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  1. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    If you ever have a few hours to spare and want to check out Blyth's past then have a walk down down memory lane, via hundreds of images, on Bob Simmons blog :- http://aboutblyth.co.uk/
  2. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Google aerial image, 2016, with David Hayes aerial photo of Bates Pit c1982
  3. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    You just need @HIGH PIT WILMA to see this and I am sure he will come up with some more info on the band. Have you see HPWs photos from Bates pit in the Gallery :- Gallery > Places Gallery > Bates Pit by High Pit Wilma
  4. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    1960 - Class 1
    Names updated by Susan Humble
  5. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    GETTING OLDER Since it was such a crappy day, I sat in my recliner and started thinking about life. I came to realize that, as I have grown older I've learned that pleasing everyone is...impossible, but pxxxing everyone off is a piece of cake. Condoms don't guarantee safe sex anymore. A friend of mine was wearing one when he was shot by the woman's husband. Lance Armstrong....I think it is just terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated Lance Armstrong, especially after what he achieved, winning seven Tour de France races, while on drugs. Hell, when I was on drugs, I couldn't even find my bike. Drive-by...Someone broke into my house last week. They didn't take my TV, just the remote. Now he drives by and changes the channels. The sick bastard!!! The Agony of Aging...On the morning that Daylight Savings Time ended, I stopped in to visit my aging friend. He was busy covering his penis with black shoe polish. I said to him, "You better get your hearing checked. You're supposed to turn your CLOCK BACK." Video Scam...Just got scammed out of $25. Bought Tiger Woods DVD entitled "My Favorite 18 Holes". Turns out it's all about golf. Absolute waste of money! Pass this on so others don't get scammed. Pregnant Prostitute...Doctor asks a pregnant prostitute, "Do you know who the father is?" "Hey, dumb ass," she replied, "If you ate a can of beans, would you know which one made you fart?"
  6. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Barrington CP Class2 1954 with names
    George Todd identified himself - No 44
  7. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    3 uncles of Joe Bell :- No 18 Thomas Turnbull, No 22 David Turnbull & No 32 Joseph Turnbull.
  8. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Photo from the Internet Bandsman Everything Within (IBEW) blog/site Whilst searching the www for any photos of Colliery band Banners I stumbled on a site/blog of a guy, Gavin Holman, that collects colliery brass band photos from the UK and the rest of the world. This one is from his collection but he had no other info with the photo. I posted the photo on the Facebook Bygone Bedlington & Bedlington Remembered sites and the members have come up with some names, but no date as to when it was taken.
  9. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Netherton Colliery Silver Model Band 1906
    One other band photo on the IBEW site is Netherton Colliery Silver Model Prize Band. The Bass drum in each photo appears to be the same one. I have not scrutinize the faces in both photos to see if it is the same band, but you would expect that Netherton only had the one brass band.
  10. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Netherton Colliery Silver Model Band 1906

    From the album: Netherton/Nedderton old photos 2

    Searching the www for local pit bands and their banners Google threw up a site, Internet Bandsman's Everything Within (IBEW) that collects colliery brass band photos from the UK AND the rest of the world. I have been in contact with the web sites owner/webmaster, Gavin Holman and is aim is to allow everyone, in the world, access to the site and the info that has been gathered - extract of email from Gavin :- 'Alan Feel free to use any of the images as you wish. I'm happy to support any initiatives that maintain the links to the past and preserve memories etc. Of course, in years gone by, the miners' picnics were a major feature of the life of the pits in the north. It is sad that none remain (as far as I know) and only the Durham Miners' Gala exists as a reminder of the hundreds of pits, miners and bands of the past. Gavin' Link to the Vintage Brass Band Pictures UK index is :- http://www.ibew.org.uk/vbbp-uk.htm Unfortunately I could find no additional info to go with the each named photo - wysiwyg.
  11. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Nedderton Junior Group 3 - no date
    Whilst looking for info on Netherton Village I came across the Northumberland Communities site and on there were some extracts from the old school logs of 1919, closed school early & 1920, the kids have been cleaned up!
  12. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Kellys Directory 1910 - Netherton = Nedderton
    Extract from Parson & White Trade Directory - 1828 = the Nedirton family name!
  13. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Kellys Directory 1910 - Netherton = Nedderton

    From the album: Netherton/Nedderton old photos 2

    Info on why the postal district Nedderton was introduced - distinguishing Netherton from the Netherton near Rothbury.
  14. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Jim - extract from http://maps.nls.uk/view/101028522 Have you viewed the 3 Albums about Netherton in the Gallery?
  15. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/186047 At time of posting: 9,782 signatures
  16. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Bedlington Station Club
    Shiela Gair - Bygone Bedlington commented :- Number 3 definitely Les Gair ...My father in law..x
  17. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    @Symptoms are you on to this?
  18. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Bedlington Station Club
    The Club Committee Members - 1970s - photo from John Richardson - Bygone Bedlington Facebook group - posted with this comment :- Here is one from my dads collection. It is the Station W M Club committee I guess from the 1970s. My dad gave me my membership card on my 18th birthday. We had some good nights there, hard to imagine we had to queue to get in at weekends, Christmas etc. My dad Joe, is third from right on the back row. I know some of the others, Bill Crosby, Jack Chapman and Jack Routledge but struggle with the other names, perhaps members could name them? Within 2 days a name supplied for everyone in the photo, three not 100%
  19. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Class 2A - 1962
    No 24 = Kathleen Reavley - identified by Mansel Dinnis who runs the sempersursum.co.uk web site.
  20. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Sorry Malcolm - not me, don't think there is any more, online work, I could do to help. I know symptoms was preparing a list of names but I have not been involved. Eggy
  21. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    1959
    Can't do any harm HPW. I think it you created a couple of topics in History Hollow or Chat Central, say one for each school, then I could 'copy & paste' each separate class list of names into a photo/image/jpg file and add them as individual entries in the Whitley Memorial & Westridge Albums. That way any member could then comment and/or update each Album entry and we shouldn't get the class names mixed up.
  22. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    1959
    Names updated on the photo HPW and I have posted the updated photo back on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group site and 'tagged' Jim Hardy. I will see if he replies and see if there are any more updates before I upload here. There was also a comment on the Facebook site from a David Walker, and it was him that identified himself, No 22, in the photo. So I 'tagged' him as well using your ear wiggling story to see if he reacts to that.
  23. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Class photo of pupils born 1951-52

    From the album: Stead Lane Primary School - The Oval

    Photo from Doreen Riley, Facebook Bygone Bedlington group and posted with the comment :- 'The Oval School girls born 1951/2. Some of the girls I remember are Ena Bloom, Marion Laws, Pamela Grant, Patricia Grant, Ann Tyler, Christine Worn, Doreen Darbyshire, Jaqualine Routledge, Christine Rowlands, Valerie Rainbow, Maybe someone can recognise the others'
  24. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Stead Lane Primary School - The Oval
    Google map - 2017
  25. Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
    Stead Lane Primary School - The Oval

    From the album: Stead Lane Primary School - The Oval

    Opened 1955 or 1956.
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