Everything posted by Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
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@jim l - unfortunately I can't help you with the where about's of Ivan McBride but I could give you telephone numbers for the Bedlington Care Homes. Do you still live in Bedlington? Have you got access to the contact telephone numbers of the care homes in Bedlington?
Tidying out the photos I have added names to and came across this one but I haven't kept a note of who posted it and on what group. Searched the local Facebook groups I am a member of but can't find it so I am assuming it was from a FB group I am no longer a member of = Bedlington remembered.
Tidying out the photos I have added names to and came across this one but I haven't kept a note of who posted it and on what group. Searched the local Facebook groups I am a member of but can't find it so I am assuming it was from a FB group I am no longer a member of = Bedlington remembered.
photo from Sarah Russell and names from sarah and the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group members.
Photo from Tracey Oakley and names from Tracey and many Bygone Bedlington Facebok group members.
Names from Alan Purvis and Maureen Gascoigne.
Photo, c1960, and names from Andy Donald.
c1958 - can't find the original posting on the Facebook groups so don't know who posted it. Names from the Bygone Bedlington group members.
Photo from Liz Fizsimmons - No 8 named by Liz and the other 2 by Janice Mathews - Bygone Bedlington group.
Repaired and a couple of names added.Posted on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group :- believed to be at the Top End near to the Catholic church. Can't fined the name on any of the old maps.
Location of the school, on The Barrington Road, from a 1924 map.
Update to No7 from Colin Crackett.
Photo and info from Evan Martin's book - 'The Archive Photographs Series - Bedlingtonshire'.
Confirmation from Lesley Cooper (nee Humble, No 23) that No 24 & 27 are correct - '?' removed.@ShaunL - your right Shaun - it's me reading the profile wrong🤦♂️ - 14th April 2020 was when Jammy joined the group.@ShaunLI haven't seen a comment from @Jammy for a while so I checked (by clicking on the members ID Tag) and his profile has the '8th April 2020' as the last time he logged onto this group. I've 'Tagged' him by preceding his name tag with an'@' but I don't know if he has his account set to received a notification when Tagged.
No 21 named by Patricia Middleton - Barrington Facebook group.Most of us will remember the game of 'Pitch & Toss' that was played outside the Miners Institute at the 'A' Pit that is now illegal to play. It is also illegal to play in New Zealand except on ANZAC day :-
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@PaulJ - this is not the Scroll of Honours board but it is a link to a project created by @Rigger. Rigger did research on all those that lived in Bedlington and were killed in WWI. This is a link to the full document published by Rigger :- http://www.newmp.org.uk/memimages//05. Enlistment Project Compiled Version.pdf
