the bottom end of the town, on the site where a "Jonnie Johnson†retirement home, "Wansbeck Court†has been built there used to be a block of flats. The block of flats was at some stage The Wheat Sheaf Inn as the name of the pub could be seen painted on the front of the building right up to the time the building was pulled down. It was demolished sometime in the 1950's. I have attached a photo of the inn.

On the attached map of Bedlington in 1897, PH means public house and most of the pubs listed above can be picked up on the map. The one marked in yellow is the position of The Wheat Sheaf Inn.

Like the 1897 map James. Most of the ones I've got (found on-line) don't have specific dates and they have more street buildings so this is the ealiest, with more info on, that I have seen. 

The movement of one's head towards another person's face/head should not be interpreted as a head-butt.

Yes, for being 'slightly moved' aside by Hull's David Meyler, Mr. Pardew's forward movement of his head into the face of David Meyler, in the full view of children, sensationalists, unintelligent football pundits etc. etc. deserves to see him punished BUT wouldn't it be justice if every other wimpy footballer's head-to-head confrontation with an opponent was also dealt with in the same manner. But don't say it's a head-butt!

How many times have we seen, and will continue to see, immature adults attempt (and fail) to win an oscar for a hard-man performance or an enactment of a front line soldier been struck by a hail of bullets.  

 

The FA have again been given the opportunity to put right all their past failings. Make an example of this childish behaviour and follow it through, for ever. But it's not a head-but!

I absolutely love the game but it maddens me when one player screams an injustice by an opponent then pleads innocence when they carry out a similar action that would results in a misdemeanour. Punish them for stupidity, lack of discipline, not been able to put a sentence together, childlike naivety but not for trying.

 

Ps. Love it in rugby union when an offence is committed and the 5ft nothing ref lays the law down to the 6ft 7†18st forward and the forward doesn't say a word; accepts the ref's interpretation (right or wrong) and gets back on with the game.

PPS - forgot to say David Meyley came out of this weekend's incident with my respect. No over reaction what so ever.

The movement of one's head towards another person's face/head should not be interpreted as a head-butt.

Yes, for being 'slightly moved' aside by Hull's David Meyler, Mr. Pardew's forward movement of his head into the face of David Meyler, in the full view of children, sensationalists, unintelligent football pundits etc. etc. deserves to see him punished BUT wouldn't it be justice if every other wimpy footballer's head-to-head confrontation with an opponent was also dealt with in the same manner. But don't say it's a head-butt!

How many times have we seen, and will continue to see, immature adults attempt (and fail) to win an oscar for a hard-man performance or an enactment of a front line soldier been struck by a hail of bullets.  

The FA have again been given the opportunity to put right all their past failings. Make an example of this childish behaviour and follow it through, for ever. But it's not a head-but!

I absolutely love the game but it maddens me when one player screams an injustice by an opponent then pleads innocence when they carry out a similar action that would results in a misdemeanour. Punish them for stupidity, lack of discipline, not been able to put a sentence together, childlike naivety but not for trying.

Ps. Love it in rugby union when an offence is committed and the 5ft nothing ref lays the law down to the 6ft 7†18st forward and the forward doesn't say a word; accepts the ref's interpretation (right or wrong) and gets back on with the game.

Cannot pay debt go to Jail?!

I'm sure Britain used to send bankrupts to prison - Debtor' prison.

They still do in Dubai, the concept of Bankruptcy does not exist, if you have debt and cannot pay it you simply go to jail. 

Despite the result, still hope you had a good experience. I still remember 1974 & 76 even thought NUFC were crap.

That is because the good, long sighted management have voted with their feet.

How about keeping it simple :–

1. Group of business men decide Longhirst Hall = Hotel – Weddings etc. good place to invest and make money

2. Longhirst Hall makes money

3. 2012 Young couples, not press-ganged by parents into formal weddings head, for Turkey; Cyprus; Las Vegas & Elvis etc. etc.

4. Longhirst Hall not bringing in the clients, starts to lose money.

5. 2013 install new General Manager with a proven record :-

He has extensive experience of managing country house-style hotels for many years and also owned his own hotel in the East Midlands.

Someone thinking "I'm looking for something that would stretch me and I'm delighted to be working at a multi-faceted venue which has untapped potential and allows me to develop my entre-preneurial flair. Quality, not quantity, is my focus and I encourage the section managers and staff to treat the business like it is their own.â€

6. Brought in a new financial controller and a food and beverage manager so Longhirst can go further afield for business.

