John S Smith

Yes 7, Whitsun Gardens a time of no cares and total innocents.

Good all info only helps to get to the truth, it is amazing how quickly things are forgotten and lost.

I don't know if this is the right location but The first Locomotive built for the Italian railways was built at Bedlington iron works (though the Italians say it was built at Newcastle) the loco is on display at the railway museum in Naples and guess what the loco is called Longridge.  As Robert Stevenson spent that much time away building railways all over the world Mr. Longridge ran both the works at Bedlington and Newcastle.   Hope this info helps.

I dont know if this is the right location but Robert Stevenson built the London to Birmingham  railway with all the railway lines made at Bedlington Iron works.

I though that Queen Elizabeth !st gave permission for the mill to be built and operated, which gave rise to the names mill bank  The river had much more water flow then.

Bedlington coal company bought the iron works around 1880 and the remaining paper work after the fire at the iron works was kept at Bedlington collieries group offices at Bedlington A pit. The head clerk Stan Warren would have known where about it was  kept and what happen to it.