| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1932-11-26 |
Advertisement: Otterburn Hall Hotel: Central Heating Throughout. Dancing Floor. 18-hole Golf Course. Annual Subscription ?2-2-0. Daily charge 3/-. Book now for Christmas and New Year Festivities. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1932-12-31 |
The death of Lord Northbourne at his Betteshanger home near Dover on Saturday 24th December 1932 will cause widespread regret in Redesdale where he came to his shooting box at Rochester almost every autumn. He was a great sportsman and a remarkably fine and discriminating artist. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1933-05-13 |
?The River Rede has lately become so infested with pike, which are very destructive of trout and young salmon, that drastic measures have had to be taken. The river has been recently netted for pike and altogether more than 100 were caught ranging from 4lb. to 11lb in weight.? |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1933-04-29 |
A riding school was now attached to the Otterburn Hall Hotel and was doing great business. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1934-06-22 |
Sir Hubert Swinburne of Capheaton Hall died. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1934-07-28 |
A sheepdog trial was held at Rochester Camp. The open class attracted 14 entries and was won by Mr. W. J. Wallace?s Jed (English champion 1933) with 49? points. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1937-01-01 |
(1937 Date unspecified) Otterburn, Allendale, Blanchland and other Tynedale villages were cut off by snowdrifts up to 12 feet deep in February. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1936-01-11 |
Meeting about bringing electricity to Otterburn in ?what had been considered a very isolated area.? |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1937-01-16 |
Article on fire burning at the Huel on New Year?s Day. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1937-01-23 |
Jacob Robson (Junior) honoured as joint Master of the Border Foxhounds. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1938-06-21 |
Work was well under way on a ?7,000 new school at Otterburn. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1944-02-26 |
Death of Mr. H. G. M. Stronach, head of Otterburn School for 2? years ? list of mourners does not include John Hodgson of Percy Arms. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1944-09-30 |
Prefabricated hut opposite Otterburn Towers to serve as a Roman Catholic Church. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1949-07-15 |
Stabbing affair at the Percy Arms. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1950-03-10 |
In the first local government election for 13 years, garage proprietor John William Reed defeated secretary Ralph Graham Bell by 13 votes for a seat on Bellingham Rural Council. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1950-07-28 |
Application for a 30 mph speed limit through Ridsdale. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1951-09-07 |
The first bungalows for aged people in the North East were opened at Otterburn. They were to be let at an all-in economic rental of 14s 3d a week and it was hoped that they would pave the way for more houses for senior citizens in other areas of the region. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1952-02-22 |
Troughend Hall was threatened with demolition to make way for a modern farmhouse. In spite of appeals from conservationists, Bellingham Rural District Council decided not to oppose the demolition order. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1952-05-03 |
An inducement to motorists to obey a halt sign at Otterburn crossroads was announced ? a new house for the village constable was to be built at one corner of the road junction. Councillor A. Armstrong told Bellingham Rural Council: ?That should put the fear of God into any motorist.? |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1952-06-13 |
A ?canvas pub extension? at the Percy Arms, owned by Vaux Breweries, would provide facilities for troops from Otterburn and visitors from June to September. |
