| Bellingham |
1943-03-20 |
The interment of Mr. William John Waugh of St. Cuthbert?s Terrace, who was Bellingham?s oldest businessman, took place on Monday. Mr. Waugh, who was 86 years of age, had carried on a drapery business in Bellingham for many years. The service in the Methodist Church, where Mr. Waugh had been choirmaster for many years, was conducted by the Rev. J. W. Ladell. |
| Bellingham |
1944-06-24 |
Death of Mr. John Joseph Turnbull, headmaster of the Reed?s School, Bellingham, for 32 years, having lived in retirement in Earsdon for 17 years. |
| Bellingham |
1944-12-02 |
Tribute to John Robson of The Newton, who died at age of 91. |
| Bellingham |
1947-07-04 |
New council houses being built in the North Tyne Valley proved to be much in demand. The 22 houses being built in Bellingham attracted 58 applications and 31 would-be tenants were chasing 12 new houses in Wark. |
| Bellingham |
1947-10-31 |
The first steps towards the creation of a brand new village in Tynedale were taken when Bellingham Rural Council?s housing committee felt that the new village for forestry workers should be built near Wark: the village eventually became Stonehaugh. |
| Bellingham |
1947-11-01 |
New village of Stonehaugh given approval by Bellingham Rural Council: creation of 375 houses at Stonehaughshields. |
| Bellingham |
1948-07-03 |
Bellingham Rural District Council called on the county council to rethink its decision not to allow sheep grids to be fitted on roads in the North Tyne Valley. Without grids, the already high death toll of sheep wandering onto roads there would continue to mount, it said. |
| Bellingham |
1948-08-28 |
Councillor Arthur Ridley called for a complete survey of milk producing centres in the North Tyne Valley after learning that the incidence of tuberculosis in Britain was 66 times greater in rural areas than in towns. |
| Bellingham |
1948-10-01 |
The old mortuary in Bellingham was to be demolished. |
| Bellingham |
1949-09-17 |
The annual show of the North Tyne and Redesdale Agricultural Society at Bellingham set two new records. There were 15,000 visitors, 2,000 up on the record turnout of 1948, and 3,370 entries, 200 more than in 1948. |
| Bellingham |
1949-04-09 |
69 houses in Bellingham were scheduled for demolition following a council survey of rural housing in the district. |
| Bellingham |
1949-12-02 |
?The death of Mr. Frank Coulson of Front Street ? means that for the first time in 200 years a saddler?s shop in the village will not be occupied by a member of the Coulson family. Mr. Coulson succeeded to the shop in line from his great-grandfather. |
| Bellingham |
1949-12-23 |
Retirement of Mr. Donald McKenzie after 14 years as stationmaster of Bellingham. |
| Bellingham |
1950-01-07 |
There were no absentees when Bellingham County Modern School, built by Maughan?s of Rothbury at a cost of ?10,000, was opened by Lord Eustace Percy. 350 children travelled from Redesdale, Kielder, Simonburn, Wark and most other parts of the North Tyne, some in taxis, others in private buses, and no one was late for school on the opening morning of term. In the summer of 1975, the school became a middle school. |
| Bellingham |
1950-02-25 |
Bellingham Rural Council decided to spend ?4000 converting a derelict building into new council offices in the village. |
| Bellingham |
1950-07-28 |
The new site for the Bellingham Boer War Memorial was to be in front of the Rose and Crown Inn in Manchester Square. Compare 13/01/1961. |
| Bellingham |
1950-09-29 |
There was opposition to a proposal by Bellingham Rural Council to turn a derelict tramp ward into a new council chamber because of the cost. |
| Bellingham |
1950-10-27 |
Bellingham Rural Council agreed to press the post office to install automatic telephones as soon as possible to speed up connection times. |
| Bellingham |
1950-11-03 |
Bellingham County Modern School, completed earlier in the year at a cost of ?122,000, was described as ?a warehouse built on a bog? by a member of Northumberland County Council?s finance committee. |
| Bellingham |
1951-01-12 |
The first fatal accident occurred in the 200-year history of Hareshaw Head Pit, in which a miner, John George Stephenson, aged 36, was killed. |
