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THE seaside community of Easington Colliery will this weekend unite to mark the 60th anniversary of a pit disaster - one of the blackest days in County Durham's mining history.

It was just before dawn on May 29,1951, that a pit explosion wiped out the lives of 81 men and boys from the village.

Two rescue workers would also die during the harrowing retrieval of the bodies.
"Even today the events of the day are remembered by people - especially the families of the 83 who lost their lives.

"We may not have the colliery any more but we do have the community. The 60th anniversary services allow us all to remember these men."

A service will start at the Community Memorial Garden, on the site of the former colliery, at 11am on Sunday.

The garden will be rededicated by the Bishop of Jarrow The Right Reverend Mark Bryant and an address will be given by Alan Cummings, Easington National Union of Mineworkers Lodge Secretary.

A procession, accompanied by Easington Colliery Band, will then make its way to the Church of Ascension for the Commemoration Service, starting at 11.30am.

After the church service, the congregation will proceed to the Miners' Mass Grave site, in Easington Colliery Cemetery, for a further Memorial Service at 12.45pm. Floral tributes will be laid and another miner's lamp will be unveiled to representing the 60th anniversary. The service will end at 1.15pm followed by refreshments at the Colliery Club.

playlist forming

man down-rihanna/need a dollar-cloi blacc/jessis j-/elisa dolittle-pack up/Paloma faith-do you want the truth/dcup no speakdaamericana/lady GaGa born thisway/Bruno marrs hooligan mix grenada4U/swedish house mafia/remixes INTO mowtown

track from robert plant band of joy/frankie and the heartbreakers/(LOCAL GROUP)Beatles and Stones with Who /blues also been requested/wide and varied selection.
decided to always open with contempary set moving to more requested
plays

Blue Bishops and DJ Kevin Waller will be rounding of the memorial weekend events at the welly, Easington Colliery.

Sunday the 29th of May 2011
1951 Pit Disaster Memorial Event (more info BLOGGED below).

An evening of live music with Blue Bishops' www.bluebishops.co.uk
Biting Rock, Blues and R&B their live appearance on the Paul Jones Show has now been put back to be broadcast on the 6th June 2011,(Radio 2). Some more on the 20th June. Listen in to hear songs from the latest album, In the Red, and a favourite from the ‘deep’ album

The Blue Bishops have recorded  special song about mining disaster
l will be playing very Copacetic mix hope to end the weekend on a high and hopeful sign.
Have not played set at such somber event, but will by the gift of Music
be able 'God willing', to send people home happy.
Need to work on the 'play list' not at present sure what type of audience it will be?

memorial day events

At 4.45am on the 29th May 1951, the night shift at the Colliery were at the end of their shift and the fore shift men were just coming down to start theirs. A spark at the coal face ignited a pocket of gas and the blast lifted coal dust which fuelled and explosion creating a fire ball which smashed and scorched its way through 16,000 yards of underground workings.




events are taking place at the Social Welfare Centre to commemorate the 60th anniversary of this disaster


An exhibition of pictures; memorabilia, news articles covering the past 60 years, with copies of original documents from 1951. The collections are from Beamish Museum, Durham County Records Office




At the Community Memorial Garden (from colliery site) there will be a service held by the Bishop of Jarrow. Thereafter under the miners banners all with march up Seaside Lane to the Church of The Ascenion for the Memorial Service starting at 11.30am. Departing from the Church to congregate at the Miners' Grave for a further service scheduled for 12.45pm and then departing to the Colliery Workmen's Club for refreshments.Keith Pattison's



Photographs from the miners strike in the 1980's

NO REDEMPTION £15

Easington Writers Group

SHRUGGING OF THE WIND £3

FIGHT TO THE FINISH

Gordon Macpherson (1928-1999)

The life, poems and stories of an East Durham Miner

l am about 2 Tell You Who I Am

"Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am?"
so asked the book
l am Kevin Waller not the finished article
but OK despite the development needed
hate being unemployed
love music many types
coastal walking
romantic
person of faith
write a blog,have made mistakes,love Malta.
wish l was finical strong enough to fund my own youthwork project
luv meeting people and role of working with other persons

"Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am?"

"Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am?" by John Powell.

