| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1934-03-13 |
Despite protests from local farmers, the Forestry Commission extended its tree planting operations at Kielder. Farmers complained the extension would increase flooding problems. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1936-01-18 |
Willowbog Farm, Kielder, 3067 acres, lease / annual tenancy was available from 12th May 1936. Offers to the Forestry Commission. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1936-07-04 |
Funeral of Mr. George Hedley (Whickhope) at Falstone, aged 66. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1936-07-25 |
Funeral of Mr. R. J. Anderson (Cranecleugh) at Byrness. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1937-10-23 |
William H. Maddison is Educational Officer at Kielder Instructional Centre. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1938-01-22 |
An automatic telephone exchange opened at Kielder at noon on Tuesday 18th. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1938-02-05 |
Death of Mr. J. Weatherson of Falstone Farm for 30 years with a long list of mourners. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1939-01-01 |
(1939 Date unspecified) Plans to build 40 new council houses in the North Tyne Valley and Redesdale were approved by Bellingham Rural Council. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1944-02-19 |
When pleading guilty to watering down the gin at the Crown Inn at Stannersburn, licensee Mrs. Mary Wear Nevin told magistrates that she had done it because most of her customers were Land Girls and the gin was too strong for them. She was fined ?4. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1947-07-04 |
The Ministry of Works announced plans for 720 new homes for forestry workers in the North Tyne Valley. Redesdale, Wark, Tarset and Kielder were each in line for 200 new houses and a further 120 were planned for Redesdale. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1947-07-11 |
The Forestry Commission announced plans to cover 70,000 acres of land at Kielder, Wark and Redesdale with trees, a scheme that would generate some 2,000 jobs, it was reported. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1948-11-27 |
Plans were being drawn up for a ?175,000 scheme to provide a piped-water supply to every village and hamlet in the North Tyne Valley. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1950-02-18 |
The advent of the chain saw revolutionised the forestry industry and made a nonsense of the predictions of a top Forestry Commission official. Addressing Hexham Horticultural Society at a meeting in the Queen?s Caf?, Mr. F. Garthwaite predicted that by 1975 there would be 6,000 workers employed in Kielder Forest, living in a series of new villages, with their own community centres, cinemas and shopping complexes. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1950-05-05 |
The Forestry Commission opened a new club for its workers at Kielder after complaints from thirsty lumberjacks that they had to travel nine miles to get a pint. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1950-10-20 |
A scheme to take an adequate supply of piped water to many North Tyne villages, depending on local wells and village pumps, was approved by the Ministry of Health. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1952-03-28 |
Eighteen new houses were completed in the North Tyne by the Forestry Commission with a further 21 in progress and an overall total of 119 planned over the following two years. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1952-05-16 |
Chairman of the Forestry Commission, Lord Robinson, was preparing to open new homes at Kielder for forestry workers. It was said that 6,000 people would live there and Kielder would become a model village with its own welfare centre, shops and cinema. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1952-05-30 |
Birth of Kielder Village. Lord Robinson and forestry workers congratulated each other as the new village was born on Tuesday 27th May. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1953-08-07 |
The Kielder ?ghost train.? |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1954-05-21 |
A new Youth Hostel was opened at Kielder. |
