No's 6,7,8,& 9 updated - names from the FB group members -  Friends of Bates Colliery - Blyth remembered and memories & Cambois.

@SouthernGeordie - your list of names added to the photo. I will post on the Facebook groups and let you know if we get any more named.

@SouthernGeordie - can you name the eight apprentices, and I assume two trainers/management, or would you like me to share the photo with the Facebook groups, including - Friends of Bates Colliery - and see if any member can name any of them? 

@SouthernGeordie - as your photo of the Surface workers and Blacksmiths was in a better condition (in my opinion) that the one from Stephen Tosney I have used yours to add the names onto. 

I like clarting, and attempting to repair, old photos so I have had a clart with yours. This is yours with some of the scratches removed :-

and then slightly enhanced :-

and then with the names + No 19 that you named above

8 hours ago, HIGH PIT WILMA said:

It grates on me every time I read "Blyth"!

A aalwis thowt Cambois was in the Bedlington Shire!

Is tha summick aam ignorant of?[boundaries mebbe's?]

 

As far as I can tell from all the times the 'whole' factory has had a mention on the local news it is linked to the fact that the site is using the old 'Blyth Power Station' site for the gigaplant factory offices and therefore Blyth always gets the credit. The news reporters and the film crew even stand in the Blyth Market Place to report on the factory. 

The BBC NE News reporter has said Cambois, at least twice, when they have actually been standing in the Cambois field where the plant was destined to be built. 

1 hour ago, SouthernGeordie said:

I've found this photo from around 1975, it's some of the surface workers at Bates, I've sent a copy to @HIGH PIT WILMA maybe able to identify some and bring back a few memories.

I have seen the photo before  - yours is in a better state -it had been posted on the Facebook group - Friends of Bates Colliery - by Stephen Tosney on the 7th Feb 2019 but it did have a bit of damage to it . We attempted to repair and got the names from HPW and the members of the Facebook group.

This is the photo with the names :- 

Before your time @HIGH PIT WILMA bur might have been a couple still there when you were there

The phot and info were posted on the 'Friends of Bates Colliery' Facebook group by Eric Thompson :-

Surely the government has to step in and back a company to take over from Britishvolt?

The UK government policy on electric vehicles =

The company’s efforts have now come to nothing. It collapsed into administration on Tuesday after funding talks failed, leaving a string of disappointed backers ranging from the FTSE 100 companies Glencore and Ashtead to the property investor Tritax, owned by investment group abrdn, which had committed to fund a battery “gigafactory” in Northumberland.

Some of the investors are sanguine. Britishvolt – with no customers and no ready product – was always “something of a lottery ticket”, said one, who joined before the Guardian revealed a funding crunch that forced Britishvolt to put the project on “life support” last summer. The bigger investors have lost millions of pounds, but not enough to make a material impact on their balance sheets.

It is the UK government that must now answer some big questions about the future of the British car industry. In January 2022 Boris Johnson hailed the “EV battery pioneer” for planning to create “thousands of jobs”. Less than a year later, Johnson is out of Downing Street, Britishvolt is bankrupt, and the future of the UK car industry is under serious threat.

The end?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64303149.amp?fbclid=IwAR2m-u2r2H7124hAYT0YabUBsPmKRLCiElFT_kGGOSJ0tMFW_5eRR3jsG-0

12 minutes ago, Linray said:

Hi really interesting photos does anyone's parents or grandparents know a Forster Giles brought up in bebside or bedlington area grateful for any info on him and does anyone know if 1921 censor regarding the bedlington furnace area has been released yet thanks

They are available @Linray - through the genealogy sites that you have to subscribe to. I am not a member of any of the sites. 

https://www.top10.com/dna-testing/genealogy-comparison?utm_source=google&kw=genealogy sites&c=641175787605&t=search&p=&m=e&adpos=&dev=c&devmod=&mobval=0&network=g&campaignid=15472487164&groupid=132298567364&targetid=kwd-29051800&interest=&physical=1006956&feedid=&a=7032&ts=&topic=&test=&clicktype=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIurvNqYXC_AIVHurtCh1pVgwDEAAYASAAEgLit_D_BwE

3 hours ago, lynnewatson said:

It’s quite fascinating the differences in photos. I am intrigued what the building is through the trees. 

