Everything posted by Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
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Info found in the Morpeth Herald by two Facebook Bedlington Remembered members :- Margaret Williamson :- Found this from the Morpeth Herald 1909 - ... BEDLINGTON ROYAL OAK A.F.C. The above club held a supper and social at their headquarters, Red Lion Inn, on Saturday night last. The chair was taken by Mr. Robert Thompson. A good repast was ably served by the host, Mr. J. Turnbull), after which the evening ... Ovalteeny :- As part of my research into football in Bedlington I have quickly looked at The Morpeth Herald for 11th. April 1908 and found a league table for The Wansbeck League, see image that shows Bedlington Royal Oak having an narrow lead, but with still 5 games to play. I'll have a further look tomorrow to see what the final table was and also read up some of the copy to see if I can find out more about the team/club.
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Anyone ever heard of and know anything about this team. As Royal Oaks is a fairly common name for a pub I checked both Evan Martin's list of Hotels, Inns, Taverns & Beerhouses in 1886 and the Bennett's Business Directory, of 1905, and no establishment using the name Royal Oak in the lists.
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1954-55 squad photo - update from Pauline Weatheritt (Facebook Bedlington Remembered) who showed the photo to No 2 Albert Glenton and he says :- No 8 Dickie Jameson - No 12 Alan Cowell - No 13 Paddy Gore
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The National Trust have put the word Easter back into their 'Egg Hunt' ( placement around words or phrases used in a special sense or purposefully misused) - so it's now "..... Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt 2018."
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Two team photos of the squads for 1954-55 & 1956-57 posted on Facebook and we are attempting to name the squad members. HPW's first thoughts were that these squads cover two, or three, age groups. I will attempt to upload both photos and have the relevant Facebook comments associated with each photo :- Carl Wilkinson 11. My Fatha. Allan Wilkinson - 5. Tommy logan Paul Wilkinson 11 is Allan Wilkinson Allan Kidd 1 looks like Raymond Mack. ManageWendy Ready Number 10 - my dad, Joe Hale - No 4 Davy Kane Lillian Wilkinson After Ray Mac it is Scantiberry (John ?),?,?, Davy Kane,Tom Logan. ..?Mr Davison, - Joe Hale next to Allan W, ?Bob Cross. Carl Wilkinson 10. Allan wilkinson - 14. Jimmy Bradley ? 2. Albat Glenton Lillian Wilkinson No 1 Brian Palmer - no 3 Brian Hale, No 4?,?, 6 Geoff Oliver, - No7 Bob Johnson, no11 Ian Nesbit, no 14 Mickey Bradley. Alan Maguire no14 michael bradley Wendy Ready No 7 Deffo Johnstone ! Friend of the family x
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This could be fun HPW - I will see what I can find out using discretion, tact and diplomacy! On Facebook Carl Wilkinson posted the two team photos in one post. To try and avoid confusion when people started naming the team members (cos they don't normally tell you which photo they are commenting on) I split the photos added the numbers and created separate postings. On the 1954-55 team photo where I attempted to avoid confusion, by posting it on it's own, a member, Wendy Ready commented :- Wendy Ready No 3 my uncle and my dad Joe hale is number10 on the other pic x - so that's why I named No 10 as Joe Hale on this 1956-57 team photo. So rather than having to switch between the two photos in this album I will create a posting in the History Hollow section, with both photos, and when we have the names sorted I will update the Gallery images. -
Names updated by Bedlington Facebook group members :-
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Names updated by Bedlington Facebook group members :- -
@Rigger - I've added this photo with the names the Facebook members have given us, just 5 at the moment, into the BGS Album :- -
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Reedy asked his dad, born 1928, and Reedy reported back with :- Although before his time he thinks the building to the right of the clock house was a wages or timekeepers office. There was a shop on the Bebside bank on the opposite side of the bridge at the bottom of the hairpin bend run by a family called Munley. Lynne Watson - replied - Paul Reed thank you - that will be it. I do apologise for getting the shop in the wrong place 🙂
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Would this be close to your year group @HIGH PIT WILMA ?
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MARKET TAVERN IS ENTERING PUBAIDS WORLDS BIGGEST QUIZ ON THURS 8TH MARCH
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The following comment was posted on Facebook - Bedlington Remembered group :- Lynne Watson This is the photo I mentioned the other day in a different thread. My aunt worked in Cobbledicks shop which is the one on the very right of the photo almost hidden. My Dad found this photo many years ago and got a copy made. This image shows more of the building :- Has anyone ever heard of Cobbledicks ?
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@Rigger - if I share this image on the Bedlington Facebook sites I would hope we could get some of his lot identified - Ok if I do that?
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@Rigger - was the Bedlington Community Centre - Creatives Group, that have done a lot of research on Bedlington soldiers to create their 'Poppy Map' one of the usual sources you have tried? They produced a list of Bedlington Soldiers' 'Poppy Map' and I believe they have retained info that they uncovered in their research :- http://www.bedlingtoncommunitycentre.co.uk/ Address: 60 W End Front St, Bedlington NE22 5UB Phone: 01670 824141
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Date of photo updated to October 1951 following Ovalteeny's research at the Woodhorn Colliery Archives - the photo was found whilst looking through some old copies of The Blyth News/Ashington Post and he came across this very same photo. It was in an edition from late 1955 but it stated that it was a retrospective photo from October 1951.
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Couldn't prove it Steve, but if you take a copy or check the original, your photo is H34" x W25.5" so the system might have turned it 90 degrees to fit. Made him back into a small dog = H6.0 x W4.5 However first attempt even though I had downloaded the large image; shrunk it to 6x4.5, saved it the uploaded the new file, using 'png' format this system created the file portrait but back to 34 x 25.5. Saved the downloaded file in 'jpg' format - deleted, via edit, the uploaded png file and selected the jpg file for uploading - this time file size has still altered but only to 7" x 5" (approx).
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From John Burn Admin on the Cambois Facebook group site Saturday, April 21st will be 50 years since the closure of Cambois Pit. As a means to celebrate, some of the very pitmen who worked there are organizing a night at Cambois Club and they hope that any miners who worked at the pit can join them, as are any descendants. My dad tells me that at the 25th anniversary, back in 1983 - people came as far as from the West Midlands to join in and see old faces. Obviously since that time, many pitmen have passed on. But it will be great to remember them. Please feel free to share this message as far and wide as possible.
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Got the names a bit mixed up - photo updated -
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Through Ovalteeny's research and the memory of John Reed ( @Reedy's dad) some more names - plus this team is not a Mechanics team and now - Ovalteeny says :- ' From team sheets I've seen in old copies of the Morpeth Herald I would say that this is West Sleekburn Welfare FC.
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Some names added by No 5 Mel Douglas on the Facebook Bedlington remembered group site.
