Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

11 hours ago, allen111 said:

Hi Eggy, My Mum is No.33. That would be helpful, she may have had relatives in the same class. If not hers, someone else`s.

See what we can find out.

There is another album for the Whitley memorial School but the oldest full class photo is 1951 so no class photos from your mams era. The oldest one in the other album is the 1936-37 swimming team, but no Thompson's on that one.

Link to the other album is :-    

@allen111 - Iv'e added numbers to the photo to help when anyone is trying to name one of the pupils.

Is your mam No 32 or 33?

Would you like me to post a copy of the photo on the Bedlington Remembered & Bygone Bedlington Facebook sites and see if any of the members can identify any of their family in the photo?

I'd forgotten about that one - cheers @Malc H - No 10 Alan Thornton

Names added 

Loads more names from No 1 Michael Murphy, via his son Edmund Murphy (Facebook - Bygone Bedlington group)

Update from No 36, via her son Edmund Murphy

 @TOECUTTER - some names added 

@TOECUTTER are you able to identify any of this lot? There are some more mature members of the Facebook sixtownships site that may be able to help identify some of the pupils

Nos 2,12 & 26 added

Updates from No 7 Elaine - member of the Barrington, Barnt' n  memories and stuff!! Facebook group site. 

3 names added - Nos 2, 3 & 12

From Janice Collis - Facebook sixtownships group site - No 15 = Catherine Bell, not Christine.

Update from Molly Forsythe (née Mills), Bygone Bedlington :-  No1 is Michael Murphy and No 20 Molly Mills.

1 hour ago, Canny lass said:

Does anybody know when this photo was taken?

@Canny lass - How about c1968.

Check out this Flickr link that has many Netherton Colliery photos by Billy Embleton - most you will have seen before. In this Flickr collection are some extracts from Steven B Martin's publication of Netherton (Nedderton) published by Evan S B Martin :-

http://flickriver.com/places/United+Kingdom/England/Netherton+Colliery/search/

Update from  @bluebarby :- "I" is the Primitive Methodist Chapel, "F" is the "tin mission" Church of England Chapel, "M" is the flattened remains of Howard Row.

Remaining names from Alizon Jayne Carr, off Facebook Bedlington remembered grou site, - No 17 Marjorie Marshall - No 27 June Lawson (not Ann Tallentyre) - No 33 Jennifer Greaves & No 35 Sandra Harnett.

@Symptoms - a Janice Robinson on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group has just posted the comment - No 21 is Stephen Donald. What do you think?

6 hours ago, Canny lass said:

15 was a Christine. (Still working on the surname).. 

Rowel & 6 = Richard Hepple  - 24 = Derek Taylor - 37 Pat May - names from Mick Hedley & George Scott  

From No 5 Mick Hedley, Bedlington remembered Facebook member :- No 1 Brian Ellis -  No 4 Robert Wilkinson -  No 7 Will Lynn  -

No 16 John Marshall &  No 28 Janice Hindhaugh .

Your Nos 35, 28, & 9, 25 (from George Scott - Bedlington remembered Facebook group) added 

Yep - proof reading after my 'sped' typing should be a must. 

@Canny lass - from the names you have given I do remember bringing up the fact that my sister-in-law, Betty Hall, was identified by you in one of the class photos. I can't find any photo with Betty named on it so it must have been this one. I could either say a) it was my memory that had failed and I hadn't totally forgot to do anything with the photo or b ) we were in that transitional period on this site when I was having numerous fails attempting to load photos and when Andy sorted out the problems my memory had still failed to remember what I had been doing!

So while everything, including my short term memory, is working your list of names added to the photo    

Numbers added and I haven't attempted to guess a name - all yours. I have a copy prepared to enter the names on.

No 27 could be Kathy Bellatkin, says No 3 -  Ernie Armstrong.

No 18 Robert Lees not John Lees & No 32 Mary Blake - names from Ernie Armstrong - Facebook group Bedlington remembered