THE HAYDON NEWS ON LINE

Pre-cast concrete beams being lifted into position during construction of the Gee’s Wood Bridge over the Langley Burn

(see page 9)

Photographs by kind per- mission of the bypass contractors CVC Highway Solutions

INSIDE THIS ISSUE PAGE

Editorial 2 Parish Council Notes 3/16 Historical Notes 4/5/6/7 Issue 6 Correspondence 7/8 Bypass Update 9 Local Artists’ Exhibition 9 W.I. 11 July Dr. Steve Ford 10/11 Church Pages 12/13 2008 Road Link Annual Report 14 Housing Needs Survey 15 www.haydon-news.co.uk ‘Top of the Pots’ 15 Notices 16 e mail: [email protected] Crossword 20 HAYDONPublished NEWS by The Friends Of Page 1 THE HAYDON NEWS ON LINE EDITORIAL COMMENT

So the planners have once again ignored the views of local The Haydon News was Established in 1979 and preceded people and given the go ahead to another large housing development in Haydon Bridge, this time 40 houses on the on and off for over forty five years by a church Parish Showfield. On this occasion not only did they receive letters of Magazine, The Haydon News is published by the Friends objection from residents and the Parish Council but also of Haydon Bridge and is written, printed, collated and listened to, but perhaps did not hear, the objections raised by delivered by volunteers. residents and a local councillor at their planning meeting. The Tynedale Planning Department also have a copy of the results Around 1,000 copies of The Haydon News are distributed of the recent Local Housing Needs Survey, commissioned by free of charge, ten months of the year, throughout the the Parish Council, and a draft copy of the Haydon Parish Plan parish of Haydon in Tynedale, . and Village Design Statement. Both these documents stress the need for small developments to meet local housing needs in The Haydon News on line doesn’t replace this traditional line with the findings of the Haydon Bridge Housing Survey. It would seem, from the outcome of the Planning Meeting, that publication but allows those living outside our delivery local knowledge and local need account for very little. It area, who have a connection with or an interest in the would also appear that their own Local Development parish, to keep in touch. Framework for the Tynedale District doesn’t mean a lot when it comes to decision making. Welcome then to The Haydon News On Line, a web site Looking ahead to the end of the current Local Development that will build throughout the coming months and already Framework in 2021 Tynedale Council’s ‘vision’ for the includes an archive of earlier editions. District states; ‘ In 2021 Tynedale will have retained the many positive Contributions to The Haydon News in the form of characteristics that make it such an attractive place to live, articles or letters are welcome, especially from those visit and work. The scale of development will have been modest and there will not have been significant physical with a family connection within the parish. change. The character of the built environment will have been Please email us: maintained and in some cases enhanced. New development email: [email protected] will have been sensitively located and designed. The amount of green field land taken up by development will Dennis Telford. (Chairman) have been minimised and best use will have been made of Friends of Haydon Bridge. existing buildings and previously developed land.’ Except in Haydon Bridge? MP

WELCOME TO THE PARISH OF HAYDON, NORTHUMBERLAND

THE HAYDON BRIDGE BYPASS BEING CONSTRUCTED THROUGH GEE’S WOOD AND OVER THE LANGLEY BURN

See also front cover and page 9

The Friends of Haydon Bridge is a voluntary organisation and is responsible for the publication of The Haydon News. Some of the revenue costs of publishing around 1,000 copies of The Haydon News, ten times each year, are met by advertising fees. To support the revenue costs and provide capital expenditure for new equipment etc., The Friends of Haydon Bridge rely on donations If you have enjoyed our on line magazine and would like to make a donation, please email the editors in the first instance

[email protected]

Thank you

THE HAYDON NEWS Editors: Mike Parkin. Dennis Telford. www.Haydon-News.co.uk Site construction by Henry Swaddle. Page 2 HAYDON NEWS PARISHCOUNCILNOTESfromthemeetingsinJune2008

RiskAssessmentMeeting.June5th. The sign for Haydon Bridge at the Old A letter was received from NCC about 5 councillors attended. Repeater Station junction is to be the temporary closure of Land Ends The meeting was held to discuss risk replaced. The present sign is faded. Road from June11th for 21 days to assessment regarding items owned by A snagging list is to be presented to stabilise a landslip. the Parish Council, activities undertaken the bypass construction company as An invitation to a consultation meeting by the Council and its employees and the the work nears completion. on proposed Post Office closures was adequacy of the Council’s insurance. The council was informed that Land received from Tynedale Council. A review was carried out of the previous Ends Road is to be resurfaced when Parish Projects. year and then consideration given to work on the bypass is completed. Parish Plan future activities. A councillor is to make enquiries The council was told that responses have It was agreed that the Parish Council about brown signs being placed on the been received from some of the would carry out a risk assessment of A69 at the junctions into the village. ‘partners’ in the Parish Plan each of the Parish Plan Projects as they Concern was expressed about the implementation. progressed. The clerk is to investigate hidden dip, beneath the bypass bridge, At a meeting held with the Hadrian’s adding the newly acquired Brown Signs on the Langley road. It presents a Wall Project Team, one of the ‘partners’, to the insurance policy. hazard to cars as they move off after development time was offered to the parking outside Shaftoe First School ExtraordinaryMeetingoftheCouncil Parish Plan Group and PC as Haydon and to vehicles overtaking parked cars. todiscusstheShowfieldHousing Bridge is considered one of the NCC Highways Dept is to be Development.June16th. development areas close to the Hadrian’s contacted about creating a lay-by 6 councillors attended with 10 members Wall World Heritage site outside the school. of the public and 2 representatives from The next stage in the Parish Plan Members of the council agreed that it Bellway, the developers. process is the setting up of a Parish Plan was a priority to find out what work is Development Group. This will liaise A councillor told the meeting that he to be done to improve the appearance with the Community Trust over sources would attend the Tynedale Planning of Ratcliffe Road following the of finance for some of the Parish Plan Meeting on June 18th, when the completion of the bypass, and who is projects. Showfield Development will be responsible for carrying out The Parish Council will be consulted, considered, and give the views improvements. NCC Highways to be regarding long term expenditure expressed by the council. contacted. commitments, once feasibility studies There are no changes to the layout of the NCC are also to be contacted about the have been undertaken and costs are development. The only change made is lighting of the Church clock. known. to the proportion of the homes for sale Planning Applications Library and for rent (See page 15 for details). Several councillors complained about The lease on the library building expires Several objections were raised by the Tynedale Council Planning this month. As the PC has not yet agreed members of the public and councillors. Department’s decision to give a long term commitment to the They included: flooding issues; access permission for the proposed community run library scheme, and will and safety; privacy of the houses development at the Showfield. Many not do until all costs are known, NCC overlooked by the development; the felt that the process had been rushed, Library Services are to be requested to siting of the play area next to the that there had been a lack of renew the lease. This can then be bungalows and substation; services and consideration given to the local transferred to the PC when/if the PC drainage problems; the scale of the objections raised and that the decide to go ahead with the scheme. development. development is far too large to meet ParishCouncilMeetingheldonJune local needs. The council is to write to Continuedonpage16 26th. the planning ombudsman explaining its concerns. Public Participation. A request was made for information The council was informed that a large PARISHCOUNCILLORS from the Planning Dept. on the puddle is forming during heavy rain at external finish to the buildings in the Esmond Faulks (chairman) the south end of the old bridge. Drain Showfield development. Mr. D Charlton 684505 cleaning to be requested. The council raised no objections to the Mrs. E Charlton 684505 A complaint was made about the application by the Environment Mrs. V Fletcher 688872 wheelie bins left on the verge of Land Agency for a Certificate of lawfulness Mr. M R Parkin 684340 Ends Road. Mr. D Smith* 684480 for the proposed construction of new Council Meeting flood defence at Brigwood/Innerhaugh Mr. R Snowdon 688871 9 councillors present. Mews. Mr. E Brown*. 684084 Alan Sharpe, the newly elected NCC Mr H Oliver 688856 Correspondence councillor for Haydon and Hadrian, Ms J Males The council was informed that the attended the meeting. Mrs J Thompson. 684376 work on the old bridge, postponed (* also a Tynedale Councillor) Highways from last year, is to begin on June The brown signs for tourists are now in 30th. A site compound is to be set up Parish Clerk place at the Esp Hill junction. near the riverside picnic area. Mrs. C McGivern 688020(after 6pm) HAYDON NEWS Page 3 HISTORICALNOTESOFHAYDONBRIDGE- Dennis Telford

