| Haltwhistle |
1985-01-08 |
Pupils at Haltwhistle First School said farewell to their 110-year-old premises and moved into new ?700,000 facilities. |
| Haltwhistle |
1985-03-29 |
Article on Featherstone POW camp. |
| Haltwhistle |
1987-07-04 |
The go-ahead was given for a major opencast coal mining scheme at Plenmeller with the promise of 120 jobs. |
| Haltwhistle |
1989-02-26 |
British Coal was given the go-ahead to set up an opencast mine at Plenmeller against the wishes of Northumberland County Council. |
| Haltwhistle |
1991-09-28 |
A ?35 million scheme to extract 2 million tonnes of coal from Plenmeller began. |
| Haltwhistle |
1983-10-03 |
Crown Paints announced it was making 65 men redundant across its two plants in Haltwhistle and Darwen. |
| Haltwhistle |
1993-01-15 |
Article on Haltwhistle Burn. |
| Haltwhistle |
1993-03-28 |
The long-delayed Government plans for a bypass at Haltwhistle were due to be revealed but it was thought that there would be strong opposition from locals. |
| Haltwhistle |
1994-01-02 |
An ambitious scheme for a railway heritage centre in Haltwhistle, which could attract over 10,000 visitors a year, was proposed. |
| Haltwhistle |
1994-07-16 |
The go-ahead was given for the construction of the ?11.1 million Haltwhistle bypass on the A69. |
| Haltwhistle |
1994-12-31 |
It was announced that half a million pounds was to be spent on restoring the Lambley Viaduct, one of the main attractions of the Haltwhistle-Alston railway. |
| Haltwhistle |
1996-03-03 |
Work began on the A69 Haltwhistle bypass, in the hope that it would put an end to the traffic nightmares. The ?9.4 million project was due to take two years to complete. |
| Haltwhistle |
1996-04-07 |
Construction work began on the ?9.4 million Haltwhistle bypass, the first in the country to be designed, built, financed and operated by a private firm. |
| Haltwhistle |
1996-08-18 |
Fine weather was allowing construction work on the ?9.4 million Haltwhistle bypass to go ahead without a hitch. The road was expected to be open in the autumn. |
| Haltwhistle |
1997-03-23 |
Officials predicted that the A69 Haltwhistle bypass would be open by May 22nd, two months ahead of schedule. The ?9.4 million bypass was the first to be designed, built, financed and operated by a private company. |
| Haltwhistle |
1997-03-30 |
A ?1 million plan for a museum at Haltwhistle station was drawn up, which was expected to attract more than 10,000 visitors a year. |
| Haltwhistle |
1997-04-27 |
Two of the three petrol filling stations in Haltwhistle were driven out of business, even before the opening of the bypass. |
| Haltwhistle |
1997-05-18 |
The long-awaited A69 Haltwhistle bypass opened, bringing an end to a campaign to take heavy traffic away from the west end of the town. |
| Haltwhistle |
1997-11-30 |
The jobs of 130 miners at Blenkinsopp Colliery were in jeopardy following a cut in demand for coal used in power stations. |
| Haltwhistle |
1998-01-11 |
Managers announced the loss of 25 jobs after buying back control of Blenkinsopp Colliery for an undisclosed sum. |
