Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

Keith - I know what you mean, - I will keep looking but doubt if I will find anything else. Reedy - it's just when I used to go to the YMCA the field at the back had been tennis or bowling. My memory (often wrong) seems to recall it was not big enough for football and any house in the background would be Waverley Drive and they are semis with chimney stack in the middle.

James - see the image attached. We have managed six of them and there names are embedded in the photo, including Derek. Any ideas on the other 5?

Still looking, but doubt if I will find the street. In my mind I have ruled out the now Dr Pitt Welfare where Bedlington Terriers play. The attached is an aerial photo showing Park Road and the two sets of houses that back onto the welfare are Haig Road & Hollymount Square. Note the Chimney stacks are in the middle of the rooves (old houses, old word) are shared by the semi-detached houses. The chimney stacks on the houses on the left of the photo are at the gable ends. Might have to drive around the shire with Google Street View looking for these houses. If they still exist!

It would have been 1965-66 (legally in 1966) when The Percy was my local. Can't remember a Brit Peacock, but that's just me. The only Landlord name I can recall at the moment is Brian! and I think it was his wife's name above the door. There are a number of brief entries about the Percy Arms but a topic attempting to depict it's full colourfull past. You should start a topic Tony - Percy Arms History - Landlords - Leek club members - Darts Teams - Piano players!

Maggie - you need to checkout entries by Paul Mann, that started thgis topic, see topics in History Hollow All This Talk About Leek Clubs...Started by Canny lass, Jan 09 2012 02:15 PMPaul Mann: The Leek Club - Audio Archive ... - Bedlington.co.uk 24 Mar 2013 - Paul Mann: The Leek Club John & Geoff call Maine USA to talk to Paul about his new book which is set in Bedlington.It is a tale of sex, violence ... 3. All This Talk About Leek Clubs... - Bedlington Community www.bedlington.co.uk › ... › Town & Around › History Hollow‎ Leek Shows - Chat Central - Bedlington Community www.bedlington.co.uk › ... › Town & Around › Chat Central‎ 27 Nov 2008 - 9 posts - ‎7 authors Leek Clubs are still en vogue in the Station. Coupled with a sideline in extortion/domino cards in the pub, they make for a blue chip long-term ... 5. Paul Mann - latest www.pauljmann.com/latest.htm‎ o Bedlington FM Leek Club Interview: Here's a newly released recording of a live-to-air interview I did with John White at SNRG-FM in Bedlington last year when I ...

Burnside all semis Keith. Apart from the two blocks of four houses in Hollymount Square I can't picture any street like that in the background of the picture.

I'm doing the same Keith. I can only remember 2 YMCA buildings at Bedlington Station. The last one replacing the old one at the North end of Jubilee Terrace (now Jubilee Mews). I can't remember them having any football teams in the 1960's but I do remember there was a reasonable amount of land at the back of the old YMCA so they could have had their own pitch (then there was a slaughter house and the Scout's hut?). If they did then the houses in the background would be Waverley Drive or Bolam Place. However the street in the background to this picture appears to show an arch way in the houses on the far left. The only place I can remember an archway of this type was Hollymout Square where there is one set of four houses but the rest semis. I would have expected a Bedlington Station YMCA team home pitch to be in the station - somewhere like the old park past the Grammar School and one of those pitches used to be behind the school and back onto Queens Road, but the houses were, and still are, semis. I can't work out where those house would be in Bedlington.

Up the top-end you had more to try than us poor oval lot. The staff in The Terrier new everyone so if you went in for a drink, this was 1964age 16, you were sent out to use the off-license shop at the side of the pub - no pint in a glass. Before the disco in The Railway Tavern (was it Gregsies or Craigsies?)we couldn't get in anywhere. The Bank Top wouldn't let us in. The Percy Arms was like the Terrier, use the 'off-sales' door. One stool and a hatch into the bar to get served. They would serve you a half through the hatch, but not a pint. In The Clayton Arms we would get thumped before we got a pint! So it was across the water to The Kings Arms, Cowpen. There were three of us used to go on a Friday night and the darts team members looked after us. They knew how old we were. Made sure we behaved and as soon as any of us started to have a wobble to the loos they would pack us off home. Wonderfull blokes but can't remember a single name.

Confirmation of Foxy's Albert Hayley + a few others. Not by me, by a relative born 1937.

Yes Malcolm, it's your turn and And 'you' need to go on and on, and on, and on. It can't last for ever! Please Mr Ashley, the worst has past, now pay your dues, weve all made mistakes but don't blame Pardews. You'll bring us fame and fortune and everything that goes with it cos really we are the champions and we'll keep on fighting 'til the end.

I now need SAFC to escape relegation by more than 6 points; NUFC can't be held responsible!

