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[Blank]

Pete, on Aug 24 2007, 09:35 PM, said:

No, I remember the pit heaps they were still there when I left. I have been up there regularly over the years but I can't say that I have ever noticed that they had gone.

They havent gone, they've just added stuff

[Pete]

Blank, on Aug 24 2007, 10:53 PM, said:

They havent gone, they've just added stuff

Is the old pond still there?

[Blank]

Pete, on Aug 25 2007, 09:31 AM, said:

Is the old pond still there?

Hmmm... If you mean the bright orange clarty water that runs around the bottom of the heaps, then yes, it's still there...

Otherwise it isnt there, because I'd have known what pond you meant.

[Pete]

Blank, on Aug 26 2007, 07:05 PM, said:

Hmmm... If you mean the bright orange clarty water that runs around the bottom of the heaps, then yes, it's still there...

Otherwise it isnt there, because I'd have known what pond you meant.

There used to be a pond at the bottom of the pit heaps near the Doctor pit.

[Monsta®]

Pete, on Aug 26 2007, 07:12 PM, said:

There used to be a pond at the bottom of the pit heaps near the Doctor pit.

i thats a football pitch know! floods al the time!

[Pete]

monsta, on Aug 27 2007, 12:50 PM, said:

i thats a football pitch know! floods al the time!

There used to be a railway line run up there from the Old pit to take the coal away.

[mickypotts]

Pete, on Aug 24 2007, 08:35 PM, said:

No, I remember the pit heaps they were still there when I left. I have been up there regularly over the years but I can't say that I have ever noticed that they had gone.

Aye aah remember the tips in years gone past, and aah remember slidin doon em on aad conveyor belt pieces an sumtimes landin ina hot spot where the tip was on fire... it was aaal gud fun back then evin if ye got hurt

[Brian Cross]

Spending too much time in the Railway Pete ??

[Pete]

Brian Cross, on Nov 27 2008, 03:44 AM, said:

Spending too much time in the Railway Pete ??

Canny pub that Brian

[Brian Cross]

Pete, on Dec 1 2008, 06:17 AM, said:

Canny pub that Brian

Yep I agree, should be in there for a pint myself in the new year,is Mick and Vicky still there.?

[mickypotts]

Pete, on Aug 24 2007, 08:35 PM, said:

No, I remember the pit heaps they were still there when I left. I have been up there regularly over the years but I can't say that I have ever noticed that they had gone.

Back in the 60,s and 70,s the pit heaps were used as a giant sliding board, we used to get an old piece of conveyor belt and curl up the front bit with our hands and off we went, the bad part was when you went over a hot spot that caved in and you got burned!!! the real challenge was going off the station heap which seemed to be twice the height and much steeper the the dr pit. walking down the drift was another one of our dares, I never made it to the bottom but some lads claimed they did, it was full of muckle size rats!!

[Hamburger Pimp]

Brian Cross, on Dec 1 2008, 05:53 AM, said:

Yep I agree, should be in there for a pint myself in the new year,is Mick and Vicky still there.?

Yes.

[Pete]

Hamburger Pimp, on Dec 19 2008, 06:15 PM, said:

Yes.

Was in last Friday and its had a refurb, not bad mind

[kasyx]

when i was a kid (any years ago lol) we used to play armies in the planters. then later in life, take ya girlfriends (or whatever) for a `romantic walk`

[kasyx]

AND the Pit Heap used to smoke and smell of beans lol

[Mr Darn]

kasyx, on Jan 2 2009, 03:17 PM, said:

when i was a kid (any years ago lol) we used to play armies in the planters. then later in life, take ya girlfriends (or whatever) for a `romantic walk`

Whilst the younger ones played armies and spied on you! lol....



ahhh, the good old days, made me into the pervert i am today!

[BigTessi]

Can someone settle a debate for me regarding the Bedlington woods. If someone said to you 'Bluebell woods' where in Bedlington would you think they were refering to? Is it Plessey country park or is it the 'other' side of humford across the square stepping stones?

[Vic Patterson]

Over the stepping stones turn right! right!

[BigTessi]

thanks Vic. Thats where i thought it was. But when you try to find the info on google it says they are plessey woods! remember them from when my Dad used to take us as kids and want to carry on the tradition with mine. x

[Vic Patterson]

Hi Tessi, I have always called the woods by Hartford Hall Plessey Woods, (junction of A192, Shields Road and A1068) they used to have a motor hill climb there!