| Greenhead and Gilsland |
1978-09-26 |
The old primitive Methodist church at Greenhead was opened as a 40-bed youth hostel. The conversion was helped by a grant from the Countryside Commission. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
1982-03-09 |
Transport Secretary Lynda Chalker announced work would start in the following year on the long-awaited Greenhead bypass. The 1?-mile stretch of road would be a three-lane single carriageway. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
1983-03-11 |
It is proposed to develop Greenhead Quarry. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
1983-03-21 |
Tenders were invited for the building of the 2.1 kilometre Greenhead bypass. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
1984-03-30 |
Walltown Roman Park. Cf. 22/03/1985. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
1984-12-07 |
Greenhead bypass opens. Even though work is not expected to finish until next spring (1985). Motorists will no longer have to negotiate Greenhead Bank, a notorious accident black spot, which is particularly treacherous over the winter months. The first vehicles were diverted from the A69 on the 2.1 kilometre bypass on Sunday afternoon (02/12/1984). It was described as an informal opening by a department of transport spokesman, who said that further road-widening work still had to be carried out?Traffic lights would control the traffic until spring, when work on the bypass would be completed? Work on the bypass started in July last year and the spokesman said that, all being well, the opening would take place next spring...The bypass would take traffic from Greenhead Bank, which is often blocked by snow, and from Greenhead village itself and the level crossing. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
1987-03-16 |
The Boundary Commission was examining calls to bring together the village of Gilsland, which straddled the Northumberland and Cumberland border. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
1987-07-04 |
County councillors ditched a ?6.6 million scheme to convert the old Walltown quarry into a Vindolanda-style archaeological theme park. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
1990-02-27 |
Gilsland coach firm Sowerby Tours, which had operated since 1921, was taken over by West Midlands based brothers, Alan and Philip Cooper. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
1993-01-15 |
Death of Les Tweddle aged 83 of the Station Hotel, Gilsland, which they bought in 1970 and sold in January 1989. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
1993-01-29 |
Middle March Books in Gilsland was now open. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
1993-06-06 |
The postmistress at Gilsland, Doreen Greg, retired after 47 years. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
1994-10-01 |
Villagers in Gilsland began campaigning for the Railway Station to be re-opened. A petition signed by every resident was presented to the Northumbria Tourist Board. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
1997-05-02 |
The Samson Inn at Gilsland was put up for sale for ?195,000. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
1998-05-02 |
Northumberland County Council agreed to pay a ?1,000 subsidy to maintain the 685 bus service through Gilsland that had been threatened with cutbacks. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
2001-06-03 |
Gilsland Spa Hotel celebrated its centenary with the publication of a book charting its history. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
2003-09-19 |
Greenhead Youth Hostel celebrated its 25th anniversary on Tuesday (16th), having been converted in 1978 from what was a Victorian Methodist chapel until 1972. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
2006-06-16 |
As reported in March, hostels at Greenhead, Alston, Acomb and Bellingham are among 32 in England and Wales being sold off by the Youth Hostel Association. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
2006-07-07 |
The Youth Hostels Association was asked to delay the sale of Greenhead Youth Hostel as it sought to dispose of 32 outmoded and little used facilities. The Bellingham site belonged to the Duke of Northumberland and the Acomb hostel had a covenant in the deeds stipulating that it had to be sold for housing purposes. |
| Greenhead and Gilsland |
2006-09-08 |
Greenhead Youth Hostel was sold to a private buyer on the night of Wednesday 6th September for ?175,000 and would continue to be run as a hostel. |
