Dave

Despite the negative sentiments being expressed all over the place, there is sterling work being done by the good people at The North, The Black Bull and The Monkey, all of which are open until one o'clock of a weekend.

You could also visit the "poor but happy" denizens of Bedlington Station for a pint and a fight.

hear! hear!

wednesday, 7.30, sun?

The Sun till open ? if it is , i'll be there- if my auto steed gets me back in time

So basically you bottled it?

basically- but it did the trick , dont think anyone had every said owt to them there entire lifes

You mean the 5th of March......

correct

Think yer hard like?

Well done by !*!@# those young !*!@#-bags

didn't !*!@# em like just growled, didnt even smash their phone just grabbed it , was just running through my head while kong was ripping up the place haha

Kennedy has a booze problem, the toff sniffs coke & Blair licks Bush's !*!@#

I say Denzil for PM

any PMs gonna lick the presidents !*!@# , unless with throw our lot in with those over the channel, it will always be so unfortunately

i reckon it wont be long before there dreaded golden arches are somewhere in town selling thier burgers and flogging their toys

i reckon it wont be long before there dreaded golden arches are somewhere in town selling thier burgers and flogging their toys

they use satellite photos to place thier HUTS and with all these houses going up its only a matter of time

Working down in Reading i come into contact with the locals every now and again, and it occured to me that this north south divide that they bring up every now and again on the BBCs breakfast TV show is a very real thing. Not with the money thing that they blather on about but in my opinion its the attitudes. just the other day i went to see the new king kong film , and was behind a group of young ens that insisted on talking loudly and playing with their mobiles through the entire film, it wasnt until i took the phone and smashed it off the nearest wall and threaten to ' !*!@# **ng eat them alive if they didnt shut up' that they settled down ! maybe its all kids these days north and south what say you

ANYONE OUT ON THE P !$$ THIS WEEKEND IN ONE OF MANY BEDLINGTONS PUBS!?

Driving back on the 21st, where upon the drinking will begin, finishing around the 5th

The register of festive fare. The stuff you only buy in your pre-chrizzo "big shop". Yes, of course the turkey, the cranberry and the chipolatas, but what about the trimmings.

Nuts - who buys nuts, other than bags of peanuts, at any other time? Neebody, that's who.

Ritz or Tuc crackers. Got to get a box of them bad boys.

Dates. Dates? wtf?

Pickled Onions. That'll be a big masseeve jar of pickles as well.

Matchmakers. Someone will always get you a box of matchmakers. It's a law of nature.

Tangerines/Satsumas/Clementines/Mandarins. Who knows which is which? Who cares.

Selection boxes. The only time you ever eat a "Turkish Delight" or "Fudge"bar.

Parsnip. Sexually-confused vegetable that doesn't know if it wants to be a carrot or a turnip. Weirdo.

Odd cheeses. From those variety packs/cheeseboard selections you get. There's always a stinking thing wrapped in gold foil that you eat for a laugh when you're whacked off your gourd on snowballs and bottled french lager. Not recommended.

Any more?

its not a food, but there used to be quite alot of christmas real ales, the ones you thought about havin before deciding against it

Since it seems to me that I am hopelessly lost in identifying existing or prior pubs in Bedlington, perhaps one of the experts in the field, can enlighten me as to the construction date of the existing Bank Top pub!

In a couple of Bedlington maps, what I think is the Bank Top Hotel, is shown under two different names on the same site. As the "Puddlers Arms" in 1897, and then as the "Bank Top Hotel" in 1936!

Was the Puddlers Arms renamed as the Bank Top Hotel, or was it built as a totally different building?

And if so, when did the change or new building occur? My feeling is that perhaps the Puddlers Arms was converted into part of the Craggs row cottages and two story housing project.

As a kid, I occasionally wondered why some of Craggs row was a series of cottages which appeared to be built onto the two story units which each contained four apartments divided by a central stairway?

Not earth shattering stuff, but who knows, I might just have one of my childhood questions answered after all!

Regards,

Joe

i dont know about the bank top but i notice your living in calgary ,was there earlier this year , on R and R from med hat with the 1RRF battle group , its a big ole town. felt quite ill looking up at them sky scrapers !! never made it to hooters . gettin back to the bank top ,when i was a kid there was a coven of witches down there, well that was the word anyway. We used to suspect anyone hanging round down there of casting hexes, Now harry potters all the rage , how times change haha

the new tory leader... how long before the first knife goes in?

watched pms questions today, dont think he'll get elected ,the tories are f--ked if he's their great hope.They should pack up and leave the country. To an evil looking island

It seems that Morpeth can get enough interest in lighting up the town. I was just looking at this weeks crop of Northumberland pictures on www.northumberland-cam.com, and he has a pretty good set of pictures of Morpeth,s Christmas lights.

Do they have more local pride there? Or what is the problem!

Joe

i just went looking for morpeths equivalent site to this . Couldnt find one , maybe there too busy putting up lights to rig one up!!! Well im not fussed about christmas lights outside anyhoo.. baa humbug!!

