| Rural Topics |
1895-09-28 |
There was a disgraceful riot at Alnmouth, with injuries to police and civilians, when a party of pitmen from Amble created a riot in the street. |
| Rural Topics |
1895-10-26 |
(HH) An article on Bridges across the Tyne. |
| Rural Topics |
1898-06-08 |
The first otter hunt was held in Hexhamshire. |
| Rural Topics |
1903-04-04 |
(HH) There was a smallpox outbreak in the North East. |
| Rural Topics |
1905-03-18 |
There was the dawn of a new community at Port Sunlight. |
| Rural Topics |
1906-04-21 |
(HH) A party of Good Templars at Newcastle for the annual Grand Lodge conference spent Saturday inspecting the birthplace of George Stephenson near Throckley, a village which has been a prohibition area for over 40 years. |
| Rural Topics |
1906-04-21 |
(HH) A fountain was unveiled at Whittingham on 14th April 1906. |
| Rural Topics |
1910-04-23 |
Stud notices and itineraries. |
| Rural Topics |
1913-02-15 |
(HH) Closure of Highland Drove Inn at Wark, Queen?s Head Inn at East Woodburn and Tarset Inn at Lanehead. |
| Rural Topics |
1913-03-22 |
(HH) Advert for McDougall?s Sheep Dip with picture. |
| Rural Topics |
1913-12-06 |
(HH) Newton Hall Estate offered for sale and withdrawn. |
| Rural Topics |
1914-01-03 |
Farm labourers and farmers wanted in Australia. |
| Rural Topics |
1914-04-04 |
(HH) Advert for in Memoriam cards with picture. |
| Rural Topics |
1914-10-31 |
Sale of the Biddlestone Estate. |
| Rural Topics |
1914-11-07 |
Poor terms were on offer from farmers for young men turning up at the Martinmas Hirings at Hexham. |
| Rural Topics |
1914-11-28 |
Treatment of TB and wooden huts. Compare HH 28/11/1914 for overcrowding in sanatoria and The White Plague. |
| Rural Topics |
1915-01-02 |
Because the price of sheep and cattle had risen to extraordinary levels at the mart, Hexham Butchers Association voted to increase the price of all joints by 2d. per pound. |
| Rural Topics |
1915-12-18 |
A rising rate of infant mortality in parts of rural Tynedale persuaded the health authority to appoint a female health visitor to help mothers care for their new-born babies. |
| Rural Topics |
1917-05-12 |
Clydesdale stud stallions on their travels: Dunure Gallant, Madrid, Cock of the North. Compare 19/05/1917. |
| Rural Topics |
1917-09-15 |
Article on making a potato clamp. |
