Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

4 hours ago, John Fox (foxy) said:

I think Bells yard was further down, where  Moods now has a shop. I have been known to be wrong, Eggy might know better, If not I'll bet he finds out!!  

 

Can't help with a Bell's Yard - there is still Bells Place down Front Street east - the old maps back to 1865 also show it as Bells Place - there is an archway but have no idea if it was ever known locally as Bell's yard 

3 hours ago, threegee said:

 

We seem to have two already, and only one of that two is me!  Here comes the rush!

Now 3 - I'm singing and dancing in the rain Doobe Do Do, Doobe Doobe Do Do, what a glorious feeling I'm happy again, just singing and dancing, in the rain, Doobe Do Do, Doobe Doobe Do Do    

Bedlington Mechanics - 1950's - photo from Helen Millar - looking for names of anyone in the team :- 

14 hours ago, Rigger said:

 Kingleys sister was a bridesmaid at my wedding in 1968.

No 22 in this photo :- 

Names updated @Jan - on here and sixtownships.

@Rigger - I don't know about Wake's the butchers at Newbiggin but they did have the butchers at the Oval shops in Bedlington, 1950's-60's, and I think they lived above the shop when Kingsley was at the Bedlington Grammar school = late 50's to early 60's.

....and then after I posted this topic + image I see they are trying harder to get my attention - two notifications, I'll have to go incognito 

And I was hoping to move on from that 'Tag' after it popped up a couple of days ago.

I see, today, I am still that person :- 

2 hours ago, HIGH PIT WILMA said:

Class Teacher,a short very stocky,grey close-curled haired Mr Marley..[with a tongue like acid when he got ratty...but a great teacher otherwise!]

Billy Brown,Trevor Hale,Ian Campbell,Jimmy Scott,[aka "the gang"!],Eddie Hedley,Micky Lucas,Derek McGregor,Dennis Green,Bobby Cross,Len Thompson,Ted Smout,Martin Nicholson,Barry ?[wore   Buddy Holly specs..],Derek Goodall,Lorna Barker,Pat Purcell,Lynne Hayes,Barbara["Babs" Thornton,Isobel Bowman,Joan Henderson,Lilian Moore,Rosemary Oliver,Hilda Storey,Elsie Hall.[Joan Hogg..a think.. but could be wrong,might be thinking of my class at the Whitley School...and of course...myself.[Norman Turner tells me that he was in my class,but I can't place him at all!]

Next is a list of all pupils who came into my classes at the Whitley School,over the years,where pupils might have been in the class and either moved away from the area after a few terms,or were moved down or up a class through re-organisation of age groups..or  sadly deceased while very young.

Bobby Cross,Dennis Green,Alan Wilkinson,Billy Allison,Ronnie Leyland,Brian Richmond,Eddie Simpson,Sid Short,Brian Redpath,Joe Hale,Sid Newman,Bob Palmer,Gordon Parmley,Raymond Mack,Alan Lilico,Davy Weatherit,Tommy Holmes,Davy Walker,Jimmy Nealan,Jimmy Russell,Jim Hardy,Chris Watson,Alan White,Raymond Barret,Ian Darling,Norman Taylor,Norman Furness,Ronnie Hemsley,Micky Scrowther,Jimmy Ayres,Alan Stewart,Alan Spowart,John Henderson,Bobby Bell,John Wilkinson,Jimmy Brown,Terry Foote,Martin Sharpe,Billy Williamson,Jimmy Rouse.

....and now the girls.....!

Ann Ayres,Joan Holdsworth,Lorna Barker,Joan Bell,Joan Hogg,Joan Henderson,Ann Pattinson,Lynne Hayes,Doreen Dagless,Elizabeth Maize.[or May?],Pauline Short,Lilian Moore,Rosemary Oliver,Margaret Thackeray,Rita Wheallans,Natasha Patti,Linda Sanderson,Elizabeth Ellis,Anne Thompson,Barbara Thornton,Helen Treyer,Sandra Short,Joan Hartill.

 

 

No promises, and this could take ages and provide nothing, but there are a couple of names in the list that I think I have seen commenting on the Bedlington Facebook  groups. It could just be people with the same name of course, but one gets nowt for not trying.

Jim Hardy - last posted on Facebook - Bygone Bedlington group - September 2017

Is this the Bobby Bell you knew HPW?

11 minutes ago, HIGH PIT WILMA said:

 

A wish we could get a pic of  the upper remove wi Mr Marley,wi me and aal me gud mates on! [1957-8-9].

I couldn't remember the photo HPW and when Colin Sim commented with an update that he thought No 10 was Bill thingy-me-bob and I had this feeling that the lad in the open neck shirt and a quiff might just have been HPW so that's why I kept nagging you to have a look -  - bugger

2 hours ago, moe19 said:

Can anyone remember Thompson's  stores

1 hour ago, lesmes said:

Hello again Moe

Yes, down glebe road and would say around the Silverlink car show room spot, and they were the same company as Moore’s Stores that someone has mentioned.

