Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

Thanks Jim_mcglenn.

@HIGH PIT WILMA - was it Billy McGlen that was in one of your bands? @jimmcglen :- see the above comments Jim and photo of Mrs McGlen. Is this your relation?

Can't remember them having Rediffusion - don't recall a dial/switch on the window sill. Knowing my aunt and her unmarried son, Owen Humble, = Deputy Managers papers at the 'A' pit and I think he worked in the Drawing Office - I suspect it was all bought and paid for. Wor Anne doesn't have that 'coloured' doll any more . I will see what I can find out about Mrs McGlen Rigger. The youngest of my grannies 9 children is still alive and might be able to remember some details. Don't hold your breath as it will be Facebook question to my youngest cousin, still working, who might remember to question her dad, my grannies youngest, about Mrs McGlen.

Rigger - I don't know if I can find anything else out ab out the McGlen family but I knew the name and especially Beatty Road. My granny lived there and had a very close friend, Mrs McGlen. This is my Granny, Mary Henderson, with her sister in lae, Elsie Humble (Elenbel Ave), mys sister Anne and Mrs McGlen. The photo will be from c1957 :-

From a posting you know well Rigger - now with all the names :-

Ovalteeny - the lad you have named as R. Anderton is that not Austin Anderton? Lived Waverley Avenue, a couple of doors from the cut through to Victoria Terrace.

So where was @Ovalteeny when this one was taken?

I knew John, a year older than me, lived in Hirst Villas, Bedlington but attended Monkseaton Grammar. that as far as I can remember were just as keen to encourage spots as academic studies. I've just seen the photo of the Cambois team on the sixtownshisp site - Ok if I share it with the Cambois & Bedlington remembered groups? John isn't a member on Facebook but his partner, Marg Colclough, posted this 'hazy' photo of the 1957 Bedlington Station Primary School team on the Sixtownships site :-

A topic that was started Feb 2017 in Forums >Hobbies & Interests>The Sports Club was - who-was-the-best-footballer-from-bedlington-or-surrounding - check this link out :-

Now I understand

Don't think the NCC site is crap. Surely it's mobiles that aren't any good for viewing planning diagrams, on any site. Even on my 19" Desktop PC screen when you select the option on the NCC site to fit the architects drawing to your screen you can't read the details unless you select the option to 'zoom in'. My mobile screen is 2" x 1.5". - and doesn't connect to the www. This is the proposed site layout document 14.73" x 10.43", without zooming in, on the PC. And then even this site shrinks the image when it loads it up!

Planning application for the market place development :- https://publicaccess.northumberland.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=P8GK00QSGF300