Brett

Welcome to the site.

I know of a system where each shop that serves alcohol has a number so when said louts are found with drink when they shouldn't have it they can trace the bottle/cans back to the shop that sold the alcohol in the first place and there were provisions to prosecute the shop owner/keeper for selling the alcohol. I am not sure is this was an effort to increase the vigilance of the shopkeepers as opposed to preventing the sale of alcohol but I heard of the scheme having some success in Blyth. Maybe if this is not active in the Bedlington area then it should be looked into as there are not too many places where young'uns can obtain alcohol, as say surrounding towns. As for the park, how about a bill wall where it is acceptable for the young'uns to "decorate". That sort of action has proved successful in places like San Francisco and saved the surrounding buildings if there are legitimate places for the more creative to express there work. One wall rendered and painted white every so often wouldn't be a huge expense and we might even discover the next Banksy I personally don't mind graffiti if it is well thought out and drawn. I object to chavvy nicknames scrawled all over buildings with a paint marker because Stacee luvs Macca and the likes.

If you're that concerned Merlin, why not organise some sort of community event in the evenings so that the louts you mentioned can use the facilities that will be provided and hopefully they will respect the park rather than abuse it. Maybe setup a voluntary 5-a-side tournament on a weekly basis or something similar. If I remember correctly there was something not too long ago which setup in Tesco car park with a make-shift 5-a-side court but a more regular event organised might lure people away from the drinking of cider and do something more productive.

We are restricted to IE6 at work, does this mean that I am not at my peak of intelligence during work hours (not something that I didn't already know)??

oooh interesting. I have already notified one person regarding this who is also interested in possibly volunteering too John. I would also recommending getting in touch with Shagpile who is a member on this here forum or he can be contacted via email via his site http://www.shagpile.org/contact.html. I have seen him perform locally at Bubbles in Ashington and he is excellent as I am sure many others will agree and being a local lad to top it off.

I would have bunged them in the conference suite at the Premier Inn or the equivalent over there.

Quite fitting in here also.

Yes as we have the capacity stadiums and it wouldn't cost anything to host the football. But obviously Qatar makes more sense. I have no interest in the Olympics. Host them all in Greece and feed the losers to lions, it's only tradition and it would save us splashing cash we don't have.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9550930.stm Stupid deal, what is the point of only having half the races, might as well not have any because if you are in to F1 you will have to pay for SKY for their exclusive races so you might as well watch them all on their. I for one, won't be paying for Sky Sports or Sky for that matter to watch the F1 so my Saturdays and Sundays are going to be alot more productive.

Welcome to the site Indibudda and welcome to Bedlington.....soon.

Excellent news John, pleased everything is starting to fall into place. You have mail

I wouldn't be under the misconception that it is in any way related to street "credit". That is deemed as uncool if that's not an oxymoron.

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Totally would have went to the one at NEC if i had a bit more cash.

Welcome to the site Canny Lass. Quite the history lesson on here, if theres anything that you aren't sure about in the local area I'm sure there won't be much that can't be answered or found out.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm meatballs

Good luck with the fundraising.

Welcome to the site :-) What sort of work brought you into the area, just as a matter of interest?

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That online auction site that is in no way as good as Free Bedlington.co.uk Classifieds Link Quite the collection and that will fetch some guaranteed.

Took me about 4 goes. Did have to sit and think about it though.

Ryan Giggs today admitted to suffering from homesickness, saying that even though he's happy in Manchester he does Miss Wales occasionally

I get altitude sickness, I don't think I would ever be able to get out of Consett