Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

27 minutes ago, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

 Can't remember the name that was used, 

It was Pitch & Toss - Linda Davison told me :- 

22 hours ago, Canny lass said:

Last part of the institute building, to the far right, must be what's noted as "policeman's dwelling" on the drawing. Would I be right in thinking that this policeman was the 'collry poliss' rather than a member of the constabulary.

Can't remember ever seeing a constable in the area around the Tute and what makes me reasonably sure that the dwelling  would be for a colliery poliss is that outside the Tute is where there was often a betting game, with a lookout posted on the mound of earth running along the back of the South Row gardens. Can't remember the name that was used, the Aussi version is 'Two-Up', where the designated 'spinner' places two coins on the edge of one finger and tosses (= spins) the coins into the air and the punters bet on the outcome of how the coins land on the ground ie. two heads - two tails or one of each facing upwards. 

No 9 corrected to Derek Seely.

Photo and bulk of the names from Gwen Heatley - Cambois & Past Times History groups.

Photo from @johndawsonjune1955, posted on the Past Times History group, as the 'A' Pit Institute.

@jorga - just to pass some time I had a go at covering up the  scratches on your photo. Where scratches etc are across the eyes, nose and mouth area I haven't completely covered up the damage as it changes the appearance of the person and probably makes them look nothing like they would in real life.

I will post the photo on the local Facebook groups and see if we can get some names for those in the photo.

• Posted January 2, 2016 by @tonyg

No 13 updated to show maiden name.

Update from Dot Cowan - No 17 is not David Cowan - Roland Fairbairn is No 17 not number 19.

Names updated by No 17, Anne Haig-Ferguson nee McNally, who migrated to Australia in 1960. Anne posted the updated on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group.

photo from @johndawsonjune1955 that he posted on the Facebook group - Past Times History. Bulk of names from Frank Burch on the Cambois Facebook group.

Not that these prove anything but I did find a couple of photos of the netties (not the ones I was looking for) from the Foxy collection that he posted :- 

 

John Fox to Bygone Bedlington

7 July 2016 at 16:12 · Bedlington · 

 

On 17/08/2020 at 11:58, Canny lass said:

Could that be the beginnings of the public toilets that were behind the market place bus-stop?

Not sure - difficult to match the perspective in each photo.

Even from this Google 2008 shot it's hard to work out where that bit of different coloured wall/bricks was.

I think the only photo I can remember that had the public toilets in it was one that @John Fox (foxy) posted on Facebook of some men (or it might just have been a man) working - panting the white lines on the road ? 

No 4 not John Hunter - confirmed by John's sister on the Barnton Facebook goup.

Names from Evan Martin's book - Bedlingtonshire Remembered.

Photo posted by @johndawsonjune1955 - no date .No Market Place CIU Club - just what looks like a wall approximately where the club is now.. The door into  the Northumberland Arms is on the corner of the building.

No 1 Mr Hostlr updated to Mr Hostler

No's 12 & 36 named in a 1930 school football team photo in Evan Martin's book Bedlingtonshire Remembered - The People's History series.

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Joe Grant has given a list of  christian names for No's 1, 2,  3 & 5 to 24.

No 10 & 20 named by Joan Cummings.

No 36 named by Rosemary Lawson & No 38 named by Sarah Ince.

Bedlington Grammar School - 1949 - Miss Jobson's Class. Photo, and the names, from Evan Martin's The People's History series. Four pupils still to identify.

Bedlington Station Junior School - 1950 - Class 2. Photo, and the teacher's name, from Evan Martin's The People's History series.

No 35 named buy Bob Scott.

11 names from Evelyn Swan - Bedlington Facebook group.