Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

The Grapes always had one in the 60s & 70s - source of income for some - ex miner from Dr Pit, hurt in detonator blast - income was UB + selling veg from multiple gardens + bookies running (including half's from punters). So it's Online bookies accounts that have crippled the benefits system and forced entrepreneurs to claim extra. I blame Thatcher.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/La-Vacanza-Bernard-Moscardini/dp/1907294279

Subject: Glasgow characters Some nicknames that have been given to Glasgow characters by their friends and workmates: "Two Soups" his real name is Campbell Baxter. "The Colostomy" - the girlfriend of a married man (i.e. the wee bag on the side). "The Boomerang Kid" - whenever anyone at work asks a question, he always replies: ' I'll get back to you on that. ' "The Parachute" - lets everyone down at the last minute. "Vaseline" - his real name is Willie Burns. "Rembrandt" - loves saying to colleagues: ' Let me put you in the picture...' "Bo Derek" - a chap called Derek with terrible body odour. "The Genie" - magically appears whenever anyone opens a bottle. "Dulux" - his pals reckon he's only got one coat. "Soapy" - washes his hands of any problems that crop up.. "The Yeti" - always on the sick. Many unconfirmed sightings of this guy, but nobody can prove he actually exists. "The Gas Man" - he's serviced loads of old boilers. "The Hostage" - when anyone asks for help he always replies: 'Sorry, my hands are tied.' "The Olympic Flame" - he never goes out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f85c2MnT6E0

Thanks Maggie, that made me laugh - passed that link on to those who will be able to understand it! "Geordie John Lewis Christmas Advert 2014 Parody #GeordieThePenguin - YouTube" www.youtube.com

Thanks Maggie - passed that on, to those who will be able to understand it! Geordie John Lewis Christmas Advert 2014 Parody #GeordieThePenguin - YouTube

Cheers

On the sixtownships site , many theories, examples below, but nothing concrete or any links to any info:- Pam Farquhar - William Leech gave the land to the people of Bedlington on condition it would never be built on Michael Eastlake - I heard that William Leach had bequeathed the area for the children of bedlington to play, that said I also think the land is unstable to build upon and now has massive drainage works towards the millfield end. If building work was possible think a prime spot like that would have been snapped up. Geoff Glass - Someone have this land as a gift to The citizens of Bedlington Town but only to be used for recreational purposes only I think that is why the Picnic was held there As it's considered Free Land and no building is allowed.

I am taking the easy way out rather than searching through loads of NCC documents. A question was asked, on the sixtownships site, about the building on the 20 acres site ie. ".......I have been told there is a covenant on the land to prevent building work on the land?" Does anyone know the answer?

Thanks Reedy - I will email the info to the lady who posted :- Pauline Appleby 24 November 14:07 PaulineAppleby nee Mackay i was born here 1945 my Mam Alice was born here 1920. Dene house belonged to my great grandparents the Wood family the pop people.

Windows bases systems. Never come across CinemaP-12C before but if I did I would probably go back to a posting I raised - 'Adware Or Spyware On Windows Systems – Premieropinionin' in this Forum. I did many test on various products and found that 'malwarebytes' as recommended by threegee was the only free download software that identified PUPs = Potentially Unwanted Program. https://www.malwarebytes.org/ A site I have used before - loads & loads of problems/solutions/step by step guides etc. is http://deletemalware.blogspot.co.uk/ - specifically for Cinemap-12C the link is http://deletemalware.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/remove-ads-by-cinemap-12c-virus-removal.html Good luck.

Reedy - Ok if I copy this info, and photo, into a posting on the sixtownships History Group site? There are a few asking about Dene house and one ex resident, born there 1945 her mother born there 1920, so they should find it interesting. The posting is at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1473242359580083/permalink/1556278291276489/ and the posting header, by John Dawson, is :- " Dene House, Bedlington undated Situated where the car park is today."

Thank you gentlemen - I will check out 'Openzone' - at the moment, since registering complaint over recorded usage, my download activity is averaging out at 0.3 GB per day (0.75GB per day before whinge attracting additional charges) and therefore staying within my 20GB monthly allowance.

Researchers for the Ministry of Transport found over 200 dead crows near Greater Manchester recently, and there was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu. A Bird Pathologist examined the remains of all the crows, and, to everyone's relief, confirmed the problem was definitely NOT Avian Flu. The cause of death appeared to be vehicular impacts. However, during the detailed analysis it was noted that varying colours of paints appeared on the bird's beaks and claws. By analysing these paint residues it was determined that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with lorries, while only 2% were killed by an impact with a car. Ministry of Transport then hired an Ornithological Behaviourist to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of truck kills versus car kills. The Ornithological Behaviourist very quickly concluded the cause: ...... "When crows eat road kill, they always have a look-out crow in a nearby tree to warn of impending danger. They discovered that while all the lookout crows could shout "Cah", not a single one could shout "Lorry."

