Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

Tidying out my old files I came across an old Chocolate Quiz but I couldn't find a list of answers. So if one is bored try this :- You have to work out the chocolate bar names. All the clues are chocolates or sweets that COULD be purchased in the UK years ago - Iv'e done 5 0 Sly giggles - SNICKERS 1 High class thoroughfare 2 Money making royalty 3 Dark occult 4 Mother's local 5 Clever folk - SMARTIES 6 Various black items 7 Sport for Princes - POLO 8 Frankie Vaughan wanted it 9 Good children get these 10 Feline equipment 11 Garden flowers 12 Assorted girls 13 Dairy holder - MILK TRAY 14 Arrange marriage partners 15 Edible fasteners 16 Wobbly infants 17 Talk quietly 18 Big bus - DOUBLE DECKER 19 Gem orchard 20 Spin around 21 Capital granite 22 Lorry driver's snack 23 100% Au 24 Istanbul harem 25 Up out there 26 Even more up out there 27 Big cat's pub 28 Noisy insect 29 One who wanders 30 Musical bard 31 It's a party 32 Outside meal 33 Easily blown 34 Locals from Malta 35 Reward 36 Ten cent pub 37 Toothless drink 38 Lost them…..? 39 Sweet tooth 40 Pub pins

Merry Halloween Andy. Are there any one way streets in Bedlington you can look both ways before you cross?

This was a big comeback song for Sinatra, becoming his first hit in 11 years. Sinatra despised the song, calling it "a piece of s--t = songfacts.com Sinatra ad libbed at the end of the song and sang a sequence of nonsense syllables that could be transcribed as “do de do be do” or “do be do be do”, for the closing scat. Iwao Takamoto, the animator who created the cartoon dog Scooby-Doo, said that he got the inspiration to name his character from Sinatra's ad-lib. It is often said that this tripartite list first appeared in men's toilets (bathroom stalls) in the 1960s or 1970s, but sometimes different authors were specified. “To do is to be.” — Socrates “To be or not to be.” — Shakespeare “To be is to do.” — Sartre Whilst whiling away the hours, smelling like some flowers, in the men's toilets, many additions were added to the above “Dooby dooby doo.” — Sinatra “Yabba dabba doo” — Fred Flinstone “Dabba dabba doo” — Kate Bush “Do be a do be.” — Miss Louise, Romper Room “Scooby-doobee-doo” — Scooby Doo “Hey-boo-boo” — Yogi Bear HAG ??/ Haven't A Guess.

The song was made famous in 1966 by Frank Sinatra, although it was initially given to Melina Mercouri, who thought that a man's vocals would suit more to the melody and therefore declined to sing it. Reaching number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Easy Listening chart, it was the title song for Sinatra's 1966 album Strangers in the Night, which became his most commercially successful album. The song also reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. Last few lines, without any rain, are :- Love was just a glance away, a warm embracing dance away Ever since that night We've been together Lovers at first sight In love forever It turned out so right For strangers in the night Doo-bee-doo-bee-doo Doo-doo-dee-dah, dah-dah-dah-dah-dah

Have a Go and ask Wilfred Pickles

Nope - Gene Kelly - doobe do do doobe doobe do do....................

When I sing, and dance, it rains!

RMT & UNITE xmas carol Deck the trains with guards and holly Fa la la la la, la la la la Tis the season to be jolly Fa la la la la, la la la la See the platforms fill with commuters Fa la la, la la la, la la la Going nowhere, unless by scooters Fa la la la la, la la la la See the blazing plane before us Fa la la la la, la la la la Strike the crew - so no more pilots Fa la la la la, la la la la Follow me in merry measure Fa la la la la, la la la la Stay at home and feast in leisure Fa la la la la, la la la la Fast away the old year passes Fa la la la la, la la la la Guards and Pilots with empty glasses Fa la la la la, la la la la Sing we joyous, all together Fa la la la la, la la la la Southern Rail and Swissport blether Fa la la la la, la la la la

