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WATCH: ‘Keir Starmer: Where Did It All Go Wrong? - Dispatches’ Friday 27th March at 8pm on @channel4.

@lesleyeagan @JHCPAL I still do it

@WitchesKitchen @JHCPAL I wonder if it’s still a thing. The last time I saw it was 18 years ago, when the Boy Wonder was in his pram.

Definitely was still a tradition in the 1990s, Gateshead. Folks would rub a coin on my daughter’s hand. @JHCPAL

@lesleyeagan @JHCPAL Yes that’s right

@WitchesKitchen @JHCPAL I remember people touching the baby’s hand with a coin (to ensure good fortune) then giving the coin to the parent or putting the coin under the baby’s mattress.

@Catus14 @Andy_eprr @JHCPAL If I looked at the desert menu my husband would stage whisper “stretcher bearers”

@Catus14 @Andy_eprr @JHCPAL I blame no portion control in the Anglers

Son (17) is bringing his girlfriend round to meet me later. I'm in unchartered territory !

So Ed Balls and George Osborne discussed on their podcast last September the prospect of McSweeney and Mandelson's messages being demanded by a Humble Address. I thought it was "Far-Fetched" to think anyone would have even considered this prospect.

@cumbriaoldrural Scatter them around the house in places where they’ll catch your eye and bring back memories

@WitchesKitchen What could I use them for ? Bit posh

#Gransattic #FridayFlashback Anyone else have relics from grans time ?

So the UK govt now sponsoring search results on ‘digital id’ with unmarked Google ads…

@cumbriaoldrural Use what you can and enjoy doing it

@WitchesKitchen Do I take to charity or hide back on the attic ?

First-back Kielder osprey bags the best nest @NorthWildlife @ForestryEngland @NorthumbrianH2O @PostcodeLottery culturednortheast.co.uk/p/kielder-ospr…

@JHCPAL @LuanHanratty I saw The Cult there.

@LuanHanratty I saw Status Quo there.

Whitley Bay Ice Rink was a proper venue back in the day 🎸🎙️

CALLING ALL BEDLINGTON TERRIERS! 🐾 To celebrate the soon to open Bedlington station (Sunday 29 March), we’re inviting some very special guests… 🐶 The first 25 Bedlington Terriers (and their owners) to arrive at Bedlington station on Monday 30 March, between 10:00am and 12:00pm, will receive a complimentary travel pass for their humans to enjoy! 🎟️ Travel pass details: Valid for travel between any two stations on the Northern network Journeys must be made entirely on Northern services See you there. WOOF! @N_landCouncil #Bedlington #BedlingtonTerrier #NorthernTrains

@Catus14 @Andy_eprr @JHCPAL Ha! we went to the Anglers Arms one evening and I took my skirt off in the car on the way home!!

@WitchesKitchen @Andy_eprr @JHCPAL First time I introduced my girlfriend to my parents, we went for lunch to the Anglers Arms. All went reasonably well until the end, when she stood up, forgetting she had had to loosen her skirt to cope with the generous portions, and it slid off. 60 years, still laughing....

@Loos1915 @JHCPAL A lad rang to speak to my daughter I said oh I’m sorry she’s not in can I take a message… Her dad said was that a lad I said yes - he said don’t answer the phone like that just say F off and divent phone here again

@JHCPAL I had the opposite problem as have daughters. There wasa thing going round the internet years ago called "So you want to date my daughter" which was very American but funny. Here it is reddit.com/r/daddit/comme….

@Andy_eprr @JHCPAL That was so me with my daughters boyfriends

@JHCPAL When she walks in.....

VEDRA: THE ANCIENT NAME OF THE RIVER WEAR penbal.uk/vedra-the-anci… By Thomas Bainbridge River names provide the oldest words in a language, and the Wear is no exception. Its current form comes to us from Old English, but we know the name is even older than that, all because of an enigmatic label on Ptolemy’s ancient map of Britain.

@FlyFifer10 I lived in fear of that jar in grandma’s pantry

A spoonful of malt extract was something many were given growing up, whether you liked it or not. Thick, dark, and full of flavour, it was meant to be good for you, even if the taste was not always easy to forget.

The very first wrought iron rails - essential for the birth of the Railway Age - were invented at Bedlington Ironworks in 1820 by the local engineer John Birkinshaw 🚂

@SubRosaMagick So true