Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

Does this mean you have/had one Chris?

Surely the happiest day of anyone's life is always 'today'. Everyday we wake up has to be the the best day of one's life. One day we wont wake up, celebrate today.

It's bad enough having me ear throbbing on a phone but allowing people to see me react like 'Kevin the Tennager' on Skype whilst they rabbit on! But seriously Skype is brilliant and I do, occasionally use it, for free, from my desktop PC. Even my non PC wife, that prefers to prattle on phone has enjoyed Skype. Our youngest had a humanist wedding ceremony - King Pin bowling suite, Tavistock Hotel, London, and the misses (having experience the other kids, 1 church, 1 registrar & 1 pub meal + pint to let us know they were moving in together,) didn't know what to expect. The humanist ceremony would be followed up the following year by a 'legal' ceremony with one and only vicar Elvis in Las Vegas. The youngin amazed and delighted her mother with what she had arranged (she arranged, we paid). Humanist ceremony (chat with the guests from aisle two of the 4 lane private King Pin executive suite) so different from being preached at in a church pew, even the 80+ year olds enjoyed the event. What followed in Las Vegas, followed at midnight our time on Skype, made the misses even happier. There was I in dressing gown ready for bed and the wife in her full outfit watching, via Skype for free, Elvis in the Doo Wap Diner doing his duty. So Skype saved the day and I even did screen dumps as the event went on, but I was still forced to buy the official CD and photos. One of the Skype screen dump/print screen images :-

Hadn't driven from west to east this week so clicked on Live to get me fix :-

Killingworth today I saw my first one on a public foot. I believe they are still illegal to use in public areas. Never seen anything to say the legislation has changed. Red Lion to the the Grapes in under a minute! I wonder if one is obese one will require an HGV to use one?

I initially thought the same Moe, but on this evenings BBC Look North it was said that money does not come from the 'day to day' budget. The money is borrowed from central government, but I can't find anything on line to confirm, or disprove that.

Unfortunately no rain. The thermostat, in the middle of the house (front South facing) hasn't dropped below 24.5 in three days and nights. Highest was 28 so I guess the sitting room was above that. I'm melting, the wife is loving it. Had to visit Seghill Comrades club, north facing bar, on Tuesday lunch time to keep cool. So the one terrible thing that will NOT happen is I will continue to visit the Comrades - the rest of the drinking establishments have Seg_exit_ed.

I'm singing and dancing in the remain - doo be do do, doobe doobe do do, doo be do do, doobe doobe do do, doo be do do, doobe doobe do do

Me to Vic - mine goes with me in the car and will be used in an emergency, that is Breakdown & Recovery services and I have made a couple of calls to those services in the last 15 years. Grandkids I can excuse as that's what they have been brought up on so they do get a text, twice a year, birthday & xmas. I have been know to have quite long conversations on a phone, landline of course, with Friday night mates and me ear was throbbing after them. Normally it would be - 'see you in The Shoes at 20:30, Ok' - end of call but when we were after a change of venue it was - 'What pub then?' - pause to listen to reply, then - ' Ok, The Old Fat Ox at 20:30' Can't ever remember asking any mate - what did you have for tea then?

More names, and if they are all right just No 10 to add.

More names added

Some names added by No 12 Alexandra - and she reckons Nos 5 & 19 are twins, but can't recall their names.

Another class photo, c1958, from Edith Barrett - Class = M2?

I know in the 'new' East Coast line franchise agreement, story in the Chronicle - 2014, they were talking about reducing the early morning and late evening stops, and departures, to and from London, but not cancelling all stops at Morpeth :- http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/morpeth-could-lose-rail-services-7020425

Does this mean you will now have to consider applying for a 3 year driving licence? Oh the joys of soixante neuf! It's a good golf score though, but very soon you will always be over par!

Foxy - this is just a guess. The images you have displayed in this topic have an approx size of 10 x 7 ins. and I am guessing that this size is what the system has automatically resized the uploaded image to so it can post within the posting. If I select the photo, by 'mouse-click' the system appears to display the original uploaded image with a size of approx 60 x 40 ins !! Could you have the size setting on your camera to 60 x 40 ins? You could try changing the size on you camera and see if this system allows you to load multiple smaller images. Of course I could be totally on the wrong track and GGG will have an answer. This is your photo downloaded into my system - Microsoft Digital Pro 10 - see the sizes on the left.

A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What is politics?" The dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I'm the breadwinner of the family, so let's call me capitalism. Your mother, she's the administrator of the money, so we'll call her the government. We're here to take care of your needs, so we'll call you the people. The nanny, we'll consider her the working class. And your baby brother, we'll call him the future. Now, think about that and see if that makes sense." The little boy goes off to bed thinking about what dad had said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has soiled his diaper. The little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed. The next morning, the little boy says to his father, "Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now." The father says, "Good son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about." The little boy replies, "Well, while capitalism is screwing the working class, the government is sound asleep, the people are being ignored and the future is in deep shit."

The story stlli live. Link posted by John Krzyzanowski on Bygone Bedlington Facebook group http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/plans-major-metro-upgrade-revealed-11613893#ICID=FB-Chron-main Extract from the article :- Expansion plans include: Newcastle’s West End A rail extension out of Central Station along the original Newcastle to Carlisle line could head along Scotswood Road to serve Newcastle’s west, while a bridge could then connect the city to the Metrocentre. This would be integrated with the Metro system. Building developments in Gallowgate have greatly reduced any chance of extending the Metro west from St James’ Park. South east Northumberland A route north of Northumberland Park would see a rail service restored to Ashington, Bedlington and Blyth, by upgrading a freight only line which terminates at Woodhorn, but could be extended to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. It passes through Seaton Delaval and Seghill. NECA says the route would connect with the Metro system at Northumberland Park, and would also join the East Coast Mainline five miles north of Newcastle, leading to Central Station and the possibility of direct services from south east Northumberland to the Metrocentre and Hexham.

