| Roman Wall |
1959-12-04 |
Account of visit to the Roman Wall. |
| Roman Wall |
1962-02-02 |
The new car park at Housesteads was to cost ?6,072. |
| Roman Wall |
1967-06-16 |
Memorial service to Captain A. M. Keith of the Chesters. |
| Roman Wall |
1968-08-16 |
Dorothy Charlesworth, daughter of the late Judge Charlesworth of Hexham, suspends excavations at Housesteads. |
| Roman Wall |
1972-04-11 |
Haltwhistle Rural Council called for the two severe dips on the B6318 Military Road at Bradley Park and East Twice Brewed to be filled in, saying road safety was more important than Roman heritage. |
| Roman Wall |
1972-09-29 |
Sid Wanless, the farmer of Causeway Farm, had concerns over access to Vindolanda Roman fort. Cf. 18/02/1972. |
| Roman Wall |
1974-03-22 |
Roman Wall buses are planned. |
| Roman Wall |
1974-04-05 |
Goodbye Charlie (Anderson) the man Hadrian left in charge. |
| Roman Wall |
1974-05-03 |
Hunter Davies? Walk along the Wall is reviewed. Compare 07/06/1974. |
| Roman Wall |
1974-06-04 |
Hadrian?s Wall was the subject of an hour-long television documentary, The Living Wall, presented by Cumbrian author Hunter Davies and produced jointly by Border Television and Tyne Tees. |
| Roman Wall |
1974-12-13 |
The National Trust buys the farm at Housesteads for ?80,000. |
| Roman Wall |
1970-07-24 |
Housesteads is a visitor pleasure point. |
| Roman Wall |
1970-08-07 |
Vindolanda becomes a private enterprise. |
| Roman Wall |
1970-01-30 |
Fascination of the Roman Wall. |
| Roman Wall |
1970-11-27 |
Vindolanda is a magnet site. |
| Roman Wall |
1971-10-29 |
Vindolanda was set to become the biggest Roman site in Britain. |
| Roman Wall |
1973-05-15 |
Princess Margaret paid a secret visit to Vindolanda. |
| Roman Wall |
1973-07-31 |
Three members of the Vindolanda Trust resigned following a row over the running of the Roman site. One of the three, the trust?s honorary solicitor, Harold Portnell, said that he was unhappy about the increasing commercialisation of the site, cheapening its character as an ancient monument. The others to resign were Brig. B. N. Archibald and his wife Daphne. |
| Roman Wall |
1974-02-19 |
Northumberland County Council plans to designate the B6318 Military Road as a clearway between Chollerford and the Milecastle in a bid to cut accidents came under fire from Hexham rural district councillors. They claimed that such a move would hit tourism and inconvenience local farmers. |
| Roman Wall |
1974-12-10 |
Housesteads farm was bought by the National Trust for ?30,000. |
