| Hexham |
1937-08-17 |
The Forum cinema in Hexham opened its doors, boasting top of the range sound clarity, staging, seating and d?cor. It captured both modernity and luxury. |
| Hexham |
1938-09-24 |
A new hostel and workshop was opened at Wooley. |
| Hexham |
1938-09-24 |
As the clouds of war gathered across Europe, 24,000 gas masks were distributed to rural communities around Hexham. |
| Hexham |
1938-11-19 |
An article on ?Bidding? to funerals. |
| Hexham |
1939-08-29 |
Around 4,000 child evacuees from Newcastle and Gateshead arrived at Hexham railway station two days before the outbreak of the Second World War. |
| Hexham |
1943-01-01 |
(1943 Date unspecified) The Charlotte Straker hospital, Corbridge, was celebrating its 25th anniversary. |
| Hexham |
1946-01-01 |
(1946 Date unspecified) The Hexham Courant took over two rival newspapers, the Hexham Weekly News and the Haltwhistle Echo. |
| Hexham |
1947-01-01 |
(1947 Date unspecified) Newcastle Corporation plans to convert the old Hexham Hydro, now part of the Queen Elizabeth High School, into a home for ?mental defectives? sparked an outcry. The controversial scheme was later rejected. |
| Hexham |
1947-02-15 |
Wooley and its future: hope of light industry at Sanatorium. |
| Hexham |
1948-10-01 |
Hexham takes over Castle Ward to make it one of the biggest in the country. |
| Hexham |
1948-10-30 |
Northumberland County Council Education Committee agreed to buy the Hexham Hydro for ?18,500. A subsequent ?48,000 was allocated for repairs to the building, which was to be used as a teacher training college. It later became part of the Queen Elizabeth High School. |
| Hexham |
1948-11-06 |
The Brough "Victory Library" opened at Hexham. This collection of almost 12,000 books was given to the town almost two years previously by Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Brough of Thornley Gate, Allendale, to celebrate the Allies' winning World War II. Its home was the Moot Hall though it is later moved to the Queen?s Hall. Cf. 29/10/1948, 05/11/1948. |
| Hexham |
1950-03-31 |
The Excelsior Band of Hexham warned that it would have to disband unless more members enrolled soon. |
| Hexham |
1950-10-06 |
35 students moved into Hexham Hydro, which, after structural alterations, was to become the Northern Counties Training College. |
| Hexham |
1950-12-01 |
Residents were pleased to learn that within two years the principal sound and vision programmes of the BBC would be available in Hexham. |
| Hexham |
1953-05-09 |
The FA Cup Final coincided with the first television broadcasts in the Tynedale area. People crowded into Hexham radio dealers to see the first-ever television beamed to the town from the Pontop Pike transmitter. |
| Hexham |
1953-09-19 |
The Manor Offices, the 14th century prison in Hallgate, were identified as the permanent home for the Brough Library and the Hexham branch of the county library. |
| Hexham |
1954-03-19 |
Hexham Rural Council entered three of its estates ? at Newbrough, Acomb and Ovingham ? for a Ministry of Housing medals competition. |
| Hexham |
1954-09-17 |
In 1929, a chapel dedicated to St. Luke and built at the cost of ?1,000 was opened at Wooley Sanatorium by the Right Rev. Bishop Hornby. |
| Hexham |
1954-09-24 |
Hexham Urban Council was to pay Lord Allendale ?5,000 for the 13.5 acres of land making up the Wentworth Nurseries, with a view to turning it into a car park. |
