Everything posted by Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
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@Lee Foster - aerial view showing Pioneer Terace, Bedlington Station and the Ha'penny woods where Rose Cottage was :-
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That is correct Lee - Bedlingtons railway station was built and opened in Sleekburn in 1850. So Bedlington residents had to travel the 1.5 - 2.0 miles to Bedlingtons station and eventually (I don't know when) the area became know as Bedlington Station.
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Don't know of any where local but I do remember there was an elderly lady that suffered with MS, and I think it was Carlisle, that made the news because her landlord was going to evict her for using drugs on his premises. I think I have the gist of the story correct in that this lady, to relieve her pain, discomfort and other MS related neurological symptoms she used to meet up with others in a similar situation and eat cake that had been made with an amount of cannabis in the mixture. I can't find that particular news story, from many years ago, online but did find this one from 2001 :- http://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/coffee-cakes-and-cannabis-in-cumbria.259504.html
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Names from Dale Foster added = Nos 6,7 & 14 -
@Lee Foster - I asked on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group if anyone had ever know a Wingrove House. One member replied - I live in Wingrove House - and I thought that's it now get some info. Turns out this member lives in Wingove House, Newcastle, not Bedlington. Then another member commented :- 'According to the census, Wingrove House was 28 Pioneer Terrace.' . This has lead to an online discussion with extracts from old maps and books been checked but nothing definite established. I do not have access to the the census info but I will post on this group all that gets posted on the Facebook group when the online discussion ends. Might take a couple of days
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No 18 = Lynne Holmes.
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@Kevin1956 - I was searching for 'First Street' and noticed your posting from 5 years ago. Did you find the maps, and photos, of First street?
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Google satellite image showing the location of the Doctor Pit Welfare Park - now called Dr Pit Park. -
When the photo was posted on Facebook - @Ovalteeny posted this comment and image :- Jack Kidd Looking at the attachment below, which is taken from the information I have gathered from local newspapers, this team line-up never played together for any one club, in any one season. My conclusion is therefore it is a scratch side, most probably to participate in the annual Good Friday “Top Club” versus “Bottom Club” fixture. It would be brilliant if someone could confirm the year the photo was taken. In the 1940’s and 1950’s players could sign for more than one club, provided those clubs were in different leagues. Some of the men who played in the higher class of football (i.e Northern Alliance) were regarded as almost semi-pro as they received match expenses. So, they were prone to moving around, especially if the clubs made it worth their while. I still have a lot more research to do with local football from this era, my data is certainly incomplete, but I have enough information on all the teams in Bedlingtonshire to be able to make a calculated stab and say that this a scratch side, gathered together for some sort of friendly. -
Photo from Hellen Millar - Facebook group Bygone Bedlington. Not sure where this 1950's team played but the most reckon it would have been the Dr Pit Welfare ground as this team was mainly made up of mates from the Dr Pitt. The Matty Hall in the photo is the farther of Matty Hall the Whitley memorial school teacher.
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Don't have a record of who posted this photo or what Facebook the group it was first posted on. -
Photo from Ian Foster - his dad Burton Foster No 10. -
Photo from Lilian Hewitt and names from the Cambois Facebook group members. -
Photo and names from Margaret Smith. -
Photo from Lilian Hewitt and names from loads of Cambois Facebook members. -
Photo and list of names from Ian Arkle. It is thought to be c1974. - -
c1953 photo posted by John Davidson on the Facebook Bygone Bedlington group and names from the Bygone Bedlington group members = Alan Maguie - Susan Hemsted - Sheila Richardson & @Joe McNally. The ground whee the photo was taken has been identified as Croft Park, Blyth. -
1949-50 team photo from @Layna Alexandrou-Panayiotou and names from members of the Facebook group Bygone Bedlington. -
The first photo was from Stephen Wilkins and this clearer image provided by Jack Kid. The update to the names on this one are from @Reedy's dad. -
@graeme - searching for another football pic and I noticed your comment without a reply to it. I know it's a while back but did you see the entry in the Whitley Memorial Album, with this photo and some name, in the gallery? this is a link to the Album :-
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After a debate on the age of the pupils in this photo, and when the school photos were done in colour - 1970's - the year of this photo is thought to be c1969. -
c1971 - photo from Simon Williams - names from many of the Cambois group members.
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Photo from Pat Robinson with the comment :- Took at Cambois school when we visited in 2016. It was lovely to go back after 60 years of leaving. -
c1948 photo from Shirley Walker with just a couple of names + two possibles. -
It's true, according to the Martin family, - life began = Adam & Eve, in the Ha'penny woods :-
