Yup! There's lots of tory geordies - Mair than ye'd reckon!

"I bet there are quite a few geordie tories. i bet half of them sing unaccompanied folksongs about pit explosions for light relief. its so much easier to blether on the what a rough time they had in those catherine cookson novels" The Wilson Family by any chance??

And Thanks for coming in with a real bit of historical accuracy there Teribus

And..... you guessed wrong about the Davey Lamp, WLD - It's an original which belonged to my paternal Grandfather - My Granny was a labour councillor in Wallsend for many years but saw the light eventually (after WWll) and swapped horses.

Eric, Do you still have the Morning Star delivered or do you collect it yourself??