Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

43 minutes ago, Canny lass said:

 

I think John K. may have read that advert incorrectly. The date of the sale is 26 May 1875.  That's 17 years after the death of Michael Longridge in 1858.

I think, but could be wrong, where John K says :- ....but this doesn't look the case,  is John saying his previous understanding of the sale was wrong.

12 hours ago, Jammy said:

I struggled to find the Vesta photo but did finally find a match!

I don't recognise her name from all those years ago.

I thought Gordon would be a school year younger than you but I could be wrong.

I went to school with Raymie and was my best school mate till those things that wore skirts took my interest.

I spoke to Raymie at the coop at the end of last year. He still lives at the Havelock with Val.

Robin Hills was in the scouts when I was a member. He was older than us. The last I knew he was living at Ellington before he died.

Jammy

I could be wrong about Gordon's age - I just know he was with our crowd first at the YMCA then whatever pub we could get into.

A few names from our crowd are Robin Hills - Davey Bower - Gordon Winter (with Tommy following) - Raymie Tyrie ( I was Raymie & Val's best man at Morpeth registry and that would be around 1965 or 66) - Steven Locker - Norman Hills (Robins Cousin) -Norman Robson - Michael Joseph (Jass = boxer) - Ronnie Ince - Alex Third - Dave Aisbitt and older than us but we all mixed = Bob Patterson (or was it Pattinson) - Alan & Mick Maguie  (think Mick was younger ) -  and there were loads more good friends and casual acquaintances . I think the whole of Bedlington Station must have been mates - including the lasses that I haven't mentioned any names.

19 hours ago, Vic Patterson said:

Yes the Foothills of the Rockies are beautiful, so lucky to have found this place, 5.30 pm looking south, 

 

IMG_0772.HEIC 4.12 MB · 8 downloads

Never played with a file with a file extension of HEIC before. Had a quick Google of HEIC files and it looks like you would have to Download software, from various sites, that would convert your file  to various other formats including jpeg. However I found a site that allowed you to upload your HEIC file directly to the site and they converted it. 

I downloaded your HEIC file Vic and used a site -  https://heictojpg.com/

By selecting Copy for your file in my Download folder and then Paste in the box the website was displaying the site uploaded, reformatted and then gave me the option to Download the file it had converted to jpg format. I did that and got :-

29 minutes ago, Jammy said:

 HIGH PIT WILMA

 There is another brother and a sister Winter. The brother is Gordon and is the next brother down from Dennis. I cannot remember the name of the sister. I think she was next to Gordon but not sure which side. She may have departed this world. I knew father Billy as well because he kept canaries as I did at one time. The youngest is Tommy.

 

Dennis - Vesta - Gordon & Tom are the four Winters I know from from Melrose Avenue. I think Dennis was the oldest. There is a photo in the Gallery -  Bedlington Station 1st School album - 1950's with a young Vesta in it.

Gordon is my age and we used to knock around together in the 1960's. Some lads had stolen a car and ditched it close to the tent were Gordon, me, Raymie Tyrie, Robin Hills and a couple others  camping in down the Free woods. The police woke us up early in the morning and took us off to the Top End cop shop for questioning. Naturally we were released without charge.

Tom the youngest tagged along with us when he reached drinking age, or probably the year before.  Gordon and Tom still going strong. I had a chat with Gordon last week on Facebook Messenger. 

@Canny lass - last one from John Krzyzanowski.

14 minutes ago, Ovalteeny said:

sorry folks, but the only photo I have is of me and wor Allan on our 3 wheeler bikes with a very blurred section of the Hall in the background. We lived in Hollymount Hall for approx 4-5 years in the mid 1950's, renting a couple of rooms from the owners - Bedlington Co-op (where my Dad worked in the Abattoir). 

Cheers Ovalteeny.

In that case first bit of info found = Newspaper article posted by John Krzyznowski on the Facebook group Bygone Bedlington :-

And the 2nd, again from John Krzyzanowski :-  

@Canny lass - @Ovalteeny might have download and saved some photos  and info of Hollymount Hall from the  Bedlington Facebook groups as his family lived there for a couple of years. This is the one photo of Hollymount Hall that I have downloaded.

@Canny lass :- my answers are mixed up - I got timed out as I was 'Clarting' again with pictures 

6 hours ago, Canny lass said:

Friday again already!

Time for a spot of brain gymnastics!

