Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

Tell them - let's share and profit from a natural resource before the world thinks Blyth & tall ships is all we have. Voted and link posted on Sixtownships History Group site.

Class 6 - 1955 - just 3 names Class 3 or 4 - 1954 - many names

Class 1 - photo taken at end of school year 1955 - no names

Maggie - is this still the Nicholson Nairn architects computer generated image of the proposed new flats you are talking about, or are there new plans? Info in another posting was:- As the Appeal Decisions document has a Decision date 8th January 2010 and this expires after 5 years does this mean that Nicholson Nairn Architects will be initiating the construction of the new apartments before the end of 2014? As the appeal decision has now expired do we know of another appeal or decision? Bayardm - old images + a copy of the proposed development Nicholson Nairn still have on their web site :-

Cympil - an ex Netherton Village lad, James Lee Aynsley, has given me use of, and to share, his two photos of the old Naval club, no date when they were taken. As you have an album - Bedlington & Netherton thought you might want to add these two in. Anybody have contact with the member named 'Carole' that has a 'Netherton/Nedderton old photos' album? The system shows her last active on the site August 2011 as I thnk these two photos should also be in her album.

Canny lass - Animal bones were collected and sold on - extract from Wikipedia :- In the UK, 19th-century rag-and-bone men scavenged unwanted rags, bones, metal and other waste, from the towns and cities where they lived. Henry Mayhew's 1851 report, London Labour and the London Poor, estimates that in London, between 800 and 1,000 "bone-grubbers and rag-gatherers" lived in lodging houses, garrets and "ill-furnished rooms in the lowest neighbourhoods." The bone-picker and rag-gatherer may be known at once by the greasy bag which he carries on his back. Usually he has a stick in his hand, and this is armed with a spike or hook, for the purpose of more easily turning over the heaps of ashes or dirt that are thrown out of the houses, and discovering whether they contain anything that is saleable at the rag-and-bottle or marine-store shop. These bone-grubbers, as they were sometimes known, would typically spend nine or ten hours searching the streets of London for anything of value, before returning to their lodgings to sort whatever they had found.[4] In rural areas where no rag merchants were present, rag-and-bone men often dealt directly with rag paper makers,[5] but in London they sold rag to the local trader. White rag could fetch 2–3 pence per pound, depending on condition (all rag had to be dry before it could be sold). Coloured rag was worth about two pence per pound. Bones, worth about the same,[4] could be used as knife handles, toys and ornaments, and when treated, for chemistry. The grease extracted from them was also useful for soap-making. Metal was more valuable; an 1836 edition of Chambers's Edinburgh Journal describes how "street-grubber" could be seen scraping away the dirt between the paving stones of non-macadamised roads, searching for horseshoe nails.[6] Brass, copper and pewter was valued at about 4–5 pence per pound. In a typical day, a rag-and-bone man might expect to earn about six pence.[4]

Whilst trawling the sixtownships history group site the Big Geordie debate came up again starting, again, with the photo (that Maggie posted on this site) of Broadway House Farm- c1960 - and the comment 'Big Geordie at Bedlington'. Photo posted on the 21st and 73 comments of fiction; hand me down stories, hazy memories and some facts and technical info posted by the 22nd. Naturally this was followed by many comments like - "me dad worked that" ; "I remember that crossing the road" !!!!!! & " was never at Bedlington......". What I consider to be the most conclusive that it never worked Bedlington, or the the base was never built at Bedlington from all the comments and photos posted are :- Paul Thoburn Big Geordie or Bucyrus Erie 1550 W, was built at the Radar O.C.C.S Widdrington in the late 60's. Paul Thoburn The machine in the photo was one of two Bucyrus Erie 1150B draglines brought over from America, to work the Acorn Bank Site in the 1950's. For more pictures go to Durham Mining Museum Website and follow the links. Davey McCraith Big Geordie never worked acorn bank he wasn't built till 1969. Janis Lowery hubby says they were called marion or 1150 at bedlington. The Bucyrus Erie 1550-W walking dragline excavator was dubbed Big Geordie at Radar Opencast site in Widdrington, near Morpeth, where it worked from 1968 until Butterwell Opencast Site nearby was opened a few years later and eventually moved to Stobswood Opencast, where it ended its working days in 1993.

It will never take off butt at least the people of Bedlington can whistle or sing their own song - The He'penny Woods at Bedlington.:- http://www.rolyveitch.20m.com/clips.html

Never knew Derick Ruddy. Owen Humble - my mam's cousin. Amateur photographer but unfortunately only have a few of our family photos taken by Owen. on Owen's death his immediate relatives stripped his house of all belongings so any photos of the YMCA, where he praticed a lot of his work, were discarded.

