Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

@Stu hunter - just had a quick Google for Gallagher Park Music festival 2019 and found this :- http://whatsoninthenortheast.co.uk/event/gallagher-park-live-music-festival/90647 Gallagher Park Live Music Festival Bedlington Gallagher Park Bedlington’s fabulous free festival GALLAGHER PARK LIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL is confirmed for Saturday 27th July 2019! Headlined by Matt Cardle last year, the music festival returns to the North East. It’s everything you would expect from a festival including a wide variety of bands and entertainment to entertain all the family along with fantastic local food. Headlining the festival this year are THE SOUTH (featuring members of The Beautiful South), along with teenage idol CHLOE ROSE, JACK & TIM and CBeebies presenter SID SLOANE! THE SOUTH Celebrating their 10th year anniversary and 30 years since The Beautiful South released ‘Song For Whoever’, The South are an impressive 9 piece band who feature former members of The Beautiful South including singer Alison Wheeler and lifelong sax player Gaz Birtles. Since Dave Hemingway, the original singer, left the group at the end of 2016, Gaz has moved across to front the band with Alison and taken on vocal duties. They play the songs made famous by The Beautiful South and bring back the full flavour and arrangements with this exciting live band. After a successful year of touring the theatres and festivals of the UK up and down the country, The South are keeping alive all those timeless songs - A Little Time (the number one single), Perfect 10, Rotterdam, Song For Whoever, Old Red Eyes Is Back, Good as Gold, Don't Marry Her plus many more singles and album tracks as well as a few choice South originals. All performed again live, these songs span an impressive 20 year career starting way back in 1989! Come on! Let’s Carry On… Regardless! East Bedlington Parish Council Chariman Keith Grimes said, “This fabulous festival formally known as Northumberland Live Bedlington is back with a new name and a new look taking place at Gallagher Park in Bedlington this Summer, where we are thrilled to welcome The South as being our headline act this year having recently completed a successful Spring 2019 UK tour, alongside Chloe Rose and CBeebies presenter Sid Sloane. This festival is suitable for all members of the family.

@Canny lass - update for No 1 & 2 :- Joe McNally 2nd left looks like my uncle Ted Leonard Hide or report this Carol Reed My dad's brother Edward Leonard Liz Joslin Number 1 is bob bell

Six new stations could open if Ashington to Newcastle passenger trains resume In February, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling was very much in support of the project as he visited the county https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/six-new-stations-could-open-16585704?fbclid=IwAR2vkwN2CofPa4XULfRsMry6qed3WXs5hL_66rEpm8OTAoOUivHnQtFeYkA

Update from the Docherty family - Keith Docherty I'm sure I've seen this photo before & think No 4 is my dad Howard Docherty & No 5 my uncle John Cunningham John Docherty Definitely dad and Uncle John and Mick Cunningham Number 1 is Billy Bell

Caroline Dobinson - Facebook group Bygone Bedlington - is trying to identify her dads mates in this photo that she thinks has been taken in Netherton Club. @Canny lass - Robert Morland (ex Netherton Colliery) has given two possibles - No 3 & 4. Can you confirm either of those two?

@Liz Moore - forgot to mention there is a site that might be of some help in your research = The Durham Mining Museum site. It lists info on all the mines in the Northumberland and Durham counties. This is a link to the page on the Barrington colliery and then an extract from the Barrington Colliery page :- http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/b035.htm

@Liz Moore - have you download copies of the photos? I found this extract (don't know what book it was taken from) on the Facebook group - Barrington, Barnt' n memories and stuff!!

@Liz Moore - photos from the facebook group - Barrington, Barnt' n memories and stuff!! Double Row and the outside toilet (Nettie) and coal shed (coal cree) This is a photo of one of the other rows in Barrington with the same setup - back lane/road; outside toilet and coal shed.