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  1. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    @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
  2. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    1950's

    From the album: West End Junior school - Ridge Terrace

    Photo from Alan Scott - names from Alan Scott and Anna Thain
  3. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    1963 - She Stoops to Conquer

    From the album: Westridge School - End of term class photos

    Photo from David Dobson who commented :- The cast of She Stoops to Conquer taking their curtain call at Westridge in 1963. Westridge had a reputation for putting on at least one good play per year largely due to the enthusiasm of English teacher Mrs. Wray or "Ganny Wray" as she was better known. Names from - David Dobson - Alan Scott - Ernie Armstrong and Florence Palmer.
  4. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    1974 Upper Sixth

    From the album: Bedlington Grammar School

    Photo from Susan James - Facebook Bygone Bedlington group - majority of names from Brenda Millar & All Pattison
  5. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    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.
  6. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Too technical for me - just checked and the upload photo is back to 34 x 25.5 - I'll ask the wife, or perhaps 3g can deviate from the original topic and explain this
  7. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    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).
  8. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    ‎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.
  9. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Council School 1954 or 55

    From the album: West End Junior school - Ridge Terrace

    Photo from David Dobson Bygone Bedlington Facebook group - names from Alan Scott
  10. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    West End Council School 1959-60
    Got the names a bit mixed up - photo updated
  11. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    West End Junior School - Mid 50's

    From the album: West End Junior school - Ridge Terrace

    Bedlington West End Junior School - Mid 1950's - photo and names from Alan Scott - Facebook Bedlington sites.
  12. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    West End Council School 1959-60

    From the album: West End Junior school - Ridge Terrace

    Photo and names from No 5 Alan Scott.
  13. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Cambois School team Burton Foster
    Names added to photo
  14. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Photo from Helen Millar - Facebook Bygone Bedlington

    From the album: Local Football 2

    The team was first thought to be a Bedlington Mechanics team but from the names that had been identified in Facebook and some research in old newspapers Ovalteeny commented :- From team sheets I've seen in old copies of the Morpeth Herald I would say that this is West Sleekburn Welfare FC.
  15. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    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.
  16. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Class unknown - 1960s ?
    Some names added by No 5 Mel Douglas on the Facebook Bedlington remembered group site.
  17. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    1963 at Ford Castle.jpg
    No 11 is John Crocker not Michael Shephard
  18. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Even a voted to stay to avoid even this - I'm surprised, and not even expecting
  19. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    until
    Posted, this evening, by Keith Dalton on Facebook - Bygone Bedlington group
  20. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    No positive proof Ovaleeny - I posted your full comment on the Bedlington Cricket Club site :- https://www.facebook.com/bedlingtoncricketclub/?fref=nf and one response from - Mal Jovi Hemsted - was :- My dad says this is the lowest he’s heard of Mal's dad is Susan Hemsted's cousin Billy who is about our age and been involved with BCC all his life. Billy's dad Billy, along with many more of the Hemsted family, as you know have been involved with the club for donkeys years.
  21. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    1965 year 5 - End of term - some named
    Updates, from No 29 Anne & No 20 Denise, for Nos 25, 27, 28, 38, 39, 40 & 43
  22. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    @Rigger - one of the Barnton Admin team - Alan Dickson (in his early 70's) - that knows the area very well replied to the question I put to Geoff on the site :- Alan DicksonGroup admin That stood in the dip just after Sunniside gannin to Bedlington Geoff, But on the left side of the road, next to the Netherton wagon way which bi-sected the road. Think it was used at one time for the Barnt,n pit office.
  23. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    @Rigger - checked on the Barrington, Barnt' n memories and stuff!! Facebook site to see if there was any mention of Sunnyside Cottages that I believed was next to the Willow Bridge area and the people from Barrington often linked that area with Barrinton. This photo was on the site but the person that posted it says he can't remember where he got it from - I don't believe him! When I saw the photo (and it looked as though it was a book page) I recognised it from Evan Martin's book - Images of England Bedlingtonshire - Page 46 :- copy from the book with a bit of info :-
  24. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Can't help with a Bell's Yard - there is still Bells Place down Front Street east - the old maps back to 1865 also show it as Bells Place - there is an archway but have no idea if it was ever known locally as Bell's yard
  25. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Class 2R 1967-68
    Correction from No 4 - should be Alison Gray.
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