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Some recent press reports about the Heritage Centre - not comprehensive 

19 Mar 2012 Hexham Courant -New Carriages open

30 Nov 2011 Hexham Courant-CEREMONY HONOURS VOLUNTEERS AT HERITAGE CENTRE

03 Oct 2011 Hexham Courant-VISIT BY PILGRIMS FROM BELLINGHAM , THATS BELLINGHAM USA

THE BELLINGHAM FLOOD OF 1911
Posted on Monday, 1st August, 2011
Press & Media >> Press Releases

 One hundred years ago, on the afternoon of Sunday 14th May 1911, there was a violent thunderstorm and subsequent cloudburst over Hareshaw near the village of Bellingham, Northumberland. When the storm hit, it struck first with hailstones and then rain in prodigious quantities. During the next three hours the Hareshaw Burn rose 10 feet (3.048 metres) and up to 15 feet (4.572 metres) in places. It destroyed buildings and footbridges, washed gardens away, flooded homes and riverside pastures and made roads impassable. Two grocery shops lost all their goods. A new temporary exhibition at the Heritage Centre at Bellingham commemorates this terrible event. The exhibition, which has been curated by AC (Freddie) Everatt, is open from Friday 5th August to Thursday 15th September. The Heritage Centre gratefully acknowledges a donation from Northumberland National Park Authority towards the cost of the exhibition.

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News Releases
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE COMMAND ATTENTION AT THE HERITAGE CENTRE AT BELLINGHAM	Tuesday, 17th May, 2011	88 kB	589
Railway Coaches to return to Station Yard, Bellingham, this week	Tuesday, 12th April, 2011	152 kB	530
Classic & Vintage Vehicles to go on show at Bellingham’s Heritage Centre	Tuesday, 5th April, 2011	156 kB	518
KNITTING PEOPLE TOGETHER – Bellingham Heritage Centre wants many hands from many places to knit it a scarf!	Friday, 1st April, 2011	155 kB	556
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT THE HERITAGE CENTRE	Monday, 21st March, 2011	181 kB	506
Correction Notice - RACING TO MEET DEMAND AS VISITOR NUMBERS RISE BY OVER 20%	Tuesday, 15th March, 2011	187 kB	488
NEW EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS THE ENGINEERING GENIUS OF ROBERT STEPHENSON	Tuesday, 15th March, 2011	170 kB	505
RACING TO MEET DEMAND AS VISITOR NUMBERS RISE BY OVER 20%	Tuesday, 15th March, 2011	210 kB	518
Full steam ahead for Bellingham’s railway history thanks to Heritage Lottery Fund	Saturday, 22nd January, 2011	54 kB	517
Full steam ahead for Bellingham’s railway history thanks to Heritage Lottery Fund	Saturday, 22nd January, 2011	91 kB	531
Mural Prize Winner & Closed 2010	Friday, 17th December, 2010	88 kB	553
Mural Prize Winner & Closed 2010	Friday, 17th December, 2010	183 kB	557
Ninety Nine Northumbriana Mural - Photocall	Sunday, 12th December, 2010	632 kB	538
Ninety Nine Northumbriana Mural - Photocall	Sunday, 12th December, 2010	573 kB	545
Poet Linda France to lead a Writing Workshop on Thursday 7 October (National Poetry Day)	Thursday, 30th September, 2010	87 kB	589
Poet Linda France to lead a Writing Workshop on Thursday 7 October (National Poetry Day)	Thursday, 30th September, 2010	191 kB	572
STORY-TELLING, VINTAGE BUSES, and BELLINGHAM SHOW	Wednesday, 25th August, 2010	87 kB	598
STORY-TELLING, VINTAGE BUSES, and BELLINGHAM SHOW	Wednesday, 25th August, 2010	179 kB	617
Show Saturday by Philip Larkin	Wednesday, 25th August, 2010	39 kB	938
Show Saturday by Philip Larkin	Wednesday, 25th August, 2010	69 kB	1593
Border Song – a thrilling new version of the Song of Songs – created by poet Linda France and artist Kim Lewis	Wednesday, 25th August, 2010	175 kB	642
Border Song – a thrilling new version of the Song of Songs – created by poet Linda France and artist Kim Lewis	Wednesday, 25th August, 2010	235 kB	571
Shock! Horror! ‘Auntie’ takes advantage!	Friday, 30th July, 2010	88 kB	572
Shock! Horror! ‘Auntie’ takes advantage!	Friday, 30th July, 2010	179 kB	580
The Heritage Centre goes ‘live’! Internet viewers and visitors to see artist Rachel Pearson paint a mural	Wednesday, 14th July, 2010	94 kB	544
The Heritage Centre goes ‘live’! Internet viewers and visitors to see artist Rachel Pearson paint a mural	Wednesday, 14th July, 2010	113 kB	589
The Other Man on the Northumbrian Hills: Simon Armitage CBE walks the Pennine Way	Friday, 9th July, 2010	89 kB	612
The Other Man on the Northumbrian Hills: Simon Armitage CBE walks the Pennine Way	Friday, 9th July, 2010	196 kB	592
Poetry in Motion: Simon Armitage CBE to read in Bellingham, on Saturday 10 July during his Pennine Way walk	Tuesday, 6th July, 2010	89 kB	614
Poetry in Motion: Simon Armitage CBE to read in Bellingham, on Saturday 10 July during his Pennine Way walk	Tuesday, 6th July, 2010	194 kB	656
A Poet Comes Striding By: Simon Armitage CBE walks to Bellingham on Saturday 10 July	Tuesday, 29th June, 2010	88 kB	611
A Poet Comes Striding By: Simon Armitage CBE walks to Bellingham on Saturday 10 July	Tuesday, 29th June, 2010	184 kB	635
‘In Our Back Yard’ - a photographic exhibition by Yvonne Davies of Foresters and Woodsmen at work	Tuesday, 29th June, 2010	500 kB	576
‘In Our Back Yard’ - a photographic exhibition by Yvonne Davies of Foresters and Woodsmen at work	Tuesday, 29th June, 2010	496 kB	605
A Poet Comes Striding By	Tuesday, 22nd June, 2010	88 kB	592
A Poet Comes Striding By	Tuesday, 22nd June, 2010	183 kB	580
Northumbrians – a new photographic exhibition by Neil Denham at the Heritage Centre at Bellingham	Monday, 24th May, 2010	998 kB	717
Northumbrians – a new photographic exhibition by Neil Denham at the Heritage Centre at Bellingham	Monday, 24th May, 2010	305 kB	658
Vintage Vehicles and Vintage Weather combine to make a wonderful weekend at the Heritage Centre at Bellingham.	Sunday, 25th April, 2010	101 kB	641
Vintage Vehicles and Vintage Weather combine to make a wonderful weekend at the Heritage Centre at Bellingham.	Sunday, 25th April, 2010	192 kB	632

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