Keith Scantlebury

Dear Moderators, Surely there has to be laws in place to protect us from jokes claptrap such as the above. We all know by now that the author of such drivel is suffering from a rare condition known as ... (well it's so rare that it has not got a name yet --- suggestions please). Please could someone have a word in his proverbial shell like and let him know that none of us are interested in his forays to .... BLYTH. (rest of it was not too bad though)

Well done Malcolm and Adam, the down side is that you'll have to endure Keith Daltons "jokes" on a more regular basis.!!...... Seems nothing much has changed this side of the finger post, one of ours has made the step up to County Councillor, so well done to Allyson Wallace

Sym , my waistline is measured by the acre so that will give you a clue what my tubes would be like. They could do with a flush of Hypochlorite. Vic, if you ever see our Kenneth again over there, he will tell you some stories of Ulgham Manor.

Growing up we always drank raw milk, as did my kids. Even now after 10 years away from farming I cannot really get used to drinking pasturised milk. I flatly refuse to have skimmed milk in the house. The one thing my kids would miss out on was Angel delight. You can't make it with raw milk as it tasted of soap, if they wanted it, the wife had to buy milk from the shop. My mother grew up on the family farm , Ulgham Manor. She was actually fed milk from her own cow, a Jersey cow that was bought especially for her (the rest of the herd were Dairy Shorthorns. Mind you, she was spoiled rotten, she later had her own pony, a sheep and a pig all of which eventually died of old age.

Did I shoot you once, for sheep worrying. ?

easy for you to say

Nearly right (and you Brett) A couple of the farms I did my apprenticeship on had their own milk rounds and we used to bottle some of the milk. Another where I worked we used to bottle a few gallons for the dairy, I milked pedigree Jersey cows there. This was in the days (1970's) before the rules on selling unpasturised milk were introduced, these were brought in to finaly eradicate the possible spread of Brucellosis and T.B.Heres what they were :- Silver top - Pasturised milk (from the dairy) Green top - Raw milk (untreated straight from the cow as it were - obvioulsy cooled though) Gold top - Channel Island milk ( as green top but from Jersey or Guersey cows- much higher butterfat content, so far more creamier than milk from other breeds) Someone was enquiring about Ashington farm, well they had their own milk round when I was there. They mainly only sold milk from the farm, by horse and cart. When the ban on selling raw milk came in they sold the round. Can anyone remember milk from Eshott. ? They bottled milk from their Ayreshire cows, the bottles had the logo of two babies on them (in green - farm fresh). It was only genuine Eshott milk if the babies were on BOTH the CAP and the BOTTLE. Milk from Eshott was sent to London by train every day for the Duke and Duchess of Kent ( I think it was for them - may have been for the Westministers). Ayreshire milk is said to have qualities that are good for Asthma and Eczema sufferers. Ho Sanderson (and his family before him) had the Ayreshire herd and his brother Glen, a county councillor, had a Jersey herd. Another famous local provider of farm fresh milk was the Graham family of Wylam Hills. They have now re-located to West Newham and no longer have a milk round , (they did install a pasturising plant at Wylam and continued selling milk from the farm for a few a years ) Another little story, I was the head herdsman on a dairy farm in Buckinghamshire. A Rabbi used to follow the milk tanker on its collection round and bless the milk from the farm tank into the milk tanker from each farm on that round. He would then bless the milk from the tanker into the milk silo at the dairy. All in the name of Kosher food for the Jewish community. The trouble was, the milk at the dairy was mixed in the silo with milk from other farms , non Kosher, making the Rabbi's efforts futile ... ha ha, ( apologies to any Jewish readers)

"Famous suffragette" or infamous, depending on your point of view of course.

The Clayton windows were put out with a hammer (or similar) by someone that had (let's say) a 'grievence', he as been arrested. No consolation to the owners who had spent thousands , albeit under pressure, to replace all of those windows recently. Jakes bar has been recently sold, someone was in there last week securing the roof. I do know who has bought it but I do not know his plans for the place yet. To be honest, I hope it is ressurected as a pub and run properly.

Well hello

Bah !!!!!

The kids and their Mams at the school have missed seeing a scarlet faced man jumping up and down in the back lane.

A good place to learn from as well Maggie. I recently walked round Chillingham churchyard and the list of friends and former neighbours taking up residence in there is growing at an alarming rate. Doesn't half stir some memories though.

Burnside Estate Residents Group have just opened their account with Unity Trust. It took less than a fortnight from posting the forms to getting the account details (yesterday). At first we tried to keep the account local, as advised and we whent to Lloyds TSB in Bedlington. Unity Trust have helped us every step of the way, L-TSB were exactly the opposite they promised a call from an advisor the next day (after we enquired) that call came 2 weeks later, even then after 2 or 3 calls from us to gee them up. The guy seemed a right plonker he wouldnt beleive that members would not be paying subs, he wanted to know exactly how much was to be paid in and spent every month etc etc . I phoned Wansbeck CVS and they told us that the TSB were out of order asking questions we could not answer and the ammount going in and out had nothing to do with them, that is our business. WCVS put me onto Unity Trust who specialise in groups like ours and they could not have been more helpful.

If, as was suggested last year, that it was just as well the grass was left long , "to soak up all the rain" where did the money go to that was saved from NOT cutting the grass.? (less fuel, less frequent services /repairs etc.) The same would apply in drought conditions when the grass would not grow.

I'll be across there tomorrow hauling coal from the opencast, any messages for her ?

OK !! I'll send the Lockey brothers round, spark plugs are their speciality. They also have experience with dead horses ( well, their heads anyway ) :dribble:

I was at 49 then (in the airey houses) The Huttons lived at 51

I bought a spark plug from you in 1996, it stopped working last week. I expect you to replace this faulty item free of charge at the earliest opportunity .

Was just going to say Don Hutton , Tony. His mam and dad lived 2 doors from us when we lived in Waverley Avenue.

We should'nt encourage him ^^^^^^ really. His nurse has been put on short time.

I just knew that there was something familiar about that pic with the porch, just could not make it click. Had I logged on earlier Iwould have got it from the last photo. As you say the lampost by the Stewards house (now) is the give away.

No end to my talent. I'm actually in training to a clir clayer .... Claravoi ............. MEDIUM !!

The pattern of the boarding on that porch looks very familier, I just can't think where though.

They all played musicians or singers !!