| Wark |
1933-05-20 |
Cuthbert Nicholson and Reminiscences of the Goften Burn. |
| Wark |
1936-12-09 |
A 24-hour automated service replaced the manually operated telephone exchange at Wark. |
| Wark |
1950-03-17 |
Plans were announced for extensive improvements to Wark Town Hall, at a cost of ?3000. |
| Wark |
1950-05-19 |
Wark Parish Council asked the Minister of Health for sanctions to spend ?275 to enable Wark to have its first set of street lights. |
| Wark |
1951-02-09 |
It was decided to build a new county primary school on 2.58 acres of land. |
| Wark |
1953-10-24 |
The Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company had agreed to cleanse the water supply at Wark. The company admitted that the water was often filled with sand and silt. |
| Wark |
1963-06-22 |
Mrs. Lance Allgood of Nunwick Hall opened Wark Sports Pavilion, built at a cost of ?9,000, on Saturday 16th June. |
| Wark |
1963-08-16 |
Wark bridge was to be reopened at a cost of ?200. |
| Wark |
1964-05-29 |
James Watt of Stonehaugh drowned aged 11 while bathing in a pool at the Warksburn on Sunday 24th May. |
| Wark |
1965-07-16 |
The new school at Wark was officially opened on 9th July 1965 with accommodation for 120 pupils ?from Wark, Simonburn and the surrounding area?. |
| Wark |
1971-10-22 |
The demolition of Beaufort House ?a very graceful and beautiful little house? to allow road widening at a dangerous corner. It had been purchased by the Council in March 1956. |
| Wark |
1972-08-25 |
The new Wark sports pavilion was nearing completion replacing the 50-year-old building. |
| Wark |
1973-08-28 |
The Chipchase Arms Hotel was sold at auction for ?25,350, with the new owners planning to turn it into a country house. Compare 28/05/1982. |
| Wark |
1973-09-14 |
A preservation order was sought for Wark Bridge. |
| Wark |
1973-10-09 |
A water pump outside the old doctor?s house at Wark was dismantled after the house was demolished to make way for road improvements. Last used 60 years ago, it was the village?s last water pump. |
| Wark |
1998-01-01 |
(1988 Date unspecified) Stonehaugh Post Office, which had served the village for over 30 years, was closed by owner Terry Metcalf. |
| Wark |
1978-06-06 |
A dispute arose over the age of the Iron Bridge between Bellingham and Chollerford on its supposed 100th birthday. |
| Wark |
1978-09-26 |
One of the biggest snakes ever found in the North-East was discovered by a North Tyne farmer near Wark. The dead grass snake measured 31.5 inches and was taken to the Hancock Museum. |
| Wark |
1981-04-07 |
Work was nearing completion on the new ?200,000 Houxty Bridge on the main North Tyne road, just north of Wark, after the old bridge was declared unsafe. |
| Wark |
1982-05-28 |
Mrs. Joan White was the last licensee of the former Chipchase Arms. She took the public house over from Mr. Vic Jackson in 1973 and gave it up two years later, after which it became a private house. |
