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LOCAL PRESS reports that an ape-like creature spotted at Bolam Lake is a Yeti, are wide of the mark as our exclusive picture (right) reveals.
The beast is in fact ex-Sunderland manager Peter Reid, who has been holed up at the Northumberland beauty spot since being sacked from his job earlier this season.
He'd originally headed south to Hartlepool, but because of some unfortunate family history (his grandfather was hanged there), he didn't stay long. |
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Ashington Dictionary
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English |
Ashington |
| Bend |
curve |
group of musicians |
| Curler |
Hair styling aid |
Sweet fizzy drink |
| Cursed |
Under a spell |
The seaside |
| Dour |
melancholy |
entrance to house |
| Fuel |
burnt on fire |
idiot |
| Furl |
Gather up |
Tip over |
| Gurn |
pull a face |
no longer there |
| Hurl |
throw |
middle of Polo mint |
| Made |
Manufactured |
Insane |
| Mains |
Electrical circuit |
Gents Toilet |
| Mare |
female horse |
larger quantity |
| Queer |
Unusual |
Church singers |
| Skirt |
female attire |
native of Scotland |
| Slurp |
Drink noisily |
Hill |
| Snare |
Animal trap |
white stuff |
| Spain |
Spaniards’ home |
Rotate |
| Sure |
certain |
washing facility |
| Surfer |
internet user |
comfortable seat |
| Warm |
quite hot |
fishing bait |
| Whale |
Large sea mammal |
Water hole |
| Word |
part of sentence |
from a tree |
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Where are they now?
No.2: Stevie Charlton
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The star of Sky Television’s Toon coverage in the 1990s hasn’t been seen on screen for a few years, leading to premature rumours of his death. But here he is, looking tanned and relaxed, sitting on the gadgie seat inside Fenwick’s doorway, late last month.
Sky used to pay for his season ticket and drive him to away games, so their cameras could pick him out in the crowd, allowing the commentator to say: “There’s one old boy who can remember the last time Newcastle won something.”
“I’m eighty-one now, son,” he told our man. But does he still go to the match?
“Aye. I’m eighty-one now, son.” And does he fancy our chances for the Championship? “Aye. I’m eighty-one now, son,” he said, drawing the interview to a close.
Makes you wonder why the Sky team grew tired of sharing a car with him up and down the country each week. |
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Crim Watch
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True local crime stories
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FURTHER PROOF that you can’t leave anything lying around in Mackem-Land came last month, when police revealed that almost two miles of railway track has been nicked from Penshaw.
Thieves spent six days removing the disused line, which has a scrap value of around £250,000.
But the gang - who were using JCBs, diggers and welding equipment in broad daylight - were nabbed when a passer-by alerted the cops.
Three men were arrested at the scene, while another three escaped in a van.
WHEN POLICE set up a drugs awareness van in
Middlesbrough last month, one local resident was particularly upset - for it was only yards from Paul Roth’s crack den.
The incensed dealer stormed over to the two officers manning the caravan and protested that they were ruining his livelihood.
Police raided his home and he’s now serving seven years for possession of crack with intent to supply.
“He’s not the brightest of blokes, and our caravan obviously annoyed him,” said Det. Constable Andy Parker.
ANOTHER DOPEY drug dealer was jailed for three years last month, after boasting about his crooked operation on the Friends Reunited website.
“I’m selling a lot of Charlie in Redcar and I’ve got three sports cars, said Raymond Carling’s entry on the site.
Cops were already suspicious abut his lavish lifestyle - because he earned just £45 per week in his day job at an amusement arcade.
• Sources: The Journal, Northern Echo, The Sun |
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