Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
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1940s
Bob Scott added :- My Sisters school photo Bedlington station 1940's Hazel Scott 3rd from the left middle row. and Joyce Arnesen commented :- Betty Gordon middle front.
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Good Jokes: Not For The Faint-Hearted (Adult content)
I will never scream - doo be do do, doobe doobe do do, doo be do do, doobe doobe do do, doo be do do, doobe doobe do do. I remain a follower.
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Coal Mining
could be you are accidentally, simultaneously, pressing the Ctrl + B keys - that is the equivalent to selecting the B in the top left corner of the input box. If that is the case then I would say you are aaal fingas and thums man, ya want ti sort yasel oot.
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Olympic Games 2016
Please I missed the Olympic opening ceremony and watched the opening of the 2016-17 English Football league show! NUFC team will never be charged for taking performance enhancing drugs but they might be held up on being dope-s. At least for 7 days now I can watch some athletes giving their best.
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Good Jokes: Not For The Faint-Hearted (Adult content)
July 2016 - In preparation for the dark nights to come Canny Lass bought a joke book. A little boy dresses up as a pirate for halloween. He has a bit of a speech impediment. The first house he goes to he says, "I'm a birate. This is my barrot. Can I have some bandy?" The woman looks at him and says, "My my aren't you cute. But where are your buccaneers?" The boy looks are her angrily and says "On the side of my buckin head you buckin dumass."
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Unable to add photos to existing Gallery Albums
A further test - I tried uploading into an album created another member - Carole - Netherton/Nedderton Old Photos - and saved that photo into the album, no problem. Back to Bedlington Station 1st School album and another attempt to post a photo - FAILED again with the Error code as before. Doh
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The Howard Pit head
Posted on Bygone Bedlington Facebook site by John Krzyzanowski :- 'May 31 1973. A bit of real Bedlington history. The announcement of the closure of the last Bedlington pit, Netherton colliery. It had been open since 1836 and at the time employed 558 men. End of an era.'
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Olympic Games 2016
He was, my mistake. My excuse - I was tired after an afternoon of Guiness + mince & dumplings and didn't check what I was typing. Haemoglobin - Irish Times on Lasse Viren :- ..........essentially, the athlete has a quart or more of blood extracted before a major competition. This blood is frozen, while the athlete keeps training to rebuild the blood to its normal level. Then just prior to racing, red cells from the extracted blood are transfused back into the athlete, instantly increasing the body's haemoglobin level and oxygen-carrying abilities. In other words, instantly boosting endurance...............
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Olympic Games 2016
Your names to watch out for, 3 and it used to be only 1, Lasse Viren. Has Sweden had an increase of hemoglobin donations?
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Olympic Games 2016
Can Great Britain beat 2012 - finished third in the medals table at the London 2012 Olympic Games, winning 29 golds and making 65 trips to the podium in total. That could be a tough tally to match at this summer's Games in Rio without a home crowd to spur them on, but there is still plenty of potential for success. Last month the target medal range for the team heading out to Rio was set between 47 and 79 based on performance data and analysis. (not my info, extract from SKY news) Never been unable to understand the point of the opening ceremony, of any event. Just a waste of money in my book. I will be watching loads. Especially track & field events where you can see the drive, determination, pain etc. in the face of the athletes. Swimming, diving, weightlifting, horse dressage, I will quite happily see if we win anything but wont be watching the competition.
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Westridge - End of term class photos
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Unable to add photos to existing Gallery Albums
For the last couple of days I have been unable to add photos to any existing Gallery Albums that I created. I did select the 'Contact us' option and pasted the fail message into the Contact us message and send it but no acknowledgment of my action was received from the 'system'.
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Whitley Memorial 1936-37 swimming team
Reedy - I've sent a message to JK and updated him on Norah Hopper. Webtrecker - didn't know the Market Place Club stewardess but did know Tommy. I know he was Concert Chairman at the Market Place club for a few years and I first met him on the Civil Service site at Longbenton in the early 70s. This photo, (posted by John Dawson on sixtownships) of committee members was posted on Facebook saying they were all members of the Guidepost social club - don't know if Tommy was also on their committee or just visiting.
