Everything posted by Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
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Christine Smith Gray has confirmed No7 as Valerie Collis -
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Karen Gowing, Bygone Bedlington FB group, thinks No15 is her grandma - Alice Lynn -
Jan Lucey (Bygone Bedlington FB group) says No16 is her - Janice Brown. -
Update from Andy brown = probably c1970 - info on photo updated. -
N016 named by Joyce main (Bygone Bedlington FB group) as her cousin Pearl White. -
Update for those who don't have facebook :- https://www.northumberlandline.uk/post/bedlington-station-construction-update
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@Vic Patterson post from @Mal on Facebook - can't find a link for non Facebook uses https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1ZDwaeigcD/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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Nos 29 & 42 updated - update from Elizabeth Robertson (nee Robson) No 27 in the photo. -
Update of No 3 from Climpson to Climson. -
Names from the facebook group Ashington memories updated in the photo :- -
Update on the names - No 7 & 14 names switched. No 15 is thought not to be a BGS ex pupil but the husband of June Gruny's friend who she was staying with in Ashington for the reunion do.
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Nothing since the my last posting Vic This is a direct link to the Northumberland Alerts Facebook site :- Sesdnoorptlthmh6ua5miu1iiac4a3h5t71f26139aih00if4720ahu91auc
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5th Form from 1958-59 school year reunion do held somewhere in Ashington. Organised by June Grundy nee Ham who lived in Ashington and attended the school from 1954 to 1961. Info from June's husband Malcolm Grundy who met June at university. Malcolm does not know the other people in the photo. Malcolm found a list of names that June had documented whilst organising the reunion. Photo posted on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group and ex BGS pupil Janice Mathews nee Metcalf has named a few. The names of those that attended the reunion are all on the following photo :-
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It was founded in 1926 as Bedlington Secondary School for the areas of Bedlingtonshire, Ashington and Newbiggin, being built next to Bedlington railway station. Subsequently it became Bedlington Grammar School, before turning comprehensive in 1974. It gained Maths and Computing College status in 2009. Ex pupils you should know :- Sir Bobby Charlton CBE & Sir John Hall, who built the MetroCentre
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c2004 BGS Reunion.jpg
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1947 Paris Party.jpg
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1934 Head girl and staff.jpg
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c1950 BGS Bev Goodwill.jpg
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1930 First Form Boys Bev Goodwill.jpg
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1930 First Form Girls Bev Goodwill.jpg
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1933-34 Bev Goodwill.jpg
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1955c John Dawson.jpg
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1957 Blake Cup Winners fromTom Lowes (1).jpg
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1943 Homeguard at BGS Mansel Dinnis collection.jpg
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School Badge from Wendy Hindhaugh.jpg
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1966c BGS and Alnwick GS Ford castle.jpg
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1968 Diball cup winners.jpg
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1954 BGS.jpeg
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1959c Ford Castle from Marjorie Glass.jpg
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Ernie Armstrong 1968.jpg
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BGS c1967.jpg
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BGS c1966.jpg
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1950 Speech Day Wallaw Cinema.jpg
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1949 Form 3B.jpg
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Welcome to the group @Kevin stafford The stories in the links to the Journal & Newspost Leader that Malcolm posted in 2013 are nolonger available. Were you involved in the fire?Commeny from Malcolm's FB page :-
Bedlington’s Family Festival 2025 ospSrnodteAug:1c3771a19m28t51f8 62m1lm097i3rfp 1a9h242ggf5t · VE Day 80 Celebration – FREE ENTRY! Join us on Friday 9th May 2025 at West Bedlington Community Centre for a fantastic day of remembrance, fun, and 1940s nostalgia as we mark 80 years since VE Day! What’s happening? • Wartime 2-Course Meal • Live Entertainment featuring: • The War Time Sweethearts • Wartime Quiz • The Fantastic Beatlemania • Dress Up & Win: Come as a Land Girl, Factory Worker, 40s Sweetheart, or in Forces attire – best-dressed wins a prize! SHOWTIMES: • Day Show (Seniors): 1 PM – 4 PM • Evening Show (Families): 6 PM – 10 PM FREE ENTRY (Sponsored by West Bedlington Town Council) To book, call: Charmain – 07792 422086 Christine – 07591 621238 Let’s come together and celebrate this special anniversary in style – Union Jacks, wartime tunes, and all the spirit of the 1940s! Don’t miss it! #VEDay80 #WestBedlington #1940sParty #CommunityEvent #FreeEntry See less All reactions: 11
Welcome to the group @Vickkie Blake.
@James - same photo posted on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group by a Dawn Gibson. Are you two relatedhttps://www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/north-east-suppliers-sought-landmark-31436618?utm_source=inyourarea.co.uk&utm_medium=iya-app&fbclid=IwY2xjawJvDTVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHi0eMNsqaviNgK8kv51ZUAfbenEM89HvLP9PpsVVC2_QRj7JVD0l6uyDhVy6_aem_mO_PBkDQX402OCn54xVsOA
@loopylou - unfortunately still no one in the photo identified by any of the ex employees of the Welyn that are members of the facebook group Bygone Bedlington. Latest comment was :-
No 22 & 23 updated - info from Christine Smith Gray :-
