| Haltwhistle |
1998-05-23 |
A ?900,000 regeneration scheme at Haltwhistle railway station, including converting the former ticket office into a tourist information centre, was nearing completion. |
| Haltwhistle |
2000-03-19 |
Northumberland County Council rejected a proposal to create a tourist highway linking Haltwhistle and Kielder Water. |
| Haltwhistle |
2002-01-20 |
The building firm, Barwick Brothers of Gilsland, became the third company in Haltwhistle to enter administration in as many months with the loss of 27 jobs. |
| Haltwhistle |
2002-10-05 |
Work began on the demolition of the 77-year-old miners? welfare premises to make way for a ?2.1m sports complex. |
| Haltwhistle |
2005-02-06 |
Haltwhistle residents were asked to choose whether they wanted to watch ITV programmes via Border Television or Tyne Tees when the switch to digital came round. |
| Haltwhistle |
2005-03-19 |
Greggs of Haltwhistle will stop trading on Saturday 19th March. The Hudspith family would like to thank everyone in the Haltwhistle area for their custom over the last 50 years. See HC 25/03/05. |
| Haltwhistle |
2006-03-03 |
The Co-operative shop at Halton Lea Gate, which was originally due to close in October 2005 after losing money for 20 years, was scheduled to close at the end of March. The store was formerly run by Naworth Colliery Co-operative Society, which merged with Penrith in 1993. |
| Haltwhistle |
2006-06-16 |
The old practice room of the Haltwhistle Silver Prize Band had been sold. Built in 1812, the original Lady Capel Church School became home to the band in the 1880s. The two trustees, Jonty Bell and Tom Fletcher, confirmed the sale. |
| Haltwhistle |
2008-05-09 |
After nearly 40 years, Clive Brown Hardware in Market Square, run by his son David since his death in 1988, closed on April 4th due to a fall in trade. |
| Haltwhistle |
2009-04-24 |
Gordon and Kathleen Liddell put their shoe shop on the market. It had been a shoe shop since 1840 when it was bought by the Waugh family. The new owner, Norah Briscoe, kept the original name until the Liddells bought the business in 1978. |
| Haltwhistle |
2012-07-13 |
In the year of the 90th anniversary of the opening of the Haltwhistle War Memorial Hospital, it was announced that a planning application to provide a new integrated care scheme had been accepted and that the old hospital would be demolished. |
| Haltwhistle |
2013-05-17 |
The new Haltwhistle War Memorial Hospital was due to open by March 2014. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1879-01-23 |
Haydon Bridge Grammar School opened for the first time as a fee-paying school, with the scholars obliged to pay not less than 2d. per week. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1879-11-12 |
Three more people from Haydon Bridge decided to emigrate, adding to an already long list of those having left the village. The three were heading for Texas while, a month before, some 25 people from the same family had left the village for New Zealand. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1888-04-12 |
The Haydon Bridge Industrial Co-operative Society opened a new store in Haydon Bridge. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1892-07-30 |
A large Temperance Demonstration was held at Haydon Bridge. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1898-06-04 |
Restoration of the Spa Well at Haydon Bridge with the opening ceremony on Monday 30th May performed by Mrs. J. C. Straker. (cf. Hexham Herald)H |
| Haydon Bridge |
1900-10-20 |
Elrington station wins first prize for the best-kept wayside station, in charge of Mr. Wilson, who has been there for three years. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1906-04-21 |
A meeting of the "Hope of Haydon" Lodge of Good Templars was held in the Shaftoe Trust Schools, presided over by Bro. J. W. Harding. The speakers were Bros. T. Honeyman, Linkey and Muir. Sisters Linkey and Honeyman sang solos. There was a fairly good company. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1906-12-01 |
The fortnightly meeting of the Haydon Bridge Band of Hope. |