ThismonthIcontinuemyhistoryof stone. John Heslop stated that there It takes some imagination and prior coalminingintheparishbyvisiting were plenty of support timbers but the knowledge to picture today’s quiet WhitechapelCollieryandWhinnetley stone came down between two props setting as a hive of industry, but Drift. and head trees and he thought that certainly that is what it was until 1935. death was practically instantaneous. To reach the coal sidings and screens It is interesting that Whitechapel The working place was twenty six from the colliery legitimately must have Collierystarted life as a lead mine, the inches high and the Pit Deputy, John been quite a journey for the 20c drift being dug in a northerly direction Wardle, suggested that Robinson may Whitechapel miners. The only metalled from just above the Newcastle to have been scraping ‘scabby coal off road was via Ridley Hall, crossing the road, east of Whitechapel Farm. the stone but it was very difficult to get river Allen, and the railway over the Unexpectedly, a coal seam was struck off’. Morralee Bridge, and even then a good after a few hundred yards and as a half mile further past Morralee Farms to consequence the miners applied to It was agreed at the inquest that the the coal sidings. change the contract from lead mining to deceased had been, ‘the victim of an coal mining. Perhaps the landowners unfortunate accident which it was Ordnance Survey Maps show a ‘ford’ saw the production process associated impossible to foresee’. crossing the Tyne, immediately south of with coal as an easier option than that of Whitechapel, and a path through East lead, because they are known to have By 1928 the South Tyne Colliery Morralee Farm to the sidings. I wonder; cancelled the original contract and set up Company from had did the miners use this river crossing? obtained a controlling interest, Sir their own coal mining operation from What we do know from stories handed the same drift. Arthur Wood was elected chairman of the reconstructed board of directors down is that the most direct route, if Owned by the HaydonBridgeCoal and Cathedral Buildings, Dean Street, unofficial and somewhat precarious, was Company from 1917 with offices at 15 Newcastle had replaced 15 Church to take a trip in a tub or skip on the aerial Church Street, Haydon Bridge, 6,000 Street as the company address, tramway. There were two particular acres of land were purchased by the although offices were retained on problems for the miners using this colliery. 4,000 acres belonging to Chuch Street. method of transport. Firstly, the timber Greenwich Hospital, 1,200 acres to the supports of the aerial flight were unsafe Hon. F. Bowes-Lyon and the remaining Whitechapel was unusual in that the during windy conditions, having been 800 acres were purchased from the coal from the colliery was carried by known to have blown over on occasions. Duke of Northumberland. Whitechapel an aerial flight of steel ropes on timber And secondly, if the weather turned Farm, after which the colliery was supports across the , farm unkind it was likely that the occupants of named, was formerly part of the fields, and the to a siding the skips would get a good soaking. Greenwich Hospital estate. on the Newcastle to Carlisle railway line; a short distance east of the The early prosperity of the Whitechapel Whitechapel Colliery was a major Morralee Farms. It was here that the Colliery, when employment rose from source of employment locally in the coal was screened and graded before forty two miners in 1921 to one hundred 1920’s and early 30’s and many families being moved to Haydon Bridge station and eighty three in 1925, was not in Haydon Bridge and the wider parish goods yard. continued into the 1930s. Even though depended upon the pit for their To pave the way for the construction 40,000 tons of coal was mined in 1933 a livelihood. The colliery produced an of this aerial flight, the company receiver had to be called in; he took annual output of over 30,000 tons of purchased Low Morralee from the charge of the business in 1934 and coal and by 1925 employed over one Hon. Francis Bowes-Lyon in 1922. although ninety seven miners were hundred and eighty men and boys. employed in that year, the colliery and It is unlikely that many of our readers Low Morralee were offered for sale. One of the Whitechapel employees from will have visited the site of the Whitechapel Colliery closed for good on Haydon Bridge, Alexander Robinson of Whitechapel Colliery coal sidings, at 22nd June 1935 and as the underground the Oddfellows Hall, Shaftoe Street, was the west end of the Lipwood railway and on bank plant was removed, killed by a fall of stone at the colliery on bridge and running alongside and to management and miners accepted that the morning of Saturday 8th December the north of the Newcastle to Carlisle there was no prospect of it re-opening 1928. This was the second fatality at the line. And in truth there is little point in although it was estimated that a very colliery, Jonty Pattinson of a visit unless, like me, it is your large quantity of coal suitable for gas, having previously been killed there by a pleasure to trace the gradually coking, household, manufacturing and fall of stones. disappearing tracks of our parish’s steam was still workable. Alexander Robinson was just thirty one industrial history. years of age and had lived in the village There are few significant remains to Managers at Whitechapel Colliery from for two years, he left a widow and four speak of, other than the raised the 1920s included John Cummings, children. embankments, long ago grassed over W. Renshaw, C.L. Waddel and At the inquest held in the Haydon Bridge and planted with silver birch, on which C. Hopper, but it is today’s Haydon Town Hall, John Heslop of Haydon the four private sidings ran into the Bridge connections with John Wardle, a Bridge said he was working alongside coal depot. There are also the almost colliery official, Deputy and Under the deceased when he heard a stone fall. unrecognisable traces of the stone Manager, that allows us to dwell a little When he went to investigate, he found built, No.12 Railway Cottages. longer on the history of the colliery at his work mate pinned underneath the (More of that story at a later date.) Whitechapel and the Haydon Bridge Page 4 HAYDON NEWS HaydonBridgeCollierySidings 13thMay1921

Lipwood Bridge

Private Sidings

1: length 51 yds 2: length 55 yds 3: length 47 yds 4: length 25 yds

ThesketchaboveshowstheHaydonBridgeCollierySidings atMorraleeasrepresentedbyNorthEasternRailways onanagreementreachedwiththecollieryinMay1921. My thanks to John Irving for a copy of this agreement

Tothelefta2008view Haydon Bridge’s best known haulage ofthesiteofHaydon business, when he encouraged Robbie BridgeCoalCompany Tait to buy a lorry instead of a horse and sidingsalongsidethe cart and signed an agreement giving him NewcastletoCarlisle the authority to lead coal from railwayatMorralee. Whitechapel Pit. The early days of Myphotograph R.G.Tait & Son and Taits’ Transport showingtheraised Services! sidingembankmentis takenfromthe14’6’’ John Wardle’s important position as gateshownonthe Under Manager/Manager at Whitechapel sketchabove. Colliery doesn’t appear to have curtailed his strong sense of community spirit. Coal Company at 15 Church Street. wife of Jack Leathard and mother to He was a parish councillor and Vice John Wardle was thirty five years old John, Ann and Vivienne. Jack and Vi Chairman for a while, an ardent worker when he came to Whitechapel lived on Shaftoe Street before moving for the Methodist Church, and the Colliery in 1917, as an official for the as the first occupants into ‘Duorf’ on Co-operative movement, and an official Haydon Bridge Coal Company. Born in John Martin Street. of the local branch of the Order of 1882, John had been in coal mining all Oscar Wardle and his wife Winnie Buffaloes. John was a tenor in the his life and had graduated from pits at lived in ‘Donisthorpe’ on John Martin Haydon Bridge Male Voice Choir and a Low Fell and , Fatfield, Pity Street, but sadly Oscar was killed member of various village concert Me and Staindrop before moving into during the second world war. parties where his singing and clog the offices of the Haydon Bridge Coal dancing was heard and seen to great Company at 15 Church Street, Haydon Vi and Oscar’s introduction to Haydon Bridge and their father’s place of effect. Bridge. John was accompanied to Haydon Bridge by his wife Mary (nee work, while a source of amusement It was a shock and a great loss to the Davison) and their two children, Vi and now, was probably more than a little parish community and to Whitechapel Oscar. On 18th July 1920, when the worrying at the time. Colliery when John Wardle died on family lived at Haydon Bridge, another When John took his two children Tuesday 6th May 1930, aged 48 years. son, Jack Wardle, was born. underground at Whitechapel, he was He had been responsible for opening up called away to oversee an unexpected a new winning at Whitechapel when he It is to Jean Wardle, the wife of John’s situation in another part of the mine drove into an old working that was filled youngest son, the late Jack Wardle, and and left the two youngsters sitting on a with contaminated stagnant water. As a two of their six children, Barbara and box to await his return. John returned result he developed Typhoid Fever and Eileen, to whom I am most grateful for to his home and office on Church passed away after a short illness. helping me put together this pen picture Street to be greeted by Mary his wife. John Wardle’s obituary stressed his; and photographs of an important “Where are the bairns?” ‘Loyalty in all his work’ and during his official at Whitechapel Colliery during Imagine her response when John had residency in our parish; ‘He rendered its most productive years. to admit that he had forgotten them valuable help in those matters which and had left them in the pit! In the early years after John Wardle’s made for the betterment and welfare of Fortunately, Vi and Oscar were both the village’. arrival as an official, forty six miners returned safe and sound and were able were employed at Whitechapel and by to laugh about their experience and the It is particularly interesting that John the time of his death in 1930, one tale has evermore been shared with Wardle was credited with inaugurating a hundred and sixty one men were their family and descendants. And now social club for working men, during his employed. The peak of one hundred and the world! (www.haydon-news.co.uk) working life in Durham. eighty three having been reached in Almost fifty years later his son Jackie 1925. At Whitechapel, John Wardle was Wardle was responsible for providing a Older residents will remember Vi as the influential in the development of Working Men’s Club at Haydon Bridge. HAYDON NEWS Page 5

After John Wardle died, his wife Mary was allowed to stay in the flat above the Haydon Bridge Coal Company’s office at 15 Church Street, providing that she continued her work for the company. Mary’s task was to co-ordinate the distribution of the company’s coal, by producing destination labels and sticking them onto the coal filled railway goods wagons, when they arrived in the goods yard at Haydon Bridge from the sidings at Morralee. Mary moved to Shaftoe Street in 1939 and she survived her husband by thirty two years, during which time she was a strong supporter of the Methodist JohnWardleanofficialat JohnWardleandhiswifeMary Church in Haydon Bridge. WhitechapelColliery priortoJohn’suntimelydeathin1930 ______

So Whitechapel Colliery closed on 22nd Whinnetley Drift are first-hand; it Haydon Bridge was such that they June 1935, but it will be remembered by having ceased production as recently continued to shop at the Haydon Bridge locals that for many years the remnants as 1964. Co-op and their provisions were delivered to their home at Haltwhistle. of a colliery that had breathed its last Coal from the Little Limestone Seam dust laden air, remained as a pit heap to at WhinnetleyDriftwas first mined In 1945 six miners were employed at the east of William Creer’s sawmill and by Thomas Bewick and Partners Whinnetley and these employment alongside the A69; until the re-alignment between 1871 and 1893 for their lead figures appear to have been static until of the road between Lipwood Hall and mines at Honeycrook. the 1950’s when the drift was taken over Whitechapel Farm in the late 1980s. Abandoned after the closure of the by P.W. Sharp Ltd., coal merchants of

