Michael Stanley

Love my wife, family, golf, classic rock, the north east of England, the environment, but mainly being a Grandad. Dislike insincerity, dishonesty, politicians.

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@CarolinePo75107 Where?

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@musicalvagabond Fire of Unknown Origin

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@JHCPAL ‘Cuts’ in Ashington.

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@CarolinePo75107 @TyneSnapper In the 1970’s I was living in Ashington and working at the Regent Centre. The Royalty was my ‘stop’.

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@JHCPAL https://t.co/D1NJS5BZo0

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@CarolinePo75107 ‘Dross’ 😉

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@TyneSnapper @JHCPAL @allensafc @JohnMason_112 There are new houses built on this land now. I live close by and watched the whole sorry affair unfold. The site I have my eye on now though is opposite Backworth Hall. They are building houses around the site of the old pit shaft (ringed in red).

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@JHCPAL Aah Divint knaa

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@bolderston_mark The year is 1980. That’s my bike😳

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@JHCPAL This word is still in daily use.
‘What’s ya fettle?’
‘That’ll fettle ya’
‘He was in fine fettle’

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@TyneSnapper Our local in the late 70’s. We all used to meet up in ‘the snug’ and had all our birthday parties in the upstairs function room. Happy days.

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@CarolinePo75107 No profit to be made removing redundant assets🙄

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@CarolinePo75107 Woollies sold these🙄 they were generally terrible.

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Finally, OFWAT are unveiled as the true architects of the Water Industries underperformance. Underinvestment, artificially suppressing bills, OFWAT’s DNA was all over the decisions and then, like cowards, they hid behind the curtain and allowed the Companies to take the blame.

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@gerryd84 In wor hoose it pelting doon with rain and I hoy the ball over there.

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@Christo03770888 Yummy, prawn cocktail make a nice filling with a slice of ham

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@eastlake_e @JHCPAL Stottin can also mean angry, in a rage.

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@Magpie24_7 ‘Lost key players?’ Who?

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@joe_crowley October 2023 to March 2024 was the wettest winter half-year on record for England and Wales in over 250 years.