Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

3 minutes ago, Katherine Hyde said:

Will you be posting the topic on here? I would be interested in reading 😊

https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/stories/the-founding-of-rbl

@Katherine Hyde - if you 'click/select' the link above ( it should be light blue in colour) then it should take you to the RBL site where you can read the full article.

1 hour ago, Tonyp said:

Actually Haig  Road was named named after General Haig who served in the 1st w/w the poppy appeal bears he’s name & Admiral Beatty was in charge of the fleet in the Battle of Jutland also 1st W/W General Haig is buried at Melrose Abbey.on the Scottish Borders. Milbank place was built in 1950s my mum & Dad was of the first tenants I was doing a topic on Millbank place but never got round to finishing it yet but Millbank terrace & crescent was built much earlier

Cheers @Tonyp = never new that. I see there is info on the Royal British Legion (RBL) :- site re the Haig family and the founding of the RBL :- https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/stories/the-founding-of-rbl

13 minutes ago, threegee said:

That sounds like the right thing to do, but I don't think it ever works out in the end, Eggy.  I think you'll find that practically all the public money spent in Europe eventually goes down the drain.  It might produce a short term boost, but that way is the way to a crushing disappointments up ahead.

In case you think I'm too pessimistic about things, I'd simply say that I'm very upbeat about EVs and have now had one myself for over three years.  I follow developments very closely and will try to find a bit of time to update everyone as to what's really going on internationally and how I see the future panning out.  The media coverage on this subject is terrible, and we generally only get to hear what their big advertisers (often German motor companies) want us to hear.  Interesting to hear what others have to say.

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14 hours ago, Katherine Hyde said:

Thanks for the info 😊 my grandparents lived millbank place my mam was only 6 month when they moved there in 1948 they were the maguire family. And think millbank place wasnt up long before thry moved in.

That's right @Katherine Hyde. The name 'Mill Bank' and 'Mill Bank road' appear on many late 19thc and early 20thc maps but I don't think I have ever stumbled across anyone explaining exactly what the Mill Bank area was about  (to me). The council houses, Millbank Place, were built (just like half of the council estates in Bedlington) after WW2. Our family moved into our council house, Coquetdale Place, in 1949 whilst they were still building the estate.

I had a look at the old maps that are available for 1921. 

Two show the area where Haig and Beatty road are as clear :-

The 1896 map also has Mill Bank named :-

But then a 'Revised'  1921 map shows Alfred Road, Rosalind Avenue, Haig Road and Beatty Road but is does show them as blank sections suggesting they are under construction :-

Then the 1937 map shows as the semi-detached houses :-

This is the two 1921 maps joined together :-

5 hours ago, Terry Dixon said:

hi terry dixon here in nsw australia  wollongong albion park i visited bellington in 1977 to stay with relatives  either dixon or thompson  my grandmother was born there 1900  the only names i remember were lockey  peter  who would be about 70 now and quinton who was badly burnt by electrical shock while climbing a power pole  in the 70tees i will be comming over to europe and england in november this year  and was hoping to get in touch with my relatives thanks terry  

 Welcome to the group @Terry Dixon

The housing area around Bolam Place won't have changed since 1977. 

Although I haven't lived in Bedlington since the mid 1970's i can remember some names from Bolam place as they were the lads I knocked around with in the 1960's - Dixon - Lightley - Trench & Thompson. Those families all lived in the houses that faced the green looking towards Waverley Avenue :-

6 hours ago, Katherine Hyde said:

Hi i was wondering if anyone had any history on beatty road? What year the house's were built etc....im thinking 1922? I was told haig and beatty was named after admiral beatty and admiral haig?

@Katherine Hyde - welcome to the group.

I don't know the exact year that Haig & Beatty road were built but I don know my granny Henderson and family, my mam's parents, lived in both. Our family has a written record, in the back of the family bible, that records my mam, born 1920 and her brother Martin, born 1921, were born in Carrs Buildings on the Glebe bank and the next 7 children were born in Haig Road and the first one recorded in Haig Road is Jane Anne (known as Jean) in 1923. The last sibling was born in Haig Road in 1937. The whole family had then moved to Beaty Road, a slightly bigger house, not longer after 1937.

6 hours ago, Katherine Hyde said:

Hi, i know this was 2013 but i remember mary miller and the dixon family was my grandparents.

Would that have been Gerry Dixon who joined the Merchant Navy, along with Robin Hills, in the mid to late 1960's?

We always referred to Mary Miller as 'Little Mary' and I though she lived in Waverley Avenue - about No 20/21 across the road from Bolam Place.

10 hours ago, Andy Brown said:

Reward will always be found in a drawer

Surely only when you are very young.

Once you get near retirement age then surely draws are just there to hold (for years) belongings you no longer use or require.

3 hours ago, Canny lass said:

Am I missing something about Newcastle Utd?

Sunday 26-02-2023 

20 hours ago, Andy Millne said:

is that hidden skills @Andy Millne?

My opinion on the game = first half we deserved to be getting beat - second half we got into the opposition penalty box but they their team blocked everything we attempted 

I would get rid of Joelinton as he loose the ball too often to the opposition

Update to No 10 - I had the name Jimmy Scott named twice, No 7 & 10.

