| Elsdon |
1913-07-05 |
Exhibition and Sports at Elsdon under the presidency of Mr. M. Hall of Bacchus House. |
| Elsdon |
1913-08-30 |
Mr. Thomas C. Waitt, headmaster of Lord Redesdale?s School at Rochester, has been appointed headmaster of the Elsdon Senior School. Mr. Waitt has been at Rochester for three years?educated at St. Bede?s College, Durham. |
| Elsdon |
1913-11-22 |
Accident at Grasslees, near Elsdon, which seriously injured Mr. George Dent, aged 70, manager of Elsdon Colliery. |
| Elsdon |
1921-11-05 |
Unveiling of war memorial in Elsdon Church by the Duke of Northumberland. |
| Elsdon |
1926-02-16 |
Performance by schoolchildren in the new Elsdon Memorial Hall, organised by Miss Milburn ? and the headmaster, Mr. D. Harrison. |
| Elsdon |
1958-12-26 |
A 76-year-old spinster was found dead after a fire at her remote cottage near Elsdon. |
| Elsdon |
1962-11-16 |
New ?8,000 village hall at Elsdon (opened HC 28/12/1962) |
| Elsdon |
1966-01-08 |
The former main road which ran between Kirkwhelpington and Otterburn via Elsdon was formally closed when Bellingham magistrates granted a closing order. |
| Elsdon |
1972-12-15 |
Elsdon Women?s Institute celebrated its 50th anniversary. |
| Elsdon |
1973-12-11 |
The National Farmer?s Union gave its backing to the fight to prevent the closure of Elsdon village school. |
| Elsdon |
1989-04-09 |
A new carved head was hung on William Winter?s gibbet following the theft of its predecessor 14 months earlier. The present gibbet, on the National Trust?s Wallington estate, commemorates the hanging of Winter for the murder of Elsdon shopkeeper Margaret Crozier in 1791. |
| Elsdon |
2008-05-09 |
Elsdon village hall reopened, reversing its gradual deterioration and the steady decline in village facilities. |
| Elsdon |
2012-11-23 |
A dance was to be held on 7th December 2012 to celebrate the golden jubilee of Elsdon Village Hall. Compare 16/11/1962. |
| Falstone |
1892-03-19 |
Falstone Church of England Temperance Society held a meeting. Compare 28/05/1892, 05/11/1892. |
| Falstone |
1904-01-30 |
Following the refusal of permission to use the schoolroom for a ball, a public meeting was held in Falstone to consider the possibility of erecting a public assembly room in the village. The local gentry was to be approached for donations. |
| Falstone |
1904-10-22 |
The new Falstone Assembly Hall ?a great boon to the North Tyne village? was opened on Friday 21st October 1904. The opening ceremony was presided over by Major Savile Clayton DSO of the Chesters and there was a bazaar in aid of funds. One way in which local people had raised money for the new hall was a prize draw for a number of lambs. There was a huge demand for the 6d. tickets and between 3,000 and 4,000 were sold. Cf. 29/10/1904. |
| Falstone |
1911-03-04 |
William Cowan of Yarrow was appointed in charge of Falstone Cemetery. |
| Falstone |
1911-08-19 |
A letter from Mr. Lazenby had been sent to the Bishop of Newcastle praying for the consecration of part of Falstone Cemetery. Compare 26/08/1911, 14/10/1911. |
| Falstone |
1911-08-26 |
The Bishop of Newcastle was the preacher in the morning service in the Parish Church, Wooler, on Sunday 20th August before taking five weeks? complete rest from the following Monday. |
| Falstone |
1911-10-14 |
(HH) There had been one burial in the new part of Falstone Cemetery. |
