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I Totally agree that the Mechanics were a separate club to the Welfare team. The two teams were in different leagues. The Mechanics played at Millne Park in the Northern Alliance and the Welfare played in the Miners Welfare League at Welfare Park. The Mechanics wore red/white Arsenal type shirts and the Welfare Green/white stripes. I lived in Gladstone Terrace (Now Brooke Court). I used to watch most of the Welfare games and travelled to away games on the team bus with my uncle Jimmy Dixon. Great memories.
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On 01/02/2020 at 21:41, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:
@Joe McNally - would you like me to copy your comment and post on the Bygone Bedlington group in response to John's update of the names?
Yes please Alan
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Wow ! I didn't realise No. 6 was me. Must have been 1950, my first year. Cheers to John Routledge, I think we may be related through my Granny Dixon of North Terrace.
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I started at St Bedes in 1950 but I am not in this photo . They must be about a year older than me. I remember some of these names. Terry Bradley,Jimmy Routledge, Terrence Carey ( A friend of mine who lived in Rosalind Ave. not far from me.).I think no. 30 was Madeline Day.
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Not sure,but I think No.7 could be my cousin Ernie Middleton. We are both the same age and grew up together but I went to St.Bedes. I also remember Joe Jordan and Tommy Wilkinson who sadly died in a road accident at North Seaton.
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I thought no.17 looked a bit like me (Joe McNally) but obviously not. Jimmy Burke (No.18) is my cousin but I don't think we were in the same class. I would have been 8 years old at the time and Miss Onscavich was my first teacher in 1950.
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Hi Alan. I grew up on almost on the corner of Beech Grove and Park Av. and left for Australia in June 1960 and the Welfare were still at Welfare Park. When I returned for 3 years in Dec '64 they and the Mechanics had gone. I remember a fish and chip shop on that corner. Incidentally, I also remember a schoolgirl friend from Blyth Grammar who lived in Coquetdale Place. Her name was Brenda Lally and I think she lived at No.3.