Well known Haydonian, William lead mine in 1893, Whinnetley was Haltwhistle. The company was renamed Samuel Walton of ‘The Dene’, was a re-opened in the early 1940s, after the Whinnetley Coal Co. Ltd., and from Director of the Haydon Bridge Coal Whitechapel closed, by Frank Johnson 1955 until 1964 employed sixteen and Jack Routledge of Ratcliffe Road, miners. Company from 1923 to 1933 (see HN May 2001 for more on W.S. Walton) and Haydon Bridge. The drift at Whinnetley was directly John Cummings of ‘Glen Burn’ was Jack Routledge lived at 32 Ratcliffe north of Whinnetley Farm and Prior Colliery Manager until 1925. Road and had another important role in House and access was along a track W.S. Walton and John Cummings were our community; as the village bookie. running west below the Pit Cover’, off also Directors of the Langley Barony A job eventually passed on to his son the road between Standalone and Coal and Fireclay Company and, as I Ronnie of Church Street, by which Haresby Lonnin. The Whinnetley coal have recorded in previous ‘Notes, the time the business was legal (ish) ! mine appears to have been a successful fireclay company owned Stublick private enterprise and like Whitechapel Both Frank and Jack had worked at Colliery, from 1909 until 1926, and to the south west, the coal was of a high Whitechapel and it seems that other Harsondale Colliery, from 1902 until it quality. closed in 1952. Whitechapel miners, after the pit closed in 1935, were also offered a It is recorded that the main drift at It might be ‘The Tofts’ that overlooks share in the new Whinnetly company. Whinnetley went 800 yards underground Haydon Bridge from the northern Bill Foster recalls that his father, an and the coal was won from workings on horizon above our Catholic Church, but experienced miner who had worked at either side of the main track. In parts, in days gone by - ensconced with their the Blackett Pit at Melkridge, until it the seam was as low as twelve inches servants and maids in substantial closed in 1927 and then moved to but generally the miners worked in dwellings such as Haydon Lodge, The Whitechapel, was offered a partnership twenty four inches. Nook, Selwood House, Heaton Villa, in the new Whinnetley venture but Part way into the mine was the ‘dip’ in Bank House, Glen Burn, and The Dene turned it down. William (Snr.) did the main track to the north west, further - it was most definitely the toffs who move to Whinnetley from Whitechapel driving beyond this dip was eventually looked down from the North Bank on and worked there for a while, but as an abandoned and a new track was opened the artisans and their obedient wives, employee of F. Johnson & Partners. up in the direction of the old weshin’ and mendin’ pit claes, in the Whitechapel workings where it was Frank Johnson lived at 8 Ratcliffe terraced and back to back houses known that thousands of tons of coal Road and Haydonians of my clustered around the Haydon bridge. remained undisturbed. generation and older may remember Perhaps it still is ? Frank’s son Billy Johnson who was When nearby Morwood pit was closed secretary of the Haydon Bridge Flower in 1960 and the water that had been WHINNETLEYDRIFTMINE Show committee for many years. Billy previously pumped out of the workings Fewer families in our parish relied on worked on the railway and when he there began to find its way into and Whinnetley for their income than on the moved to Haltwhistle with his wife around the Whinnetley drift, it was a pit at Whitechapel, but memories of Lizzie (nee Bell), their commitment to blow from which this mine in our parish Page 6 HAYDON NEWS never recovered. CORRESPONDENCE Mrs Johnson of Haydon Bridge and Mrs Hunter the hind's wife, living in a tied Plans were put in place to ‘lose’ the Wallsend. cottage nearby. excess water into the old lower workings The dining room and drawing room from Whitechapel but unfortunately the Tyne & Wear. 20th May 2008. were out of bounds to me usually. driving towards the Whitechapel I helped feed the farm cats and the workings resulted in a further flood of Dear Editors, chickens which I enjoyed. water and the corroded water pipes and I remember Haydon Bridge with old fashioned rusting diesel pumps, one affection from the time being sent to Sometime in 1943, I returned to half way down and one at the bottom of Langley-on-Tyne as a war-time Wallsend and didn't encounter the the drift, were unable to cope and it was evacuee. I was billeted with a farming Dryden family again. decided to abandon the mine. family. Several years ago, on a visit to Haydon Whether a few months more driving, Bridge, I met someone who said towards the lower Whitechapel I cannot remember the exact dates but Christine was living in Jesmond, workings, would have successfully rid I entrained at Wallsend railway station Newcastle. Mrs Dryden had an aged Whinnetley of the underground water sometime during 1940 with other boy sister who visited West Deanraw on will never be known, however the plant and girl evacuees. The train took us occasions and she lived in Jesmond. and machinery, grown old in a regime of west in the direction of Carlisle. It was Despite being practically blind, a more make do and mend rather than any the first train journey in my eleven gracious and kindly person would be programme of planned maintenance, was year old life, and I was in a group hard to find whereas her sister, long past its expected life span and the destined for Langley-on-Tyne. Henrietta, had a quick temper at times, mine closed in February 1964. Other groups went on to places further like her son James. down the line. My group was under The old pit yard at Whinnetley is still the care of Mrs. Fenwick of Wallsend. I'm Wallsend born and bred but spent fenced off, but other than the putrid my entire working life in London. I We alighted at Haydon Bridge and water that has risen to the surface, there cannot recall any particulars of fellow went on to Langley-on-Tyne for is little of this piece of our industrial evacuees apart from one called Wilfred selection by local inhabitants who had heritage remaining in 2008. Memories Patterson from Wallsend. He lived in volunteered to take in an evacuee or of the Whinnetley Drift are still clear in Langley village. two. I was last to be chosen, with Miss the minds of those who worked there One evacuee at Langley school was a 14 Christine Dryden taking me to her however! year old from Gosport, Hants. He was parents’ home at West Deanraw Farm. the school bully and a Heslop Miss Christine was a beautiful young Andofcoursethereisnobetterway favourite. A local farmer's boy, Dodds, girl in every way. was another annoyance I remember. ofrecordingourhistorythan listeningtothosewhowerepartofit. The Dryden family consisted of Mr & I liked Haydon Bridge but it has changed Mrs Dryden, Christine and her brother since the early 1940s. NextmonthIamsureyouwillenjoy James, both in their twenties. visitingWhinnetleyDriftinthe The Congregational Chapel has been put Christine I liked most of all. I always to secular use, a new bridge replaces the companyofHaydonianswhowere thought she would marry the local employedthere. old bridge and a large estate on its doctor Richard Bell, but never did fringes resembles an ugly looking apparently. carbuncle. THEMANONTHEMONUMENT Sundays, I accompanied the family Dr. Richard Bell, the Rev. Sinclair and I cannot escape the notion that our to Haydon Bridge Congregational national politicians, directed from the old Mrs. Johnson who helped out on Church and the occasional shopping wash days at the isolated farmhouse are wings by the Brussels bureaucrats, are and cinema expedition to either making this country I love, a laughing remembered with affection. Mr. Heslop, or Carlisle. They did their headmaster at Langley-on-Tyne, is best stock. And then I read in May’s Parish best for me but school was a Council Notes it has been suggested that forgotten. I see the old school is put to problem. Heslop, the elderly male residential use. the broken bayonet on the war memorial teacher made my life a misery. He be replaced with a piece of wood!!! I think of my fellow evacuees who, if lived in the adjacent school house. still alive, must be well into their Until last month, it could be argued that West Deanraw is an isolated farm and our local politicians represented an seventies like myself. I found it lonely, also it was a long I found it a lonely life and returned element of sanity in the Whitehall farce walk to and from school. where acts of idiocy appear to be home well before the end of the war. On Saturdays, I accompanied Miss common place. Now I’m not so sure! Christine to Haydon Bridge (It always Yours sincerely,

Surely those who have had to be 'Miss Christine' or 'Master Norman Wall. made the ultimate James'), a class thing. sacrifice for our country I didn't receive pocket money but deserve the very best in ThankyousomuchNormanfor never went short. My mother never remembrance. recalling,forourreaders,yourtime failed to send comics, sweets, then a atLangleyasanevacuee. The Haydon Bridge bicycle. On one occasion she and an Wearesogratefultothoseprepared memorial was originally Aunt came to visit and were given tea tosharetheirmemoriesofourparish, unveiled on September in the farm kitchen where I usually throughthecolumnsofTheHaydon 25th 1921. took my meals with domestic help like News. HAYDON NEWS Page 7 Andnow! Thank you again and I look forward to HAYDONBRIDGENATURECLUB AmessagefromanexHaydonianwho my regular delivery of The Haydon 2008SummerWalksProgramme willberememberedbyoldermembers News. Walksstartat6.45pmfromthe ofourcommunityandindeed, Yours sincerely, meetingpointgiven. stillhasrelativeslivingamongus. Joe Morton. Ifindoubtaboutthewalktaking ______placeduetobadweather,please Halifax, confirmwiththeleader. 27th May 2008. NORDAMILBURN Dear Editors, Thursday10thJuly:Elrington, You may recall that Ann Elliott, a Threepwood and Woodhall Mill Farm. Please find enclosed my subscription for correspondent last month, sought 4 miles. The Haydon News and a donation to information on Norda Milburn who Meet: Woodhall Mill Farm, Lowgate your funds. I find the magazine most lived in the Settlingstones area. Road. interesting as a former resident for 30 Alan Howard. years, born and bred at Haydon Bridge. We have been able to help Ann in her search, thanks to our Haydon News 24thJuly:Fell above Acomb and I lived with my parents at ‘Rose Lea’ on reader Mrs. Margaret Hawkins of East Codlaw Dene. 3 miles. Brigwood and my mother used to tell me Land Ends, who lived beside Norda at Meet: The Pant, Acomb. North of that years ago, my late father was a Greystoke. Miners’ Arms. GR 935665 chauffeur/gardener for a Mr. Campbell Pauline Nichols. Tel. 681634 who used to live at ‘The Rambler’ on Thank you Margaret. Brigwood. I remember my mother AllarewelcomeontheHaydonBridge ______NatureClub’sSummerwalks. telling me that my father used to take Mr. Campbell to the Spa at Harrogate BALSAMBASHINGALONGTHERIVER for his health. One thing I remember is that his son Leslie, who was a solicitor at Approximately 23people turned up for this year’s annual ‘Balsam bashing’ event on Sunderland, used to send my father a Monday 16th June. The results of last year’s labour can be seen along the river bank whole ham every Christmas, in near the picnic area where large areas, previously infested, are now clear of the weed appreciation of his kindness to his father. and native species of flora and fauna can re-establish. The ham used to arrive by rail and the porter used to bring it to our house on It is proposed that another ‘bashing’ session be held on the 23 July and volunteers the sack barrow. Every year he would are welcome, to rid our riverside of the intrusive pests. say, “Here it is again!” BALSAM When I married I moved next door to Laurie and Kitty Thompson at number HimalayanBalsam. 20 Strother Close. I was interested to Scientific Name: Impatiens glandulifera see their son’s name, Alan Thompson, in Other names: Policeman's Helmet, Indian Touch-Me-Not, the February copy of The Haydon News Ornamental Jewelweed, Pink Peril, Poor Man's Orchid. which a cousin kindly sent me. I used to work as a bus conductor on the A large succulent annual, introduced in 1839 to Kew ‘United’ in those days and had many a Gardens as a greenhouse plant, Balsam escaped to the wild laugh with the passengers. and is now naturalised in the British Isles. Balsam is very invasive and should be removed when I am surprised to hear that the owners of found. It is in the same genera as the colourful, bedding ‘Rose Lea’ have changed the name. It Impatiens or Busy-lizzies, but grows much taller - up to 2 was a very appropriate name, as my late metres high. father used to grow rambling roses on a Preferred sites are moist areas, usually along river banks, rustic fence halfway down the garden, but it colonises many other areas. Dense stands suffocate and also on a stone wall which divided it other plants so when it dies away in the winter, river banks are left bare and more from the next door house. liable to erosion. ‘Rose Lea’, as it was called, is divided A single plant can set about 800 seeds, The black, spherical seeds are about 2mm to off, or should I say semi detached, from 3mm across and remain viable for about 2 years, they are buoyant and can travel ‘Sunny Lea’. ‘Rose Lea’ and ‘Sunny along waterways to infest new areas, even germinating under water. Lea’ must have been one big house at one time, as in the hall a doorway has been blocked up. TYNERIVERSTRUSTCALENDAROFEVENTSINHAYDONBRIDGE

