| Chollerford and Chollerton |
1976-01-01 |
(1976 Date unspecified) New traffic lights installed on Chollerford bridge were switched off following complaints from residents about huge traffic hold-ups. |
| Chollerford and Chollerton |
1976-06-22 |
A new ?7,500 traffic lights system on Chollerford bridge came under fire for causing massive tailbacks of vehicles waiting to cross. |
| Chollerford and Chollerton |
1981-08-18 |
Head cook Maisie Carr (75) retired after working for 49 years in the kitchen at The George Hotel, Chollerford. |
| Chollerford and Chollerton |
1982-11-16 |
There were fears that the 200-year old Chollerton Bridge could close for up to nine months for emergency repairs. |
| Chollerford and Chollerton |
1983-01-18 |
North Tyne residents demanded the provision of a temporary Bailey bridge over the North Tyne, as Chollerford Bridge built in 1771 faced closure for emergency repairs. |
| Chollerford and Chollerton |
1883-02-22 |
Hexham MP Geoffrey Rippon backed the fight to have a temporary bridge in place while the main bridge over the North Tyne at Chollerford underwent repairs. |
| Chollerford and Chollerton |
1983-03-21 |
Tynedale Council proposed to offer a donation to purchase of a Bailey bridge to relieve problems caused by closing Chollerford bridge to traffic. |
| Chollerford and Chollerton |
1983-11-25 |
A temporary bridge was built over the River North Tyne while repairs were carried out to the 200-year old stone bridge. The project was expected to cost ?240,000 and take 10 months to complete. |
| Chollerford and Chollerton |
1984-09-18 |
The 212-year-old bridge at Chollerford reopened after a mammoth repairs programme, lasting almost a year and costing ?200,000. |
| Chollerford and Chollerton |
1985-02-12 |
Parishioners at St. Giles? Church, Chollerton, were hoping to raise the ?250 needed to complete repairs on the stable building at the church. |
| Chollerford and Chollerton |
1990-02-20 |
A ?4 million facelift for The George Hotel at Chollerford was announced by the owners, the Swallow Hotel group. |
| Chollerford and Chollerton |
1998-06-06 |
A silver birch tree was planted at Chollerton Church of England First School to celebrate the Silver Jubilee (1973) of the main building. |
| Chollerford and Chollerton |
2000-04-09 |
A Victorian tradition was revived with the return of the Chollerton Parish Picnic. The last recorded picnic was in 1877 apart from a one-off event in 1977 to mark the Silver Jubilee of the Queen. |
| Chollerford and Chollerton |
2008-07-11 |
Shearings Holidays of Wigan buy the 47-room, three-star George Hotel at Chollerford for an undisclosed sum as part of a ?25 million investment plan in its hotel empire. It was part of the Swallow Hotel chain but after the group went into administration in 2006 it had been run by the Scotland-based Crerar group. |
| Colwell |
1882-03-02 |
Over 100 people attended Colwell schoolroom for a ball organised by the reading room committee. The proceeds of ?10 2s 6d, less expenses, were distributed to a poor inhabitant of the village. |
| Colwell |
1891-09-05 |
Members of the Colwell Mission Room held their 8th anniversary on Saturday 29th - Sunday 30th August. |
| Colwell |
1911-12-09 |
A ball in aid of the funds of the Swinburne Horticultural and Industrial Society was held in Colwell School Room on Friday 1st December 1911 raising ?3.0s.9d. |
| Colwell |
1912-10-26 |
Marriage of Mr. William Shippen, schoolmaster of Colwell, and article. |
| Colwell |
1924-01-08 |
A fancy-dress ball held in the schoolroom raised ?5 for the village reading room. |
| Colwell |
1926-09-11 |
Opening of Colwell Village Hall on Friday 17th September by Brig-Gen. E. P. A. Riddell, CMG, DSO. |
