| Bellingham |
1928-11-14 |
After hearing that there were 110 unemployed men in the area, Bellingham Rural Council decided that they should be set to work stone breaking and demolishing derelict property in the village. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1928-11-03 |
Jacob Robson chaired meeting of the Hexham Division Unionist Association at West Woodburn. |
| Hexham |
1928-10-03 |
Hexham Urban Council was considering installing a telephone in the house of each fireman to speed up response time. Consideration was also being given to buying a motor fire engine, as the horse-drawn appliance had taken 1? hours to get to a fire at Otterburn. |
| Hexham |
1928-10-03 |
A new parish hall, erected by members of the Wooley settlement from Slaley, was opened at St. John Lee, Acomb, by Miss Straker of the Priory. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1928-09-29 |
Proposed Parish Hall in Bardon Mill, on the east side of Bardon Mill, on the Thorngrafton road. |
| Haltwhistle |
1928-08-29 |
A ceremony was held to inaugurate a three-valve, 21 head-set wireless radio at Haltwhistle War Memorial hospital. It was built at a cost of ?35 and was expected to give great pleasure to patients and staff. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1928-08-18 |
Rochester village hall opened (no date). |
| People |
1928-08-18 |
Death of Sir George Trevelyan. |
| Hexham |
1928-07-25 |
A request was made for state assistance for the tuberculosis colony at Wooley, one of only three in the country, which had lost ?180 in treating 27 patients the previous year. |
| Rural Topics |
1928-06-30 |
Article on the treatment of tuberculosis by fresh air. |
| Redesmouth or Reedsmouth |
1928-06-27 |
Concern was expressed about the unstable condition of the Mission Bank, which was in such a poor state that no vehicle was able to climb it without losing half its load. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1928-06-23 |
Bardon Mill Temperance gathering with speeches on prohibition and a photograph by Thomas Lowdon of Bardon Mill. |
| Corbridge and Matfen |
1928-06-20 |
Tunnelling operations to drain water from Stagshaw Bank Colliery were concluded after nearly a year of working day and night. |
| Haltwhistle |
1928-06-20 |
A garage together with eight buses, two cars and two motorcycles worth a total of ?20,000 were destroyed in a fire on Aesica Road. |
| Rural Topics |
1928-06-09 |
Article on motor picnics. |
| Schools |
1928-06-02 |
Miss Atkinson of Hepple School was leaving for Simonburn. |
| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
1928-05-30 |
A tuberculosis information lecture was held at West Wylam Miners? Hall as the rate of cases was growing month by month. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1928-05-26 |
George Richard Pepperell (1884-Oct-Dec 1953) of Workington bought the Henshaw & Barcombe Colliery, which went into liquidation a few months ago. Only last year, a large amount of money was spent on extensive sidings, screening plant, block of offices and a big aerial flight. |
| Wark |
1928-05-26 |
Thomas H. Nichol opened his grocery shop in Wark, selling flour, groceries, provisions, stationery, tobacco and patent medicines. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1928-05-24 |
Newcastle Journal: Henshaw Colliery to restart; bought by George Richard Pepperell (1884-Oct-Dec 1953) of Haltwhistle ?only last year?extensive sidings and screening plant were put in, a block of offices was erected, and also a big aerial flight?colliery went into liquidation a few months ago. |
