Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

17 hours ago, Rigger said:

Eggy Thanks for the info.  I see John Brodie was mentioned. He was a good player and played Sunday League with Cambois Rowing Club when I played with  them.

I knew John, a year older than me, lived in Hirst Villas, Bedlington but attended Monkseaton Grammar.  that as far as I can remember were just as keen to encourage spots as academic studies.

I've just seen the photo of the Cambois team on the sixtownshisp site - Ok if I share it with the Cambois & Bedlington remembered groups?

John isn't a member on Facebook but his partner, Marg Colclough, posted this 'hazy' photo of the 1957 Bedlington Station Primary School team on the Sixtownships site  :-  

59 minutes ago, Rigger said:

. Are there any other stories of Bedlington men who played for big football clubs?

 

A topic that was started Feb 2017 in Forums >Hobbies & Interests>The Sports Club was - who-was-the-best-footballer-from-bedlington-or-surrounding - check this link out :- 

14 hours ago, webtrekker said:

Eggy, I didn't mean viewing the plans. I meant the main page with the list of planning applications, the table is truncated because the website isn't mobile-friendly which, these days, is purely down to bad programming. 

Now I understand 

5 hours ago, webtrekker said:

Couldn't be bothered to look. Another crap website not scaled for mobiles. 

4 hours ago, Steve Turnbull said:

I agree with you. 

Don't think the NCC site is crap. Surely it's mobiles that aren't any good for viewing planning diagrams, on any site.

Even on my 19" Desktop PC screen when you select the option on the NCC site to fit the architects drawing to your screen you can't read the details unless you select the option to 'zoom  in'.

My mobile screen is 2" x 1.5".  -  and doesn't connect to the www. 

This is the proposed site layout document 14.73" x 10.43", without zooming in, on the PC.

And then even this site shrinks the image when it loads it up!

Planning application for the market place development :- https://publicaccess.northumberland.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=P8GK00QSGF300

3 minutes ago, Canny lass said:

looks like Kim, nodding in agreement to something or other.

Kim  & Trump .....................

16 minutes ago, Canny lass said:

PS What is that emoji? It looks like Kim Jong-Un.

It's the closest, on this site, I have found for 'Peace man' but I it's just intended to be 'Punk'.

Hover your mouse (or whatever ) over the emoji and the meaning is displayed.

On 10/06/2018 at 10:02, Canny lass said:

When you think about it we aren’t so very different to plants. We need also need a firm anchorage in a place that can provide nourishment so that we can grow and develop. Somebody to care for us who can recognize our need for – and give - a bit of extra support when needed and somebody who can see and appreciate the beauty within us even when we are just a simple bud or battered by the elements.  We should all be gardeners whether or not we have a garden.

I agree but with a young adult that wouldn't always accept experience; pointers, help; rational arguments etc I could go into the garden and just nip out the head of a plant and encourage it to grow the way you wanted to, without a debate. Now that was therapy and it saved me on many an occasion from removing the head from the young adult

Iv'e got them in my garden but can never remember the name - I rely on Simon.

The roots of the Red Valerian look more like tubers, or as I call them small white carrots.

11 minutes ago, Steve Turnbull said:

I trust his better judgement! My friend was unsure and is only a youngster still learning! Mind, she grows the roses, so she’s doing ok!

He spends a lot of his time in the countryside Steve and attempts to identify everything he finds. Normally that's because he wants to know if he can eat it or brew anything from it!  

@Canny lass - similar to Sedum @Steve Turnbull but according to our Simon, and the RHGS, it's Red Valerian

22 minutes ago, Canny lass said:

While we are on the subject of things that grow wildly all over the place, does anybody know what this is? It grows just about everywhere in the Cotswolds, both in gardens and on the roadside. I don't know if it's a weed or a cultivated flower. I brought a little root home with me but it didn't survive the journey. I asked a few locals what it was called but only one gave me any sort of answer. When he was a child he used to call it 'Grandmother's needlework'. I can't find that anywhere. I'd love to have it in my garden.

 

I can't remember it's name but I know our son can and I will ask him this weekend.

What I do know  about it is that when you have it it's extremely difficult to get rid of! We have it, as do all the neighbours !

The roots are like small white carrots and they get a very good hold in the ground. Plant a couple - allow the flower heads to seed and like dandelion seeds they will spread and grow everywhere and anywhere. 

4 hours ago, Canny lass said:

Strange you should mention tomatoes. I was given a plant a few weeks ago. It's standing outside in a 10 litre pot against a south facing wall. Very warm but it has it's very own parasol. I've nipped out the side shoots and it has 2 lovely groups of flowers. When it got up to the 3rd set of flowers the very top leaves have curled up into a tight ball, not dead just curled up. Any idea what's happened?

Unfortunately like many questions on plants there are probably 4 main answers :

a) Too much water b) too little/infrequent watering  c ) too hot an d) pests.

I have only grown  tomatoes in a greenhouse and the first year they had all sorts of symptoms: - leaves die back - leaves twist and curl = 'leaf roll' and the dreaded black spot. I assumed my weird shaped tomatoes were a result of all 4, it was difficult when I worked day shift.  When I asked a life long tomato growers the reply was always keep the compost/soil damp; spray the leaves every day and nip out the side shoots unless you live in the greenhouse and tend to them every hour!

Subsequent years my plants were healthier but it was down to understanding all the conditions - there was no simple answer. I stopped using growbags and each plant had it's own pot and the pots would be lifted out of the greenhouse during the day. 

