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  1. Blur - Ps3 Live

    in Gaming

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    Not sure if anyone has this game but if you have, and play online, add Cympil and i`ll have a race with you :D

    It`s a bit like Mario Kart for adults!

    Also, if you play on the 360, my live i.d is Revenger2007, i`ve got Blur for that too, so send me a request if you want a race.

    Or add your live i.d`s below :D

  2. Rutter

    in History Hollow

    Posted

    hi the queens head guidepost on the 1881 census was then called rutters buildings well so i was told,if you could find out dif it would help n yea im doing my family tree too

    A fellow forum member `harty 1960` has mentioned `Rutters Buildings`

    I may be reading into things but it looks as if he may be related to the Rutters too?

  13. Barrington

    in History Hollow

    Posted

    i think there was a row named wood row or wooden row.

    Nearly spot on there, there was an `Old Wood Row` along with `Sinkers Row` and `School Row`

    The information i found..taken from here

    `The colliery was owned by Viscount Barrington and had the Henry and the Molly shafts as well as the backshaft. Sinkers Row was built around 1840, followed by Old Wood Row and School row in 1851. The condition of the houses varied, but Old Wood Row seems to have been terrible, definitely worst. Yet some of the other houses had 5 rooms in all and had gardens front and back. There were 2 water supplies, one from Sleekburn Colliery which was often unfit to drink, and the other from a water cart that got water from the old iron works, and for which a charge of ½d per bucket was charged.`

  15. Barrington

    in History Hollow

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    Cympil, these are two cracking photographs, well done.

    I would guess the photo of Office Row was taken 1960? There are TV ariels on the chimmey's and it would appear that No's 1,2,3 & 4 have been partly demolished (roof is missing, but I could be wrong)

    The dirt track led to the Park, which was the football field. There was certainly no swings, or round abouts etc. But I guess it sounded good when you talking about "the park" to other people in the surrounding villages.

    Once a year Hilton Taylor, farmer used to cut the grass with his tractor and grass cutting machine. The Park was indeed Barton's wembley.

    PS: We used to use the tree at the top of picture as a tarzan swing.

    Thanks Barton, glad you like them :) I`m always on the look-out for old photo`s. Barrington and Netherton Colliery photo`s seem to be scarce though!

    I`m not sure which year the Office Row photo is from, but i think you must be pretty close. What year was it demolished, do you know?

    Also, could you give me the names of any other rows at Barrington? I`ve heard of Double Row and Alexander Row but that`s about it. It might help my search a bit if i knew a bit more about the place.

  17. Freemasonry In Bedlington.

    in Talk of the Town

    Posted

    I could not agree more with your comment and I also thank you for your reply.

    Freemasonry has always been a mystery to many a person who wishes to join. I know it was the same for me, following on as a 3rd generation mason. Everyone says it's a secret organisation, however its not actually, its an organisation that has some secrets (traditionally). The secrets however are not that secret, due to the wonderful World Wide Web. If anyone wants to know anything about masonry that's the fist place they go. I understand that the Web was not so readily available some years back, however now it is.

    Researching the web gives you lots and lots of information, however always be very weary of this as a lot of the information is not correct.

    The Grand lodge of England has an excellent web site which is very informative. As a freemason myself I would hate to see lodges disappear and cease to exist. I think it is a great organisation, I think it is a worthy organisation. People are not aware of what Freemasons do a lot of work behind the scenes, take when the tsunami hit a few years back. The very next day about 3 million pounds was donated instantly to the country for help. This was done totally anonymously.

    My husband is an active Freemason although his mother lodge is in Newcastle. Freemasonry is rightly proud of it's charitable works and as has already been pointed out, they contribute to both masonic and non masonic causes. A few years ago they donated over £2 million to the Samaritans and there are countless other contibutions both nationally and internationally. Freemasons embrace charity, indeed it is one of the fundamental principles on which the Order is founded. This is as relevant in the 21st Century as it was in ages past. It is true that membership is continuing to fall but that is due to many factors not least the difficulty in recruiting new and younger members into an organisation seen as one for older men. None the less, masons are proud of their history, traditions and(not so)secrets. There are also many branches of Masonry, each with it's own unique heritage. A dedicated Mason finds it hugely rewarding and it can be hard for a non Mason to understand just what it is? but it is not a religion or one which shamelessly promotes it's own interests.

    Interestingly, discussion of Politics and Religion is forbidden in the lodge, because such things do not lend themselves to harmony and brotherly love. Freemasonry does not boast of it's contribution to society but goes about it's work quietly. This engenders suspicion in some people but the information is in the public domain and can be readily found for those who care to carry out some basic research. The website of the United Grand Lodge of England is a useful place to start. ^_^

    I`ve never really given the Freemasons a second thought, until these posts. I`ve always thought that there was a cloak around the Freemasons, and after reading these posts from a new member then a councillor (both pushing me in the direction of the same Freemason website) that i`m even more wary than ever!

    You both mention giving millions to charitable causes (while declaring `Freemasonry does not boast of it's contribution to society but goes about it's work quietly`)

    So, without going to an outside website, can any of you explain what free masonary is all about?

    Where does these millions come from?

    Is there a certain clientelle who can join the Free masons?

    Are there any female Free masons or are they all men?

    What does `black balled` mean?

    I`m not having a dig here, but i`d really appreciate straight answers to straight questions here.

    Thankyou

  19. Netherton Colliery

    in History Hollow

    Posted

    Not being local to the area although resident for some years now I have often wondered as to where the actual site was of Netherton Colliery and is there anything left of the township that grew up around it. I've noticed the old preserved direction sign just outside of Nedderton village. When did the pit close down?

    This is a photo of Netherton the way it used to look. Four rows of pit houses (there were more houses at one time, but i think they were bulldozed because of their bad condition) the club is on the right hand side over the `green` Up near the top left of the photo is a little shop and opposite that is the miners institute.

    nethertoncolliery.jpg

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