Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

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Posted by his grandson on the Facebook Bygone Bedlington group :- John Davidson 4 hrs Hope this is ok to post. My Grandad Matty Hall, former teacher at the Whitley and Meadowdale, has been mentioned on this site quite a lot over the years so I just wanted to let people know of his passing and funeral arrangements. The service is on 28th December, 1.30 at St Cuthberts Church, then afterwards at Market Place Club to celebrate his life, all welcome. Thanks Jools Storey Sorry for your loss. Great teacher, fond memories of my time at meadowdale in his class. x Manage Dot Leddy Sorry for your loss a great teacher and a proper gentleman x Anne Walker Sorry got your loss he was a great teacher x Manage Like · Reply · 4h Tracy Armitage Sorry for you're loss such a luvly man and a great teacher x Manage Suzanne Young Sorry to hear this, he was one great teacher 😥 Manage Like · Reply · 4h Barbara McGlen Oh that’s so sad. He taught a lot of us. Alizon Jayne Carr So sorry to hear this, your grandad was a lovely man, a funny man and a great teacher, he genuinely liked kids which makes a huge difference when you’re a teacher. Manage Sandra Buckham Maddison My condolences to you all matty was a true gentleman my dad was a good friend of his when covering at meadow Park he reconsized me straight away rip matty x Jeff Carr Sad news, Matty was a top man, sorry for your loss. Manage Alison Preston Ah sorry to hear this John we lived 2 doors down on Church Lane for years and he taught me at Meadowdale, he was a lovely man xx Barron Tracey Kenneth Alison Preston I went to school with you.I was Tracey Palmer then.Hope you are ok .Never seen you for years.Matty Hall was a lovely teacher.Found the photo the other day when we were in the netball team Xxxxxx Manage lan Chilli Man Stuart So sad to hear this. Great memories of Matty from West Ridge, he was a dab hand with the blackboard ruler back in the day. Later on in life met him in the Grapes a few times and had a pint with him and a chat. Respect. Christine Fuller Rip Manage Sonia Miller So sorry to hear this. Rip Mr Hall. He taught me in Meadowdale and he was a great teacher. Manage Denise Green Sorry for ur loss a great teacher xxx Manage Like · Reply · 3h Steve Oliver RIP I remember him well from the Whitley. Manage Gemma Henderson I'm sorry for you an your family lose he was a lovely man used to look after him Manage David Short Sorry to hear of your loss. Matty was a great teacher and one of Bedlingtons great characters. Eileen Tyers So sorry for your loss he was good teacher xx Manage Clare Foster he was a great teacher x so sorry Manage Like · Reply · 3h Karen Gear Marks He was a fab teacher sorry to here this xx Manage Keith Docherty sad loss of a very well respected Gentleman & great friend of both of my parents sadly gone also Manage Paula Stokoe Sad news Marty Hall was a great teacher, one of the best, sorry for your loss x Manage Like · Reply · 3h Gwen Clelland My sincere condolences to you and your family.He was a superb teacher ,who always put his students first x Manage Susan Dixon Best teacher. Rip Manage Sarah Gibson Sorry to hear this , he was my teacher in meadowdale too.. when I used to see him on the front street he still knew my name !! Sending my love x Manage Sharon Armstrong True gent. He taught me at Meadowdale & was one of my fav teachers there. An inspiring, kind, caring man. So sorry for your loss. X Manage James Mole So sorry to hear of his passing a great teacher and a well respected gentleman.i have great memories of him when I was at school. Manage Henry Sadler was my teacher in meadowdale what a lovelly man and a great teacher sorry to hear of his passing xxx Brian Turner Rip mr hall he was my teacher at the whitley remember the blackboard duster but a good teacher old school.r.i.p. Manage Keith Scantlebury Sorry to hear of your loss. He was my teacher at the Whitley Memorial when I was there in the mid 60's. Is Linda your mam ? Manage Diane Straker Sorry to hear your sad news. Your grandad was my teacher at meadow dale. He was a lovely man and one of the teachers who inspired me. One of Bedlington finest who was respected by all xx Neil Gray Top man & he never forgot anyone’s name. Rip Manage Shirley Cairns Etheridge So sorry to hear the sad news Mr Hall was a true gentleman he taught my daughter and son RIP Mr Hall xx Manage Carol Hakin So sorry to hear this.He was a lovely man taught all my girls and always spoke to me when I saw him on the street.x Judith Anderson So sorry to hear your sad news Marty was a lovely man x Manage Marie Alexander Bell Sorry for your loss he was a lovely man x Manage Michelle Cram Yearham One of the best teachers in meadowdale rest in peace sir xx Julie Scott Condolences to all your family I remember him well from Meadowdale . Brian Kirtley Sorry for your loss,great man and teacher. Dawn Oliver - Doyle He was a teacher everyone remembers fondly. I often think of him when I think of my old teachers. Lovely man. Firm but fair and a real heart of gold. Thinking of you all Jan Lockhart Sorry for your loss a lovely man as well as a great teacher knew him from the Whitley Memorial x Louise Furness Sorry for your loss lovely teacher lovely Man rip mr hall Paula Armstrong Nigel Cotton He was a perfect gentleman and even better teacher our deepest condolences to all the family Manage Gary Gazza Taylor I am so sad to hear of Matty (Mr Halls as I always addressed him) passing , I was lucky enough to have been taught by him but also got to know him socially later on in life when we both called the Barrington Arms our Local.. if it is ok I would like to attend the service to pay my respects to a man I respected greatly.... Kath Quigley Manage Keith Lightley Sad news indeed - as Alison’s big bro I too was a neighbour - great memories of Whitley Memorial football and disciplinary antics. Prayers for you and the rest of