20 hours ago, HIGH PIT WILMA said:

There was one youngin,who went around the roadways by hesel',looking after aal the water pumps,[a Pumper by definition],who ran ootbye scared oot of his wits,saying he had seen a ghost inbye. He refused to gaan aroond on his aan withoot a Marra for company.Aal thi men took thi mick oot o him ivry day,caaling him a q.......[whey Gay..but not in that terminology!].Aa was a Deputy in that District at thi time,and one day ,at the end of the shift,a came oot ti the "Radio Cabin"..[where the underground Loco's were controlled by radio],ti wait for the manriding loco set coming in to take aal the men ootbye.The poor lad was nearly in tears wi being picked on..until aa waaked in and sat beside him.A asked him wat happened,but couldn't hear him for the jeering of aal the men and younger lads.So a asked them aal ti hang on and let me hear the story from the Horse's mooth,cos hearsay was aal a hord.They quietened doon with respect,and thi lad telt me wat he had seen,a telt him a believed him,cos aam from a family of Spiritualist Mediums,and a re-assured him that it's the living..like this lot in here..who will hurt ye,the Spirit winna.THEN,a turned ti aal the lads and said in a loud authororative voice.."Lads,a dafy aal of ye's hoo have been up at 8's district,where the Owaman..[Overman in Charge],Alec Waite had seen an Apparition,ti gaan up by yasel,and come back and tell me ye didn't feel a bit uneasy"...one by one they sheepishly admitted a was right,saying it was a bit weird,a queer feeling of uneasiness...wat they really meant was..it was scary!! But brave big boys usually winna admit this...so within five minutes they were taaking amang thasel's aboot the sighting by Alec Waite, and they left the lad alone.He said quietly ,Thanks Bill,ye are the first one ti believe me.Noo a nivvor knew that Lad's name,and aam wondering if he was the one mentioned in one of the quotes above.A dae remember this lad didn't last very lang doon the pit,after that.

@HIGH PIT WILMA - posted your comment on the 'Friends of Bates Colliery' group and Kevin Fraser replied saying :-

4 hours ago, Canny lass said:

There's hope yet, then?

I expect, or should that be hope, the government will make sure it happens. 

The UK currently only has one Chinese-owned battery plant next to the Nissan factory in Sunderland, while 35 plants are planned or already under construction in the European Union

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2023-02-04/australian-firm-chosen-as-preferred-bidder-for-british-volt?fbclid=IwAR2VyyICvntVc2xIIIQsORt2zqaBVvefaA493wb47ZAvRtrhIAldgCMWKs8

6 minutes ago, Malcolm Robinson said:

Alan,

No I think its actually under Choppington Parish Council.  Sure the NCC councillor is Choppington too.  

Thanks @Malcolm Robinson

2 hours ago, James said:

Barrington was a thriving community of around 800 residents not too long ago and its history is described in detail in Stephen Martin’s booklet “Barrington”. We are left with only one remaining record of the colliery and this is the inscribed tablet above the entrance to what was the Barrington Colliery Institute shown in the photo below.

I drove past the old institute recently and stopped to read the inscription and was disappointed to see the company using the property had placed their company’s logo over the inscribed tablet as can be seen in the second photo. The tablet was put there about 130 years ago and is a small but important part of the history of Barrington and could even be included in the Bedlington Heritage Trail. Perhaps the council should consider asking the company to remove the sign and repair any damages to the tablet caused when erecting the board.

@Malcolm Robinson do you know if the Barrington Colliery Institute name is Ok to be covered up or is there an East Bedlington council  (I am assuming Barrington comes under East Bedlington Council) department that could be contacted to look into what @James has commented?

Welcome to the group @Patricia Wadsworth.

The Barrington Colliery Institute building is still in use today. According to Stephen Martin, local guy who published many booklets on Bedlington and the surrounding towns, the Barrington glove Company was started in 1960.

Can't find a date for when the Institute was built. Barrington colliery started in 1821 (according to the Durham Mining Museum site) but the first time I can find the building on one of the old Ordnance Survey maps is 1896. 

There is only one old image of the building that I can find and that is the one in Stephen Martin's booklet on the colliery. The only other images are from Google street view - 2009 - 2026 and 2020.

I don't know if my Bedlington school mate, 1960-65, Vicky Robinson who also worked as a buyer for M&S did any business with the Barrington Glove company.

The last Time I met up with Vicky was at a school reunion in 1989 and although that's not too many years ago I can't remember if Vicky was married and if she did do any business in the area. I'll put that down to the ale etc. that flowed throughout the reunion meeting. 

Sadly Vicky is no longer with us.

The Gosforth Park Hotel, now the 'Grand' Gosforth Park Hotel, is still in business. 

Cheers @SouthernGeordie - if anyone from any of the other groups names number 5 I will update your photo.

14 hours ago, SouthernGeordie said:

Jimmy Hogg did win apprentice of the year, so it's possible that this photo could be that but I'm not sure.

Info on your photo updated to include 'Apprentice of the Year' and based on the comments from the 'Friends of Bates Colliery' group - Kevin Hindhaugh's name removed from No 5.

@SouthernGeordie - I am not asking you to name yourself but from the info you are giving us I'm guessing you are one of the apprentices in the photo

9 hours ago, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

@SouthernGeordie - N0 5 thought to be Kevin Hindhuagh by dawn bell's husband (Ex Bates worker) and William French, Friends of Bates Colliery group thinks the lads were winners of the area safety quiz.

@SouthernGeordieFriends of bates Colliery Facebook Members don't think No is Kevin Hindhaugh :-

@SouthernGeordie - N0 5 thought to be Kevin Hindhuagh by dawn bell's husband (Ex Bates worker) and William French, Friends of Bates Colliery group thinks the lads were winners of the area safety quiz.

@SouthernGeordie - No 10 named by Les Walsh - Friends of Bates colliery group.

Surface Fitters & Blacksmiths - full house - No 18 named by Bill fellows on the Friends of Bates Colliery FB group.