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HIGH PIT WILMA

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HIGH PIT WILMA last won the day on February 13

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    Guitars,Motorcycles,Remembering my wee Labrador cross...Little Black Jess..deceased 19-2-19 R.I.P LBJ.Sadly missed.

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  1. First chance a get,aal hae a luk in at the aad school and tek a picta..aam not shy o just waakin in and asking the Heedmaster and tell him/her aam a historian and original first day of oppenin pupil!!..in 1956...![dinna want ti open that ancient debate again mind!!],,aal see wat a can dae folks..it's difficult gettin oot noo..me Wife is ill,and aav just been diagnosed wi Glaucoma in both eyes..!!..me bike riding days seem ti be owa sadly!!..itll be me driving the way things are gannin!! Cheers folks!!
  2. A bit late,but just catched up heor..the year luks a bit mair accurate..but the number and some name still dinna add up!!
  3. Hope everybody has a better 2024 than this year!! Aal thi best Folks!!
  4. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you C.L. Cheers Bill.
  5. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you Maggie! Cheers Bill.
  6. Just caught up Sym..better late than nivvor aad Nicky [wor Heedmaster at thi Whitley] used ti say!!..Aal thi best for 2024! Also to all in here..a reet canny lot!! Cheers Bill!
  7. p.s. Working Man sung by Rita McNeil says it all!![live version!]
  8. Canny Lass,ONLY those who were pitfolks knew the hardships the families of the Miners faced in times of tragedy and distress,AND ,in normal day to day living..When an employer takes Six year old bairns carried on their Father's backs asleep,to work underground from midnight to midday..they HAVE TO BE EVIL..they even employed women,some pregnant,to work underground,and on the Screens on the surface...in the real old days..but even when I was 15 yrs old,in 1959,the NCB Training scheme,had us learning underground,how to attach pit tubs to a moving haulage rope,by lashing a heavy chain round the rope three times..[rope moving at two miles per hour..some 4 mph!!],and then clipping the end of the chain to the middle "Cock-hole" on the tub with a Sheckle and pin..all the time this was happening,we stopped the chain from pulling the tub away till required,by holding our pit boot OVER THE ROPE ON THE GROUND.letting the rope pass under the sole of our boot which was held against the chain to stop it from clicking away prematurely..talk about insane?...no health and safety then..many a kid and adults also,were run over by a loose wire strand on the rope snatching the chain away and tripping the haulage lad onto the ground,the pit tub running over their legs or arms..hard to describe..wish I could find a training film showing how this was done..I had many a near miss ,same as everybody else who had to do it!!Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!!
  9. 10-12-2023..UPDATE!..LOST KEYS RETRIEVED AT LIDL THIS MORNING.MANY THANKS TO THE KIND AND HONEST PERSON FOR HANDING THEM IN!
  10. I don't swear,but the mention of the greedy wealthy coal owners makes me want to! When I was being born,my Mother was in Hospital,[in 1944],my Father collapsed and was taken to Hospital with a burst duodenal ulcer,seriously life threatened,at the same time..SO...because my Father wasn't at work at the pit,the coal owner sent the cowardly bailiffs around to my Mother's house in the middle of the night,when they knew most men would be down the pit in foreshift,so no risk of resistance,and threw [literally]all my mother's few belongings into the street..to house another miner's family who was able to go down the pit. My Mother had a nervous breakdown,and I was taken away from her..till she recovered..well that was the best treatment in the world for depression and a nervous breakdown..keep your newly born child away from you..never knowing if it was alive or not..and Choppington and Bedlington were being bombed at the time..yeah,I could easily swear at those evil greedy b......s..no apologies for getting wound up...
  11. Sadly,I just caught up with this post..R.I.P. Rigger.
  12. KEYS LOST ON 8-12-2023,PROBABLY BESIDE TILL 1 IN LIDL,BEDLINGTON,OR AROUND THAT AREA,MAYBE EVEN IN THE DISABLED BAYS ADJACENT TO THE TROLLEY PARK.I WOULD APPRECIATE IT, IF THEY ARE FOUND,THAT THEY BE HANDED TO THE STAFF IN LIDL,BEDLINGTON,AND I WILL GO BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE..[HOPEFULLY TOMORROW!].I CAN PROVE IDENTITY AS I HAVE DUPLICATES OF THE KEYS AND MY SHOPPING RECEIPT SHOWING THE TIME AND DATE.THANK YOU .BILL.
  13. Maggie,just checking if you sent this to my Watsapp messenger private contact chat line?..[aam wary of scammers!!]..Thanks if you did!!,a dinna watch the telly and knaa nowt at aal wat this is aboot..so didn't open the link!..Cheers and aal thi best for Christmas and the new year! Bill.
  14. Hope everybody's keeping well,apologies for absences,Hope 2024 is a better year than the last four years!![we keep saying that..!!] Cheers Bill!
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