| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
1962-07-13 |
The Post Office opted to reduce opening hours at Gunnerton sub-post office, as the only alternative to closure. |
| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
1971-03-12 |
Children at Barrasford primary school might spend 50% of their lives in a haze of grey dust from Barrasford Quarry. |
| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
1975-02-28 |
Improvements were needed to be made by Mr. Thomas Smith of Barrasford Caravan Park. |
| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
1976-01-05 |
After 45 years as a newsagent in Barrasford, Stan Rutherford retired at the age of 65. |
| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
1979-02-06 |
Plans were afoot to link Barrasford and Humshaugh with a new footpath in the same location that a penny-a-ride boat ferry over the River North Tyne used to operate. A petition was sent to the county council, alongside an appeal from the Ramblers? Association calling for the link to be re-established. |
| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
1981-12-29 |
Construction group Tarmac laid off 120 workers at its Barrasford Quarry because of a combination of poor orders and bad weather conditions. |
| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
1986-10-24 |
Memoirs of the grand old lady of Barrasford, Mary Irving. |
| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
1988-01-01 |
(1988 Date unspecified) Barrasford Quarry workers were handed their redundancy notices when they returned from their May Day Bank Holiday. Eighteen lorry drivers and five maintenance men lost their jobs when private contractors were brought in by the quarry?s parent company, Tarmac. |
| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
1988-05-15 |
British Rail agreed to carry out ?14,500 worth of works to the Dalla Bank bridge on the Wark-Chollerton road: because its arch was filled in and the parapets removed, it ceased to be a bridge. |
| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
1993-06-13 |
A new access road for lorries travelling to and from Barrasford Quarry was in the pipeline to try and relieve the amount of traffic going through the village. |
| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
2003-08-02 |
Barrasford lost its only shop and post office with the closure of Johnson?s village store and the travelling shop which plied the North Tyne roads for over 30 years. |
| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
2005-07-22 |
John Sowerby of Fourstones retired as manager at Barrasford Quarry after 36 years of service with Tarmac Ltd. |
| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
2006-06-30 |
Tom and Joyce Milburn (both 63) decided to give up on Tuesday (4th July) the Barrasford Arms, which had been in the family since 1926 when Tom?s grandparents took it over. |
| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
2006-12-22 |
Barrasford village shop, closed since early 2003, re-opened on Saturday 15th December under the ownership of Clive and Sue Oddy, who also own the shop at Scots Gap. |
| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
2007-06-01 |
The garage of W. G. Grieve & Son at Barrasford caught fire on Tuesday 29th May. William Grieve owns the business, founded 40 years ago by his father Walter. |
| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
2008-07-25 |
Plans were submitted for a new Barrasford village hall, which had celebrated its 80th anniversary in January 2008. |
| Bellingham |
1864-04-23 |
A gas company had been formed in Bellingham. Upwards of 100 shares were taken at a meeting held on Saturday (16th April). |
| Bellingham |
1872-05-16 |
An auction mart and a branch of the Alnwick and County Bank were opened. |
| Bellingham |
1872-11-14 |
The roads leading into Bellingham ?were clad from side to side? with equestrians and pedestrians, all bound for the Martinmas hiring. Young girl servants were being paid ?2 10s to ?5 for the half year, compared to 100 years before, when the girls worked for 12 to 18 shillings. |
| Bellingham |
1873-04-17 |
Beggar Mary Swan was jailed for a month after running away with blankets and other items, from Hatheridge, Bellingham, where she had been given a farm job out of pity. |