Very good for their general groceries broken biscuits etc, but quite expensive to most.

 

 

Another photo from @John Fox (foxy) that was posted on Facebook back in 2015 :- 

And according to Joyce Scott (really it's Shep from Burnside using his partners Id) on the Facebook Bedlington remembered site answering a question :- how long has jakes bar been derelict - he replied - 'Originally it was Thompson Stores many moons ago, but prior to Ivan having it, it was run as a cafe by a local lass who still has family around the station although she died.'

@HIGH PIT WILMA - this one is in the Westridge album but you may have missed it - have you seen it before and do you know who No 10 is? Colin Sim (Facebook - Bedlington Remembered) says - No 10 is Bill (William) thingy-me-bob

Just been back to check the positions but the vote has closed and I can't find anything on the site to say who came top - just that the voting is now closed  😥

https://www.buildbase.co.uk/pitch-in-your-support

@moe19 - my apologies  - I hadn't full read the all the comments - I must pay more attention 

Another posting by John Krzyzanowski has this newspaper article on Hay & Hindmarsh Supermarket - 1949??

I have no recollection of where Hay & Hindmarsh had there shop(s)  - will Foxy have a photo with this shop in? 

On 1/17/2018 at 10:02, Canny lass said:

I vaguely remember Beadnell's (at the top end) being self-service very early sixties. I and another pupil used to be allowed to miss school assembly on Wednesday mornings to go and buy the ingredients for the class cookery lesson.

Beadnell's - this is a comment posted by John Krzyzanowski, on Facebook Bygone Bedlington site :- 

This photo is of the row of 4 shops that were compulsory purchased in 1970 and demolished to make way for the roundabout in front of the Red Lion. The shops were Beadnell's a grocer shop that had been there since 1880. Although they got compensation the owner also lost her house. The next shop was Watsons a Newsagent, they also had a shop on Glebe Bank which they lived above, it was also demolished. They had been in business there since 1836. The other two shops were Robinson's a printers and Brentons a fruit shop. Great progress that wasn't it. 1970's "let's pull it down". Let's hope we aren't revisiting those times nearly 50 years later. I'm sure the Roundabout could have been slightly smaller and did we really need a dual carriageway ?

A couple of ladies I know, who worked there in the late 60's, say it was a forerunner to the Supermarket = a 'Self-service' store.  A compilation of Beadnells :-

@Ovalteeny has been doing some research on Bedlington Mechanics team and whilst searching old newspapers he noticed this photo in the Morpeth Herald - 1954 and posted this comment on social media :-  Whilst starting out on my task to try and discover more facts and photos in relation to Bedlington Mechanics F.C. I went to the local library today and accessed the British Newspaper Archives. Looking at old copies of The Morpeth Herald this photo randomly came up and I recognised it from this site. So, I can now confirm it was an annual match played between Bedlington Ex-Servicemens Club and Bedlington Social Club (i.e the Top and Bottom Clubs) on 16th. April (Good Friday) 1954. Unfortunately there were no names aligned to the photo, but the result was Ex-Services Club 4 - 2 Social Club.

Text on the photo updated :- 

14 hours ago, Maggie/915 said:

That's fine Eggy. Please share the photo with anyone interested.

 -posted on Barrington Facebook group  

4 hours ago, Canny lass said:

 

... and Eggy, who's that strange woman in my garden - or is it Wilf in disguise!

 

Just took a chance that this young lady '..not another one..' might have reached the Swedish news when Mrs May called the 2017 election, but it would appear it didn't. Her words can be associated with birthdays (in my weird world  :-

Barrington Colliery = The Henry Pit. Choppington railwat station at the end of the Barrington Road, turn left for Bedlington Red Lion and right for Willow Bridge -  Choppington/Scotlandgate.

@Maggie/915 Ok if I share this photo with the Barnton folk on the Facebook group = Barrington, Barnt' n  memories and stuff!!

No 23 Percy White - named by Liz Thornton, Facebook Bygone Bedlington group

Pat Foster named No 31 as Tom Foster- Robert Nicholson named No 5 as Tom Nicholson and Hilary Ottey named No 6 as John Hall (Hal) Thompson.

Aa'l the best everyone 

Ali Mudd, of Morpeth, says he has been to get them and they are now both safe. I didn't ask what he has done with them.

Not that I would suspect that these two have planned their escape from domesticity, I suspect they had a couple of helping hands to get to where they are now.

Posted on the Bedlington remembered site by Christine Townley :- Just been down to the foundry and hapenny woods and spotted two domestic rabbits running wild. Please share

So if anyone is looking to give two rabbits a home then get yourself down to the Free woods