lilbill15

On 24/07/2021 at 08:57, lilbill15 said:

Thank you very much Sir, just the reassurance I needed. Regards RoseanneRainbow ( off to Puce Bush Farm site this morning 😁🌈xxR)

Blummin eck! And look what happened to me:- ATTACKED by an angry swarm of hornets, buggers got me twice on my right ankle Saturday morning, last 2 pics are this morning 5 days on. Bliddy agony- red hot needles pricking my foot for days after the original excruciating stings! Didn’t disturb owt, they pounced from nearby undergrowth, after Max initially, then cos I waded in to bat them off him he put his head down and ran, me behind him but not fast enough! Talk about shocking! My first ever experience of hornets, had bee and wasp stings which were painful for a while but NOWT like this agony for days now 😖🐝❗️
😁🌈xxR 

🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼😁🌈xx

3 hours ago, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

 

I had the same - my message went red and required approval. Must be the heat, far too warm for me. I'll have to move to the Outer Hebrides😎

I’m told Benbecula is particularly fresh at this time of year and the airport is not usually overcrowded 😁🌈xxR 

I just tapped “reply “ to @Canny lass’s offer of home made jam and arrived here?? I’m confused and concerned 🤭🌈xxR 

 Hey,Mr Fox, thanks for this. New things seem to be happening which is unsettling for the likes of me, who hasn’t yet mastered the intricacies of the site anyway. I had a red letter message saying I was replying too quickly and must wait for (can’t remember.. seconds or minutes) before I could submit my reply??? Seriously @Andy Millne?? 

Yup, that was one of @Merlin’s posts. I do tend to get confused which of Bedlington’s Illuminati said what 🤗xxR 

13 hours ago, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

I know @Canny lasshas said in the past that the daylight hours are very limited in the winter months so in the late spring, summer, and early autumn  months the Swede's spend a lot of time socialising outdoors and preparing outdoors for next years winter months. 

Add to that CL + OH have been 'covid confined' for this years early spring and summer I suspect they are off seeing their family.

Thank you very much Sir, just the reassurance I needed. Regards RoseanneRainbow ( off to Puce Bush Farm site this morning 😁🌈xxR)

Sorry, when I learned to read we were told to start at the top of the page and travel down. I can’t understand the logic of following text UP the page x😁🌈xxR 

Hi there @Alan Edgar (Eggy1948), no no idea at all except that I forget that comments read backwards, read the? Intro then had to travel up the page to read the main content. I should be used to this by now 😁🌈xxR 

have you heard from @Canny lass recently? Wondering if she’s just busy but like to be sure she’s ok xxR 

As usual with this “wonky “ website I looked back and found the answers to the questions arising at the end of the post!! @Andy Millne!!    Never mind the folks trying to get out of Broadacres, what about the residents along the B1331, I’ve already complained to NCC about the speeding from the Hazelmere roundabout to virtually Nedderton village. Yon ‘wonky’ roundabout doesn’t suggest a reduction in speed to any of the cars/motorbikes whose exhaust systems sound blown.

Did Miller Homes have ANY consultation with the council about the impact that such HUGE new housing estates might have on the transport infrastructure of this relatively small town?

All fine and dandy looking after the needs of the MANY new Bedlington residents but please let’s take a close look at the impact on the folks who were here before the new housing developments!
R🌈xxR 

@Malcolm Robinson I tried fast forwarding got nothing. Please summarise, best regards RoseanneRainbow xxR 

@James many thanks for this James, however, without Blue House Farm as a reference point I’m a bit flummoxed. Green Letch position suggests I may be right in my supposition that the wood does occupy the position of the Francis Pit, and supports my theory that a lot of the old colliery sites were over planted with trees: BUT I do like to be sure. Maybe you could expand your map to cover Blue House Farm and B1331? , is that the right number for the Bed/Nedderton road, please? 😁🌈xxR 

Photos six and eight are 6) Blue House Farm through the trees immediately to the West of the plantation which I think sits on top of where Francis Pit was. photo 8 looking back from Blue House Farm towards the trees on the site of  ?Francis pit, new estate on the horizon. For my next trick I will attempt to conjure up the OS map for the area:……

I’m going to try to negotiate this Bliddy awkward group site to upload some photos of where I suspect Francis Pit may have been. @Canny lass will no doubt confirm or shoot me down in flames 🤣😁🌈xxPhotos in chronological order from entrance to the cundy (as I call it=Green Letch corridor between two housing estates, then homing in at where the site of Francis Pit was) Roseanne 🌈xxR 