Thank you all for the info - sixtownships posting updated - if they want any more info then I (as I do on loads of sixtownships postings) give them a link to the community site and advise them to join.

Posted, by John Dawson, on the sixtownships history group site - Yard Row c1910 - the photo has been 'photoshopped'

Canny lass - the lady gave up some info after I reposted the updated photo :- I was an army kid but visited my grandma in Netherton Colliery often my grandad was a deputy down the pit and they lived on first street o would be interested in anybody growing up in Netherton around 1957 or before I remember I went to west ridge school for a time X - my grandparents were Janey and Jack Wright She is a happy lass - thank you

Canny lass - photo updated with your info

Thanks Canny lass - I will add all your info to a copy of the photo. Any photos I post any member can have. There was a request on the Bedlington remembered Facebook site by Lynne Ray :- 'My mum was from Netherton Colliery anybody got any photos of Netherton would love to see them.' so I posted a link to Cympil's Gallery Album - Bedlington & Netherton old photos and a link to Smudgeinthebudge's topic 'Netherton Lonne' in History Hollow. Lynne has viewed them and replied :- ' Thankyou kindly these pictures and write ups have taken me down memory lane & .Thankyou so much I can see the street where my grandparents lived I have very fond memories of Netherton Colliery' I will post the updated aerial photo on Bedlington remembered for her, with note - 'info from Canny lass'.

Can't give exact dates but could ramble on a bit and that might help jog memories. To help raise funds for the new building I remember one (weekly or monthly I can't remember) fund raising event in the old building was a Beetle Drive. Aunty Elsie Humble used to take me and my brothers when they had a pea & pie supper after a mad Beetle Drive event - the more mature ladies used to get quite vocal when their mate couldn't throw a six to get started with the beetle body! That had to be between 1958-60. John Bygate was the YMCA leader when we used to go. Was he the first leader in the new building? Can't ramble as much as I thought, must be me age - Your Memory Can Age.

Canny lass - when Kevin1956 joined he asked about Netherton and you posted : Posted 08 July 2014 - 07:56 PM Hi Kevin. Welcome on board. I don't have a map but the street names were: First Street, Second Street, Plessey Street, Third Street - going from the Weslyan Chapel towards the school and Institute. In the Sixtownship History Group a Brian Jenkinson has posted this photo:- I have photoshoped a copy with tags/labels A to K. Can you identify A to M?

We didn't have a car - aah. 1966 - girlfriend's dad had a Morris Victor and prepared to teach me - provisional licence obtained. Must have had two lessons - each time from his house, Ridge Terrace, to Queens Head Guidepost, couple of pints I drove back and he told the wife we had driven for miles! Lad from work offered me a lift, on his vespa, to The Millstone, South Gosforth for a lunch time pint - stopped by policeman. He was a learner without 'L' plates, Fine + endorsement 6 weeks later. Following week, I hadn't learnt my lesson, offered a lift, on mates vespa to The White Elephant from Ashington Tech. Policeman waiting for us at the pub. Fine + two endorsements - banned from driving. Still 1966 - no licence, no car, no girlfriend - kept on drinking and walking to and from pub. 1975 started working shifts. 1980 - new provisional licence, K reg mini used for first shift and got stopped by police roadblock looking for escaped criminals - they caught me, with passenger but no documents on me so had to take them to the cop shop the next day. Provisional licence handed in and of course my luck had changed! They did not know that my passenger was a non driver and they assumed he was a full licence holder. No more encounters, having obtained a full licence by 1981, until 2015. 2015 - police attempted to stop me on me mobility scooter - tore off doon the back lanes, skidded past The Blake arms and went doon hill at 8mph; up the drive; into the garage and safely into the hoose. My luck with policeman and mobility has changed! 80% of this is true.

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A Touching Golf Story Jim stood over his tee shot on the 450 yard 18th hole for what seemed an eternity. He waggled, looked up, looked down, waggled again, but didn't start his back swing. Finally his exasperated partner asked, 'What the hell is taking so long?' 'My wife is watching me from the clubhouse balcony,' Jim explained. 'I want to make a perfect shot.' His companion said, 'You don't have a chance in hell of hitting her from here'.

Thanks Foxy - I think most people believe/know it was named after Mick Gallagher but many appear not to. As I sarcastically said in my posting I couldn't believe how- "thought they must be taking the 'mick'!" & "I can't find any site that gives the reason why it is called Gallagher Park." Therefore locals who have never heard of Mick Gallagher; strangers looking at Friends of Gallagher Park and visitors to the Northumberland County Council web site would have no idea why it is called Gallagher park! Just wondering, cos I can't find anything on the www, if anyone knows where it is documented - I think it should be documented on FoGP & in NCC site http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=16485