Haltwhistle
Bardon Mill village notes
IT’S June once more and time for the Roman Wall Show which takes place at Twice Brewed tomorrow.
Last updated 19 June 2013
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Haltwhistle village notes
HALTWHISTLE Town Carnival midnight walk is on Friday, June 21, starting at Sainsbury’s. Guess what time it starts! Seventy people have already registered but if you have not, there is still time to do so.
Last updated 19 June 2013
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Greenhead village notes
I GOT the date of the June dominoes drive wrong in last week’s notes – my apologies! It’s not tonight, but on Friday, June 21 in the village hall, in aid of St Cuthbert’s church, starting at 7.30pm.
Last updated 19 June 2013
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Haltwhistle: Tip closure on the cards
HALTWHISTLE’S household waste centre will close for three days next week for essential maintenance work to be carried out.
Last updated 12 June 2013
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Bardon Mill village notes
STEVE Gibbon and Robert Bluck’s 1,001 mile cycle ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats began on Tuesday, June 4.
Last updated 12 June 2013
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Greenhead: Picnic time for teddies
CHILDREN gathered at a South Tynedale church for a special teddy bears’ picnic to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation.
Last updated 12 June 2013
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Haltwhistle village notes
IN aid of Carlisle and North Lakeland Hospice at Home, the band Sheds on Fire, with support from Sam Quentin and Al Catraz, will be playing at Featherstone village hall on Saturday, June 15, at 7.30pm.
Last updated 12 June 2013
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Greenhead village notes
WHAT a gloriously sunny day we had for the Coronation Jubilee Picnic, shared not only with friends from the congregation of Holy Cross in Haltwhistle and Gosforth church, but also with a passing tourist from America and Billy Graham and his wife who came from Newcastle.
Last updated 12 June 2013
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Haltwhistle tops ‘middle-class’ Hexham as a safer place to live
A POLICE inspector has revealed that Haltwhistle is a safer place to live than Hexham – which is where the majority of West Tynedale’s crimes take place.
Last updated 12 June 2013
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Hadrian’s Wall: Museum’s on international map
THE Roman Army Museum on Hadrian’s Wall has been awarded a 2013 Certificate of Excellence by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site.
Last updated 12 June 2013
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Haltwhistle: Family’s tributes to ‘gentle giant’ killed in road crash
A HALTWHISTLE man was killed in a crash in Cumbria this week.
Last updated 12 June 2013
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Housesteads welcomes visitors to new-look site
ONE of Tynedale’s most popular tourist attractions is welcoming visitors through its doors again following a £650,000 transformation.
Last updated 5 June 2013
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Haltwhistle: Barrow race is wheely fun!
HALTWHISTLE’S wheelbarrow race made a welcome return on Sunday as teams wheeled their way to glory.
Last updated 5 June 2013
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‘Haltwhistle’s roads need urgent action’
HALTWHISTLE’S zebras are losing their stripes – and a desperate call has gone out to have them restored.
Last updated 5 June 2013
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Bardon Mill village notes
THE cuckoos are back on Barcombe Hill at just about the same time as last year when I reported their calls in the May 21 edition of The Courant. We still haven’t heard anything from our usual riverside cuckoos and hope that they will be back very soon.
Last updated 5 June 2013
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Greenhead village notes
HERE are the full details for the village’s celebration of 60 years since Coronation Day, June 2, 1953.
Last updated 5 June 2013
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Once Brewed: Second chance to scrutinise Sill designs
MEMBERS of the public are invited to attend a second consultation event in relation to the proposed new Sill visitor centre and youth hostel at Once Brewed.
Last updated 5 June 2013
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Police name Haltwhistle driver killed in crash
A HALTWHISTLE man killed in a car crash in Cumbria has been named as Iain Bell.
Last updated 4 June 2013
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Haltwhistle man dies in road crash
A HALTWHISTLE man has been killed in a crash that closed a main road in Cumbria.
Last updated 3 June 2013
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Haltwhistle: Driver’s miracle escape from car that flew over the rail line
A CAR came off the A69 in the early hours of Saturday morning, somersaulted over two lines of railway tracks, hit a tree and landed on its roof.
Last updated 30 May 2013
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This week in... 1885
Saturday, June 20th, 1885Over 2,000 people attended the Temperance Gala held at Greencroft Park, Haltwhistle.
Led by the Bardon Mill Brass Band, 12 temperance societies paraded through the town, prior to an open air meeting in the park.
During the event the Rev. J.M. Russel condemned the House of Commons for rejecting a proposal to increase taxes on spirits and beer.
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