| Bellingham |
1951-04-27 |
Lloyds Bank had been in Bellingham for 60 years, 1891-1951. The mangers were E. Dixon 1903-1918, E. E. Johnson 1918-1944, T. E. Thompson 1944-1948, T. C. Thompson 1948+. |
| Bellingham |
1951-06-29 |
TELFER: At Holmwood, Bellingham, Sunday 24th June, W. Stanley, dearly loved husband of Theresa. Interred Bellingham Cemetery, Wednesday 27th June. |
| Bellingham |
1951-06-29 |
The funeral of W. S. Telfer, butcher, who took over the family business on the death of his father in 1912 and served in the Northumberland Fusiliers in France in the Great War. |
| Bellingham |
1951-09-08 |
St. Oswald?s Church was filled with people from many North Tyne organisations for the funeral of Capt. W. H. Charlton of Hesleyside, who died aged 74. |
| Bellingham |
1951-10-12 |
After 100 years as a private pack, the Border Foxhounds were to be run by a committee at Bellingham. |
| Bellingham |
1952-02-22 |
Troughend Hall was threatened with demolition to make way for a modern farmhouse. In spite of appeals from conservationists, Bellingham Rural District Council decided not to oppose the demolition order. Compare 29/02/1952, 08/08/1952, 15/08/1952, 29/08/1952. |
| Bellingham |
1952-05-30 |
Hareshawhead Farm and how it was cut out of a wilderness. |
| Bellingham |
1952-06-27 |
A new Fire Station was proposed for Bellingham at Catholic Corner. |
| Bellingham |
1952-08-15 |
The family pit closes at Hareshaw Head Drift. |
| Bellingham |
1952-09-06 |
More than 15,000 sheep went under the hammer at the biggest-ever lamb sales at Bellingham, which lasted nine hours. |
| Bellingham |
1953-01-23 |
The Newcastle & Gateshead Water Company is to assume responsibility for water supplies in the Bellingham Rural area from 1st April 1953. Compare 06/02/1953 and 24/07/1953 for the cost of the water scheme to the North Tyne, especially the small community of Birtley. |
| Bellingham |
1953-04-04 |
A spark from a passing train was believed to have started a fire which destroyed 20,000 young trees at Countess Park. |
| Bellingham |
1953-04-17 |
Article on the one-man pit of Ned R. Jacobson near Brownrigg Camp School. |
| Bellingham |
1953-05-30 |
Bellingham Rural District Council opened its new council chamber in the old workhouse. |
| Bellingham |
1953-05-30 |
Hareshaw Head Farm ? cut out of a wilderness. |
| Bellingham |
1953-07-31 |
?United Nations of Teenagers? gather at Brownrigg Camp. |
| Bellingham |
1953-09-25 |
Bellingham Rural Council decided to borrow ?70,000 to meet the cost of the proposed sewerage schemes, including Birtley (?14,750). Compare 29/01/1954. |
| Bellingham |
1953-10-24 |
A claim against the War Office for damage done to pavements in Bellingham by tanks bound for Otterburn range was made by Bellingham Rural Council. |
| Bellingham |
1953-11-28 |
It was announced that Dr. G. W. L. Kirk was to retire after 23 years as medical officer of health in the district. |
| Bellingham |
1954-01-30 |
A public enquiry was launched in Bellingham into a ?69,000 scheme to bring modern sanitation and the first piped mains water supplies to Bellingham, Wark, Lanehead, Birtley and Greenhaugh. |
