Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

@Judi M your link has worked fine - no need for me to do anything.

@Judi M the comment above from @David Cope was the last time he visited this group. If you select the members identity tag it shows you their profile giving details of when they last visited the group :- Depending on what settings a member may have chose the best way to alert a member that you have mentioned them in a comment is by starting their member ID with an @ like I have done above with you and David or by selecting the Quote option at the end of a members comment. Hope that helps

Welcome to the group @Thomas Carr Gray. Did you move from the toll cottage to Melrose Avenue like a lot of the families did or did you move further afield? This is a link to the post that @Reedy posted in History Hollow in 2013 - BebsideFurnace 1940 - 1952 :-

@Denice -I see I got the possible schools the McGlen's went to wrong - not Whitley or Westridge but St Bedes. We keep an albm for each of the Bedlington schools under Histric Bedlingto in the gallery section of this group. I have found a c1953 St Bedes class photo, originally thought to be c1949, with Billy McGlen in it. This is a direct link to the St bedes junir and Senior achol album :- The photo is the last one in the album and Bill McGlen gets named in the updates to the photo names.

@jimmcglen & @Denice just remembered I had another photo of my grannie and Mrs McGlen. Unfortunately no date or info with the photo but their dress sense suggests they were on the same wavelength :-

Welcome to the group @Denice. Unfortunately I can't add any further info iro the McGlenn family. Although I remember the family name trying to remember anything about the kids I played with around my grannies (Beatty Road) in the 1950's dosen't bring back any memories. I lived at the oval and went to Barrington & bedlington Station schools where the familes from Beatty Road are would have gone to the Whitley Memorial junior school then probably Westridge senior school. Sadly the member, Rigger, of this group who was looking into his family and had a connection wit the McGlen family died in early 2023. If you input the name - McGlenn - into the search box at the top right of the menu screen you shold get all the comment's where the family name was mentioned.

@Canny lass & @Harry.T.S this is just me trying something different. This is a direct link to a 202 map on the NLS site, same period as the 1921 map CL posted above, but a bit more detail :- https://maps.nls.uk/view/132278981

Northumberland Alerts Sesdnoorptlthmh6ua5miu1iiac4a3h5t71f26139aih00if4720ahu91auc · Construction update for Bedlington Station Works are progressing to install the new station platforms, drainage and fencing at Bedlington Station. Works moving forwards include both daytime and overnight working through the week and on weekends across March 2025 into the spring. Working hours for day shifts during this period are 8:00am – 6:00pm with overnight shifts between 9:00pm – 07:00am. Advance notice of full road closures In order to carry out road drainage infrastructure works on Station Road; a series of full 24 / 7 road closures will be required. These are currently planned to take place on the following dates and times: · Monday 31 March 2025 0:01am – Friday 4 April 2025 11:59pm · Thursday 17 April 2025 9:00pm – Tuesday 22 April 7:00am · Friday 2 May 2025 10:00pm – Monday 5 May 7:30am Please during the above dates there will be 24 / 7 working. These dates may be subject to change and if so, any changes will be communicated in advance. Bedlington South Level Crossing will be closed to vehicles during the works, however pedestrians will still be able to use the crossing using the footway. During this period a road diversion will be in place via Melrose Villas & Jubilee Terrace and St Johns Road. Please see below for an image of the diversion route. Bus Route Diversions Service X21 will follow the diversion below and not miss any bus stops. Service 2 will run a loop via Stead Lane/Rothesay Terrace & Station Road so that buses serve their usual stops in each direction and stops at Palace Road & St Johns Road won't be served during the closures.