As I said, I find The Haydon News most Wednesday23rdJuly.6pm8pm:Meet at picnic area (the Eiland) for Balsam bash and clean up, hopefully to cover some new ground. interesting. I read it and then pass it on to my daughter. She says she will never Monday4thAugust.6pm8pm:Meet at picnic area (the Eiland) to learn about call Halifax her home. and start river sampling for invertebrates and chemicals.

I arrived here to work at Rowntree Sunday10thAugust.10.30am1.30pm&Saturday20thAugust.3pm6pm: McIntosh, as it was then, about 40 years Meet at picnic area (the Eiland) for clean up and sampling. ago and I am now 85 years young. I lost Strong waterproof footwear is essential. Refreshments provided my dear wife and best friend in 1998 and Pleaseletusknowyouarecomingbyphoning01434688886or01434684505 I still miss her. Page 8 HAYDON NEWS HAYDONBRIDGEBYPASSUPDATE Many readers will be aware that the west The 50 tonne pre-cast concrete beams, Land Ends Road, necessary on safety end tie-in is complete and although manufactured in Nottingham and grounds following an unexpected land traffic management continues with speed delivered by road for the Gee’s Wood slip. restrictions (20mph) and traffic cones, Bridge, were placed in position on the Project Manager Andrew Harding the temporary lights have been removed 3rd - 6th June (see cover photographs apologises for any disruption caused. allowing vehicles to flow freely west and below) and the construction of the A programmed short term closure, of and east round the West Rattenraw bridge deck is in progress. approximately four weeks during Loop. August/September, will be necessary to EASTLANDENDSROAD Meanwhile, 800 tonnes of steel is being allow for work to re-align the Land Ends fabricated on site in preparation for the The contractors express their regret for Road with the underpass which is under ‘super lift’ at midnight on Saturday 2nd the recent emergency closure of the construction. August, when a 1,000 tonne crane will position the steelwork from the west abutment to the first River Tyne pier. The bridge structure will continue to take shape during August with further lifts of steelwork to complete the span, and preparation for the concrete deck.

As the ‘super lift’ takes place at midnight and spectators cannot be accommodated for safety reasons, we hope to have photographs of the event in the October issue of your Haydon News.

At the eastern end of the bypass, the commencement of the tie-in is planned for 27th August (following the August Bank Holiday), when temporary traffic restrictions will apply to the Alston . TheprecastconcretebeamspositionedacrosstheLangleyBurninGee’sWood HAYDONLOCALARTISTS’EXHIBITION

It must have been quite a shock for Robert Ford, secretary of our Local Artists’ Annual Summer Exhibition, to receive two entries for this year’s exhibition from Alamo in California. I have to say it was also a surprising coincidence for me, having just put down my pen after writing about the artist’s grandfather in my Historical Notes for this month, when Robert passed this information to me. The paintings, ‘Across The River’ and ‘Meg’s Monday’ were sent from California and entered by Susan Routledge whose family have lived in Haydon Bridge since 1903 and whose brother Peter still has a house on the North Bank. (For a little more information BarbaraWardlehangsherpaintingswhichwillformthebasisofacalendarofHaydon about Susan’s grandfather, read my notes about Parishviewsfor2009;whileElaineWestallispicturedalongsideherrepresentationof Whinnetley Drift on page 6.) ‘Tony’sPatch’.Elainehasbeenpaintingforsixyearsandhasjustcompleteda Susan's married name is Jackson but she successfulexhibitioninPebblesArtGalleryatAllendale.Elaine’sstudioisapopular has always used her maiden name for venueonthelocal‘arttour’. her work. Visitors to the exhibition particularly There were six new exhibitors this year So John Martin isn’t the only Haydon enjoyed the display by Shaftoe Trust and the organisers would like to thank Bridge artist whose fame is world wide! First School pupils. all the artists and members of the public

92paintingswerehunginourLocal The children were joined at the who made their 5th Haydon Local Artists’SummerExhibitionthisyear exhibition by members of staff during Artists’ Exhibition so successful. andinaddition,96piecesofwork a study visit, when the work of John wereexhibitedbyShaftoeTrustFirst Paul Hardy formed the basis of a Welookforwardtothe6thSummer Schoolpupils.Welldonetoeveryone! project . Exhibitionin2009. HAYDON NEWS Page 9 Dr. Steve Ford’s Page

♫Youaremysunshine,my therefore being closed. No suggestion Extremely Long Wavelength (ELW) of consultation with the community Pulse from Mode-Locked Source Array. onlysunshine…♫ affected, just summary withdrawal of Others, including home made Apoem service. The bottom line is the only animations, are hilarious. This poem was nominated by the UN as subject of interest for business. the best poem of 2006 and was written Result The other day I was prowling the aisles by an African child... in a supermarket and came across a You may remember that a few months large notice offering ‘Mole Checks’. ago there was much uproar about the GP When I born, I black The diagnosis of marks on the skin is contracts. Myself and others were briefly When I grow up, I black fraught with difficulty at any time and stars of stage, screen and radio - and the When I go in Sun, I black the scope for being wrong is local press - as we drew the attention of When I scared, I black considerable - even in hospital. local people to what was being done to When I sick, I black their service. And when I die, I still black I wonder what was on offer? And you white fellow Patients in their thousands wrote to the If it was just a non-medically qualified Care Trust, Strategic Health Authority, When you born, you pink person offering a view I would be con- When you grow up, you white MPs and others. I am delighted to report cerned. Pharmacists would, I think, be that this shook the PCT/SHA/DoH axis When you go in sun, you red conservative in their exercise of diag- When you cold, you blue considerably. nostic skills and be likely to refer on to When you scared, you yellow a doctor. A high resolution photograph Recently, a credible verbal account has When you sick, you green sent for dermatological examination been brought to my attention, however, And when you die, you gray would be a reasonable thing. revealing that during these events a plan And you calling me coloured?? was developed, possibly by a Quisling at If what was meant was an all over SHA level, to report a number of Patientparticipation check for moles then, as hospital at- practitioners, including myself, to the tenders will confirm, a total removal of General Medical Council for For some time we have been trying to all garments is required and every ‘frightening the patients’ (aka encourage patients to join in with the square inch is viewed - and I do mean unprofessional behaviour, I imagine), running of the practice. Helping us to every square inch. In a supermarket? presumably with a view to getting us make the right choices about how the reprimanded or struck off – or at the practice is run and offering comments on Changingminds very least intimidated into silence. The any issue of concern. GMC was to be exploited as a political The web offers a breathtaking variety I am delighted to report that we found a of opinion. I have just come across a weapon to silence dissent, it would site called xkcd - a discussion forum appear. volunteer to help us interview the candidates for my job. that seems to be the haunt of high The message from these events is 'look school and university types. how low the Government has had to sink This kind of help is very welcome. If you would like to contribute, even just a The site is divided into domains, not and see the company it keeps in order to all of which are serious, and in each accomplish the destruction of the NHS'. couple of hours each YEAR - please let us know. domain are hundreds of threads. A quote and a book Reading through some of them it can ♫Yousaytomato…♫ clearly be seen that minds can change Richard Selzer is a very well regarded and that discussion and exchange of writer on medical matters and in one of views is good. It also hints at the vast his essays he writes: The lycopenes in cooked tomatoes are known to be beneficial for prostates and diversity of views and knowledge that ‘Out of the resonance between the sick now the British Society of Investigative exists - the effect can be quite man and the one who tends him there Dermatology has shown that they have a humbling. So many people know so may spring that profound courtesy that protective effect against sun burn too. much about things of which one is the religious call Love.’ They have a protection factor of 1.3 wholly unaware. The notion that love exists between pa- when taken orally - not rubbed on! Some contributions can get a little tient and care giver is not new - rarified: Paracelsus in the sixteenth century and You are still going to need sun screen. Operator-valued fields on R4 obeying Jean Bernard, amongst others, have Themarket’slimits certain Lorentz-invariant partial made the same observation. The key thread running through the NHS differential equations and The doctor/patient relationship is reforms being pursued by the commutation relationships, acting on discussed at length in ‘Doctors and Pa- government is the transformation from a an abstract Hilbert space. tients: A Relationship Examined’ by public funded service to a profit Or: Mark Hodson (1967). orientated business - in the hands of big business. Observation of Einstein-Podolsky- A number of people have been kind Interesting to hear from the USA that Rosen Entanglement on Supraquantum enough to say that they will be sorry to ‘Walk-In’ clinics in supermarkets are not Structures by Induction Through see me leave the practice - and I will be making money fast enough and are Nonlinear Transuranic Crystal of sorry to go. Already I sense that the Page 10 HAYDON NEWS change in relationships is under way and A: "No sir. But I subsequently Newsurgeryhours it is, for me, akin to bereavement. observed a person matching the description of the offender, running A key element in any lasting relationship From Monday 7th July the Practice will several blocks away." is the gaining of a perspective, the be providing additional surgeries Q: "Officer -- who provided this development of a narrative, seeing how a specifically for those patients who work description?" patient’s life has run and what the past outside the local area and are unable to A: "The officer who responded to the has to contribute to the present and the see a GP between 8am and 5.30pm. scene." future. How does the person fit into the These appointments will only be Q: "A fellow officer provided the local picture or their family structure? bookable in advance and will be for description of this so-called offender. routine non-urgent consultations. All things must change and end. I will be Do you trust your fellow officers?" particularly sorry to lose the threads of A: "Yes, sir. With my life." The days and times of these ‘new’ so many narratives. What happens next? Q: "With your life? Let me ask you appointments are based on the recent Did so-and-so achieve their goal? How this then officer. Do you have a room patient survey asking about patient does the story unfold and end? Was I where you change your clothes in preferences. right to think…? preparation for your daily duties?" The additional surgeries will be held on: A: "Yes sir, we do!" These questions will remain with me for Q: "And do you have a locker in the as long as my memory endures. If any Monday morning 7-8am(weekly) room?" were kind enough to let me know how A: "Yes sir, I do." their story goes, as the years pass by, I Thursday evening 6.60-7.40pm Q: "And do you have a lock on your would be delighted to hear. (fortnightly) locker?" These appointments can be booked using Feeling old A: "Yes sir." the usual surgery number 01434 684216. Q: "Now why is it, officer, if you trust I was surprised to discover that my old your fellow officers with your life, you school is celebrating it’s one thousand find it necessary to lock your locker in Andthenewdoctoris: one hundredth year birthday this year. I a room you share with these same remember it well… officers?" Dr Paul Wyatt. BM. BS (Sheffield) Legal wheeze A: "You see, sir -- we share the MRCPsych, CCST, MRCGP, PMTEB. building with the court complex, and If you ever testify in court, you might sometimes lawyers have been known He has trained locally in the wish you could have been as sharp as to walk through that room." Northumberland Vocational Training this policeman. He was being Scheme, is in his thirties, married with cross-examined by a defence attorney The courtroom exploded with laughter, three children and lives in Hexham. during a felony trial. The lawyer was and a prompt recess was called. The trying to undermine the policeman's officer on the stand has been credibility... nominated for this year's "Best

