| Haydon Bridge |
1957-04-19 |
The ancient chapel of St. Cuthbert, which had been virtually disused for nearly 20 years, reopened for regular use on Easter Sunday. The church, dating back to Saxon times, was where the body of St. Cuthbert rested when monks from Lindisfarne fled from the Danes. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1957-10-12 |
There were protests at the decision of the United Bus Company to withdraw the 8pm service between Haydon Bridge and Langley. United said the service was uneconomic. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1958-01-11 |
Around 50 men had signed up to a working men?s club being built in Ratcliffe Road, Haydon Bridge. Compare 15/02/1958 for permission to convert a three-storey house. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1959-06-12 |
Two cinemas were to close because they were no longer economical, the Town Hall at Haydon Bridge and the Princes at Corbridge. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1962-01-13 |
The Ministry of Transport gave its formal approval for a 190-feet long bridge over the South Tyne at Haydon Bridge. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1962-04-20 |
Haydon Parish Council decided to proceed with the proposal to obtain permission to have the war memorial moved to the grounds of St. Cuthbert?s Church to make way for the planned new bridge. Compare 13/04/1062. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1963-08-02 |
There were objections to the construction of a new road bridge at Haydon Bridge as it would threaten more than half the houses in John Martin Street, some of them dating from the 15th and 16th centuries. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1963-09-13 |
Article on the 100-year-old Spa Well at Haydon Bridge. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1967-09-15 |
The new bridge in Haydon Bridge opens. It replaced the Old Bridge, originally built for horses and carts around 300 years ago, which was closed to traffic when the new bridge was built. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1968-07-12 |
The first houses in John Martin Street were demolished for the approach roads to the new bridge. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1973-11-27 |
Tynedale was reported to be one of the coldest places in Europe, as 30.5 degrees of ground frost and 24 of air frost were recorded at Haydon Bridge. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1970-08-07 |
Eltringham Pipe Works close. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1974-09-10 |
Haydon Bridge High School, a successor to the old technical school, opened. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1978-02-03 |
Todd?s grocery shop at the end of Shaftoe Street closed at the end of January 1978: Billy Todd > Mary Hannah Todd > Bobby Todd, who worked there for 46 years. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1978-06-20 |
The long-awaited bypass for Haydon Bridge came a step nearer when the Department of Transport put forward five possible routes for consideration. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1979-08-13 |
Both Esso filling stations in Haydon Bridge were told by the oil company that the month?s petrol allocation would be their last. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1981-06-02 |
The proposed library of 5,000 books in Haydon Bridge would be housed in a disused British Rail storeroom on Church Street. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1982-02-02 |
Plans for bypasses for Haydon Bridge and Haltwhistle moved a step closer when the Department of Transport revealed its preferred routes for the schemes. But hopes were blunted by a warning that the scheme would not go ahead in the foreseeable future because of a lack of cash. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1982-11-30 |
Building work on the long-awaited library in Haydon Bridge would begin in February (1983) with the first borrowers expected in the premises by May. Cf. 09/06/1981. |
| Haydon Bridge |
1983-08-08 |
Road planners were asked to redo plans for the long-awaited bypasses for Haydon Bridge and Haltwhistle. |
