Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

22 hours ago, Pete said:

Bedlington share world record with Washington.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60688397

Fancy holding a world record and loosing

@Bedlingtonian - long time since I trawled through the council planning department looking for the plans to see what's proposed; passed, rejected and what objections have been made. I know it took a fair bit of time trawling through everything and coming up against many dead ends

I wonder if @Malcolm Robinson or  @Bill Crosby could point you directly to the plans

Do you know if the plans are to build on all the 'spare' land in that area? :- 

The festival to be held between 10:00 and 17:00 at East Bedlington & Bedlington Community centres with refreshments served between 10:00 & 12 noon at St. Cuthbert's Church.

18 hours ago, Bedlingtonian said:

There has been a path through a field behind Meadowdale Academy that has been used for several years by residents. This has been blocked off for potential development. There is conflicting information as to whether the path will be accommodated into future development. Perhaps our local Councillors can ensure it is adopted into the plans. It would only take about a 5m path from the development site and if fenced would protect the privacy of Meadowdale students on the sports field.  

@Bedlingtonian - is this the one?

@MusicFan27 - have you tried ringing Russell Hogg or Brian Freeman?

2 minutes ago, Canny lass said:

Pull the other one! I'll bet you're spoilt rotten!

1. Who did Neil Kinnock replace as leader of the Labour party?

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2. Who owned the High Chaparall ranch?

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3. Scenes from which battle were the first to appear on a British commemorative postage stamp?

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4. Which letter of the Greek alphabet is equivalent to U?

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5. What would you find on a periodic table?

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6. How old was Pele when he first played in the football World Cup Finals?

Answer = 17 – Brazil 5  – Sweden 2

7. Which island country has two official languages, Sinhalese and Tamil?

Answer = Sri Lanka

8. What kind of dish is Bouillabaisse?

Answer = never heard of it and would never order it

9. How old is a quadragenarian?

Answer = same age as me = 40 to 49

10. Which international airport was previously known as Dum Dum Airport?

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11. Why do flags fly on British government buildings on February 6th?

Answer = Queen Elizabeth II jubilee.

12. Venetian blinds originated in Japan. True or false?

Answer = False

I’ll bet you didn’t know ….

Devout Jews obey no fewer than 613 commandments including the 10 of the Christian faith

Answer = I didn’t. Sounds just like the house rules that I have to obey

15 hours ago, HIGH PIT WILMA said:

Cos the Doctor Pit didn't pile the heap up like the Aad pit,they more or less spread the waste oot owa a large area.

A nivver knew that👍

On 08/02/2022 at 10:33, Jo C said:

From the Bedlington timeline -  1898 Graham & Bestford's Dene Candlework's established.    

Does anyone know if the Bestford of Graham & Bestford's Dene Candle Works, was Thomas Bestford (1861 - 1947)?  Thomas was my get grandfather.  From Census documents his occupation in 1881 ( residence Double Row, Bedlington), 1891 (residence Furnace & BankTop) is listed as coal miner, then in 1901 (residence Ironworks) as candlemaker, then again coal miner in 1911 (36 St Cuthberts Terrace Gateshead).  

@Jo C - just in case that building the Boys Band are standing in front of was not Bedlington and was Gateshead I had a check on the Gateshead Facebook groups - Gateshead History & Gateshead Now and Then to see if anyone recognised the brick built building.

There were a few suggestions of old churches but they were all stone built.

You mentioned above that the 191 census has the family living in St Cuthberts Terrace, Gateshead so I checked if there were any images of a St Cutherberts Terrace. This one was posted and I screen shot a couple of the comments :- 

Using the info that Tony Diston posted this is a Google street view now with a pointer added to where St Cuthberts Terrace used to be.

38 minutes ago, James said:

The photo is from Evan Martin's book 'Bedlingtonshire Now and Then'

Cheers @James - I haven't stumbled across that one before - now I have and ordered a copy - Amazon £7.99

1. What was the name of Prospero’s daughter in The Tempest?

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2. Near which British seaside resort are the Great and Little Ormes?

Answer = Llandudno – I was there in 1986 and visited

3. Which animal caused the death of William III?

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4. Who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front?

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5. In which film is the last line “Tomorrow is another day”?

