Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

Thanks Mercury. Could be tempted to buy but as you say, and what I have found over the last couple of days, not a lot of info - apart from the 'vertical walls', 'Matthew White' and '1749'.

At a family funeral the normal 'tales from the past' brought up a rumour of the windmill at Plessey having been built by a distant relative – Henderson; Stonemason; Bentinck, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Seeing photos of some local sites, including the windmill, posted by a new member to this site -'Brillo' – reminded me of the rumours so I did some' Googling' and found a path starting with Wikipedia and ending up on the English Heritage site. There is not enough info on the stone mason that built the windmill to link to my relatives to it's construction. If anyone has any info or rumours on this windmill then please post them and I will see what I can find out. The path I took to get info was:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_windmills_in_the_United_Kingdom#Northumberland Northumberland Plessey Plessey Mill NZ 238 789 Tower 1749[68] Windmill World Clicking on the [68] gave a ling to [68]"OLD WINDMILL 700 METRES SOUTH WEST OF PLESSEY CHECKS ROUNDABOUT, BLYTH, BLYTH VALLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND". English Heritage. Retrieved 21 May 2009. Clicking on this link takes you to:- http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=235986 Click on the link The National Heritage List for England And it takes you to:- http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1041378 and this, FINAL, page on the English Heritage site gives you :- Details PLESSEY, Blyth Valley NZ 27 NW NZ 238789 3/22 Old Windmill 700 metres south- West of Plessey Checks roundabout II Windmill tower, dated 1749 with initials M W (Matthew White) on lintel of south door. Good-quality squared stone. Straight-sided round tower without any external division between the 3 floor levels. Chamfered plinth. Opposed doorways on ground floor, 3 small windows on each upper floor; all openings in chamfered surrounds. Interior: 2 plain lst-floor fireplaces, various sockets for floor beams and machinery.

Sorted

Mercury - with Alan giving that name, Unitartian, some info on the chapel can be traced on the www. There is the Unitartian Historical Society web site - http://www.unitarianhistory.org.uk/ and that has a menu of the data on that site. At the bottom of the front page is a search box and inputting 'choppinton' puts you back into your search engine and gives a link to a pdf document containing limited info, including Choppington, - http://www.unitarianhistory.org.uk/Unit%20Cong%20A%20to%20M%20rev%202b%20-%20MR%20amends.pdf In the Menu is also an 'Images' heading but in the galleries I can't find an image of the Choppington Chapel. There is also a list of all their chapels that includes the info to backup Alan's memory of it closing in the 70s -Founded and built Front St 1868-1975; Tyne and Wear Archive Services (with Newcastle Divine Unity Church records) If you want to try and track down an image of the Choppington Chapel there are a lot of contacts on that site (if you have the time to browse a lot of info) that may be able to help.

Is this a shot in the arm for the Bedlington terrier Guinness World record attempt? Is Mr Richardson a member of the Bedlington Terrier fb groupand will he and Izzi be doing the record attemp? Is the Evening Chronical covering the Guinness world record attempt? Bedlington - Bedlington - Bedlington - here we go.

Wonky - went to track down the welding creations via Wonky Fabrications fb but no joy. One fb page = Wonky Welding - https://www.facebook.com/wonky.welding.7 but one needs to be a friend to view anything. The only other possibility was a web site http://www.wonkydonkeyemporium.co.uk/ Are you Wonkeydonkey...... or someone else?

Vic - I was searching for info on the terrier dogs and saw your posting from last December. I may have missed something but your posting does not have any info on The Terriers. As far as I can see the aptly named Bob Rich (or did his wife buy him a title 'Lord' for xmas?) is still involved :- Chairman Ronan Liddane President Bob Rich Vice President Dave Perry - and all the info is on their web site http://www.bedlingtonterriersfc.com/

Symptoms - you can't escape, there are two many ladies begging for you to reveal your ornithological bent! Is it really budgie stranglers or is it smugglers ?

Wikipedia has an entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wansbeck and states - Wansbeck was a local government district in south-east Northumberland, England. Its main population centres were Ashington, Bedlington and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. The area which was bounded by the district is mostly urban, on the North Sea coast north of the Tyneside conurbation. It bordered Blyth Valley district to the south, the border being the River Blyth. It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the urban districts of Ashington,Bedlingtonshire and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. It is named after the River Wansbeck. The district council was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England effective from 1 April 2009 with responsibilities being transferred to Northumberland County Council, a unitary authority. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ But no idea if this correct.