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Westridge - End of term class photos
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Going places, meeting people
One awaits the harvest photos. We could start an annual online giant, photoshopped, vegetable show !
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Whitley Memorial school
The only posting I can find of this image is the one posted 14th October 2015 by Debbie Haldon on the Bedlington remembered Facebook group. I thought I had seen it on another site (even this one) but I can't find it anywhere else.
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Whitley Memorial2.jpg
John Krzyzanowski posted in Bygone Bedlington, 10 August 2015, - A new roof for "Whitley Memorial School" cost £2000 in 1959.
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Going places, meeting people
Buttered sprouts with chestnuts and bacon - ---------------------------------------------------- 1¼kg Brussels sprouts, trimmed (or if buying pre-trimmed, buy 1 kg) 6 rashers smoked streaky bacon, cut into bite-sized pieces (or use more, if you like) 200g vacuum-packed chestnut 50g butter -------------------------------------------------- Take the sprouts out, leaving the crispy, crunchie bacon + nutty bits and your on. Otherwise I'll stick to peas and carrots. ------------------------------------------------ Some of the Daily Telegraph Brussels sprout facts The area covered by Brussels sprout fields in the UK is the equivalent of 3,240 football pitches Last year, a team of scientists and local schoolchildren used the energy from 1,000 Brussels sprouts to light a Christmas tree on London's Southbank. In 2010, the British vegetable brandTozerseeds created a new vegetable called the Flowersprout, a hybrid of the Brussels sprout and kale that contains double the amount of vitamin B6 and vitamin C of traditional Brussels sprouts. In August, adventurer Stuart Kettell, 49, rolled a Brussels sprout to the top of Mt. Snowdon using only his nose, to raise money for Macmillan Cancer support. Sprout fan Linus Urbanec from Sweden holds the current world record for the most Brussels sprouts eaten in one minute. He swallowed 31 on November 26, 2008. The heaviest ever sprout was grown in 1992 and weighed 8.3kg (18lb/3oz).
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Cheers Andy. I couldn't make up a plausible excuse for not seeing that link! Appointment booked with Specsavers.- Members unable to access forum.
Admin - current member, Keith, has not visited the forum since last year and has forgotten his password. How does he regain access to the site?- Westridge c958 with names
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Please, please, please, CL negotiate a deal that prevents sprouts from being eaten anywhere except Brussels. Strike a bargain with Brussels - they can have the sole rights to sprouts; growing, boiling and eating, and Melton Mowbray can keep it's protected name for it's pies when we leave the EU. ( don't pull me up on this, I know the chairman of the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association Matthew O'Callaghan, who is also chairman of the UK Protected Food Names Association, said the protected status could be maintained). The European Union granted the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie protected status in 2008 which meant only pies made in the area could carry the label. This must also apply to Brussel's Sprouts Cutting an 'X' in the stem of a Brussels sprouts to aid cooking = Br-x-it. Is it only me that hates the taste, and the smell when cooking? If however the miners had of taken sprout sarnies down the pit then I am sure the smell of the sprout sarnies and the expulsion of the sprout gasses would have driven the 'shit-flies' out of the shaft and Symtoms wouldn't have his current project to prove how those flies survived the byeways of the pits.- Coal Mining
No scientific explanations offered on the existence of these flies. Looks like it could be down to HPW to see if he made notes and studies of the flies that lived off the gallawa droppings; miners droppings; cheese & jam sarnies and crawled up your nose for fun. Tried a Google of - 'pit men underground flies' - 'shit flies in coal mines' but for once nothing returned that resulted in a cry of eureka! Were flies tolerated so there was no need to bring canaries into the pit to prove one could breath, and smell, underground? Plenty water in the mines so no need for the intake of urinated refreshment. Symptoms - have you done some research?- Is this really a joke?
So are you saying that everyone, apart from yourself, is either a) not allowed an opinion b ) not allowed free speech c) Labour party members who are parents must not say anything to our children, grandchildren etc. etc. in case they turn out to be political activists e) only Labour indoctrinates children f) me mam wasn't entitled to a point of view and g)g)g) the only time a man and woman can have simultaneous orgasms is when the judge signs the divorce papers (pinched from Woody Allen). And this guy, me, fit or not, wont be making any further replies on this topic. - Members unable to access forum.