Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

Since the first rush, 15/06/2016, to use the poll = 90% Brexit & 10% Remain I see the momentum, 16/06/2016, is now with the Remain supporters = 83.33% Brexit & 16.66% Remain. So as there will be approx 9.8% compound increase in people voting over the remaining 4 days the Seghill forecast is that when the polls close it will be 47.25% Brexit & 52.25% Remain.

Extract from http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Highways/Roads/Lights.aspx We’re modernising street lighting in Northumberland by investing £25 million in new technologies. Nearly 17,000 lampposts will be replaced and all street lights will be fitted with new LED lights. Work began this spring on an ambitious £25 million project to modernise all street lights in Northumberland during the next three years. The council’s appointed contractor, Galliford Try, will be replacing about 29,000 lights with eco-friendly lighting emitting diode (LED) technology. Old concrete and steel columns will also be replaced by steel ones. Benefits of LED lighting LED lights will reduce energy costs by more than 60% and ultimately save about £300,000 per year. The cost of maintenance should also decrease by 60%. The fittings will emit a whiter light, making street lighting appear brighter. The project is being funded by an Invest to Save initiative, where the funding will be repaid within 25 years from the anticipated budget savings of about £300,000 a year. Your questions answered When is this work going to take place? Work started in March 2015 in the southeast of the county and will continue for three years. How much notice will I receive if works are to be carried out in my street? You will receive a reminder postcard a couple of weeks before work begins. Look out for the notification boards placed around lighting columns to let you know our contractor will begin work in your area shortly. How long will the workmen be in my road? For a straightforward replacement of lanterns, the works should take about 20 minutes per street light to complete. Occasionally the electricity supply to the street light will need to be disconnected and reconnected, which will take longer. Please be reassured the old street light will remain in place and lit until the electricity supply can be switched across to the new LED light. Will the workmen require access to my property? Our operatives do not require access to you property. Anybody claiming to need access could be a bogus caller. How many lights are there in Northumberland? We currently maintain: 46,531 street lighting columns (or lampposts) 2,625 illuminated traffic signs 1,360 illuminated bollards What is the new technology? LEDs give the ability to vary lighting levels to control energy consumption. What are the benefits? LED street lights typically use around half the amount of energy used by existing street lights in Northumberland. With the new technology lasting longer, there will only be minimal maintenance required. How much money and carbon will we save? On completion, and after dealing with the loan repayment, it is hoped we will save about £300,000 per year. The carbon footprint of the street lighting stock will reduce by more than 5,000 tons of carbon dioxide. Will the lampposts be painted? Our plan is to seek views on the various colours to be used in and around town centres and areas of special interest. This may involve additional costs to the relevant town or parish council. My street seems darker since the fitting of the LED lights. Why is this? When lighting with white lights, the lighting levels need to be slightly reduced to prevent glare or dazzle. The LED lights are also manufactured and fitted to help reduce light pollution, ensuring footpaths and roads are well lit but avoiding an intrusion of light into people’s homes and gardens. The sole function of the street lighting is to light the highway to ensure the council meets its duty of care to road and footpath users. My street seems to be more brightly lit. Why is this? Some streets in Northumberland still have the old lighting type, which doesn’t meet current lighting standards. Because of this, they require replacing to bring them up to recommended standards. How will the new lights affect street safety? LED lights will help support better crime detection as it improves images captured at night from CCTV, as well as allowing clothing colours and car registration numbers to be more easily identified. This will make our streets safer and help in giving a more accurate description to police. If the council wants to save money, why doesn’t it look at turning the lights down during the night when there are fewer people and vehicles around? The new LED lights will be fitted with technology that enables the council to ‘dim’ street lighting at certain times. Many local authorities now use this method or even ‘part-night lighting,’ where they turn lights off on certain roads between midnight and 6am. In Northumberland, we want to ensure roads remain lit at all times. However, in order to ensure maximum savings, we will be looking at dimming the LED lights between midnight and 6am. How can we let the council know our views on the project? Contacting the project manager, Gavin Barlow, on 01670 622 980 or by email at gavin.barlow@northumberland.gov.uk How do I let the council know what I thought of the work once it is finished? You will receive a card though your letterbox, asking you to feedback any comments – positive or negative - about how the work was carried out in your street. You can also contact project manager Gavin Barlow on 01670 622 980 or by email at gavin.barlow@northumberland.gov.uk

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Cheers Andy. I must have been really single minded when I have created any new topic not to have seen, and played with, that feature!

