Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

@Andy Millne on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group a member who lives in the converted Bedlington (Primative) Methodist Chapel was asking if anyone had any photos of the chapel before it was converted into apartments. I did some searching and one site that was returned was https://www.myprimitivemethodists.org.uk and on the site was n 1851 census entry with a date of 1828 for when the chapel was built. https://www.myprimitivemethodists.org.uk/content/chapels/northumberland/a-c-northumberland/bredlington_primitive_methodist_chapel

There ye gan - a've given ye a point.

1. In a game of snooker, which colour ball is worth 5 points? Answer = 2. In which novel did Michael Henchard sell his wife for five guineas? Answer = 3. What do we call the loss of water from the leaves of plants? Answer = 4. Who had a hit in 1972 with the song Sylvia’s mother? Answer = 5. If A is Alpha and T is Tango what is M? Answer = 6. True or false: Glyndebourne Opera House is in East Sussex? Answer = True 7. In which country is the Vosges mountain range? Answer = 8. What do the initials C.G. stand for on an Ordnance Survey Map? Answer = Coast Guard 9. How many standard bottles are there in a Nebuchadnezzar? Answer = 20 10. Which is the only bird that can fly backwards Answer = 11. If a person is lapidated what happens to them? Answer = 12. Whose legendary horse was called Lamri? Answer = I’ll bet you didn’t know …. Two army teams once competed in a Tug of War battle for 2 hours and 41 minutes. Answer = I didn’t

Inside - one had to open wide

Mine = thick lurpack butter + corned beef + pease pudding + chips👌

Cheers Vic - have you also got the 'head gear' from that era? I've never been into cars. As long as it gets me from A to B I'm happy.☺️ I was asking as one grandson's partners dad has half a dozen older cars that he and his son have restored. Can't remember what make and model they all are but they have taken the storage of them rather serious. When they had their house built they added on a spare house shell - heated. That shell of a house is where they keep the cars.

@Vic Patterson - do you keep these three restored vehicles in storage or, are they on show anywhere?

Would you like some pease pudding posted out or will you be making that as well?🙂

I am not a fan of Ian Lavery but if he had of been chairman of Bedlington Terriers then would it be Ashington complaining?

Haway lads - you will have to move on and Rap this xmas :-

@Cympil - some names from the 'Firends of Bates Colliery' Facebook group :-

As most of the Greggs shops are having to close because of 'Lock-down' we will have to make our own Stottie Cakes :-