Since registering my concerns with BT my usage figures, as monitored by BT, have reduced, from an average of 1GB per day to an average of approx. 0.5GB per day. Prior to the upgrade to Hub5 the average was 0.3GB per day. So, Maggie, at the moment I will not be giving them additional monthly payments to go 'unlimited'. When I become so sick and infirm that I can't move out of my 'Desktop chair' I will upgrade to unlimited. Until then I will stay in the dark-ages and watch TV on a TV; listen to music on a CD player (did get rid of the stereogram!); talk to people on a phone and put photographs in albums with electronic copies on the PC and backed up to external hard drive x 2 leaving the 'clouds' to drift around the world. Symptoms Posted 01 October 2014 - 04:00 PM Doesn't the BT Hub BY DEFAULT allow all the neighbours (within range) and those walking past in the street to piggyback onto it, thus hoovering-up your resources. Perhaps you might want to consider being anti-social and disable this 'open' option. Symptoms – no trace in the BT logs of any unknown addresses piggy backing on my Hub. The default settings will stay as they are, for now, as the grandchildren sometimes use the Hub address for their kit. Discussing the registered increase of downloads with the BT staff there is no way they can check the logs to try and identify what caused my usage to more than treble in the first few weeks the Hub 5 was installed. Only a special group (can't remember the name for them) within BT can check individual users logs, privacy laws etc. The staff on the front-line support just have to fend off, with some basic knowledge, customers ringing up check their accounts. So if anyone wants logs to be checked then you would have to get noticed by regular porn and paedophile activities and then the special group can ignore your human rights. Foxy - I keep quiet about the Mega Bit on the side. There I've downloaded.

My Harley on order!

willy j., on 12 Oct 2014 - 6:48 PM, said: Willy - response from Dave Holland - 'I still see Dessie , he walks around with a porkpie hat on. Still a character . I remember Harry well, good guitarist. Dont remember Colin or Bill'

Maggiel - from the available old images of The Market Place, Bedlington, where the old Turks Head used to be, and Google Street view of 2009 this image was created:-

Refund travelling supporters, absolutely daft. They will be asking Lee Clarke (as it was his duff team, not the caretaker managers), to refund the 13,000 (or so) Birmingham fans their ticket money for yesterday's thrashing by Bournemouth. If a supporter can afford to travel to an away game then they have to live with the result, regardless of win, loose, thrash, humiliation etc.. Refunding supports will only reduce the fun and jokes their rival fans can taunt them with. Not as if there haven't been similar scores before.

Working on Foxy's addition of both quotes from legitimate companies with Trade Union members, and not the mam at the door saying 'I've noticed from years of experience of driving through this estate that you require an extension, like the one I built over the road......' - surely we all go for the £10K (big ones for GGG). The second time - 1998 - I decided to go for an extension to my house I got 3 quotes, all from small local firms that other people had used = (approx) 1) £4,500, 2) £6,250 & 3) £10,000. No idea if the employees were union members but assumed they were. Would you a) go for the cheapest (that could be the same quality) and drive the other two to reduce their prices or go out of work; go for the middle one cos it 'seems' fairer or c) go for the most expensive, cos you can afford it, as you know it must be of a higher standard and you can brag that you had the best? Or get more quotes = 'A show of Hands' and go with the majority price. My logic - 3) £10,000 - he's extracting the urine - No chance, 2) £6,250 - seems a fair price based on other peoples experience but he's from Cramlington, so no - 1) £4,500 - Bedlington lad, going on his own cos he knows he can do better than the others, employing Bedlington tradesman - YES all the way, and it turned out champion.

No doubt the entrepreneurs will know the full meaning/implications of this :- https://www.opencompany.co.uk/company/09225443/ridge-farm-bedlington-limited

Demolition of Queens Head Guidepost now complete - Sixtownships history group - 'Eva Abdin' posted Got this link via Australia ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loRY5Yy0dWg&feature=youtu.be

My vote goes with Kieth on this one. Remember having just attained that legal drinking age, 1966, and four lads of us off on our first holiday, in a caravan, in the 'sun drenched' resort of Gt Yarmouth. Can't remember what brew was being served in all the bars but it was not to our taste, as well as flat and warm! Even at that early age we knew, pointless whinging about it just keeping ordering and drinking until you finally slurred - 'snot a bad, hic, pint, hic, really'. We acquired many a bad taste over the years. Not Bedlington, but yesterday, a pub I have driven passed for years but never been in - Longframlington, The Village Inn - Wychwood Hobgoblin, excellent. Parsnip and Bramley Apple soup with Felton's Running Fox artisan bread also excellent - beef sandwich, the chef likes his peppers for seasoning, too much for me but at least they could be scraped off.