Comeback" line -- and we think he'll Steve Ford Q: "Officer -- did you see my client win. fleeing the scene?"

LangleyWI

Langley WI June outing to High House Farm Brewery began with a pleasant evening drive to the brewery. Our guide for the evening explained that the farm had diversified into brewing after the foot and mouth outbreak. The old farm buildings were converted into the brewery. The process of brewing was then explained. After each batch has brewed, the assistant brewer has to get into the tanks and clean them out by hand. Not a job any of the members fancied doing. We were shown the Nettle beer, which was in one of the holding tanks. This is a seasonal beer and is only made for a limited time. There is a small bottling area in the brewery but the machine can only do two bottles at a time so it’s little wonder that most of the various beers are sent to a bottling plant. Returning to the visitors centre, several members tasted three varieties of the beers with mixed reactions! There then followed an enjoyable meal before the journey home. Next meeting; 8th July, speaker from Saint Oswald’s Hospice.

Cathy Duffy

HAYDON NEWS Page 11 CHURCHES WORKING TOGETHER JULY 2008

CHURCHPAGE

CLERGY MESSAGE

From

Judith Hampson

WHO AND WHERE The disciples of Jesus asked him, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” He replied, The names and phone numbers of the “Because hearing they do not listen, nor do they Clergy who minister in Haydon Bridge understand.” He knew the value of a good story. And parables are good stories. He also knew that Rev Judith Hampson, even the best story won’t do unless it is relevant to with St Cuthbert’s Anglican Church the situation. It’s often easier to remember the story The Vicarage, Station Yard than to remember why it was told. So let’s look at Tel. 01434 684307 why Jesus told the parable of the sower. Rev Les Hann, A sower went out to sow. A teacher went out to with the Methodist Congregation teach. A mother went out to show her son or Wesley Manse, Moor View, Haltwhistle daughter the way. Or a neighbour gave advice to a Tel. 01434 320051 neighbour. This parable applies to all of these. One of the greatest problems in relationships between Father Leo Pyle , people is when the other person fails to do what with St John’s Catholic Church know you he/him should do. You’ve advised him/he St John’s Presbytery, North Bank many times; you’ve given him/he clear instructions Tel. 01434 684265 but it’s like talking to a brick wall. It’s like seed landing on stony ground. The first thing we learn from the parable is that not everything we say or teach brings forth fruit. whose lives would be changed. See how Jesus teases out the story. The thorns, the birds of the air, the rocky ground, the scorching I’ll tell you a story. sun – all mean the seed will not grow. A vicar came to a new parish and on the Communicating is like that. We would love to share first Sunday he preached a sermon. The the Gospel with other people but we fail to get it second Sunday came and he preached the across to them. There may be good reasons. We same sermon again. On the third Sunday may be speaking the wrong language. They may everyone was amazed to hear the identical not feel any need for faith. They are on rocky sermon yet again. The churchwarden spoke ground. They may feel pressure from their peers, to the vicar. “Do you realise,” he said, the people around them, the birds of the air, the “you’ve preached the same sermon three scorching sun. times?” The vicar replied, “Yes, and I’ll go on preaching it until someone does But there’ll be a brighter day. Oh yes. For beside something about what I’m saying!” We the thorns, not far from the pathway and the rocky should never give up hope. ground, there’s good soil. The rain and the sun will Keep on casting the seeds. help the seed to germinate, grow, blossom and produce fruit. Maybe even a hundredfold. Jesus Judith Hampson knew that beside the lake that day were some

Page 12 HAYDON NEWS METHODIST CHURCH BELTINGHAM/HENSHAW ST. JOHN OF BEVERLEY SERVICES CHURCH SERVICES CHURCH SERVICES.

6July 6July 10.00am Communion Beltingham MasseachSunday A reader 9.30am BCP Communion 9.30am Haydon Bridge 6.00pm Evening Worship 11.00am at Haltwhistle A reader 13July Massonweekdays 10 .00am Deanery Service at (except Mondays) 13July Hexham Abbey 10.00am St John’s or Haltwhistle 10.00am Family Service Mark Knowles 20July 6.00pm Praise Evening 11.00am Joint service Dot Taylor at Haydon Bridge ST CUTHBERT’S CHURCH SERVICES

20July 27July 10.00am Morning Service Henshaw 9.30am Joint Service Rev Russell Hilborne 6July 11.00am BCP Communion 6.00pm Evening Service 3August Rev Stephen Caddy Henshaw 13July 9.30am BCP Communion 10.00am Deanery Service at Hex- 27July ham Abbey 10.00am Morning Worship A reader 20July 6.00pm Evening Service HAYDON OLD CHURCH 11.00am Joint Service at Haydon Charles Ford SERVICES Bridge

3August 27July 9.30am Joint Service at Henshaw 10.00am Morning Service Remember service is now on the last Sunday of the month Joyce Short 3August 6.00pm Evening Service 27th July at 6pm 11.00am BCP Communion Rev Janet Flawn Evensong

Saint Cuthbert’s, Haydon Bridge Deanery Service at Hexham Abbey Gift Day and Coffee Morning on Sunday 13th July at 10 am Saturday 12th July 2008 Preacher is the Bishop Paul Richardson 10 am until Noon Former Bishop of Papua New Guinea Please support this major fund raising event Transport is available The more the merrier sign the list in church All proceeds for church funds All ages welcome

HaydonBridgeHolidayClub2008iscoming! Monday 28th July to Friday 1st AugustinvenuesacrossHaydonBridge The fun kicks off at 10am Monday28thJuly with the Flagpole expect music, dodgy drama, games and other mad events. We will then split into age groups (4-10's and 11+) 10:30am and 12:30pm for more fun. Afternoons will feature crafts and games for the 4-10's. Evenings will be the usual Nightshift craziness for 11+ Coffee morning and chat for adults on Tuesday 29th and Thursday 31st from 10.30 ‘til 12.15 And then we're planning the grand BBQ at the end of the week!

HAYDON NEWS Page 13 ROADLINK(A69)LIMITED Stocksfield junction. junction. A bridge refurbishment scheme was The works will involve either a ExtractsfromRoadLink(A69) completed at North Walbottle and resurfacing of the existing carriageway LimitedAnnualReport. bridges. At the same time or the application of a surfacing the Highways Agency took the dressing. All works will be carried out at Introduction. opportunity to complete safety fence off-peak times or at night so delays to

The A69 Trunk Road between Carlisle upgrading works. road users will be minimal. Bridge maintenance will be undertaken and is a strategic A69 Safety Improvements. cross-country link in the North of this summer on two bridges–Hermitage England. It is part of the Trans-European Safety improvements completed in Bridge near Hexham and The Chesters Network and carries, not only local conjunction with the Highways Footbridge near Newcastle. The traffic, but long distance national and Agency in the last year have included proposed work will be carried out at off international traffic between Scotland, sign improvements at Hexham Bridge peak times or at night. Delays for road Ireland, the North of England and End and Styford and a users will therefore be minimal. new footpath at Scotby. In addition, mainland Europe. Haydon Bridge Bypass. Road Link (A69) Ltd assumed the design of two junction responsibility for the long-term improvements, [not named in the The construction of Haydon Bridge operation and maintenance of the A69 report] is continuing with construction Bypass commenced in early 2007 and Trunk Road on 1st April 1996. This was to take place within the next few years will be completed by Spring 2009. The the first roads contract awarded via the as funds become available. new bypass involves the construction of 3km of new road together with four new Government’s Private Finance Initiative. Landscape Management. The contract included the construction of bridges. On completion 12,000 vehicles the Haltwhistle Bypass together with the Over the winter months a significant per day will be removed from the village maintenance of this bypass and the amount of thinning works has been (of which over 2,000 are HGVs). The remainder of the 52-mile long route for a completed in the numerous landscape bypass will provide a significant period of 30 years. We have now plots that are adjacent to the A69. All improvement for the A69 road users as completed 12 years of the contract. work is carried out in accordance with well as making Haydon Bridge a more our 10 year Landscape Management amenable place to live. Routine Maintenance. Plan. In addition, specific areas are Road Link (A69) Ltd offer the following targeted each year to improve age and North Pennine Link Group (NPLG), a advice to motorists to help prevent species diversity as well as consortium of , Northumberland accidents within road works. and City of Newcastle upon Tyne encouraging the development of Councils have been employed as our woodland plants. Keep to the speed limit, it’s there for your safety. routine maintenance sub-contractor for Litter. the last 12 years. They carry out all Get into the correct lane in good time- day-to-day activities such as grass We are required to pick litter in don’t keep switching. cutting and litter picking but also carry accordance with the Code of practice Concentrate on the road ahead, not on out the more important activities like issued by DEFRA. The code dictates the road works. winter salting and response to where and how often litter is collected. Be alert for works traffic leaving or emergencies. A new contract has been Our maintenance contractor, however, entering the road works. agreed with NPLG and they will collects litter on considerably more Keep a safe distance-there could be continue to provide the routine occasions than is required in the code queues in front. maintenance service for at least another of practice. In addition to the Observe all signs, they are there to help 5 years. collection of accumulated litter an you. annual litter pick of the whole route is Winter Maintenance. also completed. Following the Road Link (A69) Ltd are based at installation of litter bins in several Stocksfield Hall, The winter period spanning 2007/08 was lay-bys near Hexham indications are Stocksfield, average in terms of temperature but that the level of litter accumulation in Northumberland. snow was experienced on several the lay-bys is considerably reduced. NE43 7TN occasions. Salt spreading activities were However, we still receive numerous required on 75 occasions (compared to requests from the public in relation to Tel 01661 842 842 42 in 2006/07 and 95 the previous year). litter.