Alan Hall, a member of the  Barrington, Barnt' n memories and stuff!! Facebook group posted this :-

I'm guessing it was the old dry midden toilet (normally at the bottom of the garden0. You used to carry a bucket of ashes when you visited said outhouse to cover whatever you had done. There was a big step up on to seat which had two large apertures and one small supposedly for kids. It was one of the last calls for the night soilman on a Saturday morning his cart was a large barrel sha ped wood structure with a lid that opened for him to do his cleansing operation he didn't have many spectators while he was working. 

The above photo was posed by Marylin Muter but she didn't say where it was from, and it does look a bit similar to the one's I have the yellow star above in the compilation photo. 

@lynnewatson - there are two other photos, from around the same era, of the area that I can find so I have compiled them and added a few Id's. Your photo doesn't appear to show Clock House 🤷‍♂️ but it's probably just the angle from where it was taken - I think.

What I am guessing is the outside loo & shed on your photo looks like it has been turned 180 degrees - but I'm not sure. @Canny lass might have some thoughts on the photos.

16 hours ago, Symptoms said:

More news from The Guardian today:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/09/uk-battery-startup-britishvolt-sell-majority-stake-blyth-northumberland

So is Britishvolt in talks with you  @Symptoms. I saw the story on the local news, BBC1, on Monday and the only thing that cought my attention was the fact that they still don't know how to say the word 'Cambois' - it always comes out as 'Blyth'🤷‍♂️ 

14 hours ago, lynnewatson said:

I just found this old postcard that my Dad had made bigger for his Aunt, Annie Davison. Thought I would share here for everyone. 

Thanks @lynnewatson - excellent photo - I will do a comparison with the other old photos of the area as I see in the ones you have just posted Bridge House, on the East of the Furnace Bridge looks the same, but the the buildings on the West look different. I can't see the Clock house and Rose Cottage, that @Canny lass researched. I'll make a compilation of the old photos and post it.

On 19/11/2020 at 14:20, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

Terry Clark

Think no1was David Scott lived in park drive

 

@HIGH PIT WILMA -update to the names for numbers 1 & 5 from Barry Douds - Davey Walker - Les Welsh - Kevin Barnfather & Malcolm Mckenna members of the 'Friends of Bates Colliery' Facebook group :-

On 07/01/2023 at 20:48, sallywoo1971 said:

Are you in touch with Peter I’m trying to locate eileens mum ria but she moved from bedlington station and we all lost touch.I’m Richards daughter could you send the a quick message plz

@sallywoo1971 - did eileen have a sister?

13 hours ago, sallywoo1971 said:

Are you in touch with Peter I’m trying to locate eileens mum ria but she moved from bedlington station and we all lost touch.I’m Richards daughter could you send the a quick message plz

@sallywoo1971 - I do not know any of the family. The above comments are from members of the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group.

I can only suggest that if you are on Facebook you should use Facebook messenger to message Gemma Henderson and ask her if she knows where Ria is.

@sallywoo1971 - naturally there have been a few milkmen over the years that Bedlington folk can remember from the 1950's through to the 21st century.

The Bygone Bedlington FB group reckon the surname you are looking for is - Burke.

This is a couple of the replies to the question I asked on the Bygone Bedlington group :-

On 05/01/2023 at 08:04, sallywoo1971 said:

lived around Victoria terrace dunno if the do now delivered milk in a pick up first name Peter married Elaine  and have 2 boys 

 

 

@sallywoo1971 - I don't know that milkman but I will see what I can find out from friends and relatives and I will get back to you

4 hours ago, Canny lass said:

My OH, the first one, has taken off his hat and is bowing reverently to a fellow Aberlour admirer!

I'll drink, a small one, to your OH. The Aberlour is the only bottle of single malt I have left in the house. 

@Canny lass - 

CannyLass uses the words - I would like to thank :-

10 hours ago, HIGH PIT WILMA said:

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!

Hope it's a better one than thi last one was!

Cheers Bill.