the family. anage Edie Purvis So sorry for your loss Matty hall was one of my teachers he was a true gentleman rip Matty xx Margaret Speller So very sad to hear this, one of the best teachers the Whitley ever had. Thoughts and prayers to you and the family. Manage John Turnbull So sorry to hear of your loss. Lovely man, great teacher and well respected by all those in my year Janine Brown Sorry for your loss. Brilliant teacher, and a lovely man. Alan Charlton Sorry to hear of your loss. Great teacher played a big part in my education. From the Charlton Family Manage Kim Burrell Sorry to hear of your loss. I was lucky enough to be taught by him. Lovely man and great teacher. He was one of my favourites Diane Mattocks Sorry for your loss. Condolences to all the family x Jane Murray Seccombe So sorry for your loss x Manage Ina Breadin I also was one of Mattys pupils so sorry to hear of his passing true gentleman fabulous teacher so sorry for your loss may you rest in peace Mr Hall your work is now done xx 😘 Susan Murther So sorry for your loss .great teacher and a lovely gentleman .respected by all who new him xxx Manage Sian Barnard So to hear your sad news especially at this time of year. Jan Murther So sad to hear this Mr hall was my favourite teacher I was in his class at the Whitley in 1968/69 he was a lovely man and a great teacher rest with the angels sir xx Norma Maughan So sad to hear the news about Matty,my teacher many years ago and used to see him and his pal at The Top Club."Happy Memories". Donyale Marc Porrelli So sorry xx Susan James-Hemsted So sad he was my teacher in the late 50s some great memories .You are in my prayers x Gwen Finnigan A true gentleman who was loved by many xx Mick Cunningham Great teacher matty and a nice guy. Manage Ray Matthews Absolutely fantastic teacher and a great man still new your name after many many year's after school and what a great shot with a piece of chalk and a blackboard duster RIP matty Keith Scantlebury Ray Matthews not a bad hand with that blackboard ruler either. Ray Matthews Keith Scantlebury that's what's missing in the schools today Derek Nufc Lawson Sorry for your loss.Good teacher RIP Mr Hall Manage Jean Hale So sorry to hear about your loss he taught me and all my four sisters and my husband and he played football with my dad he was a truly lovely man xx Manage Chris Oliver Great teacher and a good man ! We always had to test him on the names of every teams home ground in the football league , he knew them all . Anne Sanderson Gavin Sanderson Andrea Wright Manage Janice Hillerby So sad to year of his passing. I was in the same class as his daughter Linda through Whitley Memorial & Bedlington Grammar School. What a lovely gentleman he was, also his Mum was a dinner lady whilst at Whitley Memorial. Remember them both fondly. anage Keith Scantlebury Janice Hillerby. Your memory is a lot better than mine. I can only remember Peggy Ashdown as a dinner lady. Manage Liane Todd My Mam has just said she was at the Whitley school when he was introduced as a new teacher there....Very sad news Manage Christine Maclennan Sad to hear your news. Condolences to you and your family. Xx Manage Michael Eastlake Sad news, a great teacher who has had a positive impact on many, sometimes with his yard stick complete with split at the end. Your grandad was much loved and as seen from many comments had a life well led. Thoughts are with your family. Angela Henderson Matty taught me. I remember passing the house down the church lane and he was playing piano and singing. I used to play with his elder daughter until I moved away. Manage Richard Ellis Legend Manage Paul Maddison So sorry for your loss. He was the best teacher I ever had. was in the prefab at the old Whitley memorial School 1960s. He will be missed. Paul. Manage Judith Bosomworth Sorry for your loss.Good teacher RIP Mr Hall Manage John Docherty Remember him well a lovely man condolences to his family Manage Sarah Johnson How long was he at meadow dale. C Derek Stephenson A lovely man R.I.P. Matty Manage Barron Tracey Kenneth He taught me at Meadowdale.He was one of my favourite teachers.Lovely man.I used to see him when I was older and he never forgot me.So sorry to hear the sad news.Definitely a gentleman Xxxxx Manage Margaret Vare Awww so sorry to hear this... Often wondered about him. I remember his tuning fork haaa thought it was magic x Tony Lee So sorry to hear this news, he was a great teacher, r I p matty hall Gillian McMaster Lovely man, a local celebrity, everyone knew him, sad news indeed. Kath Simpson Oh how sad. I remember him well and his daughter. He didn’t teach me but taught my sister and brother Margaret and John Hall. I did however, do work experience at Westridge - prior to Meadowdale being built and he offered me a job in the new school - unfortunately I wasn’t to qualify for another year - so timing not quite right. He was a lovely man. Well thought of and I know my brother will be devastated. Maureen Quait Kath, you won't remember me but I knew you as a baby, I was best friends with your sister Margaret and I was so envious of her having a lovely baby sister. Unfortunately Margaret and I drifted apart when we went to different schools at 11, but we were…See more Manage Gregg Maddison A lovely man x David Laynovich Sad news mate!! 😟 , not in town but will have a drink to him .. he was a big character and I still remember his off topic tales in class 😊 Manage Julie Chrisp So sorry to hear that, he was a great man and teacher. Mick Hedley I was at Whitley memorial when he was there a top man. Sorry to hear. Anne Scott Please accept my sincere condolences. I knew your Grandad as I was School Nurse for both those schools from 1966. Manage Alison Kirkpatrick Hart One of the best, R.I.P xx Wendy Allison So sorry to hear, he was a good man and teacher x Jimmy Lowrie So sorry good teacher and let us listen when football was on the radio during lessons one of us had to look out for headmaster

