Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

@James

Is there still an issue with the webcam or is it just my old system that won't allow me to select any of the items in the 'Info' drop down menu? The normal four items are listed but when I attempt to select any of them the menu closes -

@Andy Millne - 'Live' out of action - this happened to me yesterday - waited and tried today but same result :-

Done - just 47,369 to go

Posted by Isabel McDonald on Facebook - Bedlington Remembered was this old photo of the Dun Cow Inn from the 1940's The posting was followed by this comment from Audrey Smout - My husband's parents owned the dun cow late 60s we lived there when we got married in 1968 the co op was next door grocery butchers and drapery. Can anyone help me identify who this is receiving a trophy from Mrs Smout?

On April 13th 2014 @Malcolm Robinson posted a topic - Last Miners Picnic 1989 :- In the Official Programme is a list, starting at 1866 through to 1989, of where the picnic was held. A photo of the 1937 picnic was posted on the Facebook sixtownships group and the comments eventually got around to - when was the first picnic? Was it 1866 at Polly's Folly, as stated in the 1989 programme? Extract from the Evening Chronicle story :- The event at Woodhorn Museum will mark The 150th anniversary of the historic Picnic. Thousands of people from across the region and beyond are expected to flock to the UK’s former mining capital, Ashington, for a day of music and celebration. The first Picnic was staged at Blyth Links way back in 1864. It quickly became a traditional yearly political rally and family day out. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/northumberland-miners-picnic-celebrates-150-7235569 Owen Hunter Commented :- The first picnic was reported by the Morpeth Herald in September 1864. Here's the newspaper cutting: 10th September 1864.

If you ask ARCH :- https://www.archnorthumberland.co.uk/ https://www.archnorthumberland.co.uk/about https://www.archnorthumberland.co.uk/arch-invest/key-towns If you read The Chronicle :- https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/two-arch-directors-suspended-review-13440709 https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/arch-blunder-leaves-northumberland-county-14120662 https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/peter-mcintyre-arch-chief-executive-14167145

@Les Dixon - I've added your photo, with some names, into the Gallery>Historic Bedlington> Bedlington Station Secondary Modern School album.

My typing speed has now decrease 45 years per line so I have asked the misses, at least 45 wpm to correct! Thank you CL - when we get some names the new posting will have the correct year on it

I'll post it on the Bedlington Remembered Facebook group Les and update you when anyone is identified. The school album on this site is in the Gallery - Historic Bedlington - Page 2 - Bedlington Station Secondary Modern School :-

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We were posting at the same time @Airlie Bird . I will put the Google Street View vehicle in the garage for now. I enjoyed the searching around my home town and rediscovered some memories. Hope you enjoy your trip up north.

I'll have to fill up me Google Street View vehicle and do some more driving

As it was chucking it doon yesterday I Google street view loads of estates, looking for semis with 1) a shared chimney stack 2) canaopies over the front door where there might have been metal supporting poles, painted brown, in an earlier life 3) drain pipes on the front of each semi 4) two sets of Bedroom windows and lastly 5) a similar roof to the house in the top of Airlie's photo. My best guess is Link Avenue, just off Netherton Lane but can't find anyone on the Bedlington Facebook groups to confirm it. Google street view of Link Avenue with a bit of Airlies ,in the corner , to compare :- And these are some of the houses off the Bedlingon council estates that I had a look at :-

@Airlie Bird - I posted the photo your photo on the Bedlington Facebook groups to see if any of the 'more mature' members could identify the street and estate it was taken on. The response was good, but often just pure guess work! Of the council estates and street mentioned = The Oval - Roslin Terrace, Kelso Gardens, Tomlea Avenue, Waverley Avenue, Fontburn, Wood Lane, Poplar Grove, Dene View, Grange Park,The Hartlands, Westlea, Bishops Meadow, North Ridge, Link Avenue & Meadowdale (to name a few) - the area that seemed most likely, but not proven, was the streets off Netherton Lane = Link Avenue & Measowdale. These two streets were the closest fit (but naturally altered over the past 50 years) where we could find council houses with a shared chimney stack; two sets of bedroom windows on the front, the brown metal poles supporting the front door canopy and drainpipes down the front of the house. If any of the above names jogs your memory then please let me know and I will update the Bedlington groups and keep the pensioners happy

Sods law - but good in this case, I think. There is a photo taken from the Dr Pit Head Gear, possibly posted by @Rigger on the Facebook sixtownships site, and it is commented that it is Telephone Row in the photo :-