| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1927-04-05 |
A rural telephone call office was unveiled in Falstone, with a fee of 2d when calling someone within a five-mile radius and 4p for a five-to-seven mile radius. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1927-12-31 |
The usual festivities were organised at The Birks, Greystead, by Mrs. J. Spencer for the children of the Hott School and their mothers on Tuesday 27th December. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1928-01-28 |
Emblehope School party and concert, with Miss (Amy) Allcroft, schoolmistress. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1928-12-12 |
Kielder public hall was packed to capacity when the annual concert and dance was held in aid of the schoolchildren?s holiday fund. Some people walked ten miles over the fells to attend the acclaimed event, which included solos, sketches, pupil performances and a popular recitation by Mrs. McWhirter of Rabby Doo. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1929-01-26 |
A concert was held at Falstone in aid of the Village Hall Building Fund. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1929-01-30 |
Kielder School was closed by order of Bellingham Council because of an outbreak of a contagious skin disease. It was to remain closed until the entire building had been cleaned and disinfected. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1929-09-10 |
Thomas Forster, of Snowhall, Tarset, completed 50 years as a butcher, 34 of which had been spent at Tarset. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1929-12-17 |
A meeting was held to discuss plans to reorganise schools in the North Tyne area. Participants heard that certain schools could be closed and others opened to deal with older pupils. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1930-05-17 |
Concert and Dance at Falstone for village hall building funds. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1930-08-09 |
Mr. A. Brown of Hawkhope Hill, near Falstone, died. An obituary appeared with a long list of mourners. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1930-10-11 |
Mr. J. Norman, stationmaster at Tarset, retires. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1931-04-18 |
The new village hall at Tarset was opened by Mrs. T. Taylor on Friday 10th April 1931 to replace the one burnt down in June 1929. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1931-10-17 |
W. F. Inglis of Elmcroft is the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Falstone Show. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1932-01-16 |
?Rural life in the valley of the North Tyne? was published in July 1882 in a Boston (USA) newspaper. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1932-02-20 |
Fifty thousand acres of the Kielder Estate of the Duke of Northumberland were sold to the Forestry Commission for afforestation. (cf. 29/02/1932). |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1932-12-10 |
The Hott School ? a famous North Tyne Seat of Learning. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1933-03-11 |
The Government announced plans to establish a residential centre on the Kielder Estate, at the head of the North Tyne Valley, to train 200 unemployed men. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1933-05-20 |
Afforestation at Kielder. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1933-10-28 |
Revd. Arthur James Dexter, rector of Falstone since 1913, resigns. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1933-12-02 |
Kielder Training Centre opened in August 1933 and was successful in raising the morale of the unemployed. |
