Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

@Canny lass - see reply - posted by Mal - to your question -

Same to you @Pete

@Mal and the same to you

September 2023 updater from the NEWMP. http://www.newmp.org.uk/?fbclid=IwAR19HPdUOzr1PU-5YleE4lPKa1Uarzvj-t92vkWr00k-3GECHt36fwVcorA

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1. In which decade did Coca-Cola start using Santa in their advertisements? Answer = 2. In the song Twelve Days of Christmas what is given on the 7th day? Answer = 3. How tall, plus or minus 25 feet, was the tallest cut Christmas tree? Answer = 4. How many Kings/wise-men does the bible say visited the baby Jesus? Answer = 5. What is the most popular meal for Christmas in Japan? Answer = 6. In which European country might you receive gifts from a different ‘Yule Lad’ each night if you leave your shoes on the window-sill on each of the 13 days before Christmas? Answer = 7. “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents” is the opening line in which classic British novel? Answer = 8. Christmas won’t be Christmas in most Swedish households if the family don’t drop everything they are doing and gather around the TV at 2pm to watch who? Answer = Donald Duck at 3pm? 9. What does the acronym LED mean on ‘fairy lights’? Answer = Light Emitting Diode – but what makes me think this has to be a joke J 10. For almost 70 years, which British city has received a gift of a Christmas tree from the Norwegian city of Bergen to show gratitude for its friendship during WW2? Answer = 11. What Christmas gift did Harry Potter receive from the Dursleys in ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’? Answer = 50p piece 12. Which famous scientist was born 25 December 1642? Answer = 13. Under which sign of the Zodiac was he born? Answer = 14. In which ocean can you find Christmas island? Answer = 15. Good King Wenceslas looked out on the feast of Stephen. On what date did he look out? Answer = 16. In 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson described Christmas as a season to be jolly and ….. what else? Answer = 17. In the Christmas song ‘Away in a Manger’, the cattle are lowing. Does this mean that they are: a) lying down? b) chewing the cud? Or c) making a noise? Answer = 18. In the film ‘Home Alone’, where did Kevin’s family travel to for Christmas? Answer = 19. In the song ‘Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer’, what is the name of Rudolph’s dad? Answer = 20. Studies show that the average American gains 3 lbs in weight between December 24 and January 6. True or false? Answer = I’ll bet you didn’t know …. The origins of the word ‘mistletoe’ are two Anglo-Saxon words: mistel meaning dung and tan meaning stick or branch. So, mistletoe literally means dung on a stick. Answer = I didn’t - but if I had of waited 24 hours before starting on the quiz I would have. I watched QI serie 19 episode 8 and it was on there and Sally Phillips 9comedian) gave the answer

Photo from David Bailey who's great granda was Geordie Graham who lived in Haig Road then moved to Hollymout Square and Geordie is in the photo. Has anyone elses family got this photo? David has no info on where the trip was to. Anyne got any ideas?

After I posted the two images - 2023 Piper Award 'ceremony' & Piper Trophy - on The Friends Of Westlea Cemetery Facebook page one of the volunteers has responded on their FB page with this :- Waiting to see what @Mal has done with the certificate image he downloaded.

@Mal there is a fault on the one above - I have corrected it in this one.

Had a bit play and I have come up with this template for this year and future years And for 2023 I added the info + our group logo Still need to look at the dimensions of the certificate to match the dimesions of popular frame sizes.

@Andy Millne @John Fox (foxy) @Malcolm Robinson @Vic Patterson @HIGH PIT WILMA @Bedlingtonian @Pete @Jammy @Maggie/915 @_pauls @James @Symptoms @Mal @Tonyp @Beano @7RIrF @carly @Bill Straughan @oldtimer @Dave Twist @6233jane @threegee @Darren Smith @jfk @B Davison @DJA 24 @anniemarr @Katherine Hyde @Jr6468 @Sheila Prouten @Joe McNally @Patricia Wadsworth @SouthernGeordie @rosco @Linray @lynnewatson @sallywoo1971 I have posted the message and the images onto the Facebook page of https://www.facebook.com/Thefriendsofwestleacemetery @Mal had a think, and clart, on what you proposed re certificate and anything is possible but naturally on something that is normally a pure online award there will be some issues to overcome. These are the tnings I am thinking about :- design and produce a certificate using my Winows Vista + Microsoft Digital Image pro 10 (as that is the only software I have print off the certificate - and as I am no professional that would be to an A4 sheet of paper. What dimensions would the certificate be = what are the standard picture frame sizes, between A5 & A4, that TFOWBC could by to fit certificate into Posting a certificate to TFOWC - looking at their FB page they don't have an address for where to post anything to and if they did it would have to have a letter box wide enough to accept an A4 sheet,8.27 x 11.69 inches or 21 x 29.7 centermeters, wth cardboard support to stop it getting bent/damaged in the post. ------------------------------------------------------ I will let you know if I come up with anything

I would have to have a bit clart about and see if I could come up with anything - don't hold your breath but if I manage to create one I will post it on here first for the members to agree to. I will still post the text and images above onto their FB page and if anything comes of me clarting I will see what we can do.

I have made the 2023 award and as long as all are happy with this years award going to The friends of Westlea Cemetery (TFOWC) I will post the following text and images on TFOWC Facebook page. To the volunteers at The Friends Of Westlea Cemetery. In 2020 on the Bedlington community group (bedlington.uk) it was suggested that a yearly award (purely online) be award to anyone that had helped the group or anything to do with Bedlington. It was decided to name it The Piper Award after Ainsley Piper who bred the Bedlington terrier in 1825 in St Cuthbert’s Vicarage. This December the members of the group have voted for the online award to go to your volunteer organisation that has helped so many people in Bedlington, and beyond. So the members of bedlingto.uk would like to say thank you to the work your volunteers have done.

Update on the Bedlington Station railway station by councillor Alex Wallace.