| Acomb |
1933-08-08 |
At the opening of a new youth hostel in Acomb, it was noted that none of the younger generation dared to use the Americanism ?hiking? to describe the new craze for walking that had prompted the construction of the hostel. |
| Acomb |
1934-02-13 |
Owing to lack of interest, Acomb Flower Show committee decided that the event should be abandoned. |
| Acomb |
1938-01-18 |
Locals brought a blaze at the Queens Arms Hotel in Acomb under control before the fire brigade arrived. |
| Acomb |
1941-01-01 |
(1941 Date unspecified) Plans to improve the water supply of the village were turned down by the Ministry of Health. |
| Acomb |
1947-05-23 |
A ?2,800 borehole scheme intended to improve the water supply of Acomb proved to be a resounding failure. |
| Acomb |
1948-12-25 |
A ?500 appeal was launched to provide a lychgate at the church of St. John Lee. |
| Acomb |
1951-01-12 |
Acomb colliery was faced with the prospect of closure, unless it could strike a new workable coal seam. This threatened the village with increased levels of unemployment for the second time in the history of the pit. |
| Acomb |
1951-01-19 |
Miners at Acomb who were digging for a new workable coal seam to prevent their pit from closing had a narrow escape when tons of stone and earth crashed down on them. |
| Acomb |
1951-04-06 |
An aggregate of 480 years in the mining industry was recognised when the presentation of long and meritorious service certificates were presented to nine veteran miners at Acomb colliery. |
| Acomb |
1952-04-18 |
Acomb miners failed in their bid to find a new workable coal seam and to save their colliery from closing. The closure was announced because of a steady fall in output and a deterioration in the quality of the coal. All the men were to be found jobs in other pits. |
| Acomb |
1952-04-25 |
Steps were to be taken to close the pit at Acomb owing to a ?steady drop in output and deterioration in the quality of the coal.? |
| Acomb |
1958-10-10 |
Britain?s oldest licensee, Mrs. Hannah Johnson of the Queen?s Arms, Acomb, died at the age of 97. |
| Acomb |
1963-09-06 |
The conversion of the Lantern at Acomb was started. |
| Acomb |
1981-02-20 |
Article on Acomb Colliery, which closed in 1952. |
| Acomb |
1985-04-04 |
West Wylam disaster of February 1910, when three people were killed and five injured in a landslide from a high bank behind Bog Cottages near West Wylam Colliery. |
| Acomb |
1999-10-16 |
Following a spate of accidents, the Highways Agency proposed imposing a ban on drivers making right turns from Acomb west on to the A69. |
| Acomb |
2008-05-09 |
Dorothy Younger, landlady of the Queens Arms with her late husband Eric for 50 years until 1985, died at Sunningdale Lodge, Hexham, on April 19th. |
| Allendale, Alston, Whitfield |
1873-11-29 |
A 10-week strike at Allen Mill lead works under manager W. J. Johnson. It ended on Friday 5th December after the striking workers agreed to return on the same terms as before. |
| Allendale, Alston, Whitfield |
1874-05-07 |
Calls being made across the country for a half-day a week to be set aside for recreational purposes were heeded by shopkeepers at Alston, who began closing on Tuesday afternoons. |
| Allendale, Alston, Whitfield |
1874-07-04 |
A picnic was held at Staward-le-Peel. July was the month for picnics. |