Completed Maintenance 2007. We would kindly ask all road users PLEASE TAKE YOUR LITTER In 2007 we completed a carriageway HOME. ACCOUNTANCY strengthening scheme on the single Future Maintenance. &TAXATIONSERVICES carriageway at Naworth. We also Fully qualified completed resurfacing works at Re-surfacing works, programmed for Professional Advice Brampton, Hexham Bridge End and summer/autumn 2008 will take place Confidentiality Guaranteed

Styford roundabouts, and over a 3km at four locations along the route. The DavidArmstrong length of eastbound carriageway near locations are at Wetheral, Greenhead ACAMAATATII Horsley. Bank and Ridley Hall on the single Surface dressing was applied to the east- carriageway, and on the westbound Tel:01 434 684 072 bound carriageway near at the Stocksfield

Page 14 HAYDON NEWS HOUSINGNEEDS people who do not at present live in Other people on the housing register will Haydon Bridge but wish to move to then be offered accommodation at the SURVEY the village and have a family tie with Showfield. In April this year all households in the parish. This could explain the Such a large development will certainly Haydon Bridge received a Housing difference in outcome of the two exceed the local demand at present. Needs survey questionnaire. The surveys. As there has been a low turnover in outcome of the survey was presented to In the Parish Council’s Survey it recent years in the available social/ the Parish Council in a draft report at emerged that there are people with a affordable housing in Haydon Bridge it last month’s meeting. However, the housing need in the village but who is likely that further similar statistics in the report were not clearly have not applied to have their names developments will be needed in future presented as some tables covered put on the housing register. years to meet local need. responses to more than one question, Haydon Bridge already has a higher Village people who responded to the making analysis of the findings proportion of social/affordable questionnaire for the Village Design difficult. The council asked for housing than most other places in Statement were generally in favour of clarification on several points as this Tynedale at about 15% of the total small developments being undertaken survey seemed to indicate that the housing stock, but this is short of the over time to meet local housing needs. demand for affordable housing by ideal which is about 20%. Large developments will certainly help local people was rather less than that There is high demand for social reduce the number of people on shown in an earlier survey, undertaken housing in other parts of Tynedale Tynedale Housing Needs Register, move by Tynedale Council in 2004/5. e.g. Wylam but an unwillingness by a long way towards meeting Tynedale’s This earlier survey indicated that 20 landowners to sell available land for target of providing 60 social housing units of affordable accommodation are building is preventing development. units per year and meet current local needed each year for 5 years to meet the Double counting does take place as need. They will not however meet local demand. It concluded that a people on the housing register do put housing requirements in the future. development of 40 affordable houses in down more than one choice of place With the opening of the bypass Haydon the village was justified as it went in which they wish to be housed. As a Bridge will be more attractive to house someway towards meeting this result people will be counted as hunters in Tynedale and developers. demand. requiring a house in each of their Whether, with the introduction of the The Tynedale Housing Needs Survey choices. This does distort the overall Northumberland Unitary Authority next was updated in May this year but the picture but as soon as they are year, local people will have a greater say conclusions for Haydon Bridge remain allocated a house their name is in what developments take place in their unaltered. removed from register including their communities is not known. MP The Housing Surveys were discussed at choice of other places. Overall there are a total of 1600 people a meeting between Peter Fletcher, chair TOPOFTHEPOTS of the Parish Plan Group, Mike Parkin, on the housing needs register. Tynedale are required to provide 120 Parish Councillor and coordinator of the Alex Ferguson and Manchester United houses per year of which 60 must be Village Design Statement, and two are not the only team to do the League affordable houses. officers from Tynedale Housing and Cup double this season. The proposed housing development at Department, Vicki Law and Elayne Congratulations must go the Anchor The Showfield goes to the Tynedale Bristow. The following points emerge Hotel Pool Team who played in the Planning Committee on Wednesday, from the meeting. Winter Haltwhistle Pool League, 18th June. (By the time we print this The results of the Housing Needs Second Division on Monday evenings. edition of the Haydon News the Survey undertaken for the Parish The team, led by skipper Barry Hope outcome of this meeting will be Council in April as part of the Parish played 16 games during the season and known). Plan will be presented in a more won every one so taking the title by The proposal is still for forty units of readily understandable form showing storm! accommodation but the mix of housing clearly the responses received to each Added to that they won the Second type has been amended from that question. A final report for the Parish Division Cup, beating Alston’s Swan presented to the Parish Council for Council will be available by the end of Hotel 5-0 in the final. comment earlier in the year. June. The team could also boast having the Previously 18 houses were to be for When completed the report will have the best player in the league in Jeff Brown rent with 22 for shared ownership. status of a ‘Material Planning who won more games than anyone else. The proposal is now for 26 homes for Consideration’. This means that its The team give a special thanks to Janice rent with 14 for sale on a shared findings may be used as part of the and Norman from the Anchor for their ownership basis. planning process when considering support, use of the Hotel minibus for The proposed development is by future proposals for affordable housing away games and fantastic suppers. Bellway for Home Housing development in Haydon Bridge. Thanks also go to the following lads Association. However, Tynedale Council’s 2004/5 who played for the team during the Home Housing operate the agreed Housing Survey, amended in May this season; Barry Hope, Jeff Brown, Jason Tynedale scheme for allocating year, will take precedence over our local Fiori, Craig Tulip, John Humble, John accommodation. So if the development survey as this takes into account the Brown, Neil Fitzsimmons, Ivan Robley, goes ahead people living locally and national and regional housing policies Dennis Oliver, Ken Eales, Brian Ray, those with a family tie with Haydon whereas our local survey just looks at Steven Todd, Steven Lambert, Robbie Bridge and with a need for housing local need. Turnbull and Graham Hamilton. The Tynedale Survey also includes will be offered accommodation first. HAYDON NEWS Page 15 HAYDON BRIDGE DANCE CLUB VICTIM SUPPORT NOTICES SEQUENCE DANCING Working for victims of crime.

EVERY If you are a victim of crime, we are HAYDON & ALLEN VALLEYS MONDAY NIGHT able to offer support in practical and emotional ways. Just a phone call MEDICAL PRACTICE 7.30 to 10.00pm away. Call Leanne at: TEA & BISCUITS 01661830770 ( Haydon Bridge Health Centre ) ONLY £1 82, Front St. Prudhoe. NE42 5PU Monday to Friday: TheHealthCentreisopencontinuously DANCING IS FOR FUN or from8.00amuntil6.00pm(except for the Ask for details at: 01670822334 afternoon of the second Wednesday of (Bedlington office) 01 434 684 459 every month)

Doctors consult between: 8.00amand11.00am THE MEETING PLACE 3.00pmand5.30pm at THE METHODIST CHURCH Come and Join your friends for Coffee and Refreshments All phone calls for appointments and visits, including ‘out of hours’: 01434684216 on TuesdaysandThursdays10am – 12 noon FAX facilities All phone calls for dispensing or prescriptions:01434688351 Warmwelcometoall E-mail address:[email protected]

HAYDONBRIDGEUNITED MUSICANDMOVEMENT

ASSOCIATIONFOOTBALLCLUB Calling all parents/carers! Did you know that there is a Music and Movement group running in Haydon Bridge? HBUAFChold their monthly meeting on the first Thursday of We meet at the Methodist Church on Friday afternoons ( 1.10pm and 1.50pm ) every month at 7.30pm in the Lounge of the RailwayHotel during term time. where representatives of every football team in the village are This is a fun get-together for parents/carers and pre-school children alike which invited to attend. involves singing, instrument playing and movement with coffee and orange juice served afterwards. This meeting is also open to members of the public. Please contact JulieFinchon: 01434 607 490 for further details.

WHISTDRIVES HAYDON BRIDGE JUDO CLUB. WESTTYNEDALEJUNIORRUGBYCLUB HAYDON BRIDGE JUDO CLUB. Langley Village Hall FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AGE 6yrs–11yrs Keep Fit, Have Fun! Young and Old welcome. On Tuesdays at Haydon Bridge High School Fortnightly on Saturdays TAG/CONTACT RUGBY Juniors: 6pm ––– 7pm at 7pm. Seniors: 7pm ––– 9pm 50p entrance MEETATHAYDONBRIDGEHIGHSCHOOL BJA Qualified Coaches ONSUNDAYS10.30am–12.00noon (Everyone welcome) Contact Michael on: 01 434 684 783 CONTACT SUE BELL 688534. ALL WELCOME.