1.       What name do we give to the study of flags?

2.       In which Dickens novel does Richard Carstone appear?

3.       What is the boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale?

4.       Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

5.       In which year was Grace Kelly born? 

6.       The Colorado Beetle attacks which plant in particular?

7.       With what is the organization CER N concerned?

8.       What breed of dog is Scooby Doo?

9.       Which part of Britain was called Vectis by the Romans?

10.   Who, in a song, was thrown out ‘with nothing but a fine tooth comb?

11.   Euclid is associated with which branch of mathematics?

12.   Which boxer’s real name was Walker Smith?

 

I’ll bet you didn’t know …

The word bride comes from an ancient German word meaning ‘one who cooks’!

Answers on Thursday.

 7.       With what is the organization CER N concerned?

Answer = The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN derived from the name Conseil européen pour la recherche nucléaire), is a European research organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Established in 1954, the organization is based in a northwest suburb of Geneva on the Franco–Swiss border and has 23 member states. Israel is the only non-European country granted full membership. CERN is an official United Nations Observer. The acronym CERN is also used to refer to the laboratory, which in 2016 had 2,500 scientific, technical, and administrative staff members, and hosted about 12,000 users. In the same year, CERN generated 49 petabytes of data.

8.       What breed of dog is Scooby Doo?

Answer = Great Dane

Scooby-Doo was first introduced to the world back in 1969.

9.       Which part of Britain was called Vectis by the Romans?

Answer = Isle of Wight

10.   Who, in a song, was thrown out ‘with nothing but a fine tooth comb?

Answer = Bill Bailey

Louis Armstrong "Bill Bailey Lyrics."  :-

Won't you come home, bill bailey, won't you come home

I've moaned the whole night long

I'll do the cookin', honey, I'll pay the rent

I know I done you wrong

You remember that rainy evenin'

I threw you out....with nothin' but a fine tooth comb

Ya, I know I'm to blame, now... ain't it a shame

Bill bailey, won't you please come home

11.   Euclid is associated with which branch of mathematics?

Answer = Geometry

Euclidean geometry

Euclidean geometry is a mathematical system attributed to Alexandrian Greek mathematician Euclid, which he described in his textbook on geometry: the Elements. Euclid's method consists in assuming a small set of intuitively appealing axioms, and deducing many other propositions (theorems) from these.

12.   Which boxer’s real name was Walker Smith?

Answer = Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray Robinson (born Walker Smith Jr.; May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965.

And I thought the word bride meant – to Cook AND Clean

1.       What name do we give to the study of flags?

Vexillology

Vexillology  is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags or, by extension, any interest in flags in general. The word is a synthesis of the Latin word vexillum ("flag") and the Greek suffix -logia ("study").

2.       In which Dickens novel does Richard Carstone appear?

Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode serial between March 1852 and September 1853

Richard Carstone is a ward of Chancery in Jarndyce and Jarndyce. Straightforward and likeable but irresponsible and inconstant, Richard falls under the spell of Jarndyce and Jarndyce. At the end of the book, just after Jarndyce and Jarndyce is finally settled, he dies, tormented by his imprudence in trusting to the outcome of a Chancery suit.

3.       What is the boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale?

Answer = 212

4.       Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Answer = Michelangelo

While many Renaissance artists helped, Michelangelo is the main artist to take credit for this work of art

Originally known as the Cappella Magna, its current name derives from the pope who restored it in 1477- Pope Sixtus IV. The Sistine Chapel is located inside the Vatican Museums and is the private chapel of the pope. It’s also where all of the cardinals from around the world come together to elect a new pope during the conclave.

5.       In which year was Grace Kelly born?

1929

Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American film actress who, after starring in several significant films in the early- to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956.

6.       The Colorado Beetle attacks which plant in particular?

Answer = Potato

The common black and yellow-striped "potato bug", a very familiar insect to home gardeners, is the most serious insect pest of potatoes. Both the striped beetle and the black-spotted, red larva feed on potato leaves. Their damage can greatly reduce yield and even kill plants. In addition to potato, Colorado potato beetle can be a serious pest of tomato, eggplant, and pepper.

30 minutes ago, george47666 said:

 brian cross was bette cross who went to live in Australia any relation to you  I used to call her auntie bette

@george47666 if you add a '@' at he front of the persons name you are wanting to contact the system should send a notifivation/email  to that person. @Andy Millne - have I got that right?

On 04/04/2020 at 12:09, george47666 said:

I lived at 15a moorside I would be about 4 years old I can remember mr tylers chippie  and  a school.

@george47666 - A lad on the Facebook past times History has been asking if anyone has a photo of the school. Do you know which camp the school was on and have you ever seen any photos of the school?