Is adding a 'proper poll' something the bog standard Members can do or is this facility restricted to Administrators Pinching my idea? Either It's all based on your (threegee) arguments to Brexit that I Remain - discuss or On 05/31/2016 at 20:25, on the topic 'Brexit : Why TTIP matters, Eggy said Do we vote for what benefits the nation or what benefits our self? So if one party says - 'vote on our side' we should vote on their side but if the other party says - 'no they are wrong' we should vote for the other party. If the other party then counters the argument to vote for the other party should we vote for the alternative? If there isn't an alternative then do we hire a white campaign bus and convince the undecided to surrender? If all the old codgers at the club are content with their final lot and the only time this referendum comes up is when when one old codger says - 'ee uu lot, wi divin't want a discussion in here aboot referendun. When your postal votes arrive, dig oot that lucky coin and decide - heads for one party and tails for the other. Spin the coin, decision made. I'm singing and dancing in the rain, doo be do do, do be doobe dodo, doo be do do, do be doobe dodo, doo be do do, do be doobe dodo, ..................

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Cheers Mercury - I had seen some of the times posted on FB but with nothing to back them up so I didn't pass those time on. I thought you must have found a site that was publishing, regardless of the risk of trespassing train spotters!

Mercury - where did you get the timetable? I was trying to find the times it was passing through our area, for a friend, and all the websites I found had the same comment :- Train Timings Due to the on going issues with trespassers actual timings will only be issued to passengers travelling

Middle Remove 1959 - A Bill Lewis on the Sixtownships site posted :- 'No.4 - Jackie Henderson. No.27 - Wendy Fox. No.30 - Angela Gregg. No.37 - Vicky Elliott, No. 38 - Winifred Vince. This is according to my cousin Michael Mills, No. 9 on the photo, and friend Tom Logan, No. 22' Only one left - No 28 to identify. Photo updated and now added to the 'Westridge School - End of term class photos' album in the Gallery.

That old-maps site has many more maps from the different eras than the National Library of Scotland but I get the impression the old mapmaker must have spent some time in the Bebside Inn & The Rose and Crown? Paradise Row appears to be the only row where the name doesn't change through time. I couldn't find a Brick row either. Only one close was a Back Row (with a Front Row in front of it) but that was across the river on the Bedlington side at the top of the Furnace bank. I have 'book marked' the old-maps site for future reference.

Both Planning Applications - updated 31/05/2016 :-

Couldn't find any evidence of a Brick Row. Could probably come up with a Stephen Fry type 'dubious theory' on Paradise Row, Stone Row, Back Stone Row & Sea View based on how things changed within the publications of the 1897 - 1922 - 1937 & 1959 maps but it's facts we need. No facts iro the buildings come with this, but have you seen this c1930 photo (from one of Evan Martins books) of the Furnace Bridge area that in the background shows the Bebside rows you are looking into?

Unfortunately not.

Canny Lass - are you using 'findmypast'? I am not registered on this site (or any genealogy site) so can't get access to the newspaper article referenced on this site :-

Your right, I was using Google, it's way out showing the B1330 as Red Row but the B1331 as Steadlane up to Vulcan Place. I must start using road numbers rather than pubs when giving directions!

Canny Lass - what map are you looking at, the B1330 is further north, at Red Row on the way to Amble, on all the maps I look at. Are you looking at the maps on :- http://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom=16&lat=55.1335&lon=-1.5654&layers=39&b=1&point=55.1326,-1.5691 - 1858 through to 1947? I always thought Reedy's list covers the rows, on the Bebside side of the river,between the Furnace Bridge and heading East to the railway bridge. I know that doesn't help with - 'What happened to Paradise Row?' and I doubt there is any details on-line, but I will have a search, or two.

Reedy - update to your dad's list - The Families from Bedside Furnance 1940-1952 - from a Bygone Bedlington member :- 'Bridge House was divided into two dwellings the downstairs was occupied by Mrs Munley and daughter Margaret and Mr Harrison.The upstairs was occupied by my wifes parents Mr.R.Parker and Mrs Queenie Parker from Early 1930s to 1944 after which time they moved to 18 Back Stone Row living between Mr.Stan Brooks and Mr & Mrs Leightley'

Subject reopened, for me. Postal vote arrived and landed flat, heads up, Kardean flooring, installed by Michael Metcalf contractors. Post Immediately opened; vote/cross placed on the ballot paper; ballot paper folded and inserted into envelope A and envelope A sealed; postal voting statement completed with my date of birth and signature; completed postal voting statement and envelope A, with ballot paper inside, slipped comfortably into envelope B and envelope B sealed. Passed envelope B to wife, to post along with hers. J. P. Morgan staff feel more secure. Final closure (and not an 'i', immediately, before 'e' in this posting)