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I've always wondered if the real problem that's stopping it being dualled is the greedy landowners wanting big money for the land being used?

Mind I could be way off - compulsory purchasing at set levels..

"Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up". That's a great saying.

Night time working?

Love the cam.

I was surprised at its quality and no ten second refresh rate (unless I'm stuck in the olden days here..).

Being from Seaton Delaval, that car park is the only one I know of which can access the middle of the main street. Surely toilets should be provided for an important stop-off when visiting?
It's unimaginable that  Bedlington has no facilities there.

Another case of supermarkets ruining communities..

Hi!

Yes I'm hoping Wilma will get onto 'Bigloada' to find that film. It's a very good short film. Incidentally - I believe Bigloada got his name because he liked the big loadas in the nearby opencasts. Wilma will tell us more I'm sure!

The old windmill..

I've taken over a thousand photos of that one but have never actually had a good look at it! I was doing more of the artistic stuff in my images..

The old windmill gets a lot of visitors mind. They leave a terrible mess and even light fires inside it - there's obvious damage to the stonework.

I fear those visitors may have left chiseled marks too - it would make hunting more difficult.

I strongly advise that you visit the old windmill. Take a coat though because it's there for a reason - it gets very windy (and cold) up there!

The bridge? I have no idea! Sorry.

Hi everyone. I'm Paul - the person who posted some of the Acorn Bank images onto Flickr.

They were skimmed from the microfiche records of The Blyth News in Blyth Library. I was given full permission to photograph and use but not for financial gain. That bit's important!

I took many of the photographs in the book titled 'We're the Famous Blyth Spartans...' by Ken Sproat. During that time I soon realised that the other images would be of great interest..

The images I've shared on Flickr are only a small percentage of what can be found in the microfiche records. If anyone has the time I recommend a visit to that library to see the thousands of news pages they have.

Somewhere on the internet (my old PC took bookmarks with it upon death!) there's a promotional film that has a lot of footage of Acorn Bank Opencast. It also shows haulers crossing the bridge in question.

I need to find it..