29 minutes ago, Jammy said:

Yes Eggy, we almost certainly worked together on the dam construction. I do remember you as a youngun though not from school because our education paths never crossed. At the Grammar school you were in the same class as my cousin Michael at one time or maybe all the time. 

Same class as Michael, from Guidepost all the way through - 1960 to 1965.

20 minutes ago, Canny lass said:

You're forgiven!

 

Haha! It took a while for the penny to drop. Did you miss out a word?

yes - should be -  What's the matter Abdul .............

34 minutes ago, Vic Baldry said:

I'm not sure if I'm replying to the right topic but in response to the dam building in the river, I distinctly remember my Dad (Edward Carey 35 Stead Lane) telling us how he used to tickle trout when he was a lad. I have vague memories that you could get down to the river from the back of the garden? Am I remembering that right? Also memories of a  huge garden, the chickens, and a pig, and the big outside toilet full of spiders! My sister and I used to swing on the gate looking down to Blyth and the sea. Cath Baldry (Carey) 

We do it all the time Vic,  mix up the comments within topics

I think the council estate - Woodside - that is behind Stead lane would have been built in the late 1940's or early 1950's. This old map, 1938, published 1947 shows the area before the council estate, and bungalows at the bottom of Stead lane were built.

@Canny lass - sorry I missed Tuesday 'one joke' night.

Last week I was passing the multi storey flats and could see Abdul bashing his carpet off the wall of the building.

I shouted up - 'what's the Abdul, won't it start' 😂 

19 hours ago, Canny lass said:

14 has some of the facial features of the Halliday family but I can't say with any certainty  that it's one of them. Maybe the suggestion of 'Halliday' might jog someone else's memory.

Updated No 14, with '?' and reposted the photo onthe Facebook group yesterday but no response to the update when I checked this morning🙃

10 hours ago, Jammy said:

 Yes we did play down the woods a lot and swim in the river from the flat rock that we called the diver. We removed stones from the river bed in front of the diver to create a bit more depth and tried to form a dam with the stones. We did have some success with the dam so ended up with enough depth to dive in. Often we would find the dam was gone and couldn't understand why because it was quite well built and there hadn't been any floods to wash it a way. I found out in my 20's that the fishermen knocked it down because it prevented the sea trout from getting further up the river. We rebuilt the dam many, many times, gave us something to do cause we had no money. We also walked to Humford baths and back. There always seemed to be a lot of wasps there.

 

                    Jammy

Snap - we did exactly the same but I always assumed the dam we build had been knocked down by other groups of lads; never knew about the fishermen and the sea trout.👍

I turned 71 last year - wouldn't be surprised if we built the dam up together on occasions😊

Eggy

51 minutes ago, HIGH PIT WILMA said:

Hope ye'aal are keeping safe,staying at yem as much as possible,and saving lives..as well as protecting the NHS.

 

Good to hear from you Bill - @HIGH PIT WILMA 

A couple of names from Mick Cunningham and No 5 is not Jimmy Cunningham.

@Thelma Collingwood - this photo posted on the Facebook group Bygone Bedlington by Mick Cunningham. The surname 'Collingwood' gets memntioned in quite a few comments.

@Canny lass - this lot old than you but you never know you might recognise one or two. 

16 hours ago, Canny lass said:

Here's a corona challenge for you Eggy: Tuesday night is 'Stand - Up Comedy Night*. One joke every Tuesday night for the duration of the lockdown. Get crackin! We could all do with a good laugh.

Good idea!

But can I be politically correct 

16 minutes ago, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

12.   In the 1962 TV series ’The Saint’, what was the registration number of the Saint’s car, a 1962 Volvo P1800? (Bonus point if you know the original registration number when newly purchased).

Volvo happily supplied the first one in 1962, registered as 71 DXC, within a week of its being requested. In 1964, Volvo moved production of the P1800 line from England to Sweden, and sent one of the new 1800S models, registration 77 GYL, to the set of "TheSaint".

I’ll bet you didn’t know …

The liver of the polar bear is so rich in vitamin A that it’s poisonous to humans!

I Didn't but I do now.

 

 

9 hours ago, Canny lass said:

1.       Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth 1?

Anne Boleyn

 

Description

Anne Boleyn was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. Their marriage, and her execution for treason and other charges by beheading, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation.

2.       Which guitarist is nicknamed ‘Slow hand’?

Eric Clapton

 

 The Yardbirds' manager, Giorgio Gomelsky, gave Eric Clapton the nickname “Slowhand” in early 1964. 

