Jump to content

tomtom

Members
  • Posts

    238
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    8

Posts posted by tomtom

  1. A bit of good publicity would be welcome - newspapers, local radio and TV, therefore pull out all the stops, thinking caps on and let's come up with someone special,local if possible but certainly well known and as Keith so succinctly put it "No Poxy Celebs". What this town of ours so desperately needs is recognition and what better than giving it maximum exposure in the media. I'll put my thoughts into the ring and suggest why not someone who is currently beating the drum for the town. Suggestions please!

  2. A filthy habit which sadly permeates our lives - even walking in the street you see the evidence all over - fag ends! Have you noticed the mess outside the pubs in Bedlington - why in Gods name can't people use the few ashbins that some publicans provide.

  3. My turn to rant again about the state of our town and the general degeneration of the market square and the 'flea pit' stalls that abound whereas we should be expecting something more akin to a market town. Traders are being put off by the second hand goods stalls and the greasy spoon caravan - why can't we have something more akin to the needs of the people. I had friends visiting from out of the area a couple of weeks ago and what an ear bashing I got for sitting back and letting the area go to seed. If our councillors can't be bothered to get the place smartened up then let's kick them out and put people in who will do something about it - the whole situation really makes my blood boil and I know that I am not alone.

    • Like 1
  4. I am like a lot of others I know starting to do a 'Jeff Reid' - getting in the car and travelling to Cramlington Sainsbury's to do my grocery shopping - two reasons, first is more choice than Tesco in Bedlington and secondly Cramlington is a much cleaner place. The filth, grafitti and litter in the lanes behind our Front Street disgusts me and the council quite obviously don't give a damn. It's one thing to do up the shop fronts but it's only cosmetic considering what is behind Front Street.

  5. Had the misfortune to walk up to the Market Place from the car park through the cut behind the Market Tavern and what a damned disgrace - litter,litter litter everywhere including an uncollected skip full of whatever. It really makes my blood boil to see such filth - does no one care anymore or have people just given up. Bedlington will never improve if we continue to be confronted with images such as these. Who said Blyth was a dump? - he should come and look at what we've got.

  6. Just a little perplexed at the comments raised by dolomite1958 relating to the Ridge Farm and its probable demise. What do you mean by a Blyth Mark 2 and what are the likely problems foreseen? I do however agree that the Sunday roast was good value but the whole place was like something out of the 60's. No doubt some property developer will make a move and the next thing we know we'll have another old folk's home on our doorstep - Bedlington could well become the retirement town for South East Northumberland!

  7. I have noticed on my travels that some supermarkets have collection areas for customers to leave items of food for eventual distribution among the less fortunate members of society. This surely cannot be right in the 21st century in our country when at the same time our much loved government ? are giving billions of pounds of our money in overseas aid. For how much longer is this nonsense going to continue - charity in my mind begins at home - and not before time we should start to look after our own needy people.

×
×
  • Create New...