Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

New the nail had been restored in th1970's but just found some further restoration work was carried out in 2010 so it's possible the plaque was removed for the work to be carried out and it has not been put back.

I have never seen the Blue Plaque that used to be on The Nail. Finally found a photo of the Blue Plaque on The Nail - An Adam Hogg posted on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook site a video, published on May 2, 2012, he found on YOUTUBE explaining how Tesco were going to help regenerate Bedlington and this shot was in the video.

Cheers Bluebarby never knew they did that. So where the Bedlington Station Secondary Modern late developers sat the 13+ and had the chance to join the Grammar School, the Westridge school saved the 'Remove' pupils having to move school. Pity today's education secretaries can't see that what was done in the 60's - 13+ and Remove forms etc. is a good way of allowing kids to develop at their own pace. Don't think I would ever agree with the current system of forcing kids at 6 years old to sit SATS (Standard Assessment Tests). Can you imagine if they take that a further level and the junior schools have A, B & possibly C streams!

Will one of you ex Westridge lot please explain - 'the remove/upper remove'. BGS classes were, from the 11+ take in, 1A & 1Alpha, 2,3,4,5A & B for GCSE O Level grade, then Lower sixth & Upper 6th for GCSE A Level grade. After the first year, 1A & 1 Alpha, were divided into Excellent, the A stream, and the Not so Bad, the B stream. For those that passed the 13+ and therefore started in year 3 they were 3,4 & 5 X then merged with the Lower 6th.

HPW - Iv'e passed on your info to Joan Muckian, on the Bygone Bedlington site, and I will update the names later. A Colin Sim ('not my class but same year' he says) named 24 & 25 and is asking if No 4. is Mick Riley.

No 2. Morgan Dawson ? - added

I see where he finally settled, and later died, in Windsor also have a Blue Plaque to honour him. 16 Oct 2015 - A BLUE plaque to commemorate a legendary locomotive and telegraph pioneer has been installed near Windsor Central Station. The plaque in honour of railwayman Sir Daniel Gooch was unveiled yesterday (Thursday) by the Royal Borough's mayor Cllr Dee Quick at Windsor Royal Shopping just outside the station. It is installed on the wall of the former Great Western Railway station building - an appropriate place, as Sir Daniel was once chairman of the company. The former Windsor magistrate who lived in Clewer Park, Windsor and died in 1889 worked for world famous railway engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He played a major role in laying the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable, using the SS Great Eastern. _________________________________________________________________________ I wonder if they will be doing something to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth on 24th August 2016? Born in Bedlington, in 1816, he died at his country estate near Windsor on 15 October 1889. He was buried at the Church of St Andrew, Clewer, Windsor, Berkshire. Does anyone know if Clewer & Bedlington joining together for the 200th anniversary?

Some more names added

Facebook post by David Williams. Ex-BGS students: I have just received this from Mansel Dinnis, webmaster of the "Semper Sursum" website. I look forward to seeing some of you there: Hi Bedlingtonshire Community High School have now confirmed they are giving former pupils the opportunity to visit the school at two ‘looking back, moving forward’ events in June before the old grammar school building is demolished. For those former pupils who left the school before 2000 (ie: all Bedlington Grammar School pupils), the visit will take place at 7:00 pm on Thursday 16 June. The school are still finalising the programme for the visit. Admission is by ticket only. Tickets can be collected from Reception at the school. Please contact the school direct to order tickets. Here are the BCHS contact details. Bedlingtonshire Community High School Palace Road Bedlington Northumberland NE22 7DS Tel: 01670 822625 (choose option ‘0’ for Reception) Email: info@bchs.uk.net For those ex-pupils who do not live locally, tickets can be posted. I have email addresses for only a limited number of former grammar school pupils and I would ask you to pass on this information to anyone you think might be interested.

I know these are Google street view 2009 images but the building that was Barclays building on Station street is still standing, and as Monstat says it's now a flat but I don't know if it is in use or still on the market, what was Martins on Palace Road still shows as Hot Millions on Google 2009

Extracts from Wikipedia pages :- An Anzac biscuit is a sweet biscuit, popular in Australia and New Zealand, made using rolled oats, flour, sugar, butter, golden syrup, baking soda, boiling water and optionally desiccated coconut. Anzac biscuits have long been associated with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) established in World War I. It has been claimed the biscuits were sent by wives to soldiers abroad because the ingredients do not spoil easily and the biscuits kept well during naval transportation. Today, Anzac biscuits are manufactured commercially for retail sale. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today, Anzac biscuits are manufactured commercially for retail sale. Because of their military connection with the ANZACs and ANZAC Day, these biscuits are often used as a fundraising item for the Royal New Zealand Returned Services' Association (RSA) and the Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL). A British (though still Australian-produced) version of the Anzac biscuit, supporting the Royal British Legion, is available in several major supermarket chains in the UK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recipe ANZAC Biscuits - Ingredients 85g porridge oat 85g desiccated coconut 100g plain flour 100g caster sugar 100g butter, , plus extra butter for greasing 1 tbsp golden syrup 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda Notably, Anzac biscuit recipes omit eggs because of the scarcity of eggs during the war (after most poultry farmers joined the war effort) and so that the biscuits would not spoil when shipped long distances. Method Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Put the oats, coconut, flour and sugar in a bowl. Melt the butter in a small pan and stir in the golden syrup. Add the bicarbonate of soda to 2 tbsp boiling water, then stir into the golden syrup and butter mixture. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and pour in the butter and golden syrup mixture. Stir gently to incorporate the dry ingredients. Put dessertspoonfuls of the mixture on to buttered baking sheets, about 2.5cm/1in apart to allow room for spreading. Bake in batches for 8-10 mins until golden. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Would you explain the significance of associating this link to ' Dad cuts down a giant weeping willow tree - YouTube' with my comment? I have nothing against anyone cutting down a weeping willow tree.

