| Hexham |
1982-03-02 |
Cinema returned to Hexham after a 10-year absence when the Forum reopened its doors as a picture house. The first film shown was Arthur starring Dudley Moore. |
| Hexham |
1982-04-27 |
Free parking in Hexham town centre was due to end with the introduction of charges on spaces in Beaumont Street and Market Place. |
| Hexham |
1983-01-11 |
The first Indian restaurant, the Diwan-E-Am opened in Priestpopple. |
| Hexham |
1984-05-01 |
A special meeting of the Tynedale planning committee approved a ?2 million proposal from a developer to build a grocery supermarket and sports hall at Wentworth. |
| Hexham |
1984-06-26 |
A Tynedale estate agent was trying to find a buyer for the Slaley Hall estate. The price tag was ?1.3 million. |
| Hexham |
1985-01-08 |
The North-Eastern Co-op announced that it would close its butchers? shop Hexham after more than 50 years. |
| Hexham |
1986-07-08 |
The Hexham Courant began to be published using a phototype setting system, bringing an end to the era of ?hot metal?. |
| Hexham |
1986-12-19 |
Plans for the site of the former Wooley Sanatorium. |
| Hexham |
1988-10-09 |
The decision to sell more than a third of the Brough Library collection came in for criticism. Some 3,000 volumes had been sold to Newcastle University for ?6,250. |
| Hexham |
1988-10-09 |
The Hunday Countryside Museum at Newton closed. This closure (which came 10 years after the agricultural museum?s opening by the Queen Mother) was said by owner John Moffitt to be due to increasing costs and a failure to increase its annual visitor tally beyond the 35,000 mark. |
| Hexham |
1988-10-25 |
The Roman Catholic order of St. Camillus announced the closure of its convalescent hospital at Oakwood with the loss of 14 jobs. |
| Hexham |
1988-11-08 |
The twice-weekly bus service between Ridsdale and Hexham was withdrawn because it failed to attract enough passengers. |
| Hexham |
1989-07-23 |
The Hexham Courant was preparing for its 125th anniversary. The paper was to publish a tabloid supplement, which looked back at the history of the newspaper and the district it served. |
| Hexham |
1990-03-10 |
One of the oldest pubs in Hexham, the Old Grey Bull in Battle Hill, was due to close with the owners Scottish and Newcastle Breweries announcing plans to turn the premises into shops and offices. Compare 06/02/1990. |
| Hexham |
1990-05-26 |
As a result of repeated assaults on staff by violent drunken youths, who also vandalised the trains, British Rail decided to cancel the 11.30 p.m. train from Newcastle to Hexham. |
| Hexham |
1993-09-26 |
Hexham Bridge was celebrating its 200th anniversary. Four members of the Tynedale Hunt posed as the men who had built the bridge and a plaque was unveiled. |
| Hexham |
1994-05-07 |
The co-op intended to build a new supermarket on the site of the cattle market when it moved to a new home next to Tyne Green. |
| Hexham |
1994-08-20 |
The development of the old Hexham Mart site into a Co-op supermarket was given the green light, despite fears that it would have a damaging visual effect on the area. |
| Hexham |
1994-09-17 |
Seventeen jobs were lost when staff of Hexham-based Rochester Marshall were told that the company was closing because its operations were no longer viable. |
| Hexham |
1995-09-16 |
The multi-million pound Slaley Hall hotel and golf complex was officially opened with a party for 600 guests and a 25-minute fireworks display. |
