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British Pathe from 1932 of the ship breaking yard at Blyth the voice-over says it is known as 'The Graveyard of Ships' .I wonder if this was part of the Hughes Bolckow company Obliviously long before the days of health and safety http://www.britishpathe.com/video/new-ships-from-old-aka-new-ships-for-old/query/Northumberland Four pages of films with Northumberland interest http://www.britishpathe.com/search/query/Northumberland/search-field/record_keywords/page/1

I used to watch the Bedlington Mechanics Play when they played at Millne Park, they where defenitly there in the fifties but I remember watching them play a cup game against Ashington and I was still at school then. I left school in 1961. The cup game against Ashington was played at the Station Park next to the Grammer school, so they had moved from Millne Park by that date. The reason I remeber that game so well was becasuse one of the teachers at school was from Ashington and I remember telling him that Bedlington would win it easily, sadly Ashington won. I think one of the players was called heslop who was a local lad. Bedlington had a big centre half at that time his name was Bob Fulbeck but I do not think he was a Bedlington lad. Bedlington Mechanics also played Blackpool Mechanics in a pre season friendly this was somtime in the fifties can't remeber what year but I remeber watching it.

There hard to come by these days Malcolm, the wife is always watching.