Keith Scantlebury

see you there Brian..... jet lag permitting ha ha

You say it isn't actually like that, but the fact is, it was like that and I am not the only Station resident to have that view, many of whom I have spoken to have said the same. A market (indoors or outdoors) should be upbeat, the stall holders should be giving the punters a lift not sending them out the door tripping over their bottom lip en-route to Boots for some vallium. I am a great supporter of having something like this at the Station, but for gods sake lets have some enthusiasm about the place or the next thing you know we will be bleating on about yet another empty building in Bedlington Station, and that, I am sure you would agree, is the very last thing that anyone wants. May well take you up on your offer of a cuppa and a chat though.

It would help if some of the stall holders would slap a smile on their faces. I have been in a few times when it was quiet and I have to say it was depressing, the stall holders were just standing around looking morbid, not even talking to each other. That sort of atmosphere is infective and to be honest I could not wait to get out, empty handed at that and I whent round to Sonias and got what I wanted there.Never mind putting more stalls on, they need to lighten up and make people feel more welcome or lose potential customers.

HaHA , dunno what happened there , one was a spare and it slipped through Malcolm.

(creep) Absolutely John, keep them coming

When I first posted that, Eliots Garage was selling new Cortina's (only joking) It will be interesting to see what John comes up with.

Ha ,I think getting a booking may well be a little difficult, being open could well have it's advantages... ooops

Not only did she destroy the mining industry Adam, she hacked the Dairy farmers to peices as well. When she took away the free milk from the schools , that hit dairy farmers really hard. Then there was the dairy farming opt out sheme (this was also abused by farmers) Farmers would be paid to leave the industry, this was aimed at small dairy herds, but for many with herds of 300 cows and above it was too a chance to miss out on. They were paid £1,000/cow OVER what it sold for. The cows had to go to slaughter and the farmer could not go back into milk production for 10 years. A large farming company that I worked for whent out of dairying under that scheme getting rid of ....... 5,500 milking cows. Many farmers went back into production after 10 years out. Then in the 1980's she was instrumental in the introduction of milk Quotas throughout the EEC. that was the nail in the coffin for many milk producers. British farmers , it seemed, were the only ones forced to stick to the rules, they were superlevied if they whent over quota (as a country, rather than an individual). Then she set the wheels in motion to get rid of the Milk Marketing Board as it was a monopoly. Dozens of dairy farmers are still leaving the industry every week. There are a few very large herds 7000 cows and more springing up in varous parts of the country and this alone has proven that the quota system has backfired as the owners of these large herds ( often a consortium) are buying up quotas from all over the place (including europe) That woman took away Britains ability to be self sufficient , Coal, Steel, Agriculture and associated industries.

Be off with you scoundrel, I do not tollerate beggars.

Well, I'm the informative type, but the thing is not everyone wants to hear what I have to say, so, give me my prize and I'll leave you in peace. (I'm all confused now)

so you have a family of gannettes as well Brian

Clarence Cooper, he had the prize bingo in the station between the Chinese and the snooker club. They lived in the houses alongside the 20 acre. My parents whent to the daughters wedding (Anne) the reception was at the Gosforth Park hotel. The place was was packed with showmen and their families who had travelled from all over the world. Apparrently he was a smashing bloke with no airs and graces, my mam worked at the prize bingo and all the staff and husbands were invited.

We got a ham from Bobby Cowells as we always do as part of the meat order for xmas. The head of the female department of this household decided to do something slightly different this year with it. Instead of using honey, she deep scored the ham and covered it with marmalade (orange) and s l o w r o a s t e d i t . It was absolutely gorgeous. Everybody kept going back to the ham, not the turkey, not the pork or the beef, that ham was to die for.

Read it earlier, I wish that I could throw as much !*!@# around and live a long life of luxury like a chimp called cheetah

not to mention his foul emmisions

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING BACK. WE THOUGHT WE WERE WELL RID, NOW WE WILL HAVE TO PUT UP WITH MORE UNADULTERATED TOSH. NEVER MIND, WELCOME BACK MERLIN. (ps. Malcolm did a good job filling in for you, he managed to spout enough rubbish for the pair of ya )

No thanks, we are having turkey, (you thought you would fool me by writing in Mongolian. didn't you)

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Ok to be calling it lino John, Malcolm is probably still calling it oilcloth, bless him.

Thank you all, not had a bad day at all. Unfortunately not out on the lash Foxy as my son and his family came over from Carlisle.

They're still going Brian. I called in one weekday, there wasn't much activity, to be honest I have seen more life in a tramps vest. I hope it works out for them though, time will tell.

FELICITATIONS............. easy for you to say !!! umph.

Thats what I mean , I was being sarcastic Foxy, old bean

Well, at least it did'nt take long to put the Crimbo lights up in the Station !!!!

Thats exactly the luck I have Brian, welcome to my world. We could have a 2 or 3 month total drought but as soon as I hook the caravan up to the car it would "P" down, then when we come to put the awning up, it would blow a hooley.