Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

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There are many photos that are in the other 'The Peoples History' books and many of the photos that aren't in the other books have been posted on the local groups. For the price, £5.72 + p&p, I thinks it's worth it. Goes up to page 128 - the Index at page 3 and it covers 8 areas of Bedlingtonshire. My full collection of books by the Martin family :-

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Is it sorted Sarah?

@Canny lass - book arrived - scanned the photo :-

Done it again - Title should be - 'The Netherton Family Tree by Jack Black' not .................. Treer..................

Joan Cummings , Bedlington Facebook group, found these 5 pages among some papers that her parents had kept from a family friend called Jack Black. There is no date for when Jack Black wrote this 'little rhyme' @Canny lass - posibilty your family gets a mention - see page 3.

@Sarah Gordon unfortunately no idea. Think I would be climbing into the property and shovelling the bag and contents into a sealed bag/container and placing it into a normal household bin for collection. @Malcolm Robinson - @Bill Crosby - any ideas?

@Canny lass - On Ellenor's posting on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group I added a comment saying no one could identify anyone in her photo and she replied :- Ellenor OwenAuthor Alan Edgar sad I was born 1939 Ken Brady Alan Brady these would be about ten fifteen years older than you, do any look familiar. Hide or report this Ellenor OwenAuthor Alan Edgar class photo 1937 so this was 6 yrs before I started school they were probably at the village or high school then Alan Brady Some faces look familiar but any names by me would only be guesses. So I said 'Thank you' to Ellenor and left it at that but today shoe posted :- Hide or report this Ellenor OwenAuthor Alan Edgar Names in Evan Martin lno1Jean Thompson Alice z Black Evelyn Scarr Elsie Lee Margaret Simmons Norreen Wright Jean Dickinson Rita Austin the only name I reconise is Rita Austin So we finally got the full story and I have added the names, but they might not be in the right order, to the photo and I checked on Amazon for the book as I hadn't heard of this book - I have six of the Martin family books on our area. I found it, and have bought a copy

@Jr6468 - spent many nights, late 1960's, in the Railway Tavern (Craigsies) before going on to the Domino. In the Railway Tavern disq the Double Maxim looked like engine oil - you could get a pint of milk - the landlady (can't remember her name ) loved it when a fight broke out and I think the policeman that would sort it out was 'Big Jock' . Some photos from @Reedy of two xmas parties at the Glove Factory and one of the management and I think the lady in the photo with the four gents is Dot (Dolly ) Temple. One photo from Colin Crackett showing some ladies working at their machines. This photo from a Claire Gates but no info :-

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@Karen eaglestone - I remember this posting that @katie had made back in 2013 so I checked back to see when Katie last visited the site. Katie hasn't revisited the site since 18th April 2013 = 2 days after she joined. If you hover over the members 'name tag' the system shows some info - small drop down section but staying on the current page you are viewing - and if you select/click on the member's name the system displays a bit more info by redirecting you to the member's info page.

@Steve McGill - I remember, 1960's, there was a couple of small shops in Gordon terrace but can't remember any history of them. My only memory is of small General Dealers, that were on the end of the terrace where there was a road through to the back lane. Looking at Google Street view, 2008, one of them is shown as The Barber Shop but don't know if it still is. I seem to remember a couple of postings on one of the local Facebook groups but at the moment can't find them. There is a lad Brian Jenkinson on the local Facebook groups and I though he used to have a group on Stakeford but can't find that group either so I am not being very helpful here 🙃. Brian is still on Facebook, and I see you are, so it could be worth contacting him via Facebook Messenger and see if he has any info.

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Unfortunately no names. Although Ellenor has mentioned a couple of possibilities no one has positively identified any of them.