Maggie I used to save many a thing but not anymore. I'm not frivolous or a spend thrift just living today's society. If we didn't replace goods frequently would there be enough employment for the increasing population to make money to buy more goods. I would say for our generation it was not just tradition but necessary to help make ends meet. We were brought up with it. Nothing was thrown away, just in case a use was found for an item years later. We were taught to reuse everything rather than spend more cash on replacing an object that could be reused. We can use the old sayings like - 'things aren't built t last anymore' and 'kids today just don't know they are born ' etc. How many people used to have a garage that you couldn't get you car into! The garage was full of materials from jobs done ages ago but we would never throw the surplus out. My spare planks of knotty pine, from the 80's, lay in my old garage for years. They lay next to the spare pieces of - plaster board, sheet(s) of hardboard, rough and dressed wood cut off the 6ft/8ft planks etc.,unless you got the exact length you required from Keenleyside's off-cut bucket! Jars full of nails and screws, some nails I had even straightened out after extracting them from used timber. Today would we use 20 different off-cuts and a couple of doors to build a fence? My uncle Luke, Dr. Terrace, never worked after his encounter with a detonator from the Dr Pitt, used to look after at least 3 gardens growing fruit and veg and I remember every shed, greenhouse, partition fence etc. was made from recycled materials. I remember my mam buying a houseplant that decided to grow and required extra support to assist it's growth so my dad did not go out and buy any canes etc he pushed the spare size 0 knitting needles (no longer required as the hippie chunky knitwear of the 60's had died out) into the pot as support. I still try and convince our grandkids that most of today's toys & gadgets are just the old stuff with new packaging. Could go on and on but wont. Recycle Maggie. Fill the charity bags and let the charities decide what they can reuse. As for superstition, throw that out. Walk under ladders; cross people on the stairs in the house; put your umbrella up in the house. But you are not crackers, just conscientious.

Now it's obvious from those pictures who won the beers!

That's because we have won, most of, the bets!

I didn't make myself clear - the bet is on - draw at the end of normal time goes to you. The only problem is getting my mobility scooter into The Red Lion, but I will do my best. I will switch on the match at 16:00 to see how Gloomy Sunday is going!

You can have - the draw - divine intervention - game abandoned after 20mins due to a nuclear explosion - World War III breaks out if Sunderland score. Sunday 02/02/2014 14:00 will see another cover version of the Hungarian composer Rezső Seress 1933 Gloomy Sunday released by SAFC Supporters Group.

Sorry Vic - should have said - Easy but not publicized - We were not aware, we just knew that Seghill was closing but had no information publicizing the Bebside site we n ow had to use. Once we had visited, with waste, we were impressed with the setup. Equally impressed with the way the workers informed and assisted their customers. It was easy to use. And, just remembered - they even had a collection point for charities. So if you had any household item , toy etc. that could be reused then it could be left at this point for the charities to inspect and take what ever they wanted. Even the workers were identifying goods that could be added to the charity point.

Malcolm I think they should resign the old 1973 FA Cup 'GB' team:- GK 1 England Jimmy Montgomery RB 2 Scotland Dick Malone LB 3 England Ron Guthrie CM 4 England Micky Horswill CB 5 England David Watson CB 6 England Richie Pitt RCM 7 Scotland Bobby Kerr © RW 8 Scotland Billy Hughes ST 9 England Vic Halom LCM 10 Scotland Ian Porterfield LW 11 England Dennis Tueart Manager: England Bob Stokoe They stand more chance of winning. I see they actually beat Man City in Round 5 of that 1973 win so Man City should be out for revenge in this Capital One Cup!!!

Maggie - there's a new topic for you to start - Bedlington YMCA - now Cherry Tree Court Before I was allowed out on my own, at night, I was dragged to The Beetle Drive held in the YMCA. Me mam's aunt, Elsie Humble, used to help run it. The garages on the right of the picture used to get used for various activities - eg. weight lifting and car maintenance.