There might be more Canny Lass but these are the postings I found :- High_Pit_Wilma wrote on the topic 'Saint Cuthbert And Bedlington Church' in History Hollow :- 'Now,the older pupils,of which i have two Sisters who fell into that category,each got a lovely gilt embossed book,entitled....."The History of Northumberland". An entry in that book stated that the old keep dated back to the reign of King John,who stayed at the keep,overnight,as he fled from the Barons,upon the return of His Brother King Richard,from the Crusades. When Richard found out about his evil Brother's nasty deeds,he went after him like a dog at broth...so ti speak. John fled from the old keep,down underground tunnels,which led from there to the site of the old original Post Office,beside Bache's ice-cream shop,in the market-place,then farther down to the river blyth,at the bottom left-hand side of Bedlington bank,where the cliffs overhang that part of the now riverside walk. ....onto a boat and away ti France.......but they catched him didn't they.' -------------------------------------------------- There is no mention of the publishers or the author of the book. Mickypotts wrote :- What I think was the mechanics institute behind the Sun Inn was a private clubhouse for our gang, lots of old billiard tables and an entrance only we knew of, In the cellar was a tunnel of some kind that seemed to go under the Sun Inn and the road, it was stone lined and I cant remember anyone going to where it ended, anyone else out there that may know??? ------------------------------------------------ Eileen wrote :- · ----------------------------------------------- By the way Maggie, one of the stories my dad used to tell me about Hollymount Hall, was that there was a tunnel that came out at the church, wonder if it was true? And Brett wrote September 16, 2013 I bet The Old Vicarage would make a lovely family home, nicely set back behind those large walls and large double gates. I remember reading that 90 Front Street was owned by the Church at the same time and the land next door to Dennis Todd's, which is now overgrown, was all part and parcel. I do briefly remember a story that there would have been an underground escape tunnel dating way back which lead out across the road somewhere. ----------------------------------------------

Have you used the 'Search' facility Pauline? That's where I got the info (from High Pitt Wilma & Mickey Potts postings) - I posted on the Bedlington Remembered site.

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ONLY A TRUE GOLFER WILL UNDERSTAND THESE: Don't buy a putter until you've had a chance to throw it. Never try to keep more than 300 separate thoughts in your mind during your swing. When your shot has to carry over a water hazard, you can either hit one more club or two more balls. If you're afraid a full shot might reach the green while the foursome ahead of you is still putting out, you have two options: you can immediately shank a lay-up or you can wait until the green is clear and top a ball halfway there. The less skilled the player, the more likely he is to share his ideas about the golf swing. No matter how bad you are playing, it is always possible to play worse. The inevitable result of any golf lesson is the instant elimination of the one critical unconscious motion that allowed you to compensate for all of your many other errors Everyone replaces his divot after a perfect approach shot A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponents' luck. It is surprisingly easy to hole a fifty foot putt,for a 10. Counting on your opponent to inform you when he breaks a rule is like expecting him to make fun of his own haircut. Nonchalant putts count the same as chalant putts It's not a gimme if you're still 5 feet away. The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.. You can hit a two acre fairway 10% of the time and a two inch branch 90% of the time If you really want to get better at golf, go back and take it up at a much earlier age. Since bad shots come in groups of three, a fourth bad shot is actually the beginning of the next group of three. When you look up, causing an awful shot, you will always look down again at exactly the moment when you ought to start watching the ball if you ever want to see it again. Every time a golfer makes a birdie, he must subsequently make two triple bogeys to restore the fundamental equilibrium of the universe If you want to hit a 7 iron as far as Tiger Woods does, simply try to lay up just short of a water hazard. To calculate the speed of a player's downswing, multiply the speed of his back-swing by his handicap; I.e., back-swing 20 mph , handicap 15, downswing = 300 mph. There are two things you can learn by stopping your back-swing at the top and checking the position of your hands: how many hands you have, and which one is wearing the glove. Hazards attract; fairways repel. Keep this in mind A ball you can see in the rough from 50 yards away is not yours. If there is a ball on the fringe and a ball in the bunker, your ball is in the bunker. If both balls are in the bunker, yours is in the footprint It's easier to get up at 6:00 AM to play golf than at 10:00 to mow the lawn A good drive on the 18th hole has stopped many a golfer from giving up the game. Golf is the perfect thing to do on Sunday because you always end up having to pray a lot. A good golf partner is one who's always slightly worse than you are....that's why I get so many calls to play with friends If there's a storm rolling in, you'll be having the game of your life. Golf balls are like eggs. They're white. They're sold by the dozen. And you need to buy fresh ones each week. It's amazing how a golfer who never helps out around the house will replace his divots, repair his ball marks, and rake his sand traps. If your opponent has trouble remembering whether he shot a six or a seven, he probably shot an eight (or worse). It takes longer to learn to be a good golfer than it does to become a brain surgeon. On the other hand, you don't get to ride around on a cart, drink beer, eat hot dogs and fart, if you are performing Brain Surgery !!!!

Cut youphoto up to make it easy to read Maggie

I read your posting Spuggy but by the time I got to the end I thought I had done something I vowed never to do, read War & Peace! Too add some photographic evidence to your postings you could try the following :-