Hextol
When ice cream was simply the best medicine
I HAD a brush with some scary sounding chemicals this week. So, very probably, did you.
Last updated 30 July 2012
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Bright spark is shocked to be in the right
I HAVE always had an irrational fear of electricity.
Last updated 23 July 2012
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Is this the last post for stamp collectors?
I WAS taking a mortgage out on a first class stamp the other day when I realised how much things have changed in the world of communications.
Last updated 16 July 2012
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Warning over deadly sheep virus
VETS are warning Tynedale farmers not to become complacent about the deadly sheep virus Schmallenberg.
Last updated 16 July 2012
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Chips banned in computerised keep fit regime
WE recently met up with friends we haven’t seen for a while, and couldn’t help noticing how gaunt they seemed.
Last updated 9 July 2012
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New dentist removes half a century of fear
THE clock turned back nearly 50 years last week when I did something I haven’t done since I was in short trousers.
Last updated 2 July 2012
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Feathered friends take different flights out
FORGIVE me if I appear a little sombre this week.
Last updated 2 July 2012
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Green-fingered efforts have sluggish results
I HAVE never been much of a gardener, I’m ashamed to admit.
Last updated 18 June 2012
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Nothing to crow about as birds ruin plants
CALLS for a cull of Hexham Market Place’s pigeons a few weeks ago created a bit of a furore.
Last updated 11 June 2012
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Memories of Kielder come flooding back
IT’S hard to imagine the North Tyne these days without the grandiose sweep of Kielder Water.
Last updated 28 May 2012
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Those mystery white feathers cause a quaver
SOME of you may recall that a couple of years ago, I wrote a piece about my sister in this column.
Last updated 21 May 2012
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Reputation takes a hit from bump on drive
MY motoring career took a turn for the worse on Bank Holiday Monday.
Last updated 14 May 2012
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Tick tactics used with the morning coffee
I WAS peering round the kitchen the other morning in my usual myopic manner when I spotted two grapes on the floor.
Last updated 7 May 2012
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Farming horrors left us feeling sheepish
“WHAT ever did farmers do before quad bikes were invented?” mused Mrs Hextol the other day.
Last updated 30 April 2012
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Turning up the heat for a chips reprieve
I AM devastated to report that the deep fat fryer at Hextol Towers has had its chips.
Last updated 23 April 2012
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Lending a hand is harder than it looks
THERE are people who think that my entire working life consists of writing this column.
Last updated 16 April 2012
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A roof day for bird with lofty ambitions
IT is with a heavy heart that I must confess I may have contributed to the spectacular decline in the number of midden pickers in the land.
Last updated 9 April 2012
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British Summer Time lives up to its name
WHAT on earth has happened to the weather?
Last updated 2 April 2012
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Old schoolmates are all ears for memories
I’M getting a bit fed up of growing old, although it must be said, it is preferable to the alternative.
Last updated 26 March 2012
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No more need I endure the sound of silence
A STROLL down Fore Street has taken on a whole new life for me over this past couple of weeks.
Last updated 19 March 2012
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