| Hexham |
1961-02-18 |
The family firm of T. Lishman and Sons, grocers and confectioners in Battle Hill, closed after 119 years in business. |
| Hexham |
1961-11-04 |
Three round-the-town bus services were introduced in Hexham by the firm of Rochester and Marshall of Great Whittington. |
| Hexham |
1961-12-09 |
Owners of the Queen?s Hall cinema denied reports that the premises were being sold to convert into a public library. |
| Hexham |
1962-01-06 |
After 61 years, William Robb & Son Ltd. moved its department store from premises on the west side of Fore Street to new premises on the east. |
| Hexham |
1962-02-09 |
A plan to convert the Queen?s Hall Cinema into a public library was opposed. |
| Hexham |
1962-02-17 |
The new Airscrew-Weyroc chipboard factory at Hexham was predicted to bring long-term benefits to the town. |
| Hexham |
1962-03-16 |
Hexham Urban Council rejected an application to turn the first floor of the Queen?s Hall cinema and ballroom into a library or shops. |
| Hexham |
1962-04-27 |
After being used as a cinema for the past 41 years, the Queen?s Hall was being converted into a bingo hall. Compare opening 08/06/1962. |
| Hexham |
1962-05-04 |
Queen?s Hall closes as a cinema ? Bingo is to replace films. |
| Hexham |
1962-08-03 |
Hexham Urban Council agreed to press ahead with building an outdoor pool at Tyne Green, after ruling out alternative plans to convert the Queen?s Hall. |
| Hexham |
1962-10-19 |
The first mini skirt appeared in Hexham but the wearer, 17-year-old Elizabeth Harrison, found the attention ?a little off-putting.? |
| Hexham |
1963-08-30 |
The Sun Inn in Fore Street closed on Saturday 24th August after 91 years. A wreath appeared in the window and customers sang Auld Lang Syne. Compare 08/02/1963. |
| Hexham |
1964-05-15 |
The 500th anniversary of the Battle of Linnels Bridge. |
| Hexham |
1964-01-24 |
The centenary of the Hexham Courant was marked by the introduction of colour printing for the first time. The advertisement on page 7 was for Dixel toilet tissue. Compare 31/07/1964 for the centenary supplement (1864-1964). |
| Hexham |
1969-01-01 |
(1969 Date unspecified) The Hexham Courant took over the Haltwhistle Echo. |
| Hexham |
1967-04-21 |
The Haydon Bridge War Memorial would be moved to Church Street when the new bridge was built. |
| Hexham |
1971-10-08 |
The line of the Hexham bypass is fixed. |
| Hexham |
1973-11-23 |
The changing role of Wooley Hospital during fifty years. |
| Hexham |
1973-11-27 |
Work on the long-awaited Corbridge and Hexham bypass was to begin in spring 1974, it was announced by the then environment secretary and Hexham MP Geoffrey Rippon. The bypass was opened by Geoffrey Rippon in 1976. |
| Hexham |
1974-01-01 |
Graves, the bakers, were to close down their Hexham depot due to the cost of running the depot delivery vehicles. |