2016 - xmas cracker jokes and one liners:- Q. What do workers at Sports Direct get for Christmas dinner? A. About 5 mins. Q. How do you recognise a Christmas tree from BHS? A. All the branches have gone. Q. What’s David Cameron’s favourite Christmas song? A. All I want for christmas is EU. Q. Why didn’t Roy Hodgson go to visit Santa at The North Pole? A. He couldn't get past Iceland. Q. What do you get if you cross Donald Trump with a Christmas Carol? A. O Comb Over Ye Faithful. Q. Which parent is likely to do the Christmas shop at Tesco this year? A. Dad might, Marmite not. Q. Why can’t the England football team play Yahtzee this Christmas? A. Because they got rid of Allardyce. Q. What does Nigel Farage do to the hall with boughs of holly? A. He Dexit. Q. What’s Donald Trump’s favourite type of ice cream? A. Wall’s. Q. How do snowmen leave the EU? A. They trigger Icicle 50. I bought my mum Mary Berry’s cookbook for Christmas, I tried to get Paul Hollywood’s but he’d sold out. Philip looks out of the window on Christmas Eve: ‘That’s some reindeer’ he says. The Queen replies: ’63 years. Yes, that is a lot.’

Now we know why the locals pronounce it Coopen and as it's now written, and visitors pronounce it - Cow_Pen. Now careful Andy - you can't spend too much time on FB!

Carol - unfortunately I can't help you with contacts for any Ex Westridge pupils but I do remember posting this photo of a netball team that included a Janet Common. I new her brother Norman, a couple of years younger then me, from the Grammar School and I think I met Janet a couple of times, some 50+ years ago!. I see that photo of the netball team, in the Gallery - Historic Bedlington - Westridge School End of term class photos, includes a Carol Suthers.

Andy the link in your post does take you to the Active Northumberland site but the Sporting Club of Bedlington still shows :- SPORTING CLUB BEDLINGTON - OPENING SOON ACTIVE NORTHUMBERLAND LEISURE CENTRES SPORTING CLUB BEDLINGTON - OPENING SOON - there is a list of opening times for all the other centers but nothing for the Sporting Club of Bedlington. Not that I have any intention of taking part in any activities I was just checking to see if there was any info on the site about the swimming facilities that were promised. Many members on the Facebook groups have often complained about the lack of sporting facilities and I would have added the link on those sites IF the site was showing a timetable of events and opening times. At the moment this link would just frustrate and wind the members up more.

Info in the British Listed Buildings - English Heritage Building ID: 235924 A stone, (Watson's Wake) is to be found on the tower and is dedicated to Cuthbert Watson, a local personality who died in 1669 and the stone commemorates the fatal fall from the tower of the local somnambulist. Medical Definition of somnambulism. - an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (as walking) are performed. Common definition = sleepwalking.

Only ever seen the one pit - Choppington Colliery 'A Pit' - on all the old maps online = 1858 - 1947. The Durham Mining Museum site just has one entry (that I can find) for Choppington :- http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/index_c.htm

Andy - I have been able to upload photos into existing albums Andy - Following the fail at Stage 1 on 10th Oct 2016, unlike previous attempts, I decided to carry on at Stage 2 et seq as the system was allowing me to and it worked so I did create the album, Sch. near Bells Place - Hollymount Hall - 1896, on that day. I haven't had any other problems adding to existing albums so all has worked, as expected, over the last two months. I am still using Microsoft Windows Vista, not supported now, but I'm expecting my Desktop & OS to see me out so I won't be upgrading, unless my HP Pavillion Slimline S3624uk, with 19" screen and Keyboard, collapses in a heap. I don't have any new Albums waiting to be created. If you would like me to do a test I would be happy to have a go at creating a 'Test' album and if it works ie. does not report an error at Stage 1, I will complete all stages and then that Test album can be deleted. Thanks Eggy