Keith Scantlebury

exactly Adam

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I think we should ambush them when they arrive in Bedlington John. Tie them to the school gates and torture them till the truth comes out then charge them rent and compensation for depriving us of part of our history. It could be they are on a guilt trip to return it to put right the wrong doings of their relatives. . Its good of them to go out of their way to bring it back !!

He was when I saw him yesterday Tony, but Noels sir name is Mcallum though.. His granddaughter was christened yesterday.

MODERATOR !!!!!!!! This is a disgrace, passing this drivel off as humour. Lets have the bounder keel hauled.

Where's that (apart from the church that is ) If I remember rightly it was in the school hall. Matty Hall would be just the man to ask, sure he would verify it as well, that's if he is up to it of course.

I think that they have got their act together as far as pollution is concerned. Didn't they get the blame for Salmon being found dead or dying at Wylam a few years ago ? Fish were fighting to get out of the water that day. I know, driving around the back, you could see big improvements were made to drainage and run off from the yard etc. To be honest, I can't see the place lasting much longer if fire precautions don't improve, lets face it, the place is a tinder box. Thousands of tonnes of timber , boards and sawdust are in that place at any one time.

You know, I'm sure I can remember that memorial.

I used to hate going into that place to load board, especially on a Friday afternoon. Typical for it to go on fire on the busiest day of the year for the A69, County Show day. There was talk that the last time there was a fire there, that it was going to be closed down, thing is, its Hexham's single biggest employer. Also a lot of people employed in the haulage industry rely on work from Egger.

Somebody should be able to put a few names to that pic. If that was taken just after the war, those two bairns would be about 70 (ish)

I read something on t'internet about it last year while looking for something else, can I hell find it now. It was good reading as well.

Yup, that's me third row on the far left. Pity you didn't come up with this for the Station First schools centenary last year. Mrs Mulholland may still be interested if you were to show it to her. I do know that the original school , now the library, was a one room school and teachers house, it was added too as the amount of pupils attending grew. If you look at the building you can see where parts of it were added to .Separate head teachers accommodation was built to give more room to the school till eventually they had to build another, the current station first school. If you remember, it was still referred to as the "Council School" when we were kids.

Believe it or not I was just talking about that row of houses today !! . South Row it is Foxy !. Is it a miss? I don't think so, its always nice to look back with fondness, but the place does look better the way it is. I can fully understand where Adam is coming from regarding the demise of the pits and the loss of jobs etc. but Bedlington is much,much, cleaner and a healthier place to live without them. I think we all owe something to those who worked in our pits, the majority of us had close relatives employed in the pits, Adam, HPW, Barton Raffie and John Dawson are here to remind us of the significant contribution that the pits made to the town and the debt we owe to those who kept us fed and watered with the money earned by shear hard graft. The decision to demolish the pit rows was the right one, they have been replaced by clean modern homes, Our skyline is not dominated by the great mountain of a pit heap anymore (I showed one the kids the photo on here and she asked where the mountain was) although we had many a great day playing on it, getting a thick lug for going home with half the heap still sticking to us was another thing though. Washing can be put out on the lines and still be clean when it is brought back in !!. We should never ignore the past, nor forget what those before us have done, but we also should appreciate what we have and look ahead to what we can achieve. Someone once said " Nostalgia is not what it used to be " .... Give me a clean bright Bedlington any day.

He was some boy. Seemingly he just gave up after his wife died.

Must be brand new as well. J reg was Aug '69 - July '71. mk3 Cortina was started in 1971

Vicky died a couple of years ago Vic. It would have been Micky Hurst who she married in the early '70s, he went off to work in the middle east.

That was Tommy Buckham who was married to Mary Miller, Teds older brother who sadly passed away about 3 years ago Tony. Mary is also no longer with us. Ted's daughter, Janice was married a couple of months ago.