If you bothered to find out the facts about the people that were campaigning to save the tree you would learn that they are not a bunch of 'whiney' (your word and spelling) people. The majority of them know it could be a lost cause but rather than just sit and 'whiney' (your word) on they have made the effort to try and do something they feel strongly about. The majority are aware that it is only after the plans for the demolition of the Day Center and the building of the Lidl supermarket were passed that people became aware the tree was to be felled but by making the effort they have a slight chance of persuading Lidl to change their building plans. The vast majority of them want the Lidl supermarket and the jobs it brings to the town. If you bothered to do some research you should be able to formulate a constructive opinion, for or against, what some people are trying to do.

mercuryg - the campaigners are waiting for a response from the email that was sent to Lidl on the subject of this tree. Some extracts from the Bygone Bedlington postings :- ******************************************************************** ............. Ian Lavery (MP) is going to discus this with the council. Dean Jackson, (Town Champion) is putting it onto the agenda of the next steering group meeting. ........and I have had an answer back from Lidl . It only say's it will be passed onto the relevant department but at least we haven't been ignored. This really should have all been done before planning permission was given but while it still stands there is still a little hope. At least two people did put objections into the council before planning permission was given. At least important people are talking about it. ****************************************************************** Cllr Wallace has emailed, and received a reply from the NCC Planning Office Although there is another Weeping Willow tree outside the Library they are still fighting to save the one on the Lidl site.

My prediction is we still go down with Villa & Norwich. Can't see us getting more than 35 points. Would prefer us to stay up but as I think we won't then would prefer Norwich to stay so we can still have two derby matches next season. SFC better goal difference than us so :- NUFC SFC Norwich 23-24/4/16 Liverpool v NUFC SFC v Arsenal - 30/04/2016 NUFC v C. Palace Stoke v SFC Arsenal v Norwich 07/05/2016 A. Villa v NUFC SFC v Chelsea Norwich v Man U 11/05/2015 SFC v Everton Norwich v Watford 15/05/2016 NUFC v Spurs Watford v SFC Everton v Norwich Current Points 29 30 31 My guess after last game = 35 35 34 SFC have better goal difference so they stay up.

Tree hugging - Tuesday 19/04/2016

No HPW, tha'ts the phrase Joan Muckian (No 22 in the photo used when she posted the photo on the Bygone Bedlington site. So when I post this photo into the Gallery Album should I be saying 'First Intake 1956' for this photo or can you confirm that this is 1958 and therefore not part of the first intake? Photo updated with some more names :- This is th

Don't gamble Maggie but if I did my money would be on - Aston Villa - NUFC & Norwich to go down.

Posted today on Bygone Bedlington by Nickaila Adele Arnold that raised the online petition :- 'Press photo meeting will be tomorrow (Tuesday) at 4pm. Meet at the Willow Tree. See you all then ☺ xxx'

Not sure what you mean moe19 - I added a link to the planning and I posted photos.

Here we go again Brian, started with the Ols School but now ARCH - LIDL & Weeping Willow! Moe19 - I would expect most locals would welcome any supermarket in the town, away from the conservation area. Local weekly food shopping to compete with Blyth; Ashington; Morpeth etc. etc. and the possibility of jobs, albeit probably part-time, for locals. If I still lived in Bedlington I would have no objection to the one Weeping Willow tree been removed for the sake of employment in the town. All planning etc (no idea what the correct terminology is, never been involved with this before) is complete :- Planning » Application Summary 15/03266/FUL | Proposed demolition of the existing adult day care centre (Class D1) and erection of a Lidl foodstore (Class A1) with associated works. | Northumberland County Council Bedlington Day Centre Bedlington Northumberland NE22 5UQ Details - Comments (14) - Constraints (14) - Documents (62) - Related Cases (2) Reference15/03266/FUL - Application ReceivedThu 01 Oct 2015 - Application ValidatedThu 01 Oct 2015 Northumberland County Council Bedlington Day Centre Bedlington Northumberland NE22 5UQ Proposed demolition of the existing adult day care centre (Class D1) and erection of a Lidl foodstore (Class A1) with associated works. StatusDecided - DecisionApplication Permitted - Decision Issued DateThu 07 Jan 2016 - Appeal StatusUnknown This is the link to the planning application where you can download all the documents for reading with Adobe system :- https://publicaccess.northumberland.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=NVHWM8QSL9I00 Since the members on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook site learned of the proposals for the Lidl supermarket that involved the uprooting of the weeping willow (with an offer to provide cuttings from the tree that any individuals or organisations, schools etc,) they started an online petition https://www.change.org/p/nickaila-arnold-perennials-over-parking-save-bedlington-s-majestic-tree?recruiter=169073099&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink to try and saved the tree and if you pass the tree now you should see some Yellow Ribbons tied to the tree and the story has been picked up by the Evening Chronicle but don't know what the result will be. The organiser of the online petition is in talks with the chronicle and they are arranging for a reporter to come and meet a number of those that have signed the petition. That MIGHT be happening next Tuesday, but don't know for sure. Don't know a way of posting images within the written content of a posting so all the relevant images to follow :- Could probably say a lot more but no time - bottle of Wychwood King Goblin and TV drama awaits me.

1. Then & Proposed - this is the old school photos plus the previous architects - Nicholson Nairn - computer generated image of what the old school would be converted into :- 2. Now & Proposed - Lidl image of the store that will replace the Day Center