Cympil

I don`t understand why it`s been re-introduced anyway, the forum survived without it. Now, since it has been introduced, it`s started a `neg` war

This is where all the bother starts now i suppose.

In the picture - sort of - but not where you think it is! The houses off to the left in the middle distance are the Doctor Pit houses. And I think you can probably see Telephone Row nearest the pit head. That was the first row to be demolished, as my newly reclaimed memory now tells me!

No, where you are looking for Double Row is in the misty distance to the right of the large chimney. I'm not totally sure if you can see the Barrington Colliery houses extending from the right border just below the horizon, or if they are somewhere in the mist a bit nearer the chimney. But that's the general direction of Double Row, as this was obviously taken from the top of the Church Tower looking out a tiny bit West of North.

BTW that large chimney was demolished some time in the very early 1950's, as I can remember being asked to look North from behind the Market Place and say what was missing. Such is youth I had to be told; I simply couldn't see anything different about the view!

Any more pictures from this viewpoint? Difficult to date from this one alone - no vehicles, no close ups - but the 1920's seems a candidate.

This is a bit clearer than the first photo, the year given is 1930, so you weren`t far off.

Double Row would have been here somewhere, you can see the colliery houses to the left of the photo. Best i could find at the moment, but i`m still searching

Information about Bedlington

Bedlington was the capital of a shire attached to the Palatine of Durham until 1844.

The church's dedication to St. Cuthbert refers to the night in 1069 when the Durham monks, carrying the saint's coffin and in flight from the Normans, stopped on their way to Lindisfarne.

A plaque on the King's Arms Hotel marks the birthplace of Sir Daniel Gooch, born in 1816, who laid the Atlantic cables in 1865 and 1866.

The extinct Bedlington Iron Works produced the first rolled iron rails, used by George Stephenson's locomotives.

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Bedlington terriers were bred here for badger baiting

You mentioning St Cuthberts Church got me looking up some history. Firstly, i noticed on a map in a previous thread, that there was an oval shape attatched to the church

so i set about looking to see what this was and the reasons for it..I came across these photos which were taken in 1873

The reasons given...

`St Cuthbert's church is shown with the extraordinary plan that was created out of

the old church in 1818. The old north wall was pulled down and replaced with a

large semi-circular extension, complete with galleries. This had the effect of re-

orientating the worship space to north-south, completely contrary to the time-

honoured east-west of most Christian churches throughout the world. The reason

given for this strange expansion was the growth in working population at the

booming Bedlington iron and engine works but the real growth of the town did not

come until the second quarter of the nineteenth century (in 1801, there were 789

people in the town, but by 1821 it had more than doubled to 1,862). This unusual

arrangement at the church lasted nearly 100 years as it was not until 1912 that the

extension was demolished and the original orientation restored`

This is the way it looks now..

So, what i`m wondering is.. it seems a lot of work and expense on this building, solely for `growth of population in Bedlington`? Did everyone in those days go to church religiously every week, then once the work died down and people up and left, the building was pulled down?

Curious??

No, the little shits need a good howk every now and again to keep them in check.

I`m assuming from your post that you were a little angel then..considering all the `good howkings` you`ve had

I got 70% first go and 100% 2nd go

Just like Fourgee

I`ve been trying to find some photo`s of the school but these are the only images i could find. The information given with the painting read `The school was a wooden structure with seven classrooms. The painting shows Jo Daison ringing the bell and Bedlington Brickworks in the background.

The next image is a class photo taken in the 1930`s. The Headmaster Ben Berkley (front row, first right) and Jim Wood, teacher of class 3 (middle row, 3rd from right)

Looks like Doctor Terrace to me too.

This is a photo from 1988 when the house`s were being demolished. The back of Dr Terrace is to the right and North Terrace to the left.

