Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

18 hours ago, Haffy said:

I am now in my dotage and at such a time, one tends to reminisce and to look back at one's roots and where one came from. And there is one thing which has puzzled me for a long time and I haven't been able to find the answer. What happened to the pit houses when the NCB closed down?.

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Haffy

 

When you say pit houses are you saying :-

Dr. Pitt = Shiney Row - Dr. Terrace - New South Row - Cross Row & Telephone Row

'A' Pitt = South Row - North Row - & Shop Row

Barrington - Alexandra Row - Freehold Row - Victoria Row - Office Row - Double Row - Chapel Row - Middle Row - Blacksmiths Row - School Row - Stone Row & Railway Row.

Not that I lived in any of them but I do know about them.

What row(s) did you live in @Haffy ?

On 2/5/2017 at 22:30, HIGH PIT WILMA said:

 

Last year,My Wife and Myself were walking LBJ,[well my Wife was driving her mobility scooter!],along the riverside walk at Rothbury.

Heading along the path,away from the town centre, towards Thropton, about a quarter of  a mile, I heard a very familiar sound.

 

Pity they had to 'pebble-dash' (cos a don't know the right term for adding non-slip material onto the tarmac) that riverside walk. On a mobility scooter even those small chippings make you feel as if your riding over cobble stones and if you haven't got ya teeth glued in it's murder!

I see they took the the one disabled bay away from outside the Newcastle Hotel so if tour wanting to eat then The Three Wheat Heads, in Thropton is worth a visit and normally lunch time through the week ample parking. Through the main door and turn right for the bar and left for the restaurant with a pleasing view. Bar meals served in both areas.   

13 hours ago, HIGH PIT WILMA said:

Hi Eggy, would "Unsung Heroes of the Industrial Revolution" ,be out of place?

 

All done HPW - Unsung Heroes.......................... it is.

HPW - there is just the one photo left from your bates Colliery Flickr set to add to the album on this site.

That's the photo of your dad. I have left this one till last as if it wasn't for him, and your mam of course, your BATES pit stories and photos would not have have been posted.

I know there are comments on the Flickr site that I will copy across and add as comments when I upload this last photo.

The first comment you have on the Flickr site is :-   

MY FATHER AGED 14 OR15 YRS OLD [COAL PUTTER] AND HE'S MARRA [COAL-HEWER] [CHOPPINGTON HIGH PIT] CIRCA 1929-30 [ SAVED 15-7-08]

My father aged about 15 yrs old,with his pony,at bait time,and his marra,a coal filler,taken down Choppington high pit, in an unusually dry place!!

The pit was the wettest in the northeast coalfield,and the roughest conditions,according to the influx of men from other collieries in the area,during the 1960's closure programme!![ they all said the same thing when they went down the first day....."this is just a tetty pit"....!]

Before I post this photo, and the other Flickr comments, is there anything you would like to add that will be the initial comment with this photo. 

9 hours ago, Eggy1948 said:

Malcolm - John - Symptoms. I posted the link to Symptoms website on the facebook Bedlington groups and one response was :-   Jan Murther :- 'we ve got a westridge school reunion on march 4th at. bedlington terriers football club all welcome'. I have no idea if this is a reunion for everyone that went to Westridge throughout it's history or just for specific years. I don't have any details, numbers, facilities etc. etc. but I have asked asked Jan, through the facebook system, and I will pass on any info if she replies.  

Jan Murther replied -  it's for anyone that went to westridge. 

On 2/3/2017 at 17:23, Malcolm G Allan said:

John&Symptoms, The Bedlington Terriers Football Club looks like a good venue as Johns picture shows they have  held a Westridge Re-union before 7.30 pm -11.00pm would prefer live music entertainment to Karoke we could have a Disco of the hits of our schooldays Beatles, Stones, Animals etc etc.

We seem popular with over 800 hits so there is an interest out there,can we organise a date, venue and time and what we can provide on the night.

As Canned Heat said"Lets Work Together"

Yours in the Spirit of Cooperation

Malcolm.

Malcolm - John - Symptoms. I posted the link to Symptoms website on the facebook Bedlington groups and one response was :-   Jan Murther :- 'we ve got a westridge school reunion on march 4th at. bedlington terriers football club all welcome'. I have no idea if this is a reunion for everyone that went to Westridge throughout it's history or just for specific years. I don't have any details, numbers, facilities etc. etc. but I have asked asked Jan, through the facebook system, and I will pass on any info if she replies.  

