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Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

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  1. 1. In Greek mythology who was the God of the Underworld? Answer = Hades 2. Who had a number one hit in 1982 with Happy Talk? Answer = 3. Who was once reported to have bitten off a bat’s head on stage? Answer = 4. Rudolf Hess was the last prisoner in which prison? Answer = Spandau Prison 5. What colour is a ship’s starboard light? Answer = 6. What is the unit of currency in Norway? Answer = 7. Along with the kayak which other type of canoe is used in the Olympics? Answer = ??? thought there was only one with two classes –eg C-1 & K-2 8. What is the Vulgate a version of? Answer = Bible 9. What is the largest continent in the world? Answer = Asia 10. What is a Pirani Guage used to measure? Answer = Pressure 11. How many horns does an Indian rhinoceros have? Answer = 12. From which tree does the chewing gum ingredient ‘chicle’ come? Answer = Sapodilla I’ll bet you didn’t know …. The largest bird in the world, the ostrich, weighs 48 000 times as much as the smallest bird, the bee hummingbird. Answer = I didn’t – tried to prove it but gave up after 78 (or was it 79 )
  2. Opening photo, and the following text, from Evan Martin's book - The Shire of Bedlington in old picture postcards.
  3. Don't think it would have been taken from the school - wrong angle. This image, pre Market Place Club, shows the school yard looking across to the Market Place.
  4. With some info.
  5. Compilation from the old maps showing the rows.
  6. Eva Abdin - Facebook group Bygone Bedlington has suppied this photo and info.
  7. Names added to photo My mam (born 1920) had 5 brothers and 4 of them were miners and I think (but could be wrong) they all started off at the Doctor Pit. Martin Henderson - born 1921 - Deputy at Dr Pit and later in his life was the Market Place Club Chairman . John Luke Henderson - born 1925 - always knew him as Luke. Bob Henderson - born 1934 - was at Choppington Pit when he retired. George Henderson - born 1937 - last worked at Bates until it closed.
  8. I posted the photo on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group and Ovalteeny has posted this comment and info :- Barrington United FC were a fairly successful local club after WW2 and were in the Northern Combination League for 2 seasons 1947/48 and 1948/49. They then played in the Northern Alliance for the next three seasons. From information extracted from The Morpeth Herald & Blyth News I compiled a list of the players, throughout those years, see image below. This list might just help people put a names to faces in the above photo.
  9. Barrington Football team - c1950. Photo from Lesley Todd. Looks like a football trophy, on the floor, in front of No 11 but don't know what competition it could be from.
  10. Initially I though St Cuthberts but like you I then thought the angle was all wrong . On top of The Nail wouldn't be high enough
  11. On the roof of Elliott's garage (now Baedling Manor) or the top floor, or roof, of the Market Place club?
  12. @Rigger - names and info added
  13. Should I add the names to your photo and posted it on the Bygone Bedlington group to see if we can get the name of the lad in the middle?
  14. Did you know that diarrhea is hereditary? It runs in the 'jeans'
  15. Photo from @Cympil album - Bedlington & Netherton Old Photos. It is thought to be the 1930's as the land behind the shops, Milne Park, is still waste land - Bedlington Mechanics using the land in the early 1950's. Extract from Cympil's photo identifying the pit rows.
  16. @johndawsonjune1955 - have you anymore info John?
  17. @Rigger - as you will have seen from the above comments we went for creating an album that all members could add images into and this is the first time I have done that. It would appear with this type of album you only get to see the first photo that was added into the album and all subsequent images that are posted are listed below the original image. You can't see the additional added images until you select/open the album and scroll down the album - but I'm just learning with this type of album. When you first select Gallery - Historic Bedlington - you get the option to 'Add Images' and if you select Add Images at that point you are given the choice a choice of creating a new album or adding to an existing album = uploading an image from your device/PC etc. You can however pass that stage and select the album you want to add an image to from the list and after selecting the album you get the Add Images option again when you select Add Images you get a screen where you can upload, by selecting the plus sign in the black circle, and then when you have uploaded your images select the option 'Submit all images' at the bottom right hand corner of the screen.
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