Merlin

Told by a golf mate that early Thursday morning, while playing a four ball, they were walking down the ninth fairway, when he looked up he told his mates to stop still and look on the tenth tee box, he asked them 'Tell me I'm not seeing things' They all looked and told him 'No mate you're seeing things.' There sitting on the tee box was a big cat light brown in colour about Lynx size. Now has anyone else heard of this. My mate sounds genuine and not usually the sort for a wind up. What do you think. Can there be any truth in this? Or should I start braying like a donkey now

Mr Darn, you are on overkill here. What kind of time scale do you want for the poor kids who are buried in the cemetery, or anyone else for that matter! As for the allotments, we are trying to solve the problem of entry and exit from the schools not magnify the problem! Back to the cemetery, I have family buried there, to suggest putting the allotments there is an abomination. I do not fancy digging up any of my relatives to plant a few brussel sprouts! Please do not mention moving the allotments, you never know who is reading this and we wouldn't want to give them any funny ideas Also the tier system wouldn't cut the taffic at all. You should see them parking at 11:45am to pick their kids up. No Mr Darn I think it's back to the drawing board here

You know, I know and everybody else knows that it doesn't matter what we say or do, nothing will be done about! Even if there is something done you can bet it will only make the situation worse!

You will find that the cooncil has some strict rules for signage on shops on the Front St. As found out by my previous employer when he wanted a new sign on the front of his shop!

This just gets better, now the sods don't just hassle you to buy their sodding bags, they're now hassling you to use their bluddy scanner check outs! If I wanted to use your bluddy do away with jobs bluddy scanner checkouts would I be standing in another bluddy queue? And who, by the way, had the bright idea of those stupid 'Space here' signs? Why not put some more people on the tills instead of them pushing you out of the way in the aisles carrying twenty bags at a time! Or why not go the whole hog replace all the tills with scanners,and then see how many people use your sodding shop. At least on them I'll not be asked 'Have you got your own bags? Are you interested in a bag for life? Or do you just want free ones? End of rant

Vic it's useless arguing the point with an out and out Tory. Business men and the like have never liked unions and never will, it takes the power to walk rough shod over their labour away!

Mr Darn, this is the sign that is in Bennies and conforms to the highway code for public highways. If it had been a white arrow on a dark blue background then this sign is for private roads. So I conclude that the road through Bennies is a public highway and as such comes under the jurisdiction of the law! Also there are two whopping big signs on the gate posts like this And if they can't see these then they shouldn't be driving in the first place because they must be BLIND

Brian, just a 'take' on Indian And no I've not heard anything about the Ridge changing, but if I do you'll be the first to know

Heard that there are plans afoot to do away with the dole office, and they are going to rebuild the workhouse

Listen mate av telt ye, am not gannin in the Blue Bell

I'm sure that all the big retailers have someone on the judicial system So this means that they have the wrong people, if they have not reported this vital statistic back to their bosses Many in the judicial system are now looking elsewhere for a re-numeration package

Thats why it is in Bedlington so there is no prejudice to all the law breakers, they all have roughly the same distance to travel. With the exception of Newbiggin but who gives a damn about them anyway Another reason its in Bedlington is because no other town wanted those who are summonsed to court roaming their Streets before going up in front of the Beak, but it's ok for them to roam Bedlington because we don't exist to anyone else in this county! So for that reason only I will say yes, it will remain open because if it closes it means they will have to transfer business to some other part of the county and we can't have that can we!!! ;)

Where we are now Pete!

Yeah, there speciality dish is General Custer....d with apple crumble

well seen she does't visit this site Malcolm

I agree that the proposed development of Tesco is much needed for Bedlington, the question is; Where are the hangers on that usually follow Tesco around, like bees around the honey pot? Are they waiting to see if the 'gamble' Tesco are taking in Bedlington pays off? Or do they see that Bedlington will be nothing more than a one horse town. Elliots garage, I think, is ideally situated for some kind of retail outlet. The court house, if planned closure is implemented, with some vision or rebuild could be turned into some kind of shopping mall! I'm in cloud cuckoo land here, but we really need,as Malcolm says, some kind of business plan for Bedlington and not just redevelopment for the sake of it! Alright the place is a mess but do we need to replace one mess with another?

