9 hours ago, Ingrid said:

Hi. I'm researching my family tree and it's full of miners, I'm very proud to say, on both sides of my paternal family. I have come across my grandmother's side of Walker's and Lake's and a Joseph William Lake who lived at Foster's buildings in Choppington, in 1901. He, too was a miner (hewer) yet died aged 45 in 1909. I'm not sure if he was involved in a pit accident but it seems a young age for a man to go! Do you have any record of any accidents etc at that time? Not sure which pit either, maybe Barrington? Assuming those buildings were like pit rows so he'd likely work at the closest pit? Was there one in Choppington? Barrington?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks 

Ingrid Atkinson

@Ingrid - I would expect for the era you are researching the miners were living in the pit village and there was a pit in Chopington.. 

Checking the Durham Mining Museum (DMM) site it shows the Choppinton pit  opened in 1857, closing in July 1966.

There is no record of anyone with the surname Lake in the list of names of those killed at Choppington pit.

This is a link to the Choppington colliery info on the DMM site :- http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/c011.htm

When I have a bit more time I will have a look on the old maps so you can see where the pit was.

@Andy Millne - has anyone from the East Bedlington Community Centre ever been in touch with you about advertising their events?

Stacey Chisholm Price on the Bedlington & Cambois Facebook groups, this week has posted three events taking place at the centre. I copied one of them - Jobs Fair - onto the Events calendar and Chat Central on this site.

Might be worth contacting them to see if the East bedlington Community Centre staff wanted to join, and use the facilities of, this group. 

9 hours ago, pebbles said:

who was the security for gallagher live this year 

Don't know @pebbles - I would assume East Bedlington Parish Council would know

On 01/06/2013 at 11:24, Reedy said:

 

FRONT STONE ROW

I Lewelynn, J Spowart, J Pearson, Fergusson, J Tate, T Smith, J Barr, Burns, J Conner, Brewis, Wilson.

BACK STONE ROW

A Anderson, J Leightley, J Wilson, S Brooks, F Jackson, Hedley, Bell.

OLDGATE

Gray, Sharp, F Parr, T Moffit, J Bissett, Mularkey, Sheilds, Charlton, Middlemiss, Farr, Fergusson, D Hodgetts, T Parks, Murrey, Scougal, G Kirk, P Ord.

UNDER BRIDGE

Simms, Kelly, Milligan.

FARM

Pringle.

In another topic on the Bedlington Facebook groups an Anthony Parker has posted some info and a photo on Front Stone Row :-

When I added the text to Anthony's photo he commented :-

@Alex Wood if your ever in the area this is the 2019 Google aerial  view of the Furnace Bank are with the location of those old photos I sent you marked on the view :- 

4 hours ago, John Fox (foxy) said:

Details removed @Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

Cheers John.

1 hour ago, Alex Wood said:

Would you be so kind to email them to me, thank you.

 

Alex - I can do that - I have taken a copy of your email address.

There is also a method of 'Downloading' images that have been posted to your Download folder on whatever device you are using to access this group. If you select an image that has been posted it expands and then when you right click (if using mouse)  on the expanded image you get the option to 'save image as' or 'copy image'.

I will ask Admin, @Andy Millne - @John Fox (foxy) to remove your email address from your comment. It's just a safeguard as it stops 'spammers' getting access to members email addresses. If you want to pass personal info to another member it's best to use the 'Private' Message system = white envelope  at the top right hand corner of the blue banner at the top of ever screen.

I will message you and the email you.

19 hours ago, Alex Wood said:

I am the grandson to Edward Wood who lived at Dene House.  He told me a lot about the Woods drinks business when I was a child.  I understand there was a big family fallout and Edward moved away to Grimsby.  I wanted to know more about the Wood family and who still resides in the Bedlington area.  A.Wood - East Yorkshire.

@Alex Wood - I can't remember seeing any comments on any of the topics on this site from members of the Wood family.  

There are a couple of photos of the Wood Sons factory and the area around Dene House. Have you found the photos, on this group, or would you like me to post them all for you? 

1 hour ago, Linda Rudd said:

• I am looking for someone at £10 hour!

