| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1997-02-09 |
The plans of Lord Redesdale to recreate a Roman settlement at Rochester cast doubt on the future of the annual Upper Redesdale Show, which had the site behind the Rochester Caf?. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1997-06-29 |
Northumbria piper Kathryn Tickell officially opened the new heritage and visitor facility at Otterburn Mill. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1997-12-07 |
The Border Reiver shop in Otterburn was voted the best small shop in the UK in a national retail competition. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1999-03-06 |
Rochester Parish Council feared for the future of the village post office in Byrness, following difficulties in finding anyone prepared to take over the service. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
1999-09-28 |
Eddie George, Governor of the Bank of England, was asked to help save bank branches in Otterburn and Wylam from closure. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
2001-09-07 |
The fund for the refurbishment of Rochester village hall was growing and the refurbishment of Otterburn Memorial Hall was finished. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
2003-03-21 |
Plans to demolish Redesdale Army Camp and extend the camp at Otterburn won the initial backing of the Northumberland National Park Authority. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
2004-01-09 |
Otterburn Football Club withdrew from the Wade Associates Northern Alliance Second Division. Club Chairman Malcolm Corbett said that it had proved increasingly difficult to raise a team. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
2005-04-29 |
Otterburn Mill celebrated its 10th anniversary, with a sale starting 27th April. In 1995, the Mill consisted of a small shop specialising in selling tweeds, woollens and craft products. In the 10 years since Otterburn Mill passed from the ownership of its original founding family, the Waddells, to Euan Pringle, the Mill had grown from strength to strength. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
2005-06-10 |
The site of the redundant Byrness First School, which closed summer 2004, could be sold off for more housing. The few local children now attend Otterburn First School. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
2005-11-06 |
Owing to falling numbers, Birdhopecraig United Reformed Church, founded in 1826, held its final service on Sunday 6th November 2005 at 2.15 p.m. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
2006-04-13 |
Otterburn post office had been closed for the past two weeks, with post offices at Byrness, Rochester and Elsdon having closed in recent years. Fourstones post office had closed the same week. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
2006-06-02 |
ADAS would close its experimental husbandry farm near Otterburn, set up in 1968, by March 2007, shedding a workforce of 15, with six in tied cottages. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
2006-08-18 |
A planning application was submitted for 12 dwellings on the site of the former Byrness County First School, the 0.4 hectare site being owned by the Forestry Commission. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
2006-09-29 |
The 107th Upper Redesdale Show was held on the site of Roman High Rochester on Saturday 30th September 2006. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
2007-02-16 |
The post office on Chevy Chase closed for business in November (2006) after being run by a temporary post mistress for 12 months. The former premises are up for sale and look set to revert back to residential use. It is hoped that new premises will be found for the village post office. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
2007-02-23 |
The Border Reiver, owned by Gordon and Joanne Moore, was put up for sale. They bought the business in 2001 and undertook extensive renovations. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
2010-02-26 |
Residents in Byrness were outraged at the abrupt closure of the doctors? surgery. For well over 40 years, the twice weekly surgery had been conducted in Ian and Maureen Scott?s living room in South Green by doctors from the Harbottle practice. The local shop closed and they lost their petrol station in January. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
2012-08-17 |
The London-based Angel Group, which had bought Otterburn Hall from the YMCA in 2002, suddenly closed the 65-bedroom Hotel, set in 500 acres of land, on Sunday 12th August. |
| Otterburn and Redesdale |
2012-12-28 |
Clive & Alice Emerson suddenly closed the 27-bed Percy Arms Hotel on Friday 21st December having recently celebrated 25 years at the hotel. They blamed the economic downturn for its demise. |