NORTHUMBRIAPOLICE HIRE POLICECOMMUNITYSURGERIES HAYDONBRIDGECOMMUNITYCENTRE atTheMethodistChurchHall,HaydonBridge. FORYOURFUNCTIONORGROUP between10am11am MAIN HALL £12.50 per hour onThursdays,10thJuly,31stJuly MEETING ROOM £8.25 per hour All welcome. Reduced rates for affiliated groups. Your opportunity to meet our community police. ContactValBell01434684705

ParishCouncilNotes(continuedfrompage3). Shaftoe Green. The council agreed to replace two of the seats on the Toddlers’ swings. CVC, the bypass construction team, are to clear the glass and bark chippings from the Toddler Play FOR Area and lay new bark chippings. The area should be cleared ready for re-opening for the school summer holidays. Christmas Lights. The councillor organising the Christmas SALE Lights this year has been informed by the conservation officer for Tynedale that there should be no objections to displaying lights across the old bridge as no permanent fixtures are to be put in place. War Memorial. The bayonet on the War Memorial is to be repaired. BROADWOODUPRIGHTPIANO Medium mahogany. Overstrung. Regularly Tuned. The Parish Council agreed to fund training for its employees in Serial number 27001, approx 25years old. the handling and use of potentially hazardous implements. £1,595 Nextmeeting;Thursday24thJulyat7.30pmin HaydonBridgeCommunityCentre. Tel(01434)684642 MP

Page 16 HAYDON NEWS ‘SCOTCHCORNER’ HAYDONBRIDGEPLAYGROUPAND HOLIDAYCOTTAGE TINYTOTS. EnglishTourismCouncil**** TINY TOTS from Birth upwards

Available to accommodate your Tiny Tots sessions run on Thursday mornings, from 9.15 to 11.15 at visiting friends and family HaydonBridgeFireStation,These sessions are for parents and carers of young children and provide an opportunity for a coffee & chat, whilst the 10% discount when booked by children play. Cost:£1.50 per family and includes a drink & biscuit.

Haydon Bridge residents Excellent quality PLAYGROUP - From 2 years

professional childcare in For more details please contact Playgroup runs on Monday and Friday mornings from 9.15 to 11.15 at HaydonBridgeFireStation Haydon Bridge. PaulineWallis The sessions give children a chance to learn through play and to experience Call Gayle on lots of different activities. Playgroup is lead by a fully qualified Playgroup ScotchArms Leader & assistant(s). Costpersessionis£5. 01434 684446, ShaftoeSt. Haydon Bridge Playgroup is a member of the Pre-School Learning Alliance for or a prospectus. HaydonBridge . Ofsted registered Formoreinformationontheabovesessionsoraninformalchatplease Tel. 01434684061 contactKathrynMcHargonTel;01434688718 “The child minder has an excellent understanding of the Fed up with running out of milk ? children’s educational LOGSFORSALE. Have it delivered to your door. development putting into practice skills and methods Soft and hard wood Areas covered: gained from experience and Free delivery in Haydon Bridge NEILPATTISON Haydon Bridge training.” (OFSTED inspection DAIRYMAN Fourstones report May 2005)Report can be CallGeorgeon683631 01434683905 Newbrough viewed at the setting or 07802 210 705 Humshaugh

Allendale’sfriendly,reliable,familyrun,taxi&coachhire business ErnieSwinburnPhotography for

baynestaxis Weddings, Studio Portraits and • From saloon cars to luxury coaches Special Occasions • Wheelchair accessible vehicles • Local and long distance 01434684489 • Contract work welcome www.ernieswinburnphotography.co.uk www.baynestaxis.comTel01434683269 AAAVILLAGESAIRPORTTAXIS WEIGHTWATCHERS & METHODIST CHURCH HALL EXECUTIVECARSERVICES CHURCH ST, HAYDON BRIDGE. Morethanjustairports Mondaysat6.30pm 01434688799 Why not kick start your 2008? Allmajorcreditcardsaccepted Tel07711110850formoreinformation Visa,MasterCard,AmericanExpress,etc

SHUTTLE SERVICE SQUEAKYCLEAN ALL TYPES AVAILABLE IF REQUIRED PROFESSIONALCARVALETINGSERVICE OF VEHICLES

VEHICLESERVICING&SALES GARDENMACHINERYSERVICING BRAKES, OIL CHANGES, WELDING, PRE MOTS LAWN MOWERS, STRIMMERS, HEDGE CUTTERS, EXHAUSTS, CAR ACCESSORIES ROTAVATORS NEWHOTJETWASH LOCALFREERANGE DIYHARDWARESHOP £1.50 PER TOKEN. EGGS GARDEN TOOLS, PLUMBING TOKENS ONLY. FORSALE. PAINTING & DECORATING ASK IN STORE TOOLS, LIGHT BULBS

HADRIANBUSINESSCENTRE,CHURCHST,HAYDONBRIDGE,HEXHAM.NE476JG OPENINGHOURSMONSAT9AM–7PMTEL/FAX:01434688563 SUN12NOON–7PMEMAIL:[email protected] HAYDON NEWS Page 17 OLD LOCK AND KEY Co. S & B LANGLEY CONSTRUCTION

Comprehensive key cutting service BUILDING Locks fitted and repaired & MAINTENANCE

Tel 01434 683078 www.oldlockandkeyco.co.uk. Stonework; brickwork; extensions; patios. Concreting, pointing, garden walls, demolition etc. MUSICTEACHER Adults.Have you always wanted to play the piano? I am an experienced teacher in Haydon Telephone. Bridge with daytime and a few evening 01434 684685 vacancies for piano and flute pupils. Mobile

Contact;Dr Lisa Hardy. PhD, BA(Hons). Cert Ed, LTCL. 07726007249 01434684642or07808620382

LewisburnProperties 12,StLike’sRoad,Hexham £ Need a mortgage or re-mortgage? We can search the best deal for you AND we’ll beat any current deal by at least £100* (Terms and Conditions apply). £1st time buyers, re-mortgages, buy to let, loans and more. We can help you buy your council property and can find deals where no deposit is required. £ Poor credit history? We can help. £WE charge NO FEE for our service. £ So if you want a friendly local service from a family run Business Tel;01434606708or07719067536 Freehomevisitsavailable. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority

THEBOWENTECHNIQUE HAYDON BRIDGE TAXIS. EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR SPORTS / WORK RELATED INJURIES LOCAL TAXI SERVICE MUSCULAR & SKELETAL DISORDERS, AIRPORT TRANSFERS STRESS & TENSION, GROUP PARTIES AND OUTINGS HAY-FEVER & BRONCHIAL SYMPTOMS

GENERAL RELAXATION AND BODY BALANCING Tel. 01434 688 808 Phone:BridgetEneverRaineon07963429739

JULIATEASDALEBA.,D.Pod.M., SOLAR WARRIORS andAssociates StateRegisteredChiropodists&Podiatrists MembersoftheSocietyofChiropodists&Podiatrists QUALIFIED SOLAR PANEL TreatmentavailableattheHaydonBridgeHealthCentre INSTALLERS. and 25, Burswell Avenue, Hexham A Home Visiting Service is available For more information contact Telno:01434608612 Let the sun Neil Pattison on 01434 683905 or Registered with the Health Professions Council shine on you Allan Smith 01661 830305

PENNINE WAYS

MICHAELHAGGIEARCHITECT TOWN AND COUNTRY PROPERTIES 9 Alexandra Terrace Haydon Bridge Selling and letting property in , CUMBRIA & 01434 688100 [email protected] NORTHUMBERLAND For a free valuation tel 01434 381808 Michael Haggie BA(Arch), Dip Arch. RIBA www.countrycottages.net Page 18 HAYDON NEWS NEILPATTISONPropertyMaintenance General repairs around your home.

including roofing, joinery, fencing, paving. washing machines & dish washers fitted.

Come and join in our fun classes at Call01434683905 HAYDON BRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE

TUESDAYS12.00noon1.00pmPILATES SETTLINGSTONES ENGLISHTUTOR 7.00pm8.00pmAEROBICS FRAMING Fully qualified secondary school teacher currently Bespoke framing & mounting working at QEHS, available WEDNESDAYS6.30pm7.30pmPILATES for private tuition evenings and service for paintings, Saturday mornings. photographs, certificates etc. Contact;LORNA07747842364or01434684424 For students from11yrs old to Quality work adults. Quick turnaround Tel. C. Murray 01434 688678 Country Cleaning Services Competitive prices For all your home needs, much more than only cleaning! Wide range of frames and WANTED Scrap metals now offering: mounts. Cars/trucks/coaches Ironingservice RobinJowett Cash paid for copper/lead/ pick up and drop off Tel: 01434674218 aluminium, Cookers/washers taken locally Mobile: 07929870773 GardenMaintenance Tel:01434684313 weeding, grass cutting, edging, fencing, path cleaning, shed repairs Mobile:07941964784 Homemaintenance decorating, tiling, plumbing, plastering, DIY odd jobs

Asalways excellent customer services and standards, honest staff, flexible working patterns Nojobtoosmall ContactDeb07801336010 email;info@ccservices.org JOBSONSANIMALHEALTH

SEPTICTANKEMPTYINGSERVICE LEAP INTO JOBSONS Macdonald(EastLandEnds) REAR OF 6 CHURCH STREET Tel: 01 434 684 491 HAYDON BRIDGE Mobile: 07 801 308 006 Everything for your pet For a competitive quote 01434 684248

D.C.OILHEATINGAND Patricia Haggie R.S. Hom F.S. Hom PLUMBINGSERVICES. Registered Homoeopath OilCentralHeating 9, Alexandra Terrace Service—Repairs—Installation Haydon Bridge Tel 01434 688 687 OilTankInstaller HAYDONVIEW OFTEC REGISTERED SERVICE ENGINEER. ResidentialCareHome North Bank, Haydon Bridge CHIMNEYSWEEP D.C.COOMBES.3ALLENVIEW,CATTON Long Term Residential Care QUICK AND CLEAN Respite/Holiday/Day Care HEXHAM.NE479QQ ELECTRIC VAC For more information please contact Tel 01434683719Mobile 07762823843 Chris or Audrey Kay Tel: 01 434 344 364 Tel01434684465 HAYDON NEWS Page 19 The£10Crossword

NAME: ……………………………………………………………………. .. . ADDRESS: ………………………..………………………………………… 34 ………………………………………………………………….

ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Lightly stroke young woman. Some little bird!(8)

9 6. Duck Cockney syrup of great age.(6)

9. Airborne fighter parking, the lady’s not available, about a third of a mile 10 11 12 a gear.(13)

10. Common party.(6)

13 14 15 11. High ranking clergy trap lice in a strange way.(8)

13. Concerning door, managing to get 16 17 18 19 20 in again.(10).

15. Brand mark.(4)

21 22 16. Horserace held at York in Roman times.(4).