I really love this book, not that expensive,it is one of my favourite books. I recommend a quick read because it will get your heart bringing your soul in touch with your you.The words are powerful, heartful and emotional.It could motivate you to being better person.



I am afraid to tell you who I am, because, if I tell you who I am, you may not like who I am,



a comman mistake made by many teanagers
they feel like no one can like them
yet they often do not relise we already love them just as they are

"Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am?"

sweatheart

That`s a question! take a look at where you are now!
ask yourself
in best Dylan voice
what a sweetheart like you
doing in a dump like this

that provokes loads of responses mainly around is where you work classed as dump

l love the scenery of this coastal town but not the environment

the being out on a limb

detached from town and city life

disconnected from mainstream

being North

rural

coastal

beautiful



sleepy withdrawn romantic real sense of community
what a sweetheart like me doing in a dump like this?

The will of God.

SOMETIMES

SOMETIMES IT GOOD TO SHARE AND EXPERIENCE YOUR OWN VULNERABILITY
OTHER TIMES IT JUST NOT ENOUGH TO BE OPEN TO ALL
IT A TYPE OF THERAPY THAT'S A BIT OVER RATED

pace of life

does progress come at a price
better still what price progress

often wonder
as l ponder what next

getting impatient with
pace of life

was it worse yesteryear














was l stronger
or weaker as a person
am l wiser
can l work in the fast pace of life
enjoyed these days
sometimes blustery windy day halts us
or
lack of money
purpose
unknown incident
then crash
life halts

the new macbook air 13 inch

ita small compact light and too expensive for me
the pictures are good
anyway heading home now

instead of being here

this is where l would like to be now
sailing across the med from cercewra to mgrra



l am feeling vulnerable and due to not having a role
the days appear long
that very unusual for me
taking longer walks
lost a bit of direction
this is all level 5
but feel can be honest about this being unemployed
despite what others especially the media project
it not hippy drippy
it serious dispiriting experience

wow l am getting excited Greenbelt stage

Organic Family Hymnal - the ongoing development of the collective reaches the Greenbelt stage, with our audience certain to respond to their fresh, exciting and developing sound, produced from a shifting lineup of around fifteen musicians!

The Lineup for Greenbelt 2011: Dreams Of Home has been announced, with headliners Billy Bragg, Mavis Staples, Idlewild and Get Cape Wear Cape Fly. We can't wait to welcome you to Cheltenham Racecourse for a king-sized portion of music and performing arts, thought-provoking talks and visual arts, space to worship and spiritually refresh, as well as film, comedy, youth, children and all-age activities

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bus

emilio showing in his proud HullCity top how a bus should be driven
all aboard

on the buses

another serious bus crash in Zejtun Malta
a beautiful country blighted by difficult bus and other road issues



Ironically the traffic lights at Tal-Barrani, which is just 30 seconds drive away from where this accident happened, were out of order for most of the time recently. Very dangerous potholes in my view have surfaced months and even years ago,still remain un-repaired.
add to this Careless drivers still do what they want as no action is taken almost everytime an accident occurs.

Bus, 4 cars, crash in Mgarr this time across the water in Gozo



Don't jump to conclusions, this was truly a genuine accident, it seems that the bus developed some engine trouble and thank God truly,that the driver was a very good cause if he didn't turn the bus to the wrong side of the road, thus hitting the wall it would have fallen on the other side and the height there is more than 20 meters.

people are strange

someone has been trying to connect with me
they unlike others have not been very successful
so they make rude and threatening comments
if l don't reply then and at that time to their E-mails/fonecalls
they are offensive
dig up past and remind me of their view on mistakes
she feels l made......
when l examined the e-mails -comments
she . . . .it is a female..
well don't know if she knows but been sending communication then...answering own communication
it becomes a dialogue between that person and herself





in a very famous film someone said

if he loved you with all his soul for
all his life
he could not love you as much as l did
for one single day

that a true quote, anyway hope to talk to my friend real soon

Queens visit to Dublin

Around 100 Republican demonstrators attempted to disrupt the first day of the historic State visit clashing with police as she laid a wreath at a garden of remembrance.

But on Tuesday night, Mr Hague said the overwhelming response of the Irish people had been welcoming, representing the strength of the relationship which existed between the two countries.