@Malcolm Robinson. LIKE +++! I was up there just before 7 this morning, soo peaceful and good for the soul. I visited Marsh Heslop’s grave while I was there, just to say hello, you’re missed Bonny lass and read the very moving messages left at her grave by her nearest and dearest. I confess I shed a few tears: this world has lost the little rainbow 🌈 which was Marsha. Adding to your list of the living residents of WestLea cemetery, not seen but heard in the evenings tawny owls, visible if you stand still long enough wrens and you’ll hear the little twittering flurries of goldfinches as they bustle about in the hedges. Our place in this life is put firmly into perspective by a visit to the resting places of our dead and, you’re absolutely right Malcolm, the young’ us should be guided to recognise that our own short span of time on Earth should be valued, used well and is ultimately brief in comparison to the bigger picture. The message being ‘don’t waste a single day and stop racing around making lots of noise, because  you’re a long time dead . Spend your time wisely“ The Mexicans and the Japanese set aside special times to respect and revere their dead forbears: please Bedlington Council don’t put up a blockade to spiritually healthy meandering through this beautiful space! (However I do recognise that the a******s on dirt bikes do cause a lot of disruption and irritation- instead of closing access maybe just make it only accessible on foot? Regards RoseanneRainbow 😁🌈xxR 

I tend to limit online food shopping to Asda and Waitrose. Apart from a delicious black charcoal cheddar from somewhere in Derbyshire I prefer to source meat and veg locally. I like to support local small shops where possible. Hope(zetty) 🤣 this helps 😁🌈xxR 

On 04/07/2014 at 11:12, Tonyp said:

When me & my brother were kids my dad would cook the sunday joint,when it was nearly finished he would dip the bread in the hot stock which was really nice epically beef...

Ooooh yes! Especially pork dip. Still do, then I’m no longer ready ferme dinner, goes in the microwave hours later when I’m not stuffed with bread’ dip 😁🌈xxR 

Depends upon the ingredients. I’m waiting for John Lynn of Don Lynn’s Bedlington to find me a sheep’s head for @Canny lass ‘s recipe suggestions 😁🌈x 

As a fairly recent newbie plus @Josimarsz, we have both agreed that this website is like Hampton maze , incredibly complicated, and that without Wizard @Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) and Sorceress @Canny lass I would have given up long ago. It is NOT user-friendly for initiates. Veneration to the First Lord and Lady of Bedcouk , doffing my simple (non iridescent) straw hat to your sagacity 😁😁🌈xxx

“Some things you don't have to promise. You just do” 😁🌈x

44 minutes ago, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

I know - I should have said 'similar'😎. Really I was just checking all the estates I knew where the houses had rendered walls and doing a comparison with @lilbill15's photo. 

I can't find a match in Bedlington👁️ - and Specsavers came to see me last week, no change in my vision after 3 years👍

❤️🤣xxR 

1 hour ago, Canny lass said:

I don't see the similarity. Kings Road railings don't appear to have the looped top and the angled supports are at a different height. I don't think it's West Lea either.

 

@lilbill15What is it about the photo that makes you think it's an end house? 

I’m laughing at myself! You’ve made me look more carefully and I can see the fencing continues in the background, another duh 🙄 for me xx

4 hours ago, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

I agree with Cl @lilbill15 - but I can't recognise the area the houses would be or can't remember seeing any old photos with that type of metal garden railings.  I think all the metal garden railings in Bedlington were removed in aid of WWII. I'll have a dig around the old photos on all the groups.🍀

Thank you very much you Wizard of the Archives ❣️. Yet again @Canny lass ‘ hawk eyes spotted the teething ring! I’d missed that Dad was born 1933, Don 1939, both preceding the removal of most of the iron railings. The unknown lady might be a clue if anyone recognises her, maybe her home? That takes me back to Lily Clark, but CL has already determined she was probably from the pit rows; maybe a possibility. Maybe also a coincidence that the photo is of an end-house, same was 25 Millbank Crescent. Studying his little face I’m convinced he’s my Dad; we both have the red blotchy complexion. Attached photo of me at a similar age 😁🌈x

2 minutes ago, lilbill15 said:

 just found: Dad (Frank Hutton) or Don Hutton with unknown lady in the “garden “, must be 25 Millbank Crescent, hopefully my elders and betters might be able to identify the locale? Over to you Bedlington.co.uk witches and wizards 😁🌈x

Could this be the highly esteemed Lily Clark(e)????🤔🌈x

On 02/07/2021 at 05:20, lilbill15 said:

Morning @Canny lass x you’ve reassured me that I’m not just doing something badly; I’ve had several problems with the page freezing, drop down menus which won’t go away, thinking I’ve sent something and it’s just disappeared etc. Relieved to find it’s not just me. I’ve just got Google photos and I’m finding it takes over and creates collages and videos, which is initially 😮 lovely! On hindsight for the recipient there’s no explanation. So, DID find the clearing in the woods that matches the coordinates for Puce Bush Farm: a beautiful enclosure knee deep in wild flowers. A sunny day it was a sun trap, there’s a plank bench at the edge to sit and enjoy the spot. Rippling with bees, butterflies and small birds, an heavenly oasis. However, it was quickly obvious that any remains of the buildings will only be found in the winter months when the vegetation has died back. To be continued…….😁🌈x

Photos and amateur video have been submitted 😁🌈x