18. Tussles with woven scrim games.

23 24 (10) 21. Officials worry Irish football club.

(8) 22. Deride cracked rock angle.(6)

25 26 23. Festival cover for engines?(6,7)

SOLUTIONSTOJUNE’S DOWN 25. Fashionable mobile home design.(6) CROSSWORD.(33) 2. Pop rave gets go-ahead.(7) ACROSS. DOWN 26. Ultimate final.(8) 1 Bright 2 Roxie 3. Drool after rotting flesh

5 Proverbs 3 Germinate scavenger.(7,4)

9 Extra large 4 Toledo 4. Rascal the Spanish incite.(5) 10 Iris 5 Per ardua ad astra 14. Revive religious education, under discussion regarding Connecticut. 11 Bewilder 6 Override 5. Bone joint, roast.(4,3) (9) 12 Rattle 7 Evict 17. Bird, part bird.(7) 13 Area 8 Brilliant 6. Clipped tree growing in N.

15 Underlay 14 Reactance America.(6,3) 19. Ridiculous! Rib lies awkwardly.(7)

18 Valencia 16 Renovated 7. Slacken up to a girl.(3) 20. Two continents taken as one.(7) 19 Note 17 Accredit

21 Stoker 20 Cringe 8. Killer whale in a strange musical 22. Tend a sick poet with a vision of 23 Arriving 22 Knead instrument.(7) hell.(5) 25 Once 24 Norma 26 Detonators 12. Idiot type of turn, ripening hands 27 Vendetta 24. Summon female.(3) 28 Endear model softening.(11)

NUMBEROFENTRIES THISMONTH’SWINNER Entries in by SATURDAY,19th.JULY2008 15(14correct) PhilidaIrving Please hand your entry to Claires Newsagents

Page 20 HAYDON NEWS HAYDON NEWS. W.M.H. FARM FRESH MEATS HAYDONIAN The Anchor Hotel Church Street, Haydon Bridge. Social Club Haydon Bridge Shaftoe Street, Telephone: 01 434 684 227 QUALITY HOME Haydon Bridge.

PRODUCED BEEF & LAMB S&N and Coors Beers TRACEABLE FROM FARM TO Traditional Ales MEALS MENU TABLE AVAILABLE Draught Guinness Catering, Freezer orders Served daily Barbecue packs, sandwiches We cater for Weddings Birthdays 12.00 – 2.30pm Cooked meats, Salads 6.30 – 8.30pm Home-made pies Funerals and Anniversaries ALL ORDERS LARGE OR in the Village fund raising welcome SMALL WELCOME BAR or RESTAURANT Tel: 01 434 684 990 Bingo: “Special Occasions” catered for. Sunday and Wednesday at 8.00pm & 8.30pm. En suite accommodation.

THE READING ROOMS. SUE ZELLAS welcomes you to **** LANGLEY CASTLE GILL VALENTINE WELCOMES YOUR FRIENDS THE HOTEL AND FAMILY TO HOME FROM HOME B&B RAILWAY HOTEL and Restaurant. Haydon Bridge.

Sunday Lunches 01434 688802 Real Ales www.thereadingroomshaydonbridge.co.uk Bed and Breakfast Free function room. Morning Coffee Quiz night Tuesdays fortnightly Afternoon Teas

PAUL BROWN Woodie’s Coffee Shop Table d’Hote Dinner WALL AND FLOOR CERAMIC TILING. the village café KITCHENS, BATHROOMS CONSERVATORIES. Accommodation at the corner of Church Street ALL TYPES OF CERAMIC TILE AND NATURAL STONE open (Tuesday-Sunday) Not only for that RELIABLE AND FRIENDLY SERVICE. for morning coffee, lunches “ special occasion” FREE ESTIMATES. and afternoon teas. For reservations call Call; 01434 684890. mobile 07821 828495 Telephone: Email [email protected] 01 434 684 254 01 434 688 888

CLAIRES NEWSAGENTS HAYDON CARTS BOG INN 11, Church Street Tel: 01 434 684 303 Langley BRIDGE 01434 684338 Mon - Sat: 6.45am - 6.00pm Sunday: 7.00am - 1.00pm TANDOORI Real ales Real food NEWSPAPERS Open until 7:30 WIDE RANGE OF MAGAZINES (Finest Tandoori Takeaway) Real people on Wed. & Sat. Confectionery and Tobacco, Toys & Games Food served 7 nights per Birthday & Special Occasion cards, Stationery Odd Fellows Hall week from 6.30pm-9pm And lunches 12 noon-2pm Shaftoe Street Tues-Sun CO-OP LATE SHOP Haydon Bridge Bar opening hours : Ratcliffe Road Tel: 01 434 684 327 OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK Monday 5pm-11pm Fresh and Frozen foods, general groceries Tues-Fri 12noon-2.30pm (closed on Monday) 5pm-11pm Housewares ~ off-licence Monday - Saturday: 8.00am. - 10.00pm. (open Bank Holiday Monday) Saturday 12noon-11pm Sunday: 9.00am. - 10.00pm 5.30pm to 10.30pm Sunday 12noon-10.30pm

( Post Office closes at 8.00pm except Wednesdays 7.00pm ) We look forward to seeing Telephone: 01 434 684 755 you soon.

HAYDON BRIDGE FISH & CHIP SHOP The General Havelock Inn John Martin Street, Haydon Bridge. Joanna & Gary Thompson : LUNCHTIME, TEATIME & EVENINGS Offer reductions for village groups and clubs. Monday - 5.00 - 9.00 We are in various guides including: AA Pub Guide (2007) Tuesday CLOSED FOR ALL OF THE DAY Good Food Guide (for 5 years) * Good Beer Guide (2007) Wednesday 11.30 - 1.30 5.00 - 9.00 Thursday 11.30 - 1.30 5.00 - 9.00 ‘Rough Guide to Britain’ and ‘England Passionate about Food’. Friday 11.30 - 1.30 4.30 - 9.00 We support local businesses and source all produce and beer locally. Saturday 11.30 - 1.30 4.30 - 8.00 Tel. 01434 684 376 Tel: 01 434 684 289 Email. [email protected]

TO ADVERTISE IN THE HAYDON NEWS PLEASE email: [email protected]

A. SCUDAMORE HENRY WATSON & CO. Shaftoe Street, Haydon Bridge. ANCHOR GARAGE

All makes of car repaired. All cars welcome for M.O.T, Repairs and Service. Body work and Paint spraying. Batteries - Tyres at Competitive Prices All makes of Exhaust supplied and fitted. Computerised Wheel Balancing Crypton Tuning and M.O.T. testing Unleaded and DERV

Tel: 01 434 684 345 Tel: 01 434 684 214

D. ROBSON SHOTTON TRANSPORT LTD P. COATS GARY Landscaping, Tidy-ups, Pointing, Concreting, Stockists for: PAINTER AND CUNNINGHAM Stone walling BALMORAL TANKS DECORATOR.

Trees felled/logged SEPTIC TANK EMPTYING Free estimates. Decorator Light Haulage DRAIN CLEARANCE Free Estimates Tel.01434 688739 Tel: 01 434 688 930 01 434 681 219 (Day) Mobile 07940 429920 Time Served Tradesman 01 434 684 877 (Night) Painting - Paper Hanging Graining

Free Estimates D. CHARLTON BASIL J. YOUNG J. P. WESTALL LTD Slater & General Builder TIMBER CONSTRUCTION Plumbing & Heating - For all household Engineers maintenance, guttering High Class Joinery STRIPPER FOR HIRE pointing, roof repairs, Purpose Made Woodwork Central Heating, exterior painting etc Fitted Kitchens & Bedrooms Bathrooms & Showers The quick and efficient way to Free Estimates uPVC Windows, Doors Quality work and prompt strip off your old wallpaper & Conservatories attention Tel: 01 434 684 505 Tel: 01 434 688 007 Tel: 01 434 602 740 Tel: 01 434 684 041

KEN TULIP HAYDON HAIR SALON Fluid-Direct (Electrical Contractor ) T.E.S. Audio & Video Equipment All types of electrical work Repairs to TV's Videos, 35A Ratcliffe Road undertaken . Haydon Bridge Disco & Party Equipment Cookers, Washers and most FREE estimates. Free estimates Friendly atmosphere New installations guaranteed for other domestic appliances 0560-089-8219 one year K. Moore Tel: 01 434 684 573 07912625300 Tel: 01 434 684 742 Tel: 01 434 684 736 www.fluid-direct.co.uk ‘Portree’, Land Ends Road, H/B

CALOR GAS, CRAWFORD & JERRY TAYLOR OLIVER. PROPANE FURNITURE RESTORER ELECTRICIANS or BUTANE Free estimates. Stripping & Polishing of Delivery if required - Call or - no call out charge Furniture, Floors & Banisters phone Tel: 01 434 607 870 Desk Leathers fitted or: 01 434 688 132 Free Estimates POPLARS CARAVAN PARK Tel: 01 434 688 821 Haydon Bridge Mobile: 07860 954 324. Tel: 01 434 684 427 Mobile: 077 871 24 005

GEOFFREY JACKSON STEPHEN BROOKS (formerly W. G. DUFFY) CABINET MAKING AND SPECIALIST JOINERY. Approved Solid Fuel Merchant FOR KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, LIVING ROOMS. Old Coal Cells – Haydon Bridge PORCHES & CONSERVATORIES. Tel: 01 434 684 348 ALL TYPES OF FUEL AT COMPETITIVE PRICES Tel: 01434 684487 (home) 01434 688977(work) SMALL COAL DOUBLES NOTTS DOUBLES

Conservatories Made Superior Local suppliers of quality UPVc products. Conservatories, Doors, Windows, Porches, Fascias, Sofits, Cladding, White, Golden Oak, Rosewood. Specialists in Stable Doors and Sliding Sash Windows. Also Dormer Window Replacement. We NOW supply Garage Doors manual, electric or remote control Tel. Chris Sim 01434 684704 . Mobile 07916 334154

PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. THEY SUPPORT THE HAYDON NEWS