Speaking alongside his Irish counterpart Eamon Gilmore, Mr Hague said: “What struck me was the number of people out on the streets waving and smiling and cheering and so that has shown a very strong and warm welcome today."



lorentus tried to steal a pigeon from a shop
why he needed to do this l will never know.
except l have been young and foolish
daft things like others l have done.
The consciences for him
were real,
1 threat of prison
2 Visit from the police
3 severe beating from dad
4 stern chat from myself

few days later a rather subdued Lorentus
left Criaova for Chalvey UK

life is tuff

someone reminded me of a quote about getting old being no game for sissies
in another place l spoke about the rise of wayside testimonies to persons who have passed on
Such are common in Malta
my father is very ill
he has been ill for many years
he for the last 2 months he only been able been fed thru a tube into his stomach
Andy daughter is 14 months old, she is fed the same way

perhaps life is not as hard for myself as l sometimes imagine



all around are signs of summer
new birth
new hope
promises of better time and better days ahead



the sun across the fields
fields of gold
ahead days of Gold
hope
fun
love
laughter
struggles
some pain
more tears

life is tough
hard journey
the road is travelled by us all wether 14 months or 73
they say the good things is we don`t know whats ahead
but life as well as being tuff is loads of fun

yes thats it loads of fun

if its a struggle for you at present and you do not wanna contact me
know l think of you as l write this

what is going on with websites and internet today

Being unsure about future sounds a bit `hippy drippy`,but it feels tougher then that

Being unsure about future sounds a bit `hippy drippy`,but it feels tougher then that

bloody gardening

still bloody gardening and job searching
hate it
life a bit slow but unusual for me

Moses, He just doesn`t know about that song.

Get the cat and drive real slow

From the welly's of the Norths worse Gardener comes this;-.

After loads of time in the garden it does not look any different and still loads more to do.
Moses (Cat), had been watching me and needed feeding, then off to connect with some young persons.

That song ...Joshua Keddison ..`Jessie`.

"Baby, I've been thinking about a trailer by the sea

We could go to Mexico; you, the cat and me

We'll drink tequila and look for seashells

Now doesn't that sound sweet"

cuppa

as a Greenbelters I love tea,

As most know that the youth group led by me are engaged
in a wealth of social justice issues. fat and famine, christian aid,
occassional community garden.

so often looking to find ways to make a difference.

today l have to work hard on my own garden because l have been outa the country a lot
it is completly over grown
add to that l do not like gardening
but as the BarBQu season arrives it needs to lokk good at least so we can sit out eat chat have a cuppa
so several days of long hard slog ahead
also funding applications and jobsearching going on
bit stressed s try to make the bills on JSA but not the only one

Dear God bless us as we face each simple day with its not so simple issues.

Power

a sunny day in on the north east coast UK
yet the sea has such power
and we are still only now getting used to harnessing this formation

today l was reading a comm entry on Matthew 15 v 31-39 and how God power
is something we forget about
the writer Lucas was telling me to remind self on Gods blessing and promises from past both recent and decades ago
my Faith to meet bills,work for him and to cope with personal issues
well it doesn`t fail but worries become more composed then they should be?

love bronte style

music 6 may 2011

back and brought the sun with me?
current music l am listening too.

home before dark -neil diamond
band of joy-robert plant
heartstrings-frankie and the knuckles
my favorite girl_matt monroe
22 dreams_paul weller

writing all the time

feb up writing and putting

in application letters

also funding forms

freedom is a rusty road

freedom is a dusty road
heading to an highway
its road we walk along
freedom to make mistakes and the freedom
not to abuse or be let down

can still call or text

away again but phone is on

oops well FA

well l don`t know what l did to upset someone special but what l need to do make it right will take place



like when l gave this dog
what was left of my dinner
someone felt l was disrespecting there cooking
it was not that just the dog looked hungry

on a bus to?

on a bus to . . .
and l hate you some
love you some
but miss you most
often l break down in the arms of Jesus for the choice you made,

heres looking back to April

went climbing here bit tough not sure how safe it is for younger ones



the views are really ace sometimes used in films like Troy,Gladiator,Munich all great films



God Bless Us All