| Bellingham |
1901-08-31 |
The popularity if Bellingham as a holiday destination was evidenced by the increasing number of families who visited to partake of the bracing air of the North Tyne and its scenery of wood and water, hill and dale. |
| Bellingham |
1901-09-08 |
Bellingham Show celebrated its diamond (60th) jubilee with a good entry that created a lot of interest. |
| Bellingham |
1902-01-18 |
Bellingham Coal Charity reported at a special meeting that 14 cwt of coal had been distributed to 67 needy people in the area in the last year. |
| Bellingham |
1902-03-01 |
The game of ?Ping-Pong? was catching on fast in Tynedale. An open tournament was organised at Bellingham and Woodburn. |
| Bellingham |
1902-05-03 |
During lambing time at Snabdaugh Farm, Roger Robson killed 14 adders, measuring up to 25 inches long. |
| Bellingham |
1903-04-11 |
(HH) Thomas Philipson of the Rose and Crown, Bellingham, celebrated his 93rd birthday, having succeeded his father 50 or 60 years ago. |
| Bellingham |
1903-04-24 |
The Bishop of Newcastle dedicated a memorial window at St. Cuthbert?s Church to the memory of Michael and Isabella Spencer of Greenhaugh from their son Seymour Spencer of the Birks. The subject was the Resurrection of the Lord. |
| Bellingham |
1904-03-19 |
The Bellingham Mechanics Institute was opened for the first time. The ceremony was carried out by the Rev. Joseph Reed, with the first 50 members signing the members book. The billiard table was only finished on the day of the opening but local residents wasted no time in trying it out. |
| Bellingham |
1904-09-24 |
The old custom of riding the bounds was observed at Bellingham where a mounted procession under the Duke of Northumberland?s flag, accompanied by a piper, skirted all the Duke?s possessions in the village. |
| Bellingham |
1904-09-29 |
Opening of the new road bridge at Reedsmouth on 24th September 1904 ?the first of its kind in the country? with a drawing from a photograph by Henry Waitt, Bellingham. Cf. 01/10/1904. |
| Bellingham |
1904-10-22 |
Death of Henry Waitt at Bellingham on 14th October 1904, aged 42, husband of Eliza Waitt and eldest son of James and the late Isabella Waitt, late of Capheaton. |
| Bellingham |
1905-01-07 |
The decorations in Bellingham Parish Church were pretty and effective, through the kindness of Mrs. Lovibond of Hesleyside and Mrs. Wilkinson of Riverdale, who sent ample supplies of evergreens and flowers. |
| Bellingham |
1905-02-11 |
The annual general licensing meeting of the Bellingham Brewster Sessions was held on Saturday 4th February 1905. |
| Bellingham |
1905-09-23 |
Members of Bellingham Golf Club decided that the present course was too small and decided to look for new premises, Eals Haugh being the favoured option. |
| Bellingham |
1906-06-30 |
Opening of the new Bellingham golf course on 23rd June at the Fairstead. |
| Bellingham |
1906-07-28 |
Buyers from the northern counties and southern Scotland flocked to the annual Bellingham Wool Fair. |
| Bellingham |
1906-10-24 |
Retirement of sergeant instructor A. Short of Bellingham, appointed June 1902 when the strength of the company was 78. It is now 92. |
| Bellingham |
1907-12-14 |
Bellingham Rural District Council approved plans for five cottages in Wark and the construction of a new school at Plashetts. |
| Bellingham |
1907-12-21 |
The annual dance at Bellingham, one of the events of the year in the village, raised ?12 for the parish church fund. |
| Bellingham |
1907-12-28 |
Sixty loads of coal were distributed in Bellingham, with the help from the Christmas Coal Fund. |