So cash in hand.😉

Don't know anyone on this site that cleans and never seen anyone advertising their services.😞

Unfortunately -  no

I thought everyone used https://www.mollymaid.co.uk/locations/newcastle-east/bedlington/

14 hours ago, Stu hunter said:

Who’s on this year please

@Stu hunter - just had a quick Google for Gallagher Park Music festival 2019 and found this :- http://whatsoninthenortheast.co.uk/event/gallagher-park-live-music-festival/90647

@Canny lass - update for No 1 & 2  :-

• 

  Joe McNally 2nd left looks like my uncle Ted Leonard

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• Carol Reed My dad's brother Edward Leonard

  Liz Joslin Number 1 is bob bell

   

Six new stations could open if Ashington to Newcastle passenger trains resume

In February, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling was very much in support of the project as he visited the county

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/six-new-stations-could-open-16585704?fbclid=IwAR2vkwN2CofPa4XULfRsMry6qed3WXs5hL_66rEpm8OTAoOUivHnQtFeYkA

5 hours ago, Canny lass said:

Nr. 3 is definitely not Frank Bower. Nr 2 is, I believe, one of the Leonard/Lennart boys, Joe, Martin or Edward  from Third Street. The others are familiar faces but just now I can't put a name to any of them.

Update from the Docherty family - 

Keith Docherty I'm sure I've seen this photo before & think No 4 is my dad Howard Docherty & No 5 my uncle John Cunningham

John Docherty Definitely dad and Uncle John

and Mick Cunningham Number 1 is Billy Bell

Caroline Dobinson - Facebook group Bygone Bedlington -  is trying to identify her dads mates in this photo that she thinks has been taken in Netherton Club.

@Canny lass - Robert Morland (ex Netherton Colliery) has given two possibles - No 3 & 4. Can you confirm either of those two?

@Liz Moore - forgot to mention there is a site that might be of some help in your research = The Durham Mining Museum site. It lists info on all the mines in the Northumberland and Durham counties.

This is a link to the page on the Barrington colliery and then an extract from the Barrington Colliery page :-

http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/b035.htm

12 hours ago, Liz Moore said:

Thanks so much for all your help.  Alan Edgar.  The photo's are wonderful. 

Liz Moore

@Liz Moore - have you download copies of the photos?

I found this extract (don't know what book it was taken from) on the Facebook group -  Barrington, Barnt' n  memories and stuff!! 

@Liz Moore - photos from the facebook group - Barrington, Barnt' n  memories and stuff!!

Double Row

and the outside toilet (Nettie) and coal shed (coal cree)

This is a photo of one of the other rows in Barrington with the same setup - back lane/road; outside toilet and coal shed.

Brian Lumsden came up with the two missing names and Pete Endean ( Past Times History group) came up with the info on where and when the cup final was played. 

This pic comes from Facebook group Bygone Bedlington member Albert Armstrongs collection. It is Westlea Rovers football team being presented with the Randolph Cup. The competition was run in the Blyth and District Sunday League. The awards were presented by Sunderland Player Cecil Irwin seen here in the front row. Albert can name most of the team but is struggling with two remember two of the names. Can any one help with the names and the  exact year?

On 05/07/2019 at 10:03, Liz Moore said:

Hi Everyone,     My Ancestor George Thompson born 1839 was a coal miner and he his address in the 1881 Census was Double Row, Bedlington, Northumberland.  

I found those photo's fascinating.  I'd like to have a copy if anyone has one.

Thanks

Liz Moore  Australia 

@Liz Moore - any member of this group, when signed in, can take a copy aof any of the photos that are posted within this group. 

I don't use a handheld/mobile device but from my PC, using the mouse, if you left click on the image it enlarges and then if you right click the system gives you a number of options of which one is 'Save image' and selecting that option you get the option to name the file the system is about to download to your device.

If you would prefer the info emailed to you then the best way, so as not to broadcast your email address etc. to the rest of the world is to send a Personal Message, by selecting the envelope logo at the top right of the page you can send a personal message to me - Alan Edgar (Eggy 1948) - with your email address and I will email you whatever info you request that is available on this site.   .

That small photo of Double Row, Barrington, is the only one I can remember having seen on this group but there is at least one on the Facebook group -  Barrington, Barnt' n  memories and stuff!!

@joe Callahan -normally the best way to alert a member that you are after a re sponse from a comment you have made is to add the members name, preceded by an '@' like I have done with this one. It does depend on the setting the member has , either to recieve notifications or not, but doesn't do any harm to use that method.

When you start typing the name eg @johndawsonjune1955 that members name tag will pop up and you select that.

John Dawson is not a frequent visitor to this site. When you hover over the members name tag the system gives you some info on that person. I did that for John and it shows the last time he logged into this site was 5 months ago :-

@anniemarr :- had a search of the www but only found one reference to the farm and that was in the London gazette of 1924 in connection with the Ashington Coal Company.

Then I checked on a Facebook group - Past Times History, Admin @johndawsonjune1955 - as there has been info on Sheepwash etc posted on that group before. When I searched for Sparrow House farm I found three photos that a Helen Birch had given to John Dawson and John posted them with this comment  :-   

@anniemarr - a quick check - 1938 map & Google street view 2019.

Could Sparrow House now be a copse?