| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1952-01-25 |
Several miners at Ventners Hall Colliery were reported to have been trapped by a fall of stone. All were believed to have got out safely without assistance from rescue teams from other collieries. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1952-02-15 |
Mr. T. Bell, licensee of the Fox and Hounds Hotel, died on Thursday morning. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1952-02-22 |
Miners at Birkshaw Colliery gave a fine send-off to the managing director, Councillor George R. Pepperell, who would retire on 1st March after more than fifty years in the coal mining industry. Compare 25/04/1952. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1952-03-15 |
The sale of four Tynedale farms ? Kirkheaton South, Glebe Farm at Kirkwhelpington, Rigg End at Falstone and Tow House Farm at Bardon Mill ? was expected to draw huge crowds at Hexham mart. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1952-04-11 |
The marriage of Joan Gale and John Dilworth at Beltingham Church. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1952-07-25 |
Polio struck down three Bardon Mill children. Henshaw School was closed. All cases were from homes on the new estate at Broadacres. Compare 22/08/1952. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1952-08-15 |
Noise from Birkshaw Pit disturbs sleep. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1953-07-10 |
?Roman remains? were ploughed up at Crowhall Farm, farmed by members of the Woodman family for five generations. Compare 17/07/1953 for Eric Birley. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1953-10-02 |
Melkridge Bastle, which once housed the village library but now stands roofless, is to be demolished. Compare 30/04/1954, 15/10/1954. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1954-01-08 |
Piece on Beltingham Village. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1954-04-23 |
Death of Luke Dodds aged 82 at Oakdene. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1955-03-04 |
It cost ?20 per week to keep Bardon Mill railway crossing open. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1956-01-27 |
Death of retired Bardon Mill farmer, Dickenson Nicholson, aged 85, of Croft House, Bardon Mill, who had farmed Birkshaw Farm for fifty years and was the last local survivor of the old thatching industry. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1956-03-02 |
Pit-head baths for Birkshaw Colliery (compare 20/07/1956). |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1956-11-16 |
Electricity for Twice Brewed and Birtley. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1956-11-24 |
Mrs. G. J. Lamb, former president of Bardon Mill W.I., bemoaned the fact that young housewives could not tell the difference between beef and mutton. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1957-03-29 |
The new tenancy of the Bowes Hotel running from 1st April 1957 was taken by William and Olive Emmerson. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1957-08-16 |
The retirement of Mrs. Mary ?Poppy? Bell from the Fox and Hounds in Bardon Mill, who had been a tenant for the past 30 years, after succeeding her cousin Mrs. Nancarrow. The inn had been run by members of the same family for over 60 years and the new tenant, Mr. Kenneth Scott, is a distant relative of Mrs. Bell, who was a keen bell ringer. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1957-08-16 |
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth H. Lamb, the oldest resident of Bardon Mill. Her husband died two years ago. They were the parents of Frances Lamb. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1957-09-23 |
Matthew Wood of Whitshields, Bardon Mill, was Black Face Champion for the fourth time in succession at the Redesdale Show. Compare 07/10/1957 for similar success at the Corsenside Show. |