3.       In general terms, what kind of food is bisque?

 

Bisque (food) Bisque is a smooth, creamy, highly seasonedsoup of French origin, classically based on a strained broth(coulis) of crustaceans. It can be made from lobster,langoustine, crab, shrimp, or crayfish.

Main ingredients: Crustaceans (lobster, lango...

4.       Which English cathedral is also a college chapel?

Christ Church Cathedral is the cathedral of the Anglican diocese of Oxford, which consists of the counties of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. It is also thechapel of Christ Church at the University of Oxford. This dual role as cathedral andcollege chapel is unique in the Church of England.

Diocese: Oxford (since 1546)

Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire

Denomination: Church of England

 

5.       How many noughts are there in 9 billion?

10

9,000,000,000 + billion

6.       Who directed the 1989 film The War of the Roses?

Danny DeVito 

The War of the Roses is a 1989 American black comedy film based upon the 1981 novel of the ... The film co-stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito.

7.       Who did Maddy Prior sing with?

Maddy Prior                                                                                      Peter Knight & Maddy Prior                Tim Hart

 She was part of the singing duo 'Mac & Maddy', with Mac MacLeod. She then performed with Tim Hart and recorded two albums with him, before they helped to found the group Steeleye Span, in 1969. She left Steeleye Span in 1997, but returned in 2002, and has toured with them since.

8. What is James Bond's favourite tipple

9.       Which Prime Minister made Queen Victoria Empress of India?

In 1877, Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime Minister, had Queen Victoriaproclaimed as Empress of India. India was already under crown control after 1858, but this title was a gesture to link the monarchy with the empire further and bind India more closely to Britain.

10.   Which football club chairman once called his fans ‘scum’ and offered to forfeit a match?

11.   How many legs does a queen bee have?

6

 Why do bees get married? Because they found their honey!

What did one bee say to the other when they landed on the same flower? Buzz off.

When a bee is in your hand, what’s in your eye? Beauty. Because beauty is in the eye of the bee-holder.

A bee that will not stop eating will eventually become a little chub-bee.

12.   In the 1962 TV series ’The Saint’, what was the registration number of the Saint’s car, a 1962 Volvo P1800? (Bonus point if you know the original registration number when newly purchased).

I’ll bet you didn’t know …

The liver of the polar bear is so rich in vitamin A that it’s poisonous to humans!

11 hours ago, Jammy said:

. Puddlers row was there then and I played in the ruins up to the age of 5yrs. Then they were gone, probably gradually removed when I was at school. They were built of a very dark grey clinker that may have come from the brickworks. It wasn't slag from the Iron Works even though there were Iron Works employees living there originally. I don't know if the iron producing process produced anything else that could be used to build the houses. Prior to moving to Tomlea I lived in Moorland Ave with my grand parents. I remember going to see one of the first houses built in Grange park. It was a viewing house on the right at the start of the estate. That would have been late 1951 or early 1952. I also remember when living with my grand parents, looking through the bottom garden fence to see the sheep in the field so the estate wasn't built then. That would be early 1951. 

 Can anyone remember the gas lights running down Stead Lane? The was one which stood near Raisbecks down bus stop in front of Puddlers. I think they were on a clockwork timer but us, being kids, would kick the cast pole and the light would come on!

 If I think of anything else about Puddlers row I'll post it.

Jammy

 

@Jammy - did you see the photos of Puddlers Row on page 4 of this topic?

Can't remember ever seeing any photos of the gas lamps down Stead Lane. There are still a few (listed buildings) of the old gas lamps in the Seaton Sluice through to Whitley bay area :-

10 hours ago, Jammy said:

 The Ariey(?) house parts were mainly made in factories and erected on site. There was a huge shortage of housing after WW2 so providing houses this way was quick and could be erected even when it was raining. There was a shortage of all building materials in Britain so that's why the house walls were reinforced cast cement panels. Another reason to build them like that was, with a shortage of skilled labour because so many tradesmen were killed in the war, they were like a meccano set to put together.

 

The airey houses were top half of Waverley Avenue (Nos 43 to 78), Tosson Close, half of Steadlands Square (Nos 1 to 14, I think) and Coquetdale Place (where I lived - No 5 from 1949)

You can still see the airey houses, and some of the new builds (Waverley Avenue & Steadlands Square) on Google Street view as it is still showing  2009.

Where Nos 21 & 22 Coquetdale Place and  Nos 1 to 6 Tosson Close were there is a Puddlers Drive sign :-