Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

Keith - two points, as you do seem to spend some time in that location with your, with your lens out:- 1) As the other section of the shops has been left standing is it now a hive of industry with the shutters up during the day, or is there just one shop actually open? 2) Sad to see the shops go but I bet the tenants/owners in the now visible street (Kelso Gargens ?) are please with their new view.

"If ye divint gan back oot and put that SNECK on. A'll giv yi a gud yarkin and a'll howk yi ower that chebble and dad ya heed off that wall."

Marley definitely; Henderson definitely, Straker probably. It's where Bedlington Cricket Club confessed their no balls!threegee - I now have Marley bouncing around in my head as the elderly couple, grandparents of a Henderson, that lived in that (Garth) House.

Detailed Disaster Plan from the two gents in my profile picture:- On the farm, Ev'ry Friday On the farm, It's rabbit pie day So ev'ry Friday, that ever comes along I get up early,And sing this little song... Refrain 1 Run, rabbit, run, rabbit, run, run, run Run, rabbit, run, rabbit, run, run, run Bang, bang, bang, bang! goes the farmer's gun Run, rabbit, run, rabbit, run, run, run refrain 2 Run, rabbit, run, rabbit, run, run, run Don't give the farmer his fun, fun,fun He'll get by without his rabbit pie So run, rabbit, run, rabbit, run, run, run Verse 2 On the farm,No poor rabbit Comes to harm, Because I grab it They jump and frolic, Whenever I go by They know I help 'em, To dodge the rabbit pie! (then sing refrain twice more)

Yep that definitely looks like Wilf & Eva (nee Braun) in the Führerbunker, at the 18th, Muirfield.

You will all be pleased to know, he has turned up at Muirfield:- I have been sending him texts, for days, telling him he must come out in THE OPEN!

Eileen, thank you for watching out for Wilf but he doesn't like trains (or other gnomes). Unless he is on the 1st tee at Ryton golf with the trains flying past.

Sounds familiar but could not swear to it, been Garth House - there are some cottages behind that building called Garth cottages so one could assume keeping the old name alive, but Google street view does not go far enough into the estate to see how modern/old they are.

Mercury - Let's try my memory as I think I can remember this one. I used to go there on a Sunday, because I fancied a lass there. I would say it's The Church of Christ. I would have to give some deep thought to names of the congregation, in the 50s & 60s. I believe the house to the left of the church was church property. I know one couple that lived there were the grandparents of the lass I was after and they had a lot to do with that church.

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Wilf, is that you?

You could get some T-shirts ! But seriously, it is good to find someone happy at their work. Wouldn't start a crusade though, never know where it could lead you!

Have you been buying blank signs? Do you have a brother called Harry? The figure at the top is the size of the main that feeds that hydrant in millimetres – so 100mm. The lower figure is the distance from that plaque to where the hydrant is in metres.

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Certainly can sir and I see The Lone Ranger did it as well. A couple of days ago I updated the entry 'creeful of coal' in the 'Chat Central' Forum with this :-A creeful of coal is how we made money when we were kids, shuvelling in the coal for 2 bob - Pioneer Terrace was easy shuvelling straight into the cree via the trap door at the back. Coquedale place was hard work, for me, shuvel into wheel barrow; up the path (sometimes steps) then, unless the cree was empty, tip the barrow then shuvel the coal into the cree! That was the only way we got pocket money and your comment Rafie about not muscling in on other kids territory does seem to stick in my mind. I think if a new kid asked the owner of the coal if they could shuvel it in they were told no, we have someone who does it. These days you would get undercut on the price!

Cheers Keith. I will see what days I have planned to be over and I will send you PM a few days in advance.

Dear Symptoms - either your humour is dryer than mine, or you missed the childish point I was making about the childish games we used to play.Mixing the initial letters of peoples names up eg. The Merry Men of Sherwood were:- Robin Hood = Hobin Rood Little John = Jittle Lohn Maid Marian = Maid Marian (oh how that made us laugh, age 10) Friar Tuck = stop playing silly word games and let your natural hormonal instincts take control. Any way, talking of word games have you every seen that University study that found that our little brain was so clever that even if you mixed up the inner letters of words, the initial letter and last letter staying in the correct position, most people could still read the words. Try these:- Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Some researchers think if you can read these 'mixups' then you have a strange mind :- fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghi t pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it.

Was it Richard, that hearty man, whom helped this maiden in distress?

Wilf, Wilf, where are you?

Cheers gentlemen - just got my email back:- ]Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. ] Subject: creeful of coal - Alan Edgar ] Sent: 10/07/2013 19:48The following recipient(s) cannot be reached: 'mike@mikecree.freeserve.co.uk.' on 10/07/2013 19:48 Server error: 'Invalid recipient' Might just have to buy the 17 back copies on sale on ebay:-

Cheers Miky, I will try an email to mike@mikecree.freeserve.co.uk and see what the score is.

I did Malcolm, but missed when it actually switched toTerrier, I would guess at 100 posts. I take it, to save space in the DB, the post area current value (rather than the actual value when the post was made) is retrieved every time a posting is displayed. Any way I suppose the significance in reaching Terrier is that this retired person found a site that maintained his interest (other than IKTS & Fantasy Premier League) more than a couple of weeks. That has to be down to the more senior members continuing on the good work. I thank you all for that.

Lone Ranger, are you saying Mike no longer issues the monthly paper or you have just stopped receiving it?A creeful of coal is how we made money when we were kids, shuvelling in the coal for 2 bob - Pioneer Terrace was easy shuvelling straight into the cree via the trap door at the back. Coquedale place was hard work, for me, shuvel into wheel barrow; up the path (sometimes steps) then, unless the cree was empty, tip the barrow then shuvel the coal into the cree! I'm not an ex miner. The closest I got was a trip doon the Dr. Pit. Just used to walk through the 'A' pit on me way to school at Barrington.

No problem, no hurry sir. I will watch this space.

I agree with all the replies/comments to my posting. I was just getting a dig in at Amazon that pays it's taxes to an Oval building rather than benefitiing the locals. I promise to stop been cryptic, soon.