| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1988-11-27 |
Kielder Water?s visitor centre was proving increasingly popular. It had pulled in 253,000 punters over the previous seven months ? more than it managed the entire year before, announced the then Northumbria Water Authority. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1989-01-01 |
The search for wreckage after the Lockerbie air disaster continued. Eighty police officers and special patrol group dogs and horses were still searching the Kielder area. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1990-09-08 |
Coal mining in the North Tyne came to an abrupt end in September when the last surviving privately-owned drift mine shut down. The Falstone-Plashetts mine, employing 14 men in its heyday, produced an average of 100 tonnes of coal a week for the local market. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1981-03-03 |
Flooding from intense rainfall and melting snow left Tynedale roads and farmland under water. Thanks to the Kielder Dam, the scale of the devastation was reduced. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1993-04-11 |
Plans were unveiled for an ?80 million wind farm at Humble Hill, Kielder, with 267 giant windmills churning out cheap electricity and bringing 100 construction jobs. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1993-06-27 |
Forestry Commission foreman Ernie Swailes of Falstone despatched his millionth tonne of timber from Kielder Forest to the sawmills. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
1994-05-21 |
Plans to build a ?10m ?green power station? or wind farm in the heart of Kielder Forest were unveiled. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
2000-07-09 |
Work was being completed on the controversial ?280,000 Kielder Skyspace sculpture by American artist James Turrell, attracting about half a million extra tourists. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
2001-08-17 |
A 40-bed youth hostel was established in a redundant wing of Kielder First School at a cost of ?335,000. Cf. 18/02/2001 for beginning. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
2006-11-03 |
The newly refurbished Lanehead village hall, built in the 1930s, was officially opened. The facelift cost around ?150,000 with help from DEFRA and the Big Lottery Fund. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
2008-02-15 |
A bypass was to be built to divert logging trucks from the vicinity of the Calvert Trust, a 40-acre complex, which for nearly 25 years had allowed people with disabilities and their families to take part in adventure activities. The 155,000-acre Kielder Forest produced 400,000 tonnes of timber each year, some 5% of the timber grown in the UK. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
2008-05-09 |
The Hollybush at Greenhaugh, run by Tim and Christine Morris, closed with the hope that new proprietors would soon take over. |
| North Tyne Valley and Kielder |
2009-01-23 |
The Kielder Postbus service from Hexham to Kielder ended on 3rd January 2009 after Northumberland County Council withdrew the subsidy that kept the service viable. |
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1885-07-09 |
Villagers in Acomb were excited after the discovery of a bed of coal under 14 acres of land. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1879-01-02 |
A gloom was cast over Otterburn by the death of the Rev. T. Wearing, who had been the curate of St. John?s church in the village for 20 years. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1879-04-30 |
An inquest was held into the death of a child, who had drowned when she accidentally fell into the Otter Burn. The coroner pointed out that the burn was in the centre of the village and lacked protection except at the bridge and several accidents had occurred. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1880-12-09 |
An Otterburn servant girl went missing on the Otterburn Moors. Two weeks later her body was found in snow at Trough End Fell. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1883-06-20 |
Thomas James, of Otterburn Tower, died aged 76. He was buried in Ovingham. He was one of the oldest magistrates for Northumberland and took an active part in the affairs of the county. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1883-11-07 |
The Post Office announced that a mounted carrier would travel on weekdays between Otterburn and High Byrness via Rochester. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1891-03-07 |
Ploughing Day took place at Waterfalls, the farm of Mr. Herdman, on Monday 24th February. |