Its not the Dr. pit though Keith, its the Station pit. You lived near John Douglas, Baz Thomas and Micky Harnett ( Zeke) I think. If you remember I was knocking arround with Ted Buckham who lived behind you. (He lives in Dereham, Norfolk now )

I did point out that there are other high street / corner shops owned by non Muslims . I also think that we should regain control of our own country. Close the gates to immigrants before we are swallowed up completely, the indigenous population is fast becoming the minority in our own front room. Why should we pussy - foot arround foreigners who come to this country with the sole aim of leaching off us, with a total disregard to our laws and traditions.There is good and bad in every nation / religion / race. Whenever I have visited other countries I have always tried to fit in , albeit for a short time. A lot of these people have no intention of changing their ways not even to learn our language even though they intend to spend their lives here. The terrible events in Woolwich have done absolutely no favours in so far as quelling any bad feeling towards the Muslim people ( no doubt there are many good Muslims). The Australian PM has, it seems, got it right, she has the support of her countrymen and the immigrants know where they stand, "Fit in or ship out ". As I once said in an earlier post on another thread, I took the concrete barriers in to barricade off the bus that was blown up in the 7/7 bombings. It was not a pretty sight even after most of the bodies were removed ( there were still one or two in sittu). The Muslim bombers got their wish, which also meant they could not be tried and punished by our courts. After seeing the wreck of that bus, the personal belongings of the victims strewn about and the blood that was spilled, I make no apologies for leaning towards the feelings of mistrust where these people are involved. Oh, and Symptoms, I also know the area quite well, I would use the south circular after leaving or going to the free ferry. I would look across the barracks and think about my Dad as he was stationed there before being shipped out to India in 1941 as a 17 year old soldier (he lied about his age to join up, Royal Artillery). There was a time or two that the ferry operators had to park us up over night in the hgv waiting lanes when the boats have had to be tied up for the night (not very often that happens) and we would have a night out locally.

Correctimundo, you six gun totin son of a prarie sand dancing cactus hugging nymph, 42 whent to N Shields, one in the morning and one in the evening diverted slightly for the factories at Cramlington as far as I know. 44 changed to 444 in the '70s. Up till very recently John Crocker was driving it in the winter months when his ice cream van was parked up,

The terrible incident in Woolwich proves that nowhere is safe from these mindless acts of violence / terrorism. For those of you who think nothing like that could happen in Bedlington, our town has just remembered the victims of a multi murder 100 years ago and let's not forget the events that caused Rothbury to be put on the world's stage by the media a few years ago. Practicing Muslims forbid the use of alchohol and pork products. Those of them who own corner shops do not seem to object to stocking and selling us a case of beer, a bottle of wine / spirits , a tin of ham or a pack of bacon. It is also worth remembering, ASDA, TESCO, CO-OP, MORRISONS, among others, sell these products. Am I wrong in suggesting we boycot a shop which is run by someone who conveniently hides behind the banner of Islam when it suits them, then on the other hand does not think twice in supplying us with goods that their religion forbids them to have anthing to do with.? I dont think I am being unfair by suggesting we should avoid muslim owned shops in favour of supermarkets or our high street / corner shops owned by non Muslims. Not all Asian shop owners are Muslim, ( I must point out ) I am not being racist, I just think it is wrong to be sold products by someone who regards those products as flith and poison in order to make money from us. Feelings are running high in the aftermath of what has just happened to that poor soldier in South east London and I would not condone the mass beating of all muslims because of who they are, after all we did not go round knocking 10 bells out of every Irishman every time a soldier was shot at the height of the troubles in Ireland. People are calling on the government ( ha ha ) to take a hard stance against terrorist and muslim activists who are in this country purely to make our lives a misery. In many cases we do not know who these terrorists are UNTIL, they have commited an act of terrorism. Why make it easy for them.

Keith Lockey

Built in 1896 as Palace theatre, converted to picture house by Walter Lawson in 1930's. Closed in August 1966 after showing Emile and the detectives. Re-opened as Club Domino in 1968.

.... they were stealing the sign, not putting it up

Whatever way round Tony, one thing was for sure, there wasnt a very high turn over of staff, some where there for years and all got on with each other. Wasn't Straker also a George ? I have the names George and Rene Straker in my head for some reason , could be wrong.