Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

Cheers James.

Posted on the Bedlington remembered Facebook site by Joseph Henderson a player I have never heard of :- today in 1908 Joseph Richardson, Newcastle servant born Bedlington. (1929-75, player & trainer) Right back signed from Blyth Spartans in May 1929 who remained with United as both a player and coach until his death in June 1975 - amassing 46 years of service. Following the "other" J Richardson (outside right Jimmy) from Croft Park, Joe's senior debut came in a home FA Cup tie against Brighton and Hove Albion in February 1930, taking the number 2 shirt from Alf Maitland. He then shared right back duties with Jimmy Nelson before finally displacing him in the opening weeks of the 1934-35 season, by which time United were in Division Two. Recognised by England schoolboys in 1925, Joe would win one full cap for his country, in an unofficial friendly international staged at SJP in December 1939. When Manchester City duo Eric Brook and Sam Barkas were injured in a car accident en route to Tyneside, Richardson and fellow Magpie Tommy Pearson stood in for England in a 2-1 victory over Scotland. Remaining at Gallowgate during wartime, Richardson's final first team appearances came in the various competitions the club entered during the 1944-45 campaign. Thereafter he coached United's apprentices and reserves until his death. he played 337 games thought he was worth a mention

James - This image was posted as Bedlington Station brick works on the Facebook sixtownships site. It's not the Station brick works - could this be the one behind Telephone Tow?

First computer - not mine but I did have a loan of 3 of them for 8 hrs per day in 1975 :- 1906A with 256K 24-bit words of store (650ns) including extended precision Floating Point Unit, paging, 1 high-speed channel, 5 extra slow channels. The processor :-

Me, panic - stupid boy - that's the trouble with these upgrades :- They don't like it up 'em

@Andy Millne went to create a new message to Symptoms and all my old messages, to any member on the site, have gone. Is it me missing something or has there been a change to the system that has resulted in old messages been cleared out ? I don't need the old messages but with my memory it often helps when I see what I have said in the past.

Looks like she has worn out my balls and discarded them so it's definitely time for me to move on to a more mature model that will appreciate my slow play. Oh for a teletype that grunts like Sharapova.

@Dawn - the Bedlington Station one on Station Road above the co-op was the Reay Hall, and the last I noticed it was Yates Evolution Gym & Tanning Centre. The one you have the dance card for, the Locke Hall, was on Front Street East - no longer exists.

My mind @Pete says that my parents told me that the guy with the horse & cart, selling ice cream in Coquetdale Place late 1950s, came from Cambois, but I can't remember his name.

My view is if it works, leave it alone but if you must replace it then scrap the old but only after Foxy has taken a photo.

There was another ice cream seller - same type of horse & cart went around the Oval & Bedlington Station estates but I can't remember his name and the only other bit of info that's stuck in me mind is that he came, all the way, from Cambois to sell his wares. Two images of Jack Antonio in the Doctor Pit rows and it looks like they were both done on the same day, just seconds apart - one from Facebook groups and the other with some info on Jack from Evan Martin's book The Shire of Bedlington in old picture postcards :-

Thanks Peter.

Pleased I wasn't researching Puddlers Row. My Hero = Canny Lass.

Thanks for sharing Peter - I think these will be a first for anyone on this site. It's too difficult fore me not to make this request - Is it Ok to share these photos with interested parties, ie. old Bedlington folk? There is one particular person I would like to pass a copy to and that's @Reedy, who is a member on this site but I know he hasn't visited the site since April 21st and uses the Bedlington Facebook groups more. You would see from many of Reedy's posts on this site that Reedy's dad ( born c1929 and lived on the Bebside side of the river next to the Furnace Bridge) has been a source of a lot of info.I would like him to see the photos, if that's Ok with you? The photos would not be posted on facebook but sent, with text on them, via the Facebook personal Message service to Reedy. eg You never know he might be able to name someone in the photos

Aa think ye shud add sum pitmattic to the vurses And this is not from memory, it's a 'cut and paste' job. As Wikipedia says :- "Good Ship Venus", also known as "Friggin' in the Riggin'", is a bawdy drinking song devised to shock with ever increasingly lewd and debauched sexual descriptions of the eponymous ship's loose-moraled crew. The tune usually used (especially for the chorus) is "In and Out the Windows". Recordings Oscar Brand recorded an early version in 1952, but the best-known version was recorded by the British punk band Sex Pistols, which appears on their Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle album, and was the finale track in the film of the same name. Released as part of a double-A side, it reached No. 3 in the UK singles chart in 1979 and was the band's biggest selling single. Length 3:37 - Label Vigin Origin It is possible that this song was inspired by an actual event, where a female convict (Charlotte Badger) sailing on the colonial brigantine Venus, convinced members of the crew to commandeer the vessel, sailing from Port Dalrymple in Van Diemens Land (now Tasmania) in 1806. Despite various reports, the ultimate fate of the Venus is unknown. This may have led to speculation by those left behind, with fantasies leading to the creation of this drinking song. T'was on the good ship Venus, By God you should have seen us, The figurehead was a whore in bed And the mast the Captain’s penis. The captain of this lugger, He was a dirty bugger, He wasn’t fit to shovel shit From one ship to another. The captain’s wife was Mabel. Whenever she was able, She’d fornicate with the second mate Upon the galley table. The cabin boy was Kipper, A dirty little nipper We stuffed his ass with broken glass To circumcise the skipper. The captain had a daughter Who fell into the water We heard her squeal and knew an eel Had found her sexual quarter. The captain’s name was Morgan By Christ he was a gorgon! Ten times a day sweet tunes he’s play. On his productive organ. The captain’s daughter Mable, They laid her on a table. And all the crew would come and screw As oft as they were able. Another cook was O’Malley He didn’t dilly dally. He shot his bolt with such a jolt He whitewashed half the galley. Another one was Cropper Oh Christ he had a whopper. Twice round the deck, around his neck And up his bum for a stopper. The bosun's name was Carter He was a musical farter He could play ‘God Save the Queen' from beginning to end And Beethoven's moonlight sonata. The first mates name was Carter He was also a farter When the wind wouldn't blow, and the ship wouldn't go they called on Carter the farter to start her So now we end this serial Through sheer lack of material. I wish you luck and freedom from Diseases venereal.

Then (said to be c1900 but no proof) & Now (2016) Co-op building on Station Road - South Row was opposite

There are a couple of photos of South Row, at Bedlington Station that have done the rounds on the Facebook group sites. South Row used to be two rows of houses, one at either side of the entrance to the 'A' pit off Station Road. All the photos I have seen are of the East side/Bottom end that was closest to the railway crossing and station. @John Fox (foxy) provided the photo of the demolition of Soth Row in 1974. This map published 1924 shows the two parts to South Row.