| Hexham |
1910-01-01 |
(1910 Date unspecified) Queen Elizabeth Grammar School was opened by Sir F. D. Blake. |
| Hexham |
1912-07-13 |
The new entrance gates and bandstand in the Abbey Grounds were formally declared open. |
| Hexham |
1912-08-10 |
A civic ceremony was held to mark the official opening of the entrance gates to Hexham Abbey. |
| Hexham |
1913-05-03 |
The maximum wage of roadmen employed by Hexham Rural Council was increased to 24 shillings a week. |
| Hexham |
1913-09-20 |
The Hexham registrar was reminded of his statutory duties after a man walked six miles to register the birth of his child, only to find the registrar was ?not available?. |
| Hexham |
1914-08-01 |
The Hexham Courant celebrated its golden jubilee 1864-1914. |
| Hexham |
1914-08-29 |
As most of their players had joined the war effort, Tynedale Rugby Club cancelled all forthcoming matches. |
| Hexham |
1915-02-13 |
A sanatorium is proposed at Wooley Farm. |
| Hexham |
1919-11-01 |
The 4th Northumberland Fusiliers Commemoration Memorial opened at Hexham. |
| Hexham |
1919-12-13 |
Edward Keith was at Hexham with other vegetable experts. |
| Hexham |
1921-03-19 |
Opening of the Queen?s Hall, formerly the Town Hall, as a new centre of entertainment. |
| Hexham |
1923-09-11 |
Wooley Sanatorium, near Slaley, was opened by Northumberland County Council. Built for 114 patients, the wood-built sanatorium was sited on a 90-acre plot bought from Lord Allendale eight years earlier. Lord Eustace Percy, parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Health, performed the official opening. |
| Hexham |
1924-12-31 |
The Hexham Courant children?s corner, under the benevolent direction of Uncle Fred, was restored after an absence of 10 years. |
| Hexham |
1925-06-13 |
Hostel opened at Wooley Sanatorium ?only opened 18 months or so.? Compare 26/12/1925 for new chapel). |
| Hexham |
1926-02-16 |
?A new era in journalism? was promised when the Hexham Herald was incorporated with its contemporary the Hexham Courant. |
| Hexham |
1925-03-10 |
Builders H. Wallace and Son won the contract from Hexham Urban Council to build 54 houses at White Cross at a cost of less than ?400 each. |
| Hexham |
1925-05-12 |
Hexham UDC agreed in principle with the introduction of the new road safety device called The White Line to be painted down the centre of the road to indicate a hazard. |
| Hexham |
1926-03-09 |
Two old Hexham hostelries, the Fox and Hounds and the Grey Bull were purchased by the well known brewing firm, McEwans of Edinburgh. |
| Hexham |
1926-04-10 |
Wooley Sanatorium: progress in activities of the settlement. |
| Hexham |
1926-06-22 |
The seventh week of the coal depression in Tynedale saw the residents of the district pulling together by opening up soup kitchens and sending food donations to feed the needy children of the colliery workers. |