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6. Who described Newcastle’s women as dogs, Alan Shearer as Mary Poppins and football fans as mugs?

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7. What is a bullace?

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8. What name is given to a cow that has not yet had a calf?

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9. What have Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands and Spain all got that Germany, France and Italy have not?

Answer = A queen ???????????????????

10. Who was the supreme God in Norse mythology?

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11. Who was the Wimbledon Women’s Singles Champion in 1994?

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12. What is the only insect that can turn its head to look directly behind it?

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I’ll bet you didn’t know ….

The Roman Emperor Claudius choked to death on a feather that his doctor used to tickle his throat to induce vomiting

Answer = I didn’t.

19 hours ago, James said:

 The stone from the institute engraved with the works motto ‘Vivitur Igne et Aqua et Ferro Deo Favente (‘We Live by Fire, Water, Iron and the Grace of God’) was set into the newly built bandstand and this can be seen in the photo. The bandstand was demolished in the 1970’s.

@James - can't remember having seen this photo before, but I do forget quite easily these days. Is this one from one of Evan Martin's books on Bedlington?

18 hours ago, James said:

Evan Martin, in his book on the Ironworks states the bandstand was built in 1959 when the buildings around furnace bank were demolished, the site cleared and Dene Park formed. The stone from the institute engraved with the works motto ‘Vivitur Igne et Aqua et Ferro Deo Favente (‘We Live by Fire, Water, Iron and the Grace of God’) was set into the newly built bandstand and this can be seen in the photo. The bandstand was demolished in the 1970’s.

At around the same time a bandstand was built near Spring View at the bottom end of Bedlington. The Salvation Army band and local Colliery bands used to give concerts at these two bandstands and they were quite popular for a while then along came TV and people lost interest in that sort of entertainment.

 

Cheers @James - so I wonder if the Netherton Colliery Brass Band were playing in the Bandstand for the opening?

The year for this photo of the band was estimated at c1959 :-   

2 hours ago, Canny lass said:

I don't suppose anybody knows when that bandstand was built? Could it have been there in the 1930s when my family lived there?

Eggy, in that last picture, is it the roofs of Rose Cottage and Clock House that can be seen between the road and the seven sisters? If so, have you any idea when the picture was taken?

Don't know when the bandstand was built and can't find an image of the bandstand that we might be able to work out the date from any other buildings in that image.

Can't make out what the objects between the edge of the Hairpin Bend and the seven sisters are. My eyes think they are various shaped stones at the side of the road not the roof tops of any buildings.

The poem - The Poplars was posted on the Facebook group Bygone Bedlington but I can't find the posting to see if the person who posted it gave any info - I'll keep searching  

2 hours ago, Jr6468 said:

Funny life at times Alan, you mentioned disc in railway tavern in sixties. I loved going into there then,great atmosphere. I first saw my future wife there in 65. Mind, I have to say I wasn't fond of the beer then. Lighting made it look like out of can of oil. Double Maxim wasn't much better. Still, I me and my wife have very fond memories and you must have been in there when we were. When I came home on leave we went there and it had gone back to normal public house room. Not the same. 

I sneaked in there in 1965, aged 17, and carried on going there until the Domino opened. Like you I remember the engine oil. I can't remember the landladies name but I do remember she used to get a crate of milk in and that was an alternative drink to the Double Maxim and the engine oil. In the Disco lights a pint of milk stood out - as did dandruff.

I think the police man that was there at closing time to try and prevent the fights was known locally as Big Jock. 

3 hours ago, Canny lass said:

Would that be the '7 sisters' on the left of the first photo?

Yep - that's them - poplars

@Anne Gilbert - I remember in the early 1960's I used to deliver the Sunday newspapers to a few house along Stead Lane but can't remember any of the names of those I delivered to. For the Sunday deliveries it wasn't just push the newspaper through the door you had to knock on the day and collect the money for the newspaper. Think I stopped delivering them in 1966 when alcohol, forced on me on a Saturday night at Craigsies Disco (Railway Tavern), used to prevent me waking up early 

The only name I can remember of a lad, a couple of years older than me, living in Stead Lane is Ken Moor. He used to play in a group called The Olympics and they practiced in the YMCA. 

