| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1954-07-16 |
Tarset, Lewiefield and Deadwater stations were to become halts, whose passenger service was ?apparently extremely unremunerative.? |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1954-07-16 |
Kielder Village, opened two years ago by the late Lord Robinson of Kielder and Adelaide, was ?a slum of unimaginable ugliness.? |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1954-08-13 |
The Minister of Agriculture was to receive a report on life and conditions in the Forestry Commission villages of Kielder, Byrness and Stonehaughshiel. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1955-05-13 |
The decision was taken to slaughter most of the 60-strong herd of wild goats at Plashetts in case they destroyed the newly-planted trees. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1957-09-14 |
Firemen spent 17 hours to bring under control a blaze at a barn at Hawkhope Farm, Falstone, which destroyed 70 tons of hay. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1959-05-02 |
N. J. Beattie: In Memoriam: (Wainhope) In loving memory of my dear son Frank; died May 2nd 1955. Ever remembered and sadly missed by his loving mother and brothers. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1959-05-15 |
Work began on dismantling the North Tyne Valley railway line just one year short of its centenary. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1959-06-19 |
The closure was announced of a remote drift mine, employing 20 men, on the moors at Coalcleugh, near Tarset. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1960-02-19 |
Five families were made homeless when fire ravaged through their single-storey cottages, 50 years old, at Mouseyhaugh on Tuesday 16th February 1960. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1962-08-03 |
Hundreds of people flocked to the recently opened Forestry Commission camping and caravan park at Lewisburn. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1962-08-10 |
Popularity of Lewisburn Campsite in Kielder. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1963-10-18 |
Kielder First School, the first school to be built in the village for 100 years, was opened by Miss Kathleen Morrison Bell. The school, with provision for 120 children, was designed to be part of a village square development, including a church and shops. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1963-12-27 |
First Falstone Show was held in 1885 (Mr. Isaac Dagg). |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1964-02-28 |
With the death of Isaac Dagg aged 90 of Stannersburn, a link with the first Falstone Show of 1885 was broken. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1964-05-22 |
The piped water scheme for Falstone farms and cottages would cost ?3,400. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1964-10-23 |
A new bridge was opened at Bakethin, built by soldiers for the Forestry Commission. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1965-01-09 |
Bus company Mid-Tyne Transport announced that it was reducing its services to the North Tyne because of rising costs and reduced income. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1965-04-02 |
Plans to demolish the 100-year old Kielder viaduct, deemed ?no longer useful?, were announced by the Forestry Commission. Compare 09/04/1965 and 23/04/1965. In 1969 the Forestry Commission gave it to the Northumberland and Newcastle Society. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1965-05-07 |
The Border Forest Park Museum opened on Monday 3rd May 1965. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1967-07-07 |
Preservation of Kielder viaduct. |
