Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

Bandsman - I know the words 'Sept 1950 New Uniforms Cresswell Disaster' is written on your info but I have not included it on the photos I have added the names to. I did a bit of research and the Creswell Colliery Mining disaster, Derbyshire was on the 26th. September 1950 - a fire broke out and 80 men were killed. The fire was started at No. 2 transfer point, when a conveyor belt jammed. The belt rollers probably continued to rotate and friction on the conveyor belting produced enough heat to propagate the fire. Flames swept through the 12' by 10' roadway trapping the men behind a "wall of flame".26th September 1950. I 'Googled' to see to see if there was any info online about any tributes by colliery bands following the disaster but didn't find anything. I couldn't make out the faded writing that appears to be the name of the cup the band are dispalying so couldn't find anything on that. The only Brass Band competition I could find for Sept 1950 was The British Open but that was on the 2nd September 1950 and Netherton were not listed as having taken part in the competition. The Creswell Colliery Band were in that competition. Also in Historic Bedlington is an Album - 'Nedderton/Netherton old photos' by Carole and this photo is in it but with the info :-' This photo was taken in the garden of Howard House in the 1930s. The Colliery Manager, Mr Anthony Scott is seated behind and slightly to the right of the trophy.' Based on the names you have given, with your photo, and having seen the people in other photos 1950 would appear to be the right date. As for the way the names have been set out it is difficult to match them into the 5 rows so I have done two photos – one with numbers and an attempt to associate all the names to a number and one with no numbers and just 5 rows of names.

This old image posted on a Facebook group and saved by one of the members but that member can't remember which group they saved it from. Suspect it will be from one of Evan Martin's many books on Bedlingtonshire - the Railway Tavern, proprietor G E O CRAIGS, with ELLIOT'S newsagents on the left of the building.

Names added to the photo but can't match all the 24 names so just put three numbers - No 1 first left - No 10 Euphonium and No 24 last right. There are 25 faces and 24 names - I would guess that the partial face, between 20 & 21, is the one not named.

Names added to photo :-

@Canny lass - @bluebarby do you the names of these three? From previous photos, with names, I would guess that they are, from left to right as you look at the photo - Edith McClean - Elsie Grant & Ruby Stewart.

Names & the event, listed in the previous image, added to the photo :-

Names from Sandra Masters & Christine Campbell for 20, 28, 31 & 38

Unfortunately not - the four names published with the photo are :- L to R - Peter Carrigan, David Clark, Gordon Ridley and William Smith.

@Bandsman1966 - names added to photo. I did a quick search in Goolge for Hammersmith Town Hall Brass Band Competition - 1959 and the site and info on the brassbandresults.co.uk site was found - Cambois Workmens & Pegswood Colliery band were also listed in the bands for this event. Added a bit of the info into the photo.

The young lad, bottom left corner as you look at the photo, has been bugging me as I am sure I have seen him before. Took a while but then it clicked - Bedlington Grammar School photo posted on Facebook group Bygone Bedlington and part of the comment was :- '.......... and Gordon was the talented young upstart from the fourth year.......'

@Bandsman1966 - added your list of names to the photo - check it out and see if I have them mapped on Ok.

Names added from Bansman1966's list

Added the info to the photo. @Bandsman1966 - do you know when, and for how long, Brentford Nylons, took over and ran the NethertonColliery Brass Band?

And a thout it was aanly Cockney's that dropped tha H's! - well spotted sir - NETERTON updated :-

CLs updates added

Added the names to the photo :-

Living in the Oval area of Bedlington the Free woods, and the bandstand, was our playground throughout the late 50s & early 60s. We used to camp close to the Bandstand and play in the river not far from the bandstand. The bandstand was used to pile up our belongings whilst we were built a dam across the river. The water was deeper on the Ha'penny wood side but with a dam making it deeper we could dive bomb in off the large flat rock surface on the Ha'penny side. That's the area, where we were camping one Friday, or Saturday night, and we (also YMCA people) encountered our first early morning Hello, Hello what you lot doing here then', from the police, please accompany us to the Top End police station. Naturally we were totally innocent (it was not us that had stole the car and left it not far from where we were camping) and released, after questioning, after about 3-4 hours.

Names added to photo :-

@Bandsman1966 - I'm guessing this set of names go with this photo?

3 names - George Parnaby, Dick Lane & ? Lane added by Alan Cumings off the Bedlington Remembered facebook site - Front Row Nos 6 & 7 + Middle Row No 3

No problem - I have time on my hands and will work my way through the photos and add numbers & names before I post them on the Facebook sites. I will then update this site when I think there is no more info to add from the Facebook sites.

@Bandsman1966 - would you like me to post these photos on the local Facebook sites :- Bedlington Remembered - Bygone Bedlington - Sixtownships & Barrington, Barnt' n memories and stuff!! to see if any members can name any of the bandsmen? When I post 'group' photos on the Facebook sites I add numbers, and the known names, to the photo. No problem if you don;t want them posted on those sites :-

Living in the Oval area of Bedlington the Free woods, and the bandstand, was our playground throughout the late 50s & early 60s. We used to camp close to the Bandstand and play in the river not far from the bandstand. The bandstand was used to pile up our belongings whilst we were built a dam across the river. The water was deeper on the Ha'penny wood side but with a dam making it deeper we could dive bomb in off the large flat rock surface on the Ha'penny side. That's the area, where we were camping one Friday, or Saturday night, and we (also YMCA people) encountered our first early morning Hello, Hello what you lot doing here then', from the police.