| People |
1962-02-02 |
After 11 years as MP for Hexham, Rupert Speir announced that he would not be standing for re-election at the next General Election. |
| People |
1962-06-01 |
W. W. Gibson dies aged 83. |
| People |
1963-06-21 |
Demolition of birthplace of sculptor, John Graham Lough, at Greenhead Port. Compare 15/11/1963. |
| People |
1964-03-27 |
Reverend R. G. Bell of Otterburn Hall was back after a stay of 10 weeks in the USA studying racial problems in the southern states. |
| People |
1966-04-08 |
Miles Beavan died 4th April 1966 aged 79 years, dear husband of Winnie and father of Suzanne and Hazel. Compare obituary. |
| People |
1971-10-15 |
Death of Arthur Boaden (59) while on holiday in Majorca. Cf. 22/10/1971. |
| People |
1975-01-03 |
Review of Upper Coquetdale by David Dippie Dixon. |
| People |
1976-11-19 |
The retirement of George and Catherine Dodd from the Carts Bog after 46 years at the Inn, known as The Green Tree for many years. |
| People |
1977-08-26 |
Miss Nancy Ridley, a prolific pen, sets authoress a record. |
| People |
1983-01-04 |
Former Wark schoolgirl, Kathryn Tickell (15), an expert on the Northumbrian pipes, made her national TV debut on Blue Peter. |
| People |
1983-09-02 |
Death of Jackie Potts of the Fox and Hounds in Bellingham, aged 69, husband of Peggy, having held the licence since the 1960s. |
| People |
1983-12-19 |
The former head of Swan Hunter shipyard, Sir John Hunter, died aged 78. He lived at Beech Close Farm, Newton. |
| People |
1987-01-02 |
Death of Nancy Ridley, one of Tynedale?s most famous daughters and a national authority on Northumberland, on Tuesday, 30th December 1986, at 17 Hencotes, Hexham. Born on 29/09/1911, she wrote five books: A Portrait of Northumberland (1965), Northumbrian Heritage (1968), A Northumbrian Remembers (1970), A Northumbrian at Large (1975) and Northumberland, Then and Now (1978). She was born at Lipwood Well, Haydon Bridge, an only child, who lived in the North East all her life. Compare HC 09/01/1987. |
| People |
1987-01-09 |
Death of John Gillam of Market Place, Corbridge, at the age of 69. |
| People |
1987-01-09 |
Mr. Valdemar Blankenburgs formally handed over to Bellingham Parish Council three more volumes of photographs depicting life in Bellingham from the turn of the century to the present day. He had given three already, making a total of six, housed in Bellingham Library. |
| People |
1991-01-29 |
Kay Wilson (20) became the first female fire-fighter in Northumberland when she joined the retained crew in her home village of Bellingham. |
| People |
1998-01-01 |
(1998 Date unspecified) Dr. P.E.G. Clement was the local doctor in Bellingham before and during the war. The Heritage Centre has a tape recalling his life in Bellingham from 1938-1946. It was made as a rehearsal for a talk he was giving, so the quality is not brilliant, but it is well worth listening to. |
| People |
1993-01-15 |
Death of Redesdale historian Ronnie Charlton aged 67. |
| People |
1996-12-29 |
Robin Birley, director of the Vindolanda Trust, was awarded an OBE in the New Year?s Honours List. He had been excavating the site for nearly 20 years. |
| People |
1997-11-09 |
An era came to a close with the retirement of Eric Liddle, blacksmith at Simonburn for more than 50 years. |
