Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

@Richard Pyle - another member on the Barrington Facebook group added this comment :- Bill TalbotHoward opencast coal site opened 1980 ish for about 4 years,hole left to be back filled with skip rubbish and some nasty stuff too if i mind right.

@Oneofthevillageschoolkids - just checked on the maps that @Richard Pyle has been looking at and on every piece of open land from Nedderton down to where the Ewart Hill Open Cast site at the south end of Bedlington is labelled 'Opencast Workings'. I will have to have a search on Ewart Hill Open Cast - after a cuppa

@Richard Pyle - I had a word (via facebook group) with Alan Dickson. Alan used to be a member on this site ( ) and before that was a miner for most of his working life. Alan's reply was :- It would be the late seventies early eighties Alan, wasn't exactly an open cast, They landscaped the whole area with dozers etc , and put the whole pit heap area through a coal reclamation plant, Netherton Colliery never had a washing plant and lots of coal was wasted. Remember they uncovered the old Victorian tip and hundreds of Victorian bottles were thrown up. Laura Corina Davison Alan Dickson What had been in the bottles ?. Hide or report this Alan Dickson Laura Corina Davison All kinds Laura, medicines , beer, sauces, ointments, bottles made of China for stouts and ginger beers, poisons, Very collectable, 1 Hide or report this Then & Now (Google 2020) :-

Paul Have you ever looked at the Durham Mining Museum (DMM) site? the works and The site covers mining in the Northern part of England i.e. County Durham (DUR), Northumberland (NBL), Cumberland (CUL), Westmorland (WES) and the Ironstone mines of North Yorkshire (NRY). The DMM site is ran by volunteers and they record information on lives lost during the mining period. I do not know a lot about the organisation but a couple of years ago I was helping someone to get the info on their grandfathers tragic accident at the doctor Pit and I got in touch with the DMM ‘Webmaster’ (email address = webmaster@dmm.org.uk ) who updates all the records and info on the site. He told me it was an antiquated system (don’t know what computer system and software they use) and he was the only volunteer they had to maintain and update their records and at that moment in time they have no one that could take over his role when he has to call it a day. I checked out the DMM site to see if they had a record for your dad and these are the extracts from the site :-

Never looked at the more recent maps before, normally always looking at the maps prior to the 1960's. I see the words 'Opencast Workings' don't appear on the maps for 1951 and earlier but are on the 1961 map and subsequent. I will ask around to see if anyone knows anything about an opencast site around Netherton Colliery.

@Richard Pyle - could you post an image from one of the maps and the year the map was produced?

1. Original copies of what can be found only in Salisbury Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral and the British Museum? Answer = Magna Carta 2. On a London Underground map which line is coloured red? Answer = Central 3. Which Coronation Street character was played by Violet Carson? Answer = don’t care – refuse to look it up - 4. Which type of flower is sometimes known as heartsease? Answer = Viola Tricolor 5. What does cap a pie mean? Answer = head to Foot 6. Which war was fought 1853-1856? Answer - Crimea 7. Who said “When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite”? Answer = Winston Churchill 8. Which food item is used in an annual race at Olney, Buckingham shire? Answer = egg 9. What is the motto of the Salvation Army? Answer = Blood and Fire 10. What nationality has Wimbledon champion Rod Laver? Answer = Australian 11. What is a Gibson Flying V? Answer = Electric Guitar 12. Of how many islands does the Autonomous Region of Madeira consist? Answer = 3 (or it might be 8) Madeira Islands, Portuguese Arquipélago da Madeira, archipelago of volcanic origin in the North Atlantic Ocean, belonging to Portugal. It comprises two inhabited islands, Madeira and Porto Santo, and two uninhabited groups, the Desertas and the Selvagens. I’ll bet you didn’t know …. Nelson’s body was brought back to England for burial pickled in a barrel of brandy to stop it decomposing on the way home. Answer = I did - Stephen Fry told me on QI

Bugga Me - that soonds aboot rite.😏

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@Maggie/915 - can't read it. I assume he had a massive pay off and therefore forced to enjoy his retirement in sheer hell.

I hope 'no name' had his safety badge(s) unpicked from his sleeve

Tuesday Night - Joke Night - it's the turn of the Swedes Why don't Scandinavians need sugar? Because they already have artificial Swedeners. What’s the difference between a smart Swede and a unicorn? Nothing, they're both fictional characters Why wasn't Jesus born in Sweden? He couldn't find 3 wise men or a virgin. I asked my Swedish friend "Who are the dumbest Scandinavians? He said "Norway am I going to answer that question." Why do Swedes always drink their milk in the store? Because on the box it says "oppnas har". A Swede was reading the phonebook, "Forsberg... Forsberg... Forsberg... It's incredible how many phone numbers that guy has." A blonde Swede was sitting on a bus reading the newspaper when all of a sudden she starts to cry. The Spanish guy sitting next to her asks what's wrong and she replies that 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed in a drug bust. The Spanish man agrees that the news is very sad. After a while the Swedish blonde asks, "How many is a Brazilian?"

I will have to start by saying I am a nonbeliever in the paranormal☺️. I did attend the cubs in the late 1950's early 60's at what was then the scout hut before you got to Waverley Drive and can't remember any stories about ghosts etc. I will have to check with my old mates to see if they are believers and have heard any stories about believers reporting ghostly noises/feelings and sightings. Am I right in saying that the hut I remember has been replaced with a new hut/building?

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- can't find any more info from the Facebook groups

Cheers Frank - 'anniemarr' still hasn't logged back into this group since July 4th 2019. She must have given up on us🙂

@Canny lass - sorry - I forgot to give a one lines last night🙊 News just in! Due to panic buying Aldi have opened till number 3😷 Why did the maths book look so sad? Because of all it's problems😂 How many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh? ten tickles🤣