Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
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The Old Vicarage is actually Grade II listed. To quote from the English Heritage guy who surveyed it: "If I have to see yet another Grade II listed building I will scream." He meant, of course, that they were going through a phase when everything that was old enough was being listed without any consideration of merit. Not that there's anything wrong with the Old Vicarage; it's a fine building that was built without much consideration of the cost - because the church at that time was flush with funds from the sale of the Glebe Lands. It will certainly be standing long after the New Vicarage is bulldozed. But it's not representative of the town in the past, and indeed not even that old. Nor is it in any way unique in itself. That's recognised in the Grade II; preservation on the cheap, as no public money is available. There's no doubt that Grade II listings need to be reviewed. Either they should be marked as worthy of public money, or be released from most of the restrictions. Like the Old Vicarage most will survive anyway, because they still serve a purpose into the 21st century and beyond.
The entire conservation area is a bit of a joke anyway, because just about everything that was worth conserving was vandalised by none other than the very people who should have at least preserved some of the better examples. Some of these had been flagged up in surveys paid for with public money before the vandalisation, yet these were ignored when politically convenient.
Bedlington is still a working town, and a working town that has had the raw-end of many political stitch ups. It isn't a twee village in the stockbroker belt with sky high property values, and almost all of the historical treasures have gone for good. It now needs to be able to regenerate with as few shackles as possible. Getting rid of the odd derelict and decrepit building that has long had its day should be just a start. We've got an enviable central position and should be screaming out for this to recognised in regional government decisions, not squabbling over the odd pile of nondescript stones.
I assume the building, and land, is now owned by the council, not the church. I would expect the council to be applying for the building to be removed from the Listed Building register, as it is on in error, so they could sell the land for development. If the building is not removed from the list then in some circumstances could the council be forced to repair the property?
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I startidd my eggtensive heducayshun at the villuj infants. Thatt skule mayd me wot I am twodae
Shud your name not be Kieth? Barton infants were taught 'i' before 'e' accept after 'c'. And that's why I failed my English Language - 1/2 a mark deducted for every spelling mistake.
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It is know as the old church hall to some, others call it the old school depends who you speak to eggy but it is the building between the market place club and the St Cuthberts church.
Thanks Adam. The school that developers wont touch because their are two many restrictions?
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First the Yep, very interesting. I enjoyed that, thanks Malcolm.
Just proves my theory I have developed over my whole life - Every body has different ideas and you need someone to make the decision, rightly or wrongly.
I still feel that after taking the time to watch it all - 75+ mins I must add my bit:-
Man made Global Warming
Medieval Warm Period
Holocene Maximum
So now we have the inconvenient truth we can relax knowing that all the hot air from the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s will soon escape our atmosphere.
Once we have eaten all the livestock on the planet and gone vegetarian the planet will benefit.
If we can get Keith to check for sun spots and publish his daily findings Bedlington will know how to plan the number of Ice Cream vans to have out each day.
Conclusion s
Today's global warming is a result of expelled hot air from theories the mouths of protesters complaining that Britain was warming up following a period of 4 decades of cooling.
The Thames (and hopefully the river Blyth) will freeze over again.
If we solve global warming thousands will be out of work, there will be more decades of hot air from unemployed scientists saying it was all Margaret Thatcher's fault and Britain will again freeze over.
No climate models, including Elle Macpherson, have everything going for them.
Bottle permafrost and sell it to Australia and your descendants will be rich for ever.
If you take a holiday in Iceland don't forget to take your mosquito protection spray.
Buy less clothes and spend the savings enjoying the rest of your life and leave the tweaking of forecasts and predictions up to the scientific community who have spent the last 30 years in doors, away from the sun.
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Mars is at its closest to Earth tonight, so we all know what that means - the invasion is imminent. That light on Mars was just the beginning, the machines will be heading our way soon, it will be the rout of civilization, the massacre of mankind.
Well, that's the end of that then. Can I offer you a lift to a different universe Keith? Malcolm is fueling the eggy shuttle!
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Would someone please enlighten me, and I am sure many others. Does this 'Old' church hall have a name and a specific location?
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Yes it makes a very good point but does it get through to those we would like it to get through to?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=jOrGsB4qG_w
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Check out the above link on youtube.
This is the notification I received giving a link to a site that has a list of known/possible affected services:-
Recently, a major security vulnerability named "Heartbleed" has made headlines around the world. This is a severe vulnerability stemming from a coding mistake in a widely-used security utility called OpenSSL.
The bug affects the encryption technology designed to protect your sensitive data on the Internet, like usernames, passwords and emails.
This is a flaw in the OpenSSL encryption code, not a virus that can be stopped by McAfee or other consumer security software. Because this vulnerability takes advantage of servers, and not consumer devices, businesses need to update to the latest version of OpenSSL to mitigate and address the dangers posed.
The severity of the Heartbleed vulnerability cannot be overstated: several major enterprises use OpenSSL, and are likely affected by this vulnerability as well. The dangers posed by this vulnerability are very real and could affect you if exploited.
So what do you need to do?- Right now, the best thing you can do is wait to be notified about affected services and patches or you can investigate this list provided by Mashable that has some well known brands listed.
- If you'd like to investigate whether or not a website you frequent has been affected, you can use this tool.
- Reset your password for every online service affected by Heartbleed. But beware: you should only change your password after the afflicted business has fixed its servers to remove the Heartbleed vulnerability. Changing your passwords before a company's servers are updated will not protect your credentials from being leaked.
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H G. Wells was right!!! Soon the motherships will arrive. Keep watching the skies.
'Curiosity' got the better of me so I checked it out!