7. 2014 Longhirst can't go any further, still losing money.

Before we lose any more money – Liquidation – Terminate staff contracts - Close the doors.

Update General Manager's CV – "Tried his best, will keep on trying to feed his familyâ€

Next project please.

If the money men didn't would we, the common person, risk investing?

Haven't got a photograph of the Costain bridge but we came across this picture whilst searching.

It might be of the opencast workers and someone might recognise some of them. Must be connected to Bedlington somehow.

No joy sir, can't find anyone who worked for, or knew anyone from, the Costain's work force.

Symptom posted an entry in the  - The Old Broadway House Farm  -  topic

"A 2009 post:

Brilliant! Just to get some sense of scale of the drag-line buckets the Dad of a pal of mine (he was the top spark at the site in the mid to late 60s)took a few of us 'down the hole' in a Land Rover which he parked in the bucket ..."

You never know he might still have a contact.

Ladbrokes are only covering up to a score of 7 - 2 = 250/1. I thought they would at least have gone up to Sunderland's favourite numbers, 37 & 73, (I know, FA cup not League Cup) and had odds on a 7 - 3 score line. I suppose it's pushing it a bit to expect SAFC to score thrice!. 

Naw, this is Malcolm on his bike.

 

 

augustus windsock.jpg

Nah, has Malcolm got a bike?

Was going to start a count down to Sunday - 5 - 4- 3 - 2- 1 but thought nah it'll be a count up - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - ...................

Could be regardless of what anyone thinks, the workers of this world will get a day off and have to thank MT

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-naming-the-august-bank-holiday-as-margaret-thatcher-day

I think this guy used to cycle from Pegswood to Bedlington each day.

The film Ken Russell made in the 60s features him and then he is in the follow up film that was made in the oo's.

If I am correct, he was in a brass band, and talks to Ken Russell in the bottom club.

Your right Maggie, it is one of the photos from the Ken Russell article on the Miners Picnic that he did in 1960 and followed it up, came back to Bedlington, in 2005.  

Dad is certain it's Shiney Row with the Dr Pit at the far end.

Rock on your dad, I would say your dad is right. Searched for 'Shiney' and in the topic Double Row, Bedlington Started by johnnie, Feb 02 2010 03:01 PM 

there is an entry by threege Posted 07 February 2010 - 02:31 AM that has a photo of Shiney Row from a very similar angle to the one I found. 

Stop it.

Can't get past 2!!!!!

Reedy - just like to pinch your topic, to identify a street for me. Whilst searching for other stuff landed on http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northeast/series7/ (that appears to be an old or redundant site) this story about John Gibson, Bedlington Miner, and shows him riding his bike in one of the pit rows. 

Can anyone identify the row he is riding in?

Pit Rows.jpg

 

In my mind South Row was like the one in the picture with John Gibson riding his bike - each house with a small yard at the back. I can only  remember the 'A' pit rows having the back yard. The Dr Pit rows had the back door straight onto the path.

BUT this picture shows the pit head at the end of the street and therefore could not be South or Shop row. There is a row of houses in the aerial shot that I can't remember being there when I used to cross through the 'A' pit to Barrington School and a photo from that row would show the pit head.

Oooops -ignore that request. I found the picture via flickr.com/photos and every time I attempted to go to the site address to view the full set of pictures I got page not available. I have now found the original insideout posting and John Gibson did take part in the Bedlington Miners Picnic, but not for any pit in Bedlington, he was part of the Pegswood miners band. So I assume that street, that looks like South Row to me (apart from how tidy it is!), is a Pegswood pit row.

Reedy - just like to pinch your topic, to identify a street for me. Whilst searching for other stuff landed on http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northeast/series7/ (that appears to be an old or redundant site) this story about John Gibson, Bedlington Miner, and shows him riding his bike in one of the pit rows. 

Can anyone identify the row he is riding in?

In my mind South Row was like the one in the picture with John Gibson riding his bike - each house with a small yard at the back. I can only  remember the 'A' pit rows having the back yard. The Dr Pit rows had the back door straight onto the path.

BUT this picture shows the pit head at the end of the street and therefore could not be South or Shop row. There is a row of houses in the aerial shot that I can't remember being there when I used to cross through the 'A' pit to Barrington School and a photo from that row would show the pit head.