Keith Scantlebury

Good to have you back. Did you bring a brush and shovel with you? 10 months in Blyth is a decent stint by any standards. Was that the whole sentence? or did you get parole?

Well I have seen plenty of mountain bikes over there !

Do'es anyone know where I can get some brochures with details of fell walking holidays in Holland? I fancy excerting myself next year

Congratulations to you all, it is all change from now on.

I remember Maggie Bell for singing themes to cop shows Taggart and I think Hazel. Chris Farlowe has to be knocking on a bit now, he sang Out of time, in the 60's I bet he is 70 odd, if he is a day. Were they good together Foxy?

Merc, !!! I feel as if I have been dicected and interfered with, I have been humbled, who am I to argue

Street cicuits will be a lot safer than their racetracks. I have always wanted to see a New York street cicuit. Remember the ones they played with in this country, the one in Birmingham millions spent on that, too many winging gits spoiled any chance of it being made permanant. Then there was that exhibition in London. Could have a Bedlington GP, start at bank top, race to first bend on stead lane. up to front st ,right at red lion, down glebe bank, right onto schalksmuhle way, left to beech grove, left onto victoria /rothesay tce (good noise on long straight), right onto jubilee, down furnace bank, up hairpin right up to horton right again past atlee park x 55 Bank top to stead lane, just for the start

Malcolm should remember that , he me even have been on the bus. I can remember buses having to stop at the bottom after coming down the hairpin ( ie from Blyth) to let the brakes cool a little because of brake fade, ( when brake drums get so hot they expand away from the reach of the shoes) . The furnace also had a few red marks on it from the United buses.

Thats my Saturday night look. Forever Adonis

was just about to brush me hair ,then I realised that I was not looking in a mirror

huh I knew that

This is the 4th time this bloke has predicted the end of the world, cant be too far off for him anyway at 90. I was reading about those people that made these predictions and how they coped when the world didn't end, one of them in the 1930's (I think) decided to give up after being wrong so many times. He then took a job with a major American newspaper ........... as a weather forecaster. ( only the yanks, only the yanks)

This thread should be read with the Hovis theme playing in the background (coming home) ......... I would have included the composers name, but I cant spell it ..... Dvor....... thingy........chak

Foxy, I spoke to someone in the station this afternoon. He confirmed what you said about Patty's chip shop, the seating area was through the back. People who thought John Wales' fish was better would get their fish up there and their chips at Patty's and vice versa. They would go to one shop and send the kids to the other. Patty's shop caught fire, they were stll using the old coal fired burners for the fryers.

GGG, would it not have been a good idea to wait until it stopped raining

Is that the Station club ?

My apologies to Mrs Jeeves Foxy. Just as I posted this I remembered the chippy. It wasn't very big and was very narrow, those being served took up most of the room, if you queued inside you had to stand with your back right up against the wall. It is funny how things come to mind when you stop thinking about them. There may have been some seating upstairs, that, I can't remember. Incidently the green car is parked outside Barclays Bank.

I see you are still using the TARDIS Foxy. Going by the clothes those kids are wearing, what seems to be a MK11 Cortina estate and a Morris 1000, that colour pic was taken in the 70's. Matty Robinsons hardware shop is also still there. I can remember the electrical repair shop, the guy used to fix hoovers,washers and spin dryers etc. (no tumble dryers then) . Certainly during the early '70's, Barclays bank was there (part time) as was the dole office (prior to bridge house at the top end). For the life of me I cannot remember a fish and chip shop between Walter Wilsons and Barrons the chemist. I know just the man to ask and I will try and ask him over the weekend.

If your polishing the seat for me, it must be a hard seat. I like soft seats.

Malcolm, That would actually be funny if it wasn't so close to the truth.

Well, this is hard , trying not to be disrespectful to your lovely wife ( suck grovel etc) Foxy, but that may have been before my time (read that bit really quickly). Barons chemist is now Boots. WW is now Premier. I cant remember a chip shop there at all. I can remember the bank and the dole office. The thing is I am only 55years of age , oooooooooooops.

Would this be of any use.?

Knowing my luck I'd choke on them

Wheres me picture ? thats it I give up!! MALCOLM !!!

I have been told that I am beyond help, Mr. Robinson seems to want to take me under his wing as a lost cause.