HPW - I've made a start with your Bates Pit album :- 

As well as the photos I have copied & pasted some of the comments made by you and the Flickr members - I couldn't leave them out but if you want anything removed just say and I will arrange it. 

Yes, yes, yes, yes - orgasmic!

1 hour ago, Andy said:

There are no restrictions at all for members on Bedlington.co.uk @Eggy1948. Upload whatever you like if it's relevant. If you have any problems let me know.

Cheers Andy - just waiting to see what HPW would like - an Album or everything in this Coal Mining topic.

On 1/30/2017 at 22:29, HIGH PIT WILMA said:

Eggy,if ye cud put aal me pit pics on here,tha's one taken just as the cage disappeared doon the shaft,from bank,[surface],and ye can get an idea of the size of the pipes coming up the shaft.

 

Andy - if I was to create an Album of HPWs photos of Bates pit would there be a restriction on the amount of space available? HPW has 40 photos on his Flickr page and my estimate would be that the album would require approximately 10MB to take all the photos. I have currently extracted (no simple download or copy image available on the Flickr page) 28 images and made them jpg files and those 28 = 4.63 MB (4,864,549 bytes) on my PC.

As you would expect HPW has a comment with every photo posted on his Flickr page and I would estimate that the average number of characters added into the 'Description' of each photo posted to be 180.

If HPW wants this created for him would there be a problem or could I just go ahead and say create an Album in 'Places' or '..and the rest' gallery?

Is the 'Shop' tab/link available to non members visiting the site?

Should the 'Shop' link be posted on social media, facebook, for Bedlington residents and expats to see? 

Mobile, whats that?

On 2/1/2017 at 13:00, Pete said:

Is Mr Rich (Lord Bedlington) still involved with the club? Do'nt hear his name much these days.

No mention on the web site :- http://www.bedlingtonterriersfc.com/club-information/players-staff/

The last newspaper story that Google finds, with Mr Rich, is :- http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/bedlington-terriers-fc-facing-winding-up-1352784

Couldn't name 'the best' but another Bedlington lad, lived in Hirst Villas, that played professionally was John Brodie :- born 8 September 1947 who played as a full-back for Whitley Bay, Carlisle United, Bradford Park Avenue,Port Vale, and Northwich Victoria.

Played for Whitley Bay, before joining Carlisle United in 1967. The "Cumbrians" finished tenth and 12th in the Second Division in 1967–68 and1968–69 under the stewardship of first Tim Ward and then Bob Stokoe.  He then joined Bradford Park Avenue, who went on to be relegated out of the Football League in 1969–70 after finishing bottom of the Fourth Division. He was signed by Port Vale manager Gordon Lee for a £250 fee in January 1971. He became a regular in the team, building a reputation for his "hard tackling and reliability". However during a 3–1 defeat to Huddersfield Town at Leeds Road on 8 March he went into a "ruthless tackle" only to come out with a red card and a broken leg. He recovered by January 1976, and played 12 games at the end of the 1975–76 season before re-breaking his leg in a 3–0 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion at the Withdean Stadium on 10 April. He managed to play three games in the 1976–77 season, but after breaking the same leg for a third time he decided to retire in April 1978. He was given a testimonial game for Port Vale in August 1979, in what turned out to be a goalless draw with Everton.

On 1/17/2017 at 22:31, John Fox (foxy) said:

Yes it's outlook, but  if an address isn't valid why does it arrive in my inbox?

I could be way out of touch here but I always believed that Microsoft Outlook email system was designed to be a more 'user-friendly' service that was a link between your device and your actual service provider. If this is still the case then although there is some validation of emails received into Outlook it's your service provider that should be doing the main blocking of SPAM emails.

Is this still the case with Outlook? Do you have a service provider - BT - TalkTalk- etc. etc where your emails are delivered into or are your incoming emails delivered direct to the Outlook service?

As for your 'firmware' validating the address of the sender on your incoming emails I would expect that most services, if not them all, would not see it necessary. I would think the designers of email systems would work on the basis that the user receiving emails would rather make their own decisions, rather than their firmware blocking potentially important emails, that could have some data ie. senders address corrupted, in transmission. Americans would surely sue their service provider if that happened. 

It's only when you create or reply to an email that your service provider will validate the address you are sending out of your system to ensure it's a valid format.

