Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

He put a smile on my face every time he commented in this group - even when he was ill for his last birthday in 2014

@Malcolm - The Grey Lady does get a couple of mentions within this group but I can't remember ever seeing any comment that referenced any documents on that lady. The name is mentioned, in a topic by @johndawsonjune1955 - The Ploughman And The Flowers - by @John White (back in 2013) but no stories or references added. In 2012 Keith Lockey started a topic - Hartford Hall History - and @mercuryg mentions The Grey lady but again no references to any documents of stories There is a couple of photos showing 'The Physio Lady' :-

Heather - sorry to say I was thinking fully, the Trotter memorial in Bedlington is for Dr JAMES Trotter - not John - sorry.

Andy - Keith died over 5 years ago I will search, hopefully this evening, for Keith's comments on Hartford Hall and The Grey Lady and see what was found out and update this topic.

@HeatherW - welcome to the group. I can't recall any member mentioning the story you are researching. Guidepost is just over 2 miles from Bedlington but it is not an area that is normally discussed on this group but if there is any info that is known, or can be traced, by a member then I am sure they will share it with you. Looking down your list of names the only one that stands out to me is Dr John Trotter. Not that I know of his involvement in the case just that the name Dr Trotter is well known to Bedlington folk as there is a monument to him in Bedlington. One of the easiest ways to check out what has been posted on this group is to use the 'Search' facility - top right hand corner :- In the search box if you put "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" around the text then the system will only return results containing that specific phrase. If you don't put quotes around a line of test then the system will return every comment that contains a word with the phrase🙂 Hopefully we can find some info for you.

1. Which war was fought between 1899 and 1902? Answer = 2. In which house did Catherine Earnshaw live? Answer = Thrushcross Grange 3. Who owned the High Chaparral ranch? Answer = 4. In 1965 an eagle escaped from the aviary at London Zoo. What was its name? Answer = Goldie 5. How many players did England use in the 1966 Football World Cup Finals? Answer = 6. Which bone can be found between the femur and the tibia? Answer = 7. What is the principal chemical element found in sand? Answer = Silica 8. Which model of car, produced by Ford in the 1960s, was named after the Greek word for west wind? Answer = 9. Which disease is prevented by the Sabin vaccine? Answer = Polio 10. Which singer has released duets with Donna Summer, Neil Diamond and Barry Gibb? Answer = 11. What is a horse called when it is 12 months old? Answer = Yearling 12. In Cockney slang which device is referred to as a ‘dog’? Answer = I’ll bet you didn’t know …. The average new-born baby spends 133 minutes a day crying. Answer = I did – according to me mam I broke the trend. I slept most of the day.

@Andy Millne - I was having a look at the 'Info' section and I selected 'About Bedlington' and I see on the right are links to other local groups. I noticed the one named 'Sixtownships' and I selected it as I was curious as to where it would take me This is where it took me :- I know the Sixtownships Facebook group, Admin @johndawsonjune1955, changed it's name a while back to Past Times History Group :- Is this where the link in the Info section should be pointing to or have I got it all wrong?😇

1. What is pysanka? Answer = Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated with traditional Ukrainian folk designs using a wax-resist method. 2. What do Australians use to symbolize Easter instead of a rabbit? Answer = 3. According to tradition, Hot Cross Buns are made without which ingredient? Answer = Dairy products - In many historically Christian countries, plain buns made without dairy products (forbidden in Lent until Palm Sunday) 4. Who was the jeweler famous for making ornate Easter eggs for the Russian royal family? Answer = 5. From what does Easter get its name? Answer = 6. What is the Easter egg supposed to symbolize? Answer = From a Christian perspective, Easter eggs are said to represent Jesus' emergence from the tomb and resurrection. 7. In 1592 a British monarch banned the sale of hot Cross buns on any day except Easter, Christmas and on one other occasion. Which occasion? Answer = 8. From which country did the concept of the Easter bunny originate? Answer = 9. Which American President rolled the first, annual White House Easter egg? Answer = Rutherford B Hayes – April 22nd 1878 10. What was the main objective of the Easter Act of 1928 which never came into force? Answer = to establish Easter Sunday as the Sunday following the second Saturday in April, resulting in Easter Sunday being between 9 April and 15 April. 11. Is the Easter Bunny ever mentioned in the Bible? Answer = 12. The period of fasting before Easter is called Lent. What is the duration of Lent? Answer = 13. What is the weight of the largest (real) egg on record? Answer = 14. What is the more popular/common name for Shrove Tuesday? Answer = 15. Easter Island belongs to which country? Answer = Chile 16. Easter fell on which date 2017? Answer = April 16th 17. What do we call the day which falls 3 days before Easter? Answer = 18. Which country introduced the tradition of Hot Cross buns at Easter? Answer = 19. What is the first day of Lent, Ash Wednesday or Shrove Tuesday? Answer = 20. Pascua is the name for Easter in which language? Answer = Spanish 21. BONUS question: What do you get if you pour boiling water down a rabbit hole? Answer =

Champion🙂

QVC - I don't have any info that your require. All I have is photos, with some basic info, posted in one of the Gallery albums = 'Local Football 2'. This is a direct link to that album that has 42 photos of local teams and includes a few of West Sleekburn Welfare :- There is one member who has fully researched The Bedlington Mechanics team and may have come across some info that might help you. That member is @Ovalteenyand I have 'Tagged' him via the '@ + name' method

Now you have me thinking Vic - how we did our paste eggs? My memory says our mam would boil the ones to be used for japping with the brown outer skins of onions making the egg shell stain a patchy brown. On half of the eggs to be boiled for japping my dad was allowed to put designs on them by using a candle. He would draw out a pattern, with the candle, on the egg shell and the egg would then be wrapped with the onion skins, secured onto the egg with cord/twine, and then the egg boiled. When the onion skins were removed, after boiling, the wax from the candle had protected the onion skins from staining the pattern that had been drawn with the candle. We all had one hardboiled egg to paint = competition and the winners egg was kept on display for months, or until one of the loosing children accidently😇 knocked the winning egg over and cracked the shell. Being the youngest of the 3 lads my head was a place where the other two would crack open a hard boiled egg😬

No chance - our choclate in the 1950's was Co-op or 'Stop Shop With Pop' mobile van Clouston☺️

Thanks for that CL - I will pass on your thinking and research to John. It will be awhile before John gets back to work and gets a chance to do some research at his place of work - Woodhorn Museum temporarily closed because of Covid- but hopefully he will remember to update me on his findings. I promise, when the world gets back to normal, I won't drop any more research, of this nature, on to you - I'll stick to gardening questions.☺️