Merry Xmas - 2018 - a chimney is cleaned oot :-

On the Bedlington Facebook groups there has only been one photo, that I know, of an old Bedlington Cricket Club team photo. This image, marked reserve team, was posted with the date 1911:-

Checking on the FreeBMD genealogy site for any registered births, between 1840 & 1870, for the name James King only returns one record. Checks for Joseph & Elizabeth King (using 1860 through to 1910 only return records for those names in 1891, 1903, 1905 & 1910. The Bedlington area registrar's office for the 19th century was Morpeth - approximately 7 miles from Bedlington so it's not unusual for the registration of births, deaths and marriages only to be done if and when the family visited the town where the registrar's was located.

@Bradford - never followed Bedlington Cricket Club team and I have no idea how long they have been in existence. They are still going but there web site does not give any historical info :- Looking at the old maps, 1858, :- the Hirst Head group appears to have been in existence since the middle of the 19th century. Although part of their land was sold off years ago for a housing development the cricket club still plays at the Hirst Head :-

@Bradford - there were two collieries in Bedlington. The one where the Brown side of your family lived, the Bedlington 'A' pit had the houses named South Row and the Doctor Pit had the houses named New South Row. This extract from Google shows approximately where the two pits were located :- Extracts from the old maps showing the Doctor Pit and rows :- Don't have a date for this image but it shows how close to the Doctor Pit the rows were :-

@HIGH PIT WILMA - unfortunately Davey Bower is no longer with us. If only I lived in Bedlington and still saw some of the lads from my teenage years. Let's try one more photo that I think one of the lads in it, Eric Theilman, worked at the 'A' pit. Eric lived in Shop Row so crosed the lines at the bottom of Shop Row to go to Barrington CP school. After leaving secondary school I think he started the pit along with Norman Hills and Davey Bower.