There's still a few of those women knocking about in Bedlington now, I'm sure! :lol:

Thought you'd got a picture of the flats on the old school site on bin day :jump:

Hillbilly, don't get the impression that I am against development in Bedlington. It is the manner of such development which concerns me! The flats on the old school site have thrown up so many problems that planners seem to have ignored,or not even considered in the first place.Access for one, I'm not going to go over old ground as this has already been discussed on here. Don't you think that instead of a block of flats, a few dwellings built of sandstone would have been better? I know that money is and always will be the major factor, but come on, do we need this on the Front St? Surely some compromise could have been met. As for Elliots I can't comment as I don't know what is going to be put in its place, but I guarantee it will be something that Bedlington does not need on the Front St. I hope you see where I am coming from. Yes we need development but it should be, at least, considered development! As for the fast food outlet idea on the Netto's site, I think this could work. As Cympil has mentioned Asda have been told that they have to sell 47 of the Netto premises. The one at Blyth must be a certainty! Will Asda want a small outlet in Bedlington having to compete with a large Tesco just a few hundred yards away? I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see.

Got no idea Cympil. I thought the really old members like 3G would know the answer to this :lol: :jump:

SNRG. What's going on here? Where has this Toast errr Koast sprung up from? Didn't even know you had any competition! And if this Toast has just sprung up, where has all the money come from in such a short time? As I know that you have been working hard on this project for quite a while now. Something just doesn't sit right here. Try your hardest to get up an running before them, don't give up and good luck.

Hillbilly, This could also be something to do with our good friend (who resides on the Isle of Man) taking on the constrictive planning rules in Bedlington and winning! Once he got permission to build his flats on the old school site, well, this opened the flood gates to do just about anything you want on the Front Street. I look forward, with trepidation, to the high rise flats or whatever on the Elliots garage site.I also look forward to the court house being converted to an asylum seekers refuge I know! I know! :shutup: One last one, how about Asda selling netto's to McDonalds or KFC now there's a thing!

Malcolm, I was aware of the proposal of yellow lines, but what is the point! Nobody polices the one way system so who is going to bother policing the yellow lines? Residents only park on one side of the entrance, not causing any problems, the only thing concerning the cooncil was the access for the school buses. I proposed yellow lines on the right hand side as you go in, to stop parents double parking, also signs to the back streets for resident parking only. But as you say the yellow lines will appear regardless, just another ill conceived idea by somebody trying to justify their job! Mr Darn countless letters by residents have been sent to the schools concerned, they do not honour any of them with a reply. The main culprits abusing the one way system are the teachers, even a personal visit by yours truly resulted in achieving absolutely nothing they were just not bothered! An accident waiting to happen!

Although I agree that the traffic in and out of Meadowdale is atrocious, it is nothing compared to further along the street at the entrance to 'Bennies'! The inconsiderate parking of parents and some TEACHERS, not only from Bennies but St Bedes and West End schools make Ridge Terrace a no go area for residents. These parents and teachers think nothing of blocking access to both back streets in Ridge Terrace, you can't get in or out, they also double park in the entrance to St Bedes and Bennies. These people also exit the school from this entrance, which I may point out is a 'NO EXIT' and a one way system! As it is sign posted properly these people are breaking the law at least once a day every school day! Is anything done? NO! Are the police handing tickets out left, right and centre? NO! You can bet your bottom dollar that if I went the wrong way up a one way street I'd be crawling with coppers! :lol:

Mobius whatever replaces Bedlington Community High School would be a good thing: a driving school maybe or even a dole office Or it could even be a secret spy school to train dole snoops, though most of the dole snoops will be on the 'other' side once the ConDem policies kick in HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What GOES around COMES around an' I'll love it absolutely LOVE IT!!!!!!