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[threegee]

Malcolm Robinson, on 22 October 2011 - 10:10 AM, said:

...is that GGG on the bike riding down to pick up his copy of Radio Constructor??????

Well it's obviously raining, so quite probably yes. If only the Radio Constructor had been bigger I could have used it to keep the Hovis dry.

Keith: it's a well-known fact that around 1960 it was always raining. People put this down to all the nuclear weapons testing going on. Secretly, I just knew that this theory was rubbish, and that it was due to man-made climate change - as a result of all the new Ford Prefects Elliotts was selling!

[keith]

threegee, on 22 October 2011 - 12:43 PM, said:

Well it's obviously raining, so quite probably yes. If only the Radio Constructor had been bigger I could have used it to keep the Hovis dry.

Keith: it's a well-known fact that around 1960 it was always raining. People put this down to all the nuclear weapons testing going on. Secretly, I just knew that this theory was rubbish, and that it was due to man-made climate change - as a result of all the new Ford Prefects Elliotts was selling!

huh I knew that

[Brian Cross]

threegee, on 22 October 2011 - 12:43 PM, said:

Well it's obviously raining, so quite probably yes. If only the Radio Constructor had been bigger I could have used it to keep the Hovis dry.

Keith: it's a well-known fact that around 1960 it was always raining. People put this down to all the nuclear weapons testing going on. Secretly, I just knew that this theory was rubbish, and that it was due to man-made climate change - as a result of all the new Ford Prefects Elliotts was selling!

very interesting

[TonyC]

I miss the Dominno, Saterday afternoon dances for the kids

[Barton Rafie]

This train would be very typical of a football special, bringing the supporters back from St James Park.

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[Barton Rafie]

This is the very last stream train leaving Furnace Sidings at the Station. The engine was 43070 from North Blyth, date Saturday 9th September 1967. Any ideas whose bus it is in next to the Clayton???

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[keith]

Barton Rafie, on 13 November 2011 - 07:32 PM, said:

This is the very last stream train leaving Furnace Sidings at the Station. The engine was 43070 from North Blyth, date Saturday 9th September 1967. Any ideas whose bus it is in next to the Clayton???

That looks like the RAISBECK outside the Clayton

[Barton Rafie]

Keith, I think you are correct, Cympil has posted some photos of the Raisbeck buses, it looks the same.

An odd place for a bus stop on the Clayton corner,, unless the bus had broken down.

Can anyone remember going down the Hair-Pin bank in an United double decker from Blyth? No seat belts those days.

[bediesathome]

the raisbeck stopped thier to pick up or to let passengers off due to not being able to use the bus stops being used by the united bus company .

[keith]

Barton Rafie, on 14 November 2011 - 01:54 PM, said:

Keith, I think you are correct, Cympil has posted some photos of the Raisbeck buses, it looks the same.

An odd place for a bus stop on the Clayton corner,, unless the bus had broken down.

Can anyone remember going down the Hair-Pin bank in an United double decker from Blyth? No seat belts those days.

Can't remember doing it in a decker but many times in a bull nosed Bedford single decker, and possibly a leyland leopard. There used to be plenty red marks on the furnace bridge.

[foxy]

Try something new, doe's anybody have any tales about this place? Crossy or Pottsy might be a good bet!

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[Brian Cross]

Never used the place if you have ever seen me dance you would understand although i think i am pretty good at around 2am....

[keith]

Brian Cross, on 27 November 2011 - 09:48 PM, said:

Never used the place if you have ever seen me dance you would understand although i think i am pretty good at around 2am....

Nor me I'm far too young

[Brian Cross]

I miss having a pint of Carling in the Percy and buying a small portion of chips at kings to eat on the way home for tea.

[Pete]

foxy, on 27 November 2011 - 05:28 PM, said:

Try something new, doe's anybody have any tales about this place? Crossy or Pottsy might be a good bet!

1962/63 Shane Fenton and the Fentones apeared there he latter changed his name to Alvin Stardust, if my memory serves me correctly they were number one in the charts when they appeared at the Clayton Ballroom, can not remember the name of the song. The price to see then was three and sixpence two shilling more than normal. The Clayton Ballroom was a good night out on a Monday and Friday night.There was a fire door on the left hand side of the building as you face it, these doors were used if there was any trouble. The bouncers used to force you throught the fire doors and the weight of your body or head used to open the doors as you were ejected. One of the bouncers was named Paddy he was a boxer in the fight booths at the shows.

[foxy]

Thanks for that Pete, funny you should mention Alvin Stardust but I saw him 3 years ago when I went to an open air concert at Lincoln Castle.The headline act was Roy Wood who I went to see and I didn't know Stardust was going to be there.He was actually better than Roy Wood as he was singing blues/rock.My mistake was when I got back to work and told my mates who I had seen, they were all serenading me wearing one glove (his trademark) they still take the "P" three years on.

[Barton Rafie]

There was band played at the Clayton Ballroom, I think the band was called Billy Mason. Every Friday and Saturday nights. There were several Special dance nights for example the final of the Picnic Queen contest.

[Barton Rafie]

The Shane Fenton show was an all ticket. I seem to recall it was Monday night, the Friday night was the hop and nothing clashed with the hop. I arrived at the Clayton at about 10pm after a few drinks at Craiges. Only to discover that the Bedlington boys had been throwing pennies onto the stage and Fenton had packed up and gone home. I was not happy, but maybe it was a lucky escape. Does anyone else remember that incident ?

I also seem to remember in those days the pubs closed at 10.00pm and the dance hall close at 10.30. Times have certainly changed.

[Pete]

Barton Rafie, on 01 December 2011 - 07:33 PM, said:

The Shane Fenton show was an all ticket. I seem to recall it was Monday night, the Friday night was the hop and nothing clashed with the hop. I arrived at the Clayton at about 10pm after a few drinks at Craiges. Only to discover that the Bedlington boys had been throwing pennies onto the stage and Fenton had packed up and gone home. I was not happy, but maybe it was a lucky escape. Does anyone else remember that incident ?

I also seem to remember in those days the pubs closed at 10.00pm and the dance hall close at 10.30. Times have certainly changed.

Yes Shane Fenton and the Fentones did appear on the Monday night and it was all ticket, cost three shillings and sixpence. You mention Craiges, do you remember the disco in there? The lights used to make your pint look like a pint of sump oil and if you were wearing a white shirt it became blue.

The Clayton Ballroom used to be a skating rink on a Saturday afternoon (Roller Skates)

[foxy]

Was Craiges the railway?