Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
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On the Facebook Bygone Bedlington group site a question from
Hi i have a question, dose anyone know if the dome shaped structure i have highlighted on the picture of the market place club was once the housing for a second world war air raid siren?
There are several buildings locally that have similar structures including the old COOP building at Stake ford and the COOP at Bedlington Station. I have seen them all the place atop large buildings.
Not my photo i lifted it from Google so thank you to whoever took it.I have no idea - Searched on Google but no info returned :-
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'Inside every fat man there's a thin man trying to get out' - so the answer is simple = show an obese person a video of how to tease the thin person out with a cake and start all over again :-
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11 hours ago, threegee said:And, lest you think I'm trivialising things by injecting a bit of humour: let me say that once again it was the ordinary "Tommies" who unselfishly won the day for their country, whilst the feckless elites would have sold it down the river for perceived personal advantage.
The so -called "negotiations" don't really matter because - like all ponzi schemes - the EU will collapse under the weight of the same unenlightened self-interest that caused many naive people in this country to support it. Twenty seven countries that are all on the take; don't even have a common method of communication, and have been extensively lied to by professional liars who are themselves on the take, do not a nation make. Nations are created by selfless common people and WE still have enough of those (yes, even in Scotland!).
Champion -
Isn't it rich?
Are we a pair?
Me here at last on the ground,
You in mid-air..
Where are the clowns?
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I hope Brexit will bring us a full range of Emoticons.
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Some will win; some will loose; some will never know the difference and others won't even know it happened.
I think all the discussing should be left to the Brexit negotiators and the rest of us should just switch off when multiple seemingly contradictory statements are broadcast by the media, almost daily.
On the other hand, as Spuggy & brownsugar were not members of this site when the Brexit vote was on it's way the following is just to let them know that there are 15 who knew what was going to happen and should easily be able to advise them of what will happen
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On 8/18/2017 at 10:38, James said:
This is not Bedlington Station Brickworks and but is almost certainly the Bedlington Brickworks. The Bedlington skyline can be seen in the background and the row of houses at the back of the brickworks is probably South Row.
Cheers James.
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Posted on the Bedlington remembered Facebook site by Joseph Henderson a player I have never heard of :-
today in 1908 Joseph Richardson, Newcastle servant born Bedlington. (1929-75, player & trainer)
Right back signed from Blyth Spartans in May 1929 who remained with United as both a player and coach until his death in June 1975 - amassing 46 years of service.
Following the "other" J Richardson (outside right Jimmy) from Croft Park, Joe's senior debut came in a home FA Cup tie against Brighton and Hove Albion in February 1930, taking the number 2 shirt from Alf Maitland.
He then shared right back duties with Jimmy Nelson before finally displacing him in the opening weeks of the 1934-35 season, by which time United were in Division Two.
Recognised by England schoolboys in 1925, Joe would win one full cap for his country, in an unofficial friendly international staged at SJP in December 1939.
When Manchester City duo Eric Brook and Sam Barkas were injured in a car accident en route to Tyneside, Richardson and fellow Magpie Tommy Pearson stood in for England in a 2-1 victory over Scotland.
Remaining at Gallowgate during wartime, Richardson's final first team appearances came in the various competitions the club entered during the 1944-45 campaign.
Thereafter he coached United's apprentices and reserves until his death.
he played 337 games thought he was worth a mention
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James - This image was posted as Bedlington Station brick works on the Facebook sixtownships site. It's not the Station brick works - could this be the one behind Telephone Tow?
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First computer - not mine but I did have a loan of 3 of them for 8 hrs per day in 1975 :-
1906A with 256K 24-bit words of store (650ns) including extended precision Floating Point Unit, paging, 1 high-speed channel, 5 extra slow channels.
The processor :-
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10 hours ago, threegee said:
Don't panic Mr Mainwaring! No actual data has been lost.
