THE TEESDALE MERCURY Wednesday, 21st November, 2001 T Wednesday OBITUARY: Newton Hutchinson Sweet smell of success! iPcoi A COSMETICS manager from Startforth has been enjoying socialising with the rich and G a m e k e e p e r famous at a recent awards din­ ner. w Shona Robinson, who works A tribute by for Virgin Cosmetics, was delighted when she qualified o f t h e Richard Watson along with 40 others out of 8,000 nationwide to attend the 2001 Branson High Flyer Club Annual Awards dinner in London. “It was beyond my wildest o l d s c h o o l dreams,” said Shona, who was rewarded for reaching her THE funeral service of Mr 1953, he went as head keeper Diamond level of the Branson Newton Hutchinson of to Selaby for the Rt. Hon Mr High Flyer Club. “Diamond HOW do you Piercebridge, who died on 5 Vane, now Lord Barnard. He level means I have reached unique charschi November, took place in St remained there till 1979 when £40,000 worth of sales in the that makes it Mary’s Church on Monday, he retired. last 12 months,” she explained. to live? November 12, followed by fam­ Lord Barnard told the Shona moved to Barnard Simple! Yc ily cremation. M e r c u r y : “Newton Hutch­ Castle a couple of years ago and experts - the A widower since 1986, he inson came to Selaby as a knew no-one: “I was a self- there. had five children, Mrs Bradley Game Keeper in 1953, and left employed beauty therapist and ABOVE: Shona Robinson with Sir Richard Branson at the That is wl from Falkirk, Mrs Weighell when he retired in 1979 to knew no-one in the area, so it 2001 Awards Dinner. group of and Mrs Dodsworth from Piercebridge. Newton was a was very difficult for me. I need­ “When they were reading all January she is off to Cape Town Cotherstone Darlington and Mr B remarkable person with a mag­ NEWTON Hutchinson...a familiar sight in his Robin Reliant. ed to do something to help me the award winners names out after coining second out of8,000. |By doing so tl Hutchinson from Cliffe, ical knowledge of the country, tives to restore hedgerows and ing Mr T W and Mrs P M meet people so I started working they missed mine off the list,” She also reached first place in villagers like 1 Piercebridge. Mrs Brenda of his job as a ’Keeper and a woodlands. Hutchinson. for Virgin Cosmetics. she laughed. “So I had to stand the north-east region which down a bluep Matteson died last year. There considerable judge of charac­ In his day magpies were Former Employer: Lord “It has taken me a long time up and everyone gave me a earned her Atlantic tickets to individual cha were 11 grandchildren and five ter. To the very end. he was kept to manageable numbers Barnard and Lady Davina to get known and I’ve put in a round of applause. Afterwards anywhere in the world. llage should 1 great grandchildren. aware of and talked about all as were goosander ducks which Barnard, the Hon Harry Vane, lot of hard work but now when I when Richard was circulating She also does a lot of charity the future. The service, in a packed that went on in the world devastate fish stocks. He was the Hon S Phillips and Mr S walk down the street I always he must have remembered my work in the area and in April The fruits c church, was conducted by the which he knew so well. I have respected in his field and con­ Phillips. see someone I know and I love name and he came over and held a charity event at the which have U Reverend Stoker Wilson, Vicar valued his acquaintance enor­ tributed to several publica­ Nursing Staff, Carlbury it,” said Shona, who attended starting chatting. It was embar­ Jersey Farm Hotel, Barnard will be official] of High Coniscliffe and mously. tions, one of them Tales of the Hall: Ms Coulthard, Ms Ellis, the awards dinner with her hus­ rassing but fun,” she said. Castle, and raised £1,200 for village hall Piercebridge. “The value of his anecdotes Old Gamekeepers. Ms J Marshe, Miss S Grainger, band, Kev. Shona is no new-comer to Crawford House at Newcastle November \ Bora in Arkengarthdale in is immeasurable and now lost. Retiring to Piercebridge with Ms M Anderson, Mrs J Although Shona had a lovely receiving prizes, in June she that looked after young Edward when retired 1913, Newton was a country­ He represented a past not eas­ his wife Joyce in 1979, he Richardson, Mrs A Trotman, time at the award ceremony she won a trip to Portugal after com­ Herbert who died on June 13, celebrity a man bora and bred. He left ily understood now.” became a well-known ‘charac­ Mrs J Banks. also had an embarrassing ing third out of 8,000, and in this year. Hiraer, will < school at 14 and after a brief In delivering the Eulogy, Mr ter.’ His garden was a talking Other mourners moment. for the Cotl spell at farm work began as a Richard Watson, a family point with its colourful dis­ D Lee, Bamingham; J Allen, \Design Statem trainee gamekeeper on the Mend, paid tribute to Newton’s plays. Many people got to know Piercebridge; Mrs J Pounder, ! Refreshmen estate of Mr Martinhoe, whose skill as a gamekeeper and him as he sat on his garden Piercebridge; P Massingham; Cutting loose on playtime adventure Plea for jubilee there will be head keeper was Mr Beatty. countryman. bench or talked over the gar­ Mrs Janet Brown, representing exhibition anc He trained as a moorland He was a well-known figure David and Martyn Brown; Mrs PLANS to celebrate the Queen’s tage will be pri den fence. Golden Jubilee in Gainford and in-by (lowland keeper) in Gainford and Teesdale trav­ He always kept open house K Smith; Mr R Rowell, repre­ m lage ball. Evei learning to manage grouse elling around in a Blue Reliant and was happy to sit and have senting Mrs E Rowell; Mr R were discussed at the latest Uppermost moors and rear pheasants. In Robin. He could keep firm but a bit of ‘crack’ - in his day it York; Ms B Lawson; Mr T meeting of the parish coundL group behind those days there were few if calm control and was encour­ meant talk with anyone who Davidson; Mrs B Place; Mr J “We need to decide what we’re design is the r any of the modern aids to aging to children and called. He was a natural demo­ Parlour, representing staff at going to do and get on with it,* will be seen estate management. Shooting teenagers when they were tak­ crat - everyone was treated as Dobbs Hall, Croft; Mrs E said chairman, Coun Wendy other people v days involved walks of 15 and ing up fishing. an equal. Brown, representing Mr B Withers. they are trying 20 miles for guns as well as Instead of asking them for Widowed in 1986 he retained Brown; Mrs E Walker, However, councillors were personal mark beaters. There were none of the licences and permits, he got his independence, supported Sockbum; Mr J Stoddart, rep­ worried that they might experi­ The villag veterinary aids to keep game them on his side by showing by his family and neighbours, resenting Lucy and family, and ence similar problems to ments were si birds disease free. interest in what they were try­ particularly Mrs Richardson, also Mr Trevor Dixon; Mr John Staindrop, where only two peo­ Government v Whereas nowadays pheas­ ing to catch; expressing great Mr and Mrs Stephenson, Mr Alderson, Bamingham; H ple turned up to a meeting about too many pk ant chicks are hatched in elec­ surprise when anything was and Mrs Rowell and Mrs Beadle, Eggleston; J Wear- the jubilee. their individi tronically controlled incuba­ caught. Pounder. mouth, Eggleston; M Alderson, “People will bellyache if we estates going tors, in Newton’s day clocking With adults, his manner was He spent the last two and Low Row; Mr S Fawcett, repre­ don’t do something but they aries of villag hens were used. This was time- open. He knew his countryside half years of his life at senting Bollihope Estate; Mr won’t get the ball rolling,” said lame in consuming work requiring and the local characters