31 minutes ago, James said:

In the 1950's, below Beatty Road there was a bathing area in the river called “The Flaggies” where the river was deepened by damming the water with rocks. The clearing in the woods where everyone would gather was on the Ha’penny Woods side of the river and in the summer during school holidays and weekends a fire would usually be lit and kids would hang around all day until occasionally someone’s mother would call out across the river telling us it was getting late and time to go home. There was a similar bathing area half way along the Piper Woods called the ‘Big Bather’ and this was mainly used by kids from Millfield and the bottom end of Bedlington. The Piper Woods are the woods between Bedlington Bridge and Humford on the Blyth side of the river that are no longer open to the public.

Can't remember our lot ever using 'The Flaggies'. We had a similar system just behind the Bandstand at the Furnace bridge end. Just like your diving areas ours was on the Ha'penny side. There was a flat rock, about 6 x 3 feet, stuck out from the Ha'penny side and we built a dam, with the rocks out the river, just a couple of feet past the flat rock.

I can't remember there being access to the flat rock from the Ha'penny side so our clothes, towel and bait were always left of the Free side next to the Bandstand. 

I think we spent more time having to repair the dam.

@Canny lass this is a map you created for someone else showing the buildings down the Glebe Road

@CathAC this is a Glebe Road Now (Google 2022) & Then (Cl's 1924 map)

The 'Picture Cinema' building on the 1924 map still exists and is now a gym. You can see on the Now shot that the buildings Canny Lass identified on the 1924 map were all demolished to make way for the roundabout and the dual carriage way.

The old Glebe Road still exists, to the right of the dual Carriageway as you look at the 2022 image.  

1 hour ago, Anne Gilbert said:

Thanks for those memories! Knew all those streets so well that people are mentioning.

@Anne Gilbert - it would have been demolished before you time but can you remember if your family ever mentioned Puddlers Row that was at the top of Tomlea Avenue?

We are always on the look out for photos and info on Puddlers Row.

On 25/06/2018 at 20:02, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

@Vic Baldry - I thought I had remembered a posting with a photo of Doyles shop, Stead Lane but I couldn't find the posting I was thinking of.

There is however this photo of the shop before it was called Doyle's = Boyle's shop with this comment from Ann Doyle off the Bedlington Facebook group :- 

'This photo was taken outside of Boyle's shop on Stead Lane across the road from Puddlers Row, the shop then belonged to my husbands Great Aunt Grace Boyle the lady on the right of photo, when Grace passed away his Granny Winifred Creigh took over she is the lady on the left they were sisters. The young girl seated Margaret was then aged about 15 the daughter of Winifred, she later married a Tom Doyle and her and her hubby took over the shop and was known as Doyle's Shop Stead Lane. The shop eventually closed in 1980 and I believe to this day the bus stop is still known as Doyle's Shop although it is a house now.'

@Anne Gilbert - before your time but this is the shop before Doyle took it over.

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12. Which horse won three Cheltenham Gold Cups in the 1960s?

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You use one calorie to read 650 words.

Answer = I didn’t.

1 hour ago, Canny lass said:

I've never heard it referred to by any name before. Did the path through Bebside Woods have a name?

Can't remember one. All I remember is that we always referred to it as the path on the Ha'penny side. 

I can't even remember me ever venturing very far along the path on the Ha'penny side. My memory says - narrow track and heavily wooded. I must have obeyed me mam - divn't get lost, stick to black path

4 hours ago, Canny lass said:

Pleased to hear it. The reports here are just pending doom, especially for the south. We're hoping it gets completely worn out before crossing the North Sea. We aren't finished dealing with the damage from a few weeks ago when trees with an 80cm diameter just snapped like matchsticks.

Still reasonably quiet on the NE coast = 60 mph and not too much damage, according to the 18:30 NE News but they do report that the conditions will go on, for better or worse, for 5+ hours.

Cumbria and the West coast have had snow and more severe wind so if Eunice keeps on the same diagonal path Norway plus West and North Sweden could be the worst hit.  

Fortunately we are in a bungalow, and the house next door protects us. When we lived in a two story house in Cramlington we did have ridge and roof tiles blown off at the gable end during strong winds in the late 1980's. The damage wasn't too severe but the sound of the wind, after the damage, did result in the whole family spending the rest of the night, from about 02:00, downstairs and no one slept.