| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1947-06-14 |
The National Coal Board announced plans to provide 50 aluminium houses for miners at Bardon Mill. A further 150 such prefabs were forecast to be forthcoming within the following year or two. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1948-02-21 |
The Honourable Francis Bowes-Lyon, an uncle of the then queen, now the Queen Mother, died at his Beltingham Hall home, near Bardon Mill, on 17th February 1948 at the age of 91, within six days of his 92nd birthday. He moved to Beltingham Hall when the Army took over Ridley Hall. He was born at Glamis Castle, a member of one of the oldest Scottish families. He was educated at Eton and served with the auxiliary forces for many years and had been a member of the King?s bodyguard for Scotland since 1881. For 11 years he commanded the 2nd volunteer battalion of the Black Watch. As Master of the Queen?s Archers, he shared the honour of holding the umbrella over Queen Victoria?s head for over four years. As a magistrate for Northumberland since 1890, he was a deputy lieutenant for Northumberland and Forfarshire. He was keenly interested in all country pursuits and was president of the Haydon Bridge Floral and Horticultural Society. He married in 1883 Lady Anne Catherine Sybil Lindsay, daughter of the 25th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. His wife died in 1936 at the age of 77. The funeral took place privately at Beltingham yesterday (20/02/1948)?details of funeral follow. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1948-06-18 |
Who was the man in Broomlee Lough? Unidentified victim of drowning fatality. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1948-08-07 |
Villagers at Bardon Mill were alarmed to find that water from their taps was coming out pink. Haltwhistle Rural District Council was to investigate. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1948-07-30 |
Ridley Hall was to be sold, along with eight farms covering 1,578 acres around the 18th century hall. Compare 07/08/1948. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1948-07-30 |
Haltwhistle Echo There was room for 46 houses for miners and agricultural workers at Redburn, the Broadacres Estate. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1948-10-22 |
Negotiations were completed for the conversion of Ridley Hall, former home of the Hon. Francis Bowes-Lyon, uncle of the then Queen, into a school for boarders and day scholars. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1948-10-22 |
The eight farms on the 1500 acres comprising the Ridley Estate of the Hon. Francis Bowes-Lyon have been sold. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1948-11-19 |
44 houses are to be built on the Redburn Estate, 34 x three bed-roomed and 10 x two bed-roomed. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1949-09-10 |
A Bardon Mill farmer went to the aid of a cow whose calf was being attacked by a fox, only for the cow to turn on him and knock him to the ground, breaking several of his ribs in the process. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1949-10-01 |
North Eastern Electricity Board announced its main priority was bringing power to the 34% of villages in its area without a supply. In the previous year, it had brought power to 53 villages, and in the coming months, planned to add a further 37, including Halton Lea Gate. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1950-07-28 |
108 people want tenancies of 44 houses at Redburn (Broadacres) expected to be completed by the end of September. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1950-12-01 |
There was much excitement at Haltwhistle, Newbrough and Bardon Mill with the appearance of a UFO described as a ?flying tadpole?. These sightings followed others the previous weekend throughout the country. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1951-05-18 |
Article on the NCB and Ventners Hall Colliery. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1951-05-25 |
Council house tenants (Broadacres) faced a frustrating delay as eight brand-new houses stood empty in Bardon Mill. They were unable to move in because there was a shortage of painters to complete the decorating. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1951-06-01 |
Eight new council houses in Bardon Mill (Broadacres) stood empty, although tenants had been selected from a waiting list of several hundred because of a shortage of painters. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1951-06-08 |
A pet monkey, which escaped from its owners in Bardon Mill, was at large for four days before it was caught in Simonburn. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1951-06-15 |
Henshaw Primitive Methodist Church was to become the headquarters of the Bardon Mill Women?s Institute. Compare 09/11/1951. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1951-06-29 |
In pursuance of a longstanding dispute, Haltwhistle Rural Council refused to allow residents of Melkridge a free water supply, insisting that villagers pay water rates even though the water came from private springs. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1951-11-23 |
Thieves who decamped with a 5cwt safe from the offices of the Birkshaw Colliery abandoned it half a mile away beside the Newcastle-Carlisle road. |