If you're looking for good live bands newcastle is the place to be. The red rooms/the blackett, the dog & parrot, legends the head of steam. They've allways got good bands on, just depends if you can be arsed.

I know you can jump on a bus get to the town and see any amount of bands , i was just trying to think of a way to jump start the street. They stick bands on regularly round blyth and its out skirts why not in Bedlington?? A battle of the bands maybe or a showcase of bands anything!! Seems to me some bars down the street are using achohol as their only enticement.The Sun, i've heard offers a bit more.But i think a little more wouldn't go amiss. Maybe its me , I think ROCK is the answer for everything. So everyone get down the guitar shop and i'll see u on stage soon.

Your band wasnt ever that good! and just because you got recognised up the street the other week does not mean a reunion is in order! show off

ooh, unless you play the classic "all the little creatures, with all the little features" that was acer!

well you know its hard... when you get recognised all the time but u know how it is....you keep getting chased out of supermarkets, Ive got you on video rocking out in the sun b4 you got kicked out for indecent exposure haha!!! . Im gonna put it on dvd on and thats gonna be your xmas present if your not careful

It used to be a good night when people played at the community center but they charge loads to rent the place now, so its not worth it, unless the bands can guarantee a big turn out.

True.... that place Bites!!! They seem to be under some illusion that they're situated in las vegas central . they should take a look outside. aint no neon signs from where im looking.That place is just one massive reception hall. take a look next time your there, its just full of !*!@# all!!!

I reckon the pubs up the street should get more live rock bands on . Theres nowt like a live act .The Bull sometimes puts them on. I reckon its much better than So Called DJs that play clobbed together pap.I used to play the Sun when Birchy had it with Relic and it was always packed!! The bars up the street need a rocket up their collective arses or its only gonna get worse, and after all Bedlington used to be famous for its night life, sinces thats waning, folks are ganna catch the first bus out of here.....Plus i need a venue for a reunion, what say you? ( remember The Force playing the lion ?)

the new tory leader... how long before the first knife goes in?

Well folks, I don't know about you, but I'm feeling particularly festive; it's not long until Santa will be popping down my chimney and (hopefully) leaving me a bumper crop of quality gifts.

But this year I haven't asked for a Lamborghini, and instead have opted for a more esoteric item, ie a mandolin (for chopping vegetables with, I haven't joined The Waterboys).

What gifts have the good folks of Bedlingtonshire requested then?

some !*!@# pants and socks ...... that way im never disappointed

The theory about the canonballs was debunked years ago, all balls I'm afraid.

"# The purported method of storage of cannonballs ("round shot") is simply false. Shot was not stored on deck continuously on the off-chance that the ship might go into battle. Indeed, decks were kept as clear as possible. Furthermore, such a method of storage would result in shot rolling loose and rolling around on deck, causing a hazard, in high seas. Shot was stored on the gun or spar decks, in shot racks — longitudinal wooden planks with holes bored into them, known as shot garlands in the Royal Navy, into which round shot were inserted for ready use by the gun crew.

# Shot was not left exposed to the elements, where it could rust. Such rust could lead to the ball not flying true. Indeed, gunners would attempt to remove as many imperfections as possible from the surfaces of balls.

# The physics simply does not hold water. All of the balls would contract equally, and the contraction of both balls and plate over the range of temperatures involved would not be particularly large. The effect claimed possibly could be reproduced under laboratory conditions with objects engineered to a high precision for this purpose, but it is unlikely it would ever have occurred in real life aboard a warship."

its true!!!! my balls contract at equal rates in the cold

my goal in life is that one day i will switch on the christmas lights of bedlington in a special ceremony at the market place. (i saw sir john hall switch on ashingtons lights one year from the window of my chiropodists while having a verucca removed - i was in awe)

the're already on , they glow yellow with all the bright power of sodium all year round

DA PUBS UP DA STREET R AL GASH XEPT 4 DA MARKIT TAVERN N MOVIES.

quality now i know where to go

I visit home whenever i can and try to get back every christmas/new year .And i cannot believe the lions closed, and the Sun's turned into a knocking shop. i went up the street a couple of weeks ago on a saturday night and the place was dead . i thought it might be because the biggest bars closed (the lion). Does anyone know if theres any plans for it .

the sun inn was a top bar , drag graham back!

the're are still good metal bands out there in the depths , iced earth have got the singer that replaced rob halford in preist for a time , so im waiting to see what that sounds like , also the old geezers maiden preist motorhead are still going , and alot of new true metal comes from europe these days ( the continent not the band , but the're still going too) bands like hammerfall , arch enemy and so on , then theres all the helloween reissues, if you like maiden the're staight out of 1987 TOP vintage METAL year that one. i suggest ignoring the rubbish thats coming out of the U.S . Metal needs time to grow, unfortunately everyones after the fast buck with hip metal , which usually sounds !*!@# after 2 listens