| Hexham |
1926-10-26 |
Work started on the Wooley Settlement and in an ?Occasional Notes? article, it was said: ?Never before have we possessed so efficient a weapon for our fight against tuberculosis and we trust that Wooley will receive an abundant measure of support from an enthusiastic public.? |
| Hexham |
1927-02-15 |
Residents at Peth Head and White Cross complained loudly about the great volumes of thick black smoke, which were often seen bellowing from the chimney of the union workhouse. |
| Hexham |
1927-05-17 |
Good women were in short supply at the May hirings in Hexham Market Place and commanded ?23 in wages for the half year. |
| Hexham |
1927-07-02 |
Appeal for old or cast-off clothing for patients undergoing treatment at Wooley Sanatorium. |
| Hexham |
1928-03-17 |
Heavy snow the previous weekend was compared with the great storm of 1st and 2nd March 1886 giving 20 inches in Hexham and drifts up to six feet in the district. ?Sheep farmers suffered severely throughout the northern counties.? |
| Hexham |
1928-03-24 |
A coach service between Hexham and London was inaugurated daily except Wednesday at 33/- return fare. Compare 28/04/1928. |
| Hexham |
1928-03-31 |
The postcard originated in Austria on the idea of Dr. Emanuel Hermann, a professor of economics at the Military Academy of Vienna, on 1st October 1869 and proved an immediate success. |
| Hexham |
1928-04-21 |
The Royal Hotel, the oldest in Hexham, re-opened on Saturday 21st April 1928 after extensive alterations and improvements. |
| Hexham |
1928-07-25 |
A request was made for state assistance for the tuberculosis colony at Wooley, one of only three in the country, which had lost ?180 in treating 27 patients the previous year. |
| Hexham |
1928-10-03 |
Hexham Urban Council was considering installing a telephone in the house of each fireman to speed up response time. Consideration was also being given to buying a motor fire engine, as the horse-drawn appliance had taken 1? hours to get to a fire at Otterburn. |
| Hexham |
1928-10-03 |
A new parish hall, erected by members of the Wooley settlement from Slaley, was opened at St. John Lee, Acomb, by Miss Straker of the Priory. |
| Hexham |
1929-09-17 |
An advertisement in the Courant was an appeal for boys aged between 15 and 19 to go out to Australia, Canada and New Zealand. It stressed that the youths would need the permission of their parents before emigrating. |
| Hexham |
1930-05-13 |
Hexham poet Wilfred Gibson was being considered for the vacant post of Poet Laureate by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. |
| Hexham |
1930-06-13 |
John Congleton, signalman in the Border Counties signal box, averted a disaster when a runaway train from Elrington passed him on Friday 13th June 1930. |
| Hexham |
1930-06-17 |
Slaley was almost denuded of children when the scholars of the Council School and members of the Sunday Schools went on their annual outing to Whitley Bay. |
| Hexham |
1930-07-08 |
In an annual report on the state of health in Hexham for the period of July 1929 to July 1930, it seems that tuberculosis was taking its toll on the community. It was recorded that five people died from it in the Gilesgate ward and one in Leazes ward. |
| Hexham |
1930-11-11 |
An offer of financial help to erect a library in Hexham was flatly refused because councillors saw ?no enthusiasm in the youth of today to grab any further education.? |
| Hexham |
1931-02-10 |
A fire gutted the stage and the main hall of the Queen?s Hall. The fire brigade took several hours to bring the blaze under control. |
| Hexham |
1931-05-01 |
(May 1931) The May hirings at Hexham were the smallest within living memory. |
| Hexham |
1931-05-23 |
The lead mines of Allendale were to close. |