Andy is off on a jaunt at the moment so we'll look at the problem after the weekend. There's quite a lot of other work to be done to optimise things further as we are using a "straight out of the box" configuration at the moment. Page load times will be further reduced after this work, and there's a major new feature lined up - but you all read the recent newsletter, so know that already.
Me, panic - stupid boy
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@Andy Millne went to create a new message to Symptoms and all my old messages, to any member on the site, have gone.
Is it me missing something or has there been a change to the system that has resulted in old messages been cleared out ?
I don't need the old messages but with my memory it often helps when I see what I have said in the past.
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Looks like she has worn out my balls and discarded them so it's definitely time for me to move on to a more mature model that will appreciate my slow play. Oh for a teletype that grunts like Sharapova.
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On 8/7/2017 at 18:53, Dawn said:
I've recently joined and found this old post, just incase you're still interested I took a photo of a dance card belonging to MIL Mother. This was above the Co-op, is this the mystery hall?@Dawn - the Bedlington Station one on Station Road above the co-op was the Reay Hall, and the last I noticed it was Yates Evolution Gym & Tanning Centre.
The one you have the dance card for, the Locke Hall, was on Front Street East - no longer exists.
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2 hours ago, Pete said:
I remember the ice cream man, he came round the oval area as well as Stead lane early fifties and into the sixties. His second name was Bell but we always refered to him as Jack Bell but his name may well have been Billy Bell. He had a white ice cream cart and it was pulled by the horse.
I remember reading somewhere, not sure if was on this thread that he came from Camboise but I always thought he was from Bebside but again I could be wrong.
My mind @Pete says that my parents told me that the guy with the horse & cart, selling ice cream in Coquetdale Place late 1950s, came from Cambois, but I can't remember his name.
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My view is if it works, leave it alone but if you must replace it then scrap the old but only after Foxy has taken a photo.
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4 hours ago, Canny lass said:
I think the man in the white coat with the horse and cart could be Jack Antonio (not sure about the spelling), ice-cream seller. He came to Netherton as well in the early fifties. He seemed ancient to me, at 4-5 years old, then.
There was another ice cream seller - same type of horse & cart went around the Oval & Bedlington Station estates but I can't remember his name and the only other bit of info that's stuck in me mind is that he came, all the way, from Cambois to sell his wares.
Two images of Jack Antonio in the Doctor Pit rows and it looks like they were both done on the same day, just seconds apart - one from Facebook groups and the other with some info on Jack from Evan Martin's book The Shire of Bedlington in old picture postcards :-
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1 hour ago, Peter Turner said:
I contacted Jack Earl and he's happy for people to share the photos of Puddlers Row.
Thanks Peter.
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3 hours ago, Lars Dahlberg said:
I'll recap after we get home the fifteenth.
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1 hour ago, Canny lass said:
This Puddler’s Row has had me perplexed .........................
Pleased I wasn't researching Puddlers Row. My Hero = Canny Lass.
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6 hours ago, Peter Turner said:
All four photographs of Puddlers Row, Bank top, Bedlington were kindly sent to me by Mr Jack Earl. He was born at number 20 Puddlers Row in 1939.
Jack contacted me through a request for photos of Puddlers Row in the local history magazine ' Creeful of Coals.
Many thanks to Jack for the only photo I've ever seen of Puddlers Row.
Thanks for sharing Peter - I think these will be a first for anyone on this site.
It's too difficult fore me not to make this request - Is it Ok to share these photos with interested parties, ie. old Bedlington folk?
There is one particular person I would like to pass a copy to and that's @Reedy, who is a member on this site but I know he hasn't visited the site since April 21st and uses the Bedlington Facebook groups more. You would see from many of Reedy's posts on this site that Reedy's dad ( born c1929 and lived on the Bebside side of the river next to the Furnace Bridge) has been a source of a lot of info.I would like him to see the photos, if that's Ok with you? The photos would not be posted on facebook but sent, with text on them, via the Facebook personal Message service to Reedy.