Thanks Brillo. The grand kids, with scarf and balaclava, will be sent to explore.

Said it and MP emailed.

That Tantric sex must be taking your body over. It'll be a long time before you come out of it!

Welcome to the site Paul - If I come across the promotional film I will try and remember to book-mark and let you know. I had a quick look on Flickr and saw the picture of the 66 ton coal hauler - http://www.flickr.com/photos/flyeye/6130678964/in/photostream/ Noticed there was a posting on that page, from 'Bigloda', that mentions 'High Pit Wilma' might be interested. High Pit Wilma is on this site so you never know he might just have details of the info you are after. Whilst looking at some of your pics I came across the one of the remains of the windmill at Plessey. The stories in my family are that a relative of my grandfather was the stonemason that assisted in the building of that and the Hartford bridge. Never been able to get to the windmill site or the east side of the bridge to see if the stonemason left any evidence of the builder. Do you have any info on the windmill and bridge?

I like that. You didn't loose your Penka doon Double Raa did ye? Did the names Gibbons & Potts fit in with your memory of the occupants of the first two house in Office Row? Just so I can tell the 'ageds' they were right or wrong.

Not saying cars didn't move around the country in the early 19 hundreds, but the 1 or 2 letter plates followed by 4 numbers were issued between 1903 & and the mid 1930s. The registration M-2248 on the old car is, according to the 'Chiltern Vehicle Preservation Group' that have issued a document http://www.cvpg.co.uk/REG.pdf detailing when and where car registrations were issued, gives that car as registered in Chichester in 1919. Must get out for a pint!

Alan - and old Barrington source, that wishes to remain anonymous, says the last two could be:- Gibbons - mended the potts! and Pollard. And then wandering away from the actual Offfice row question they said :- "House through the gateway was Ronnie Cook and Bob Crackett" and then the conversation went off in another direction.

Well my even older dodgier eyesight also failed. Using Microsoft Digital Image I applied every filter and distortion I could. The best, for my eyes, I got was by cutting out the sign and distorting the image. Definiteley say the last word is house but the; it appears to start with 'JO' then the rest beats me.

Definitely got clipped by polis (and then by parents after they were informed by polis) but don't remember his name. If your dad was the Bedlington Station polis Paul then I for one am extremely happy he clipped me and sent me home. A clip, a throbbing lug for a day or two, the embaresmaent (of getting caught) etc. etc. much better than a police record.

Like the 1897 map James. Most of the ones I've got (found on-line) don't have specific dates and they have more street buildings so this is the ealiest, with more info on, that I have seen.

PPS - forgot to say David Meyley came out of this weekend's incident with my respect. No over reaction what so ever.

The movement of one's head towards another person's face/head should not be interpreted as a head-butt. Yes, for being 'slightly moved' aside by Hull's David Meyler, Mr. Pardew's forward movement of his head into the face of David Meyler, in the full view of children, sensationalists, unintelligent football pundits etc. etc. deserves to see him punished BUT wouldn't it be justice if every other wimpy footballer's head-to-head confrontation with an opponent was also dealt with in the same manner. But don't say it's a head-butt! How many times have we seen, and will continue to see, immature adults attempt (and fail) to win an oscar for a hard-man performance or an enactment of a front line soldier been struck by a hail of bullets. The FA have again been given the opportunity to put right all their past failings. Make an example of this childish behaviour and follow it through, for ever. But it's not a head-but! I absolutely love the game but it maddens me when one player screams an injustice by an opponent then pleads innocence when they carry out a similar action that would results in a misdemeanour. Punish them for stupidity, lack of discipline, not been able to put a sentence together, childlike naivety but not for trying. Ps. Love it in rugby union when an offence is committed and the 5ft nothing ref lays the law down to the 6ft 7†18st forward and the forward doesn't say a word; accepts the ref's interpretation (right or wrong) and gets back on with the game.

Cannot pay debt go to Jail?! I'm sure Britain used to send bankrupts to prison - Debtor' prison. They still do in Dubai, the concept of Bankruptcy does not exist, if you have debt and cannot pay it you simply go to jail.

Despite the result, still hope you had a good experience. I still remember 1974 & 76 even thought NUFC were crap.