Yep, 3Gs it was Fogan's Yard ... why I'd forgotten the name is beyond me as my favourite Toon striker at the time had a similar surname. Also right again on Jimmy Millne and not Eddie ... what would we do without you and your 'exiles' memory fixes'? I'm sure we used to access the orchard across a derelict yard at Fogan's (usually covered with Rose Bay Willow Herb ... we'd get covered with the 'cotton wool' seeds)... trouble is Google Maps isn't much good for tracing our some of 'old' routes 'cos much has been built over.

Cymp ... where can we access a fuller version of your block plan as this would be just-the-job?

Another orchard we used to raid was also walled one off Catholic Row ... belonged to the Church; the boss Padre at the time (mid 60s) was a Monk guy with a brown habit who liked a drink (my old man often had a Drambuie or brandy or two with him) ... again, the Brother's name slips through the cracks in my memory. His orchard had pears, apples & plums. Is it still there?

My old man used to escort us when we were nippers to that barbers beside Fogon's entrance for a 'short back and sides'; didn't the shop have tiered seating, actually wooden benching, up the back wall for the victims. The shop was usually full of flat-capped pitmen and us boys; the air was usually thick was fag smoke. Ah, happy days!

Anybody clarify the local term for nicking apples?

The maps and more can be found here http://communities.northumberland.gov.uk/Bedlington_C14.htm (oakeyboy had put the link on already but it didn`t work for some reason)

Brian - did you get into your Granny's house through the back. The reason I ask is that you'll remember at the rear of East Riggs were allotments juxtaposed with the back gardens of the houses and through the allotments ran a couple of 'clarty' paths - called The Cut (for our younger viewers all this was where Windsor Court is now ... ah, what would we poor exiles do without Google maps). The Cut linked Front Street to Acorn Avenue. You maybe picked-up The Cut around the back of the Old Hall.

There were a number of buildings that had archways leading to courtyards; Dowson's Buildings on Hartford Rd (between Catholic Row and Hartford Cres ... next door to the Sally Army and the Masonic Hall [i think]) had a number of dwellings around the cobbled courtyard with the arch access to Hartford Rd. There was another one on Front St (opposite the 60s Council Offices and next door the Eddie Millne's house) but I can't remember the name; the courtyard backed onto Eddie Millne's walled orchard ... yep, we used to shinny over his wall to nick the apples. I've forgotten what we used to call this activity ... I'm sure it wasn't scrumping - anybody know the correct local term?

I was reading this blog not long ago which mentions Kidds Yard at the top of Glebe Bank `We lived in Kidds yard at the top of Glebe bank. The entrance was through an arch`..The author of the blog also mentions Catholic Row etc

Some on here might find it interesting..he has some good stories to tell.

Does this mean that we now refer to you as the Doctor.

Aye, Doctor Dolittle..cos he`s barking

:lol: :lol:

Can i have a pea

My wife's grand parents lived in it, it was called the "Old Hall" sort of a multi dwelling place, she remembers going through an archway to a courtyard that had about eight dwellings. not sure about it being called a work house.

Could this be the building that you mention? This is the Old Hall. It looks like what you`re describing.

If theres no trophy, how about a trophy for the runner up?

:lol:

Can i have a one for coming 4th?

I have so far gathered from a map from 1860 the position of the workhouse. It clearly shows the eight dwellings Vic has mentioned. I am not sure however at this moment in time whether it was the WORKHOUSE demolished to make way for the council offices. Is there a difference between the workhouse and bedlington old hall? Perhaps someone could enlighten me on this matter. If anyone would like to see what I mean then please go to http://communities.northumberland.gov.uk. In my last post I made a typing error in the wesite address so sorry. If you enter the site and click on bedlington then ordnance maps and click on the first 1860 map you will see Old hall marked and a courtyard (wilson's yard) with a smithy. Thank you to everyone that has so far posted. Keep the information coming! oakeyboy

From the 1860 map the workhouse was clearly on the Front Street. You can clearly see the rooms in the courtyard (wilson's yard). will try to upload picture of map. Keep it coming! oakeyboy

If you`re saying that Wilson`s Yard was the workhouse, then in answer to your question `Yes, there is a difference between Bedlington Old Hall and the workhouse`...they`re in two different places.

