SouthernGeordie

Sorry, I come from a divorced marriage so I know very little of the family name.

2 hours ago, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

Info on your photo updated to include 'Apprentice of the Year' and based on the comments from the 'Friends of Bates Colliery' group - Kevin Hindhaugh's name removed from No 5.

@SouthernGeordie - I am not asking you to name yourself but from the info you are giving us I'm guessing you are one of the apprentices in the photo

Yes number 4, Started Netherton colliery in 1971 as a mining trainee, had a really good job assisting the ventilation officer, then got accepted as craft apprentice, and couldn't serve my time there so left before Netherton closed, ended up in Ashington area workshops until 1989 when I accepted a redundancy package.

Jimmy Hogg did win apprentice of the year, so it's possible that this photo could be that but I'm not sure.

18 minutes ago, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

@SouthernGeordie - can you name the eight apprentices, and I assume two trainers/management, or would you like me to share the photo with the Facebook groups, including - Friends of Bates Colliery - and see if any member can name any of them? 

1=Steven ?, 2=Peter Morton, 4=George Hedley, 8=Jimmy ?, 3= Mr Hindmarsh 

14 minutes ago, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

@SouthernGeordie - can you name the eight apprentices, and I assume two trainers/management, or would you like me to share the photo with the Facebook groups, including - Friends of Bates Colliery - and see if any member can name any of them? 

Post it on Facebook if you like I'm not on that platform.

Found another, Bates Apprentices about 1974?

47 minutes ago, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

I have seen the photo before  - yours is in a better state -it had been posted on the Facebook group - Friends of Bates Colliery - by Stephen Tosney on the 7th Feb 2019 but it did have a bit of damage to it . We attempted to repair and got the names from HPW and the members of the Facebook group.

This is the photo with the names :- 

19 George Hedley

40 minutes ago, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

I have seen the photo before  - yours is in a better state -it had been posted on the Facebook group - Friends of Bates Colliery - by Stephen Tosney on the 7th Feb 2019 but it did have a bit of damage to it . We attempted to repair and got the names from HPW and the members of the Facebook group.

This is the photo with the names :- 

19 George Hedley

I've found this photo from around 1975, it's some of the surface workers at Bates, I've sent a copy to @HIGH PIT WILMA maybe able to identify some and bring back a few memories.