Spoke to Kimberley, currently being explored on Mars, and she reckons it is the Australian rover using a Clas Holsen Halogen 60w bayonet fitting candle bulb.
However Melissa Rice of the California Institute of Technology said in a release.
'An artificial light source was seen this week in this NASA photo which shows light shining upward from the ground.
This could indicate there is intelligent life below the ground and uses light as we do.
This is not a glare from the sun, not is it an artifact of the photo process.
Look closely at the bottom of the light.
It has a very flat surface giving us 100 per cent indication it is from the surface.
Ben Biggs, editor of All About Space magazine, said: "While the "light" is as yet unexplained, it's quite a leap to assume that it has an intelligent source.
Patrick Moore's protégé had no idea :-
However a check with Nasa and they say the bright spot is not that unusual.
Curiosly the Mars rover takes images using two cameras, one in its right eye and the other in its left.
While the image from the right eye shows this bright spot, the same image from the left eye does not.
Nasa says:-
'If you do a little research, you can see that the light is not in the left-Navcam image that was taken at the exact same moment (see that image below). Several imaging experts agree this is a cosmic ray hit, and the fact that it's in one 'eye' but not the other means it's an imaging artifact and not something in the terrain on Mars shooting out a beam of light.'
"The public can afford to speculate wildly but Nasa is an organisation internationally renowned for credible science.
I have therefore delayed the scrambling of the Eggy Shuttle, but it is poised, on the roof, ready.
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Looks like Parking eye is to be scrapped, about time.
Went on-line to update the Parking Eye system of a Blue-Badge car registration and the www.northumbria.nhs.uk/parking page, from October 2013, still directs you to register on the system www.northumbria.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/car-parking BUT when you get to that page it says - 'The trust is currently changing the system used to manage its car parks so patients and visitors are asked to carefully observe signage in hospital car parks during this transitional period.
Costs
There will be no change to current parking charges for patients / visitors which, at £1.20 per hour or a maximum of £4 for a 24 hour stay, continue to be some of the cheapest in the NHS.
In addition:
- A free 20 minute period exists which allows 'pick-ups' and 'drop-offs'.
- A half hourly charge of 60p is in place after the first hour of parking has been paid.
- Disabled (blue) badge holders continue to be exempt from charges and should display their badge in their windscreen.'
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There is a story/poem/verse on the Bedlington Sun Inn Murders on SixTownships site:-
http://www.sixtownships.org.uk/sun-inn-murders-poem.html
A verse from H Poulson.
A story teller should be able to precis that done to something an audience might find amusing or informative.
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When our youngest, not two years old, she stayed with me mother, for 3-4 weeks whilst the wife went into hospital for an op and recovered. My mother could talk, skip, dance and amuse children all day. One little rhyme the youngin came out with was :-
Igglede pigglede (not Higglede Pigglede)
Isolocite
Bumbalada jig
Every man who has no hair
Aut to where a wig.
No idea where it came; can't find anything about it on the www so it might be 'Bedlingtonian' (but it could also be Scottish, from me dad's side).
Anybody else heard that rhyme?
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Lanky fella, long neck always fishing
that's the one, going deaf, think he needs a heron aid.
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Only 7/10 for me! I'll have to get home more often!
A question: Did you all get the Word "kets". I've never Heard this in the plural form. I've only ever Heard "ket" and then not only with the meaning sweets. My parents used the Word "ket" to describe anything that was rubbish. That could be anything from sweets to furniture to TV programmes.
Same here - only the singular 'ket' and it was used to refer to any product that was thought to be sub-standard.
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8/10 - a Doylem & a Scratcher are new (or they are the two brain cells I lost this morning) to me.
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I haven't seen the article, the News Post Leader is not always delivered to every door in Seghill.
This was emailed to me -
solicitors are looking for memories of a music teacher by the name of Heron.
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Oh Wilf! Where have you been? I've missed you.
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Tomorrow Never Dies
Keith "I always enjoyed learning a new tongue.â€
Moneypenny: "You always were a cunning linguist, Keith.†-
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Just brilliant. Keep recycling sir. Are you going to add a chainmail cushion?
As well as a cushion you could add a house number plaque like the enclosed and you might get a few sales in Bedlington :-
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Following the sponsored charity walk on the 23rd of this month did the Bedlington Terrier group/club manage to set a Guinness world record - most number of Bedlington Terriers in a park or on a beach?
Nothing on their Facebook site to say what was achieved, just a few photos of the gathering of owners and dogs at Bedlington Terriers FC.
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The top budge. The most luxurious of all the budges.
AB - have you see the photo in the Gallery - 'Bedlington Miners Picnics..' by Blank , when it was 'unveilled' - in 1953 for the coronation, with The Picnic Queens?
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How To Maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity in retirement.
1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars...watch 'em Slow Down!
2. On all your cheque stubs, write'For Marijuana'!
3. Skip down the street Rather Than Walk and see how many looks you get.
4. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.
5. Sing Along At The Opera.
6. When The Money Comes Out of The ATM, Scream 'I Won! I Won!'
7. When Leaving the Zoo, start Running towards the Car Park, Yelling 'Run For Your Lives! They're Loose!'
8. Tell Your Children over dinner: 'Due to the economy,we are going to have to let one of you go...
9. PICK UP A BOX OF CONDOMS AT THE PHARMACY, GO TO THE COUNTER AND ASK WHERE THE FITTING ROOM IS.
10. Go to a large Department stores fitting room and yell out: THERE IS NO TOILET PAPER IN HERE!
Astronomy
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No. Not even if they 'transmogrify' into Dwane Dibley.