My final year brought the decision never again. Too much hard work to look after 3 to 6 plants in an 8' x 6' green house for a small return. If you got a good crop where the majority ripened at the same time you had too many and had to give most away.

Add to that I have never liked tomatoes, I only grew them for the wife.

When I first experience 'black-spot' I was told - could be too much water and there again it could be too little!

So the real answer is experience  tells you how to keep the balance of water & heat just right.

I had similar problems with peppers and cucumbers so I switched to plants as they recovered from neglect or over enthusiastic tendering.

1 hour ago, Canny lass said:

Honeysuckle, Forget-me-nots, Marguerites, Lady's Mantle, Peonies, Delphiniums, Iris and decorative Sages. Lilac and Jasmine are a must for everybody! Then I have Clematis, Hostas (Plantain Lilies?), a whole range of Alumroot,  Marigolds (make a lovely tea), Soapwort (it really does work in the washing machine), Bleeding Heart and a full range of Aquilegias. And, of course, I have Lupins - painstakingly dug upp along the roadside and planted into my 'woodland area' where everything is allowed to grow wild. Another flower that is considered invasive here is Yellow Loosestrife. I think It's also called Alexander. I love it. It also grows wild on the sites of former small holdings and spreads like wildfire, though nobody complains about this - came from central Europe  originally.

Champion - Dotted Loosestrife; Hostas & Hebes I used to have but my passion was fuchsias ,1 cactus and trying to grow rounded tomatoes :-  

13 hours ago, Canny lass said:

People don't believe me when I tell them that we buy seeds and plants to have them in our english gardens.

England has a 'Natioanl Collection' and the Chelsea Fower show has loads.

Check out Candles of Colour -  magazine on lupins -  photographer 

And with some names :- 

@Bandsman1966 :- a photo of an unknown brass band  posted on the Bedlington remembered Facebook group by Allan Smith.

A member, Joan Morland, has identified Arthur Brodie in the front row and I see that name appears in the Netherton Colliey brass band photos you have in your Netherton Colliey Band album .

Can you confirm this photo is the Netherton Colliery band and you can add it to your album.

Do you recognise any of these @Canny lass?

@Dale Foster - I see you have been here longer then me  = Admin Facebook Bedlington remembered group where we just commented to each other - have a word with the Admin Dale - you might find other ways to advertise on this site. 

9 hours ago, Danielwilkinson said:

Yes, will be down there on the day. Going live on Beach Hut TV as well!

Champion - I will post the timetable of events + parking and transport arrangements that is due to be published in the next couple of days via Vic Thompson.

@Danielwilkinson :- will you be working on this years event?

11 hours ago, wdmytrenko said:

i have an original of the photo. and as mentioned, #7 was “meself”  - walter dmytrenko.  we lived down Vulcan Way on hirst terrace 1950-1955, and i would wander thru the colliery lands or the otherway thru the fields to the blyth. billy elliot was me in a way . . . best wishes  . . . w 

@wdmytrenko - Cheers Walter - I will add your name to the photo in the Gallery 

@wdmytrenko - thanks for the update. 

We have an Album within the Gallery under  Historic Bedlington for each of the Bedlington schools. The Village school is on Page 2. The 1950 Class 4 photo, + a bit that was missing from the first photo that was posted, with names is in the Album.

The  photos were post on Facebook . Unfortunately they weren't scanned ( just a photo of the photo) so the quality is not that good. 

Have you managed to download a copy of the photo with names from this site and would like the 'mashup' full photo with 26 children without the names?

On 23/05/2018 at 16:17, moe19 said:

Wee are these folk enjoying these so called features Eggy,  it must be ye and ya marrows cos everyone a naa said they are a waste of dosh, they look like sumic the bairns have cut out at school  and should be clagged on the classroom walls, an all tell ya sumic else if ya asked anyone what tha were supposed ta be they would not have a clue.

 

Hayley Orange Made me smile yesterday well done xx

Norma Agnew Think it’s great thank you whoever does it

Irene Holland Whoever started this tradition please keep it up it’s lovely🙂

Ellenor Owen Lovely thought at Xmas & now our royal wedding xx

Lynne Beal Love seeing this 😄

Jan Appleby Fantastic thank you whoever you are for doing this

Paul Dimmick mint

Eileen Tyers Great thank you whoever you are doing this xx

Vivienne Brady Brilliant x

Jean Hale It cheers people up when they see it great 🙂xx

Paul Routledge Brilliant 😊 drove past it yesterday n it made me smile

Kate Maughan It looks great xx

Sharon Kirtley Love this. makes me smile thanks 

+ 1 query

Roger Neilson Puzzled as to why it was done this weekend...

 

I wonder if it was an organised bus trip from Seghill or just Bedlington reidents Manage

And some people would still whinge there were too many houses and not enough services.

Could Amazon & Sports direct cope with that number online.

It's a pity the councils couldn't have a production line like in Brave New World and flick the switch to produce more doctors etc.

But I would still be singing and dancing in the rain - doo be do do, doobe doobe do do, doo be do do, doobe doobe do do, doo be do do, doobe doobe do do

Mem'ries light the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored mem'ries of the way we were

 1980 - Ctrl + P from the the 7522 (I think) terminal  to the ICL ML193 printer with an RS232 interface cable.. Wonder if there still available? I could get one hooked up to Moe's thought train and the explanations would just flow out with a Ctrl + P.