If you look at the top map, you will see the Council Offices (Old Hall), then Wilson`s Yard. The `Institute` on the top map is where the Community Centre is now.

No news in here for a while so i`ve decided to quit this particular league.

Nice while it lasted

The first man married a woman from China, he

told her that she was to do their dishes and house

cleaning. It took a couple of days, but on the third

day, he came home to see a clean house and dishes

washed and put away.

The second man married a woman from Italy; he

gave his wife orders that she was to do all the

cleaning, dishes and the cooking. The first day he

didn't see any results, but the next day he saw it

was better. By the third day, he saw his house was

clean, the dishes were done and there was a huge

dinner on the table.

The third man married a Geordie girl from

Newcastle. He ordered her to keep the house

cleaned, dishes washed, lawn mowed, laundry

done, and hot food on the table for every meal. On

the first day he didn't see anything, the second day

he didn't see anything but by the third day, some

of the swelling had gone down and he could see a

little out of his left eye, and his arm was healed

enough for him to fix himself a sandwich and load the dishwasher.

:lol:

In reality, it should have read `by the third day, some

of the swelling had gone down and he could see a

little out of his left eye, and his arm was healed

enough for him to remove the lawn mower from his jacksy, fix himself a sandwich and load the dishwasher.`

Instead of paying 20 quid etc, why not save your money and buy the ingredients needed for the dish you fancy, invite some friends around, have a few drinks..guarantee you`ll save a tenner at least

Eating out is ok for a special occasion i suppose, not something i would do though. You can never be too sure what you`re actually getting served

`I pay REAL money (not housing benefits) in council tax and expect a REAL service`

Whichever way money`s paid, the fact is `it`s paid` You can`t expect a superior service just because it was paid by yourself and not Housing Benefit..money is money.

Cowboys!

AND they were on minimum wage!

I know for a fact that some of those workers had never done work like that before. Is it any wonder it turned out like it did? It`s like giving me a shovel and letting me get on with it

ages ago i was led to believe the market was moving up to the frontstreet when finished? when will this happen as they take up to many useful car parking spaces with there tip rubbish!

There`s no place for a market on the Front street. They won`t be able to put it at the new market place, all the stones are wonky and sticking up

I'd use a burger king at least once a week.

I love the Whopper. the only thing that comes close at mcdonnalds is the big tasty, and thats a seasonal thing !

So, if there was a Maccy`s in Bedlington, would you actually use it?

Well your Avitar has a certain resemblence, do you look like it in real life :lol:

Not one of your top priorities typical girlie comment

Seriously though, Man U, Liverpool, Man City etc have in excess of £200 million + invested in players going to the world cup, if Africa cannot protect these players then clubs will not and should not allow these players to travel. These clubs will be panicking and creaming their knickers at the prospect of losing millions of pounds :lol:

Girl or not, why would i be interested in footie anyway unless i like it?..

I do like to watch the World Cup though..that`s about it though.

Because nobody scrolls down to the sports bit!

Thats life! You Ester Rantzen or summit. It seems that security is in question here, if they can't control their own nations tournament how the hell are they going to cope with all the countries in the world cup? As for England we would cease to exist as a football nation in FIFA's eyes.Our chances of hosting the world cup would be put back indefinatly!

Haway now, CK and Monsta scroll to the sports bit

Seriously, i`m not a footie fan, what happens outside of England concerning footie..well, it`s not top of my priorities in life to worry about it!

Maybe i`m not getting the gist of the full scale here but there`s no need for the Esther comments!

like

All this talk of McDonalds on here is making me wonder...how many people in Bedlington actually buy from them anyway?

I for one have only used them once or twice, that`s only because i was starving at the time and that was the first food place i came to at the time! I certainly wouldn`t use them because i `fancied a McDonalds`

Their `food` is tasteless and cheaply made, all it does is `fill a hole`...