Keith Scantlebury

You'd get thrown out and probably arrested if you asked for an E now. (unless you drank in the Jockey on the Chatsworth Estate ). I'll be in Wooler for the next week or so, probably still get it there !!

Dont know Brett, the wife just told me the lady who ran it just before it closed was called Carol. I think the shop was passed down to her or her husband (dont know which or even if they were called Frazer) I just know that the shop was always called Frazers.

Frazers. It was still there when we lived on Seaton Avenue (opposite). We moved to the station in June 2004, Frazers shop closed just before then.

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Pardon,? I heard that. I resemble that remark . Ha Ha Ha. They say that I am often found lurking around in dark corners, I think it must be '.cos I'm shy

I think there are lots of people who would like to do just that , Adam. Apparently the replacements are imminent. On another note I got an e-mail from a parish councellor (East Bedlington) and he informs me that the entrance to the Bedlington Station car park is to be tidied up, the chippings removed and green tarmac laid, It's a start !!

They were made out of re-cycled plastic !!

Cyclists are not supposed to use the pavement, nor are mobility scooters (if they exceed 4 mph) . I have had some extremely near misses involving cyclist while driving a wagon, London is particularly bad. On more than one occasion, while stopped at a red light with indicators on to turn left , cyclists come up on the near side. Because many of the junctions that we had to turn into are narrow, you have to straddle both lanes to stop traffic coming alongside, however this does not stop cyclists doing it. When you are driving a vehicle with a moffett (trailer mounted forklift) on the back you are around 56' long and there are blind spots, despite having a number of mirrors. Cyclists would often stand alongside the cab (nearside) out of the view of the driver, quite a few have been seriously injured or killed, there was one on the news not long ago who was killed doing just this. Those cyclist areas at traffic lights are just as bad. If someone on a bike stands right in front of a truck, the driver cant see them (unless they stand a few feet away) . That is why all new trucks are fitted with a mirror over the windsreen. During their training, hgv drivers are taught to be very aware of cyclists. Who teaches the cyclists (by law) to understand the difficulties the hgv driver has in seeing cyclists in such situations?

Aye I could have sworn it was you in that Whitley photo, but when you said it was PhilipTemple it kinda came back. I've never seen the "Mr, Cool " Bryan Ferry wannabe for years, ( jim Hunter) I knew he move abroad somewhere. Dave is in my friends list on Facebook if you want to get in touch with him

I knew them well (as you know Keith) David is is still very much arround and still selling cars.

12 &13 according to the local free paper (NPL)

He'll be pleased that it has served you well. He will be having a well earned break from fighting with the mammys at Bennies while the school hols are on ...... oops wrong Merlin, wheres he hiding anyway cos he's not tipped up on here for a while ?

From 900 AD....... well you must be about due a new camera then Keith .

I was going to say the very same thing.

acro jacks holding up the front wall like. The car was in the front room, it just didnt knock the window out !!.

I whent down and had a look, it was a right mess. Dibble has caught up with the driver now by all accounts. I would not be at all surprised if both those houses had to come down.( Terraced as well).

.............. yup, it had to happen, your plot has been lost.

Active farm land has not stopped opencasting at Butterwell, Widdrington, Stobswood, Chevington and Blagdon Estate - (Shotton, Brenkley and the Delhi)

Re - the above , maybe you did have a casual approach to the handling of asbestos Vic; maybe your Dad did take some basic precaution Adam, but that does not make asbestos any safer. There are many who have been exposed to the stuff that have died of Asbestosis related cancers. I know quite a few people who have lived well into their 90's (and one who lived to be 103) who have smoked all their lives (and drank in the case of the 103 year old). Knowing of these people does not make it ok for everybody to smoke, as does knowing that Vic and Adams dad handled asbestos without any ill effects make the stuff safe for everyone to handle. The 103 year old that I mentioned was a man that I knew, who would bike to the village pub every day (about a mile or so). His biggest scrape with a "near death experience" was when he fell off his bike in front of the butchers van and broke his leg,,,,,,,,,, at the age of 98, he had a tab in his hand as well. From then on a neighbour took him to the pub everyday. He said that tab nearly killed him, so he stopped smoking. "Bloody smoking, nearly sent me to an early grave" ( at 98 ?, ) his words not mine !!

I can remember a hardware shop about there, we left the Market Place about '64 / '65 ( I'm not sure if you remember, your Alan will, when we lived behind Johnsons shoe shop) to live at Waverley Avenue. Much of that part of Vulcan place was derelict then and was starting to be demolished. Remember the row of houses below Oranges garage,( now Tyred and Exhausted)

If there was any asbestos in that building a specialist firm should have been used to remove it. They would have used the correct clothing and equipment and the building would have been shrouded to protect the public. I remember bringing several loads of scaffolding up from Bridgend in South Wales to be used in the shrouding of the power station prior to its demolition.

Totally agree Brettly. But as Malcolm says, the return of the pits is hypothetical and it is not worth arguing / falling out over. If they did return, I suspect that many of us will not be around to see them. Who knows?

Another of Foxy's pics

P.M keith, I left you a message

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