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You never know he might be able to name someone in the photos
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13 hours ago, HIGH PIT WILMA said:
"......waits excitedly......waiting....waiting.....for the rest..."...! ....but nae bugga seems ti knaa it,so howeh,
Trekker,tell wi!!!
Aa think ye shud add sum pitmattic to the vurses
And this is not from memory, it's a 'cut and paste' job.
As Wikipedia says :- "Good Ship Venus", also known as "Friggin' in the Riggin'", is a bawdy drinking song devised to shock with ever increasingly lewd and debauched sexual descriptions of the eponymous ship's loose-moraled crew. The tune usually used (especially for the chorus) is "In and Out the Windows".
Recordings
Oscar Brand recorded an early version in 1952, but the best-known version was recorded by the British punk band Sex Pistols, which appears on their Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle album, and was the finale track in the film of the same name. Released as part of a double-A side, it reached No. 3 in the UK singles chart in 1979 and was the band's biggest selling single. Length 3:37 - Label Vigin
OriginIt is possible that this song was inspired by an actual event, where a female convict (Charlotte Badger) sailing on the colonial brigantine Venus, convinced members of the crew to commandeer the vessel, sailing from Port Dalrymple in Van Diemens Land (now Tasmania) in 1806.
Despite various reports, the ultimate fate of the Venus is unknown. This may have led to speculation by those left behind, with fantasies leading to the creation of this drinking song.
T'was on the good ship Venus, By God you should have seen us, The figurehead was a whore in bed And the mast the Captain’s penis.
The captain of this lugger, He was a dirty bugger, He wasn’t fit to shovel shit From one ship to another.
The captain’s wife was Mabel. Whenever she was able, She’d fornicate with the second mate Upon the galley table.
The cabin boy was Kipper, A dirty little nipper We stuffed his ass with broken glass To circumcise the skipper.
The captain had a daughter Who fell into the water We heard her squeal and knew an eel Had found her sexual quarter.
The captain’s name was Morgan By Christ he was a gorgon! Ten times a day sweet tunes he’s play. On his productive organ.
The captain’s daughter Mable, They laid her on a table. And all the crew would come and screw As oft as they were able.
Another cook was O’Malley He didn’t dilly dally. He shot his bolt with such a jolt He whitewashed half the galley.
Another one was Cropper Oh Christ he had a whopper. Twice round the deck, around his neck And up his bum for a stopper.
The bosun's name was Carter He was a musical farter He could play ‘God Save the Queen' from beginning to end And Beethoven's moonlight sonata.
The first mates name was Carter He was also a farter When the wind wouldn't blow, and the ship wouldn't go they called on Carter the farter to start her
So now we end this serial Through sheer lack of material. I wish you luck and freedom from Diseases venereal.
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On 8/2/2017 at 22:15, Dawn said:
..... Her father Jimmy worked in the cooperative butchers for many years starting at Bedlington Station, his family lived in South Row.
Then (said to be c1900 but no proof) & Now (2016) Co-op building on Station Road - South Row was opposite
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On 8/2/2017 at 22:15, Dawn said:
Mum is struggling with her memory now, so I am trying to put together a family history/tree for her. Her father Jimmy worked in the cooperative butchers for many years starting at Bedlington Station, his family lived in South Row.
There are a couple of photos of South Row, at Bedlington Station that have done the rounds on the Facebook group sites. South Row used to be two rows of houses, one at either side of the entrance to the 'A' pit off Station Road. All the photos I have seen are of the East side/Bottom end that was closest to the railway crossing and station. @John Fox (foxy) provided the photo of the demolition of Soth Row in 1974.
This map published 1924 shows the two parts to South Row.
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Not the best image from the restricted view you are allowed via the online service, but from what I can see on all the maps of the area - 1865 to 1987 - this 1962 one is the only one to 'Wilsons Yard' named.
Link to the page where you can select each map :- https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/425901/581880/12/100954
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Market Place Club - Early Warning Siren?
in History Hollow
Posted · Edited by Eggy1948
Close up, from house in Church Lane, taken this morning by Simon Williams :-