SPAMmers of course have software that wraps around their service provider system and changes the format and names of their outgoing emails.

If I'm talking Blloosk (encrypted by my software) then sorry. 

On 2/1/2017 at 18:57, John Fox (foxy) said:

I've bought a lot of their products Brett and they're all good quality stuff but they can wear you down with incessant phone calls trying to sell more.

I used them when I lived in Cramlington. Got them to give me a quote, windows,doors, guttering, fascias & soffits, when I moved to Seghill (declined their quote and got a lad from Bedlington to do them for half the price and no slava - unfortunately that was the last job the lad did, cancer got him).

They did ring a couple of more times and then I stayed on the phone politely requesting the young lady to take our number out of their database as the our current upvc products would probably see us out. The young lady agreed and we haven't had a call for years.

Could just be pure luck.  

23 hours ago, HIGH PIT WILMA said:

 

Eggy,if ye cud put aal me pit pics on here,tha's one taken just as the cage disappeared doon the shaft,from bank,[surface],and ye can get an idea of the size of the pipes coming up the shaft.

 

I will have a look young man. Don't hold one's breath, I often get distracted.

Would you like me to create an Album - title of your choice - and add all the pit pics into the album? 

Signed -  and the wife signed without me asking her.

17 hours ago, John Fox (foxy) said:

Surprised you missed this one Eggs, I've had it on FB more than once!!

I had seen it John but for some reason I thought it was 'Youth Club Block' created by the club. I can't  remember this building at all. It must have been that period in my life when I was taxing our kids all over Cramlington, where we lived for 28 years, and I was only allowed out on a Friday night! 

3 minutes ago, moe19 said:

Yes it seems not to mention the original Portakabin behind the Bluebell  that was used until the new club was built

Couldn't find a photo of the portacabin moe, but in the comments associated with the compilation photo id does say :- 'Before moving to The Laird's House, after the fire, the club had temporary accommodation in a portacabin type structure. Can't find an photo of that cabin but expect Foxy might just have one, from the inside.'

There's always a group wanting to protest about something :- 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jan/26/australia-day-attended-by-growing-controversy-and-calls-for-date-change

4 hours ago, dunlinds said:

Re Oddfellows Arms Hotel: My Great great Uncle - Edwin Taylor Dale - took over the hotel in 1867, as per attached snippet from Newcastle Daily Chronicle. This doesn't show the location of the hotel, but I found a photograph from Northumberland archives dated from 1974 which suggests that the 'corner' building was The Oddfellows Arms.

 

 

 

 

Ok if I add these images into the Gallery album - Historic Bedlington - Bedlington drinking establishments - Then & Now? The Oddfellows Arms gets a mention in one of Evan Martin's books in his list of Hotels, Inns & Taverns of Bedlington in 1886 with the proprietor as T. R. Simm

5 hours ago, moe19 said:

Some of the clubs have had a few incarnations

Looking back at the Top Club since the seventies Eggy it was housed in five separate buildings that I can remember.

When the old club  blew up in the gas explosion it was then operated from a Portakabin  in the top car park next to the public toilets behind the Blue Bell.(Chisholm bookmakers also had a cabin on that spot not sure if it was the old club cabin) The new top Club was built and opened on the bank on Glebe road in the mid to late seventies, when that building was found to have problems it closed and  the club once again moved in to Portakabins in the clubs car park (now Morrisons store ) club number five was in the old Lairds house.     

Have you looked at the images in the Gallery moe?

7 hours ago, dunlinds said:

Is this the site of the now defunct Oddfellows Arms Hotel? (Corner building next to No entry sign) Anybody know when it closed down as a hotel? 

I did do some searching on all the pubs etc. when reedy first published his dad's list. I only searched from the comfort of my PC, just on the www. There are 4 references to Public Houses, around that area on the old map in the attached photo. Can't remember where I found this map - all the other old maps I have looked at - 1866 - 1898 - 1924 etc. in the past just show one PH and I believe that was the  Wheat Sheaf Inn. If you look in the Gallery under Historic Bedlington -  Bedlington drinking establishments - Then & Now you will see the info I managed to dig up on the Bedlington pubs from reedy's list.

5 hours ago, moe19 said:

Has the Navy Club been missed of the list .? 

moe19 if you mean the Netherton Colliery old club then it is in the original list as - 'Old Netherton Club/Naval Club'