I think our problem is we do not push /promote recycling as much as the rest of the world. Our tip at Seghill had half a dozen skips for different types of bulk waste so what didn't go in our Green, Blue or Brown bins could be taken to the tip and thrown into the appropriate skip. When they closed the Seghill site there was a sign at the gates saying the site was closed for tipping but no info on the new site. When we eventually found out what site was available to us, Bebside, and took and old carpet and underlay we were amazed at the facility and how they were separating the waste. May not be as efficient as the rest of the world but definitely impressive for what we have had in the past! And every time we have been the guys working there were always helping anyone that needed help. A cut down version of the info on the web site:- A list of what can be recycled and disposed of safely at Northumberland Household Waste Recovery Centres. Facilities at Northumberland Household Waste Recovery Centres http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12513 Collected at all 12 centres Automotive = Tyres - Car batteries - Used engine oil Garden waste for composting in Northumberland County Electrical - for all electrical items except mobile phones and inkjet cartridges Small electrical items - Large electrical items Fridges - Light bulbs and fluorescent tubes logo - Batteries - Phone chargers/other chargers Mobile phones and inkjet cartridges are only collected at 5 of 12 centres These are: Kirkley Thorn, Prudhoe, Hexham, Allendale and Haltwhistle Gas bottles Glass bottles and jars Green, Brown and Blue- collected mixed Mixed glass bottles and jars Clear bottles and jars are collected in their own separate containers Clear glass bottle and jars Other glass, for example, window glass or heat treated glass (eg Pyrex) are not accepted for recycling in the bottle banks as they are made from different materials to bottle glass. These items melt at different temperatures to standard glass bottles, causing problems with the recycling process if mixed. Glass- other Broken crockery and kitchen glass items Sheet glass- broken windows/mirrors etc collected at all 12 centres in the rubble skips Sheet glass- most types collected in the rubble skips. Certain glass types such as car windscreens can not be placed in the rubble skips as they contain a plastic covering. Metals Cans - Aerosol cans - Large tins Scrap metal collection points There are can banks and scrap metal collection points at all 12 Household Waste Recovery Centres Can collection points - Cans must be empty and clean - Aerosols must be empty Biscuit and sweet tins are also collected in the can banks Certain metal items such as copper items may be collected separately for recycling. Please check with the site attendant on duty at your local centre when you visit. Metal electrical items are collected at the electrical collection points and not with the scrap metal. Aluminium foil: This is not collected in the household kerbside recycling scheme. However, if it is completely clean it may be accepted in the metal skips at some of the Household Waste Recovery Centres. Please check with the site attendant on duty at your local centre when you visit. Paint Paint cans - Dry, empty metal paint cans can be placed into the scrap metal containers Paper All clean paper, but not shredded paper – Cardboard (Please flatten boxes and remove all polystyrene and other plastic wrappings from the cardboard before recycling. Plastic bottles All types of plastic bottles, including shampoo bottles, plastic milk bottles and empty cleaning bottles. Please rinse and remove lids where possible Please do not place other plastic items such as plastic trays and pots into these containers. Hard plastics e.g plastic garden furniture and plastic toys (non-electrical) Due to the current economic climate the markets for hard plastics are not very reliable at present. For this reason, these items may not always be recycled. Work is ongoing to establish more sustainable markets. Tetra Paks/ Cardboard cartons - Cartons These are collected separately to cardboard as they contain a mixture of materials and are therefore recycled in a different way. Textiles – Clothes - Shoes Please check with the site attendant on duty at your local centre when you visit. Collected at 11 of 12 centres Books, music CD's, DVD's and computer games collected together in the same bank Books - Music CD's and DVD's - Bric-a-brac Collected at 8 of 12 centres Carpet Separate collection points at all 12 centres DIY materials – Plasterboard – Rubble - Wood Chipboard- Please ask advice from the site attendant on arrival at your local centre Asbestos must not be taken to any of the Household Waste recovery Centres

From the Second Hand Shop in Blyth, somewhere on Regent Street, we would swap any old books or comics they would take for Mad magazines - Alfred E. Neuman - Spy v Spy.

Thank you Vic - been nagging the wife up trying to remember Two Way Family Favourites.

The Wireless. If we were lucky, in the winter, and me dad had worked overtime and managed to buy some extra coal from the mining neighbourhood (Temple's or Cavaghan's) then the 'front-room' fire was lit and the radiogram with built in record player was switched on. The Navy Lark & Round the Horne (both can still be heard now on iPlayer 4Extra) - The Goons - Peter Brough Educating Archie - was he the only ventriloquist on the wireless? Now I'm struggling with the actual name - British Forces Broadcasting was it the World (wide) Service? The Clitheroe Kid. Listen here Pop Pickers, the chart show with Pete ____ ? Radio Luxembourg. Board game - draughts (checkers), Monopoly or Taxi. Flat Yorkshire Pudding baked in one large tin where the sides rose up the tin to form a nice crunchie bit whilst the bottom of the tin was spongey. Rice (milk) pudding. I hated the skin that formed on the top. The Sunday Post - Oor Wullie, The Broons and a page of jokes. Save electricity me dad would play the accordion or the organ powered by the two large foot pedals. Various stoppers on it to change the tone.

My book by Evan Martin - The Archive Photographs Series BEDLINGTONSHIRE' first published 1997 shows another photograph, 1900 approx, of Jimmy Bower's son, Robert and his half sister Bertha. They are standing, holding the horses by those horsey bits that are fitted over the horses heads. The script with this photo is 'Jimmy Bower set up a chrabanc and coach business in Muggers Neuk - He also hired out marquees and tents'. There is another photo on the next page and is of The Bowers lodging house and other Neuk property around the corner from Rosella Place. Would say it was the same family and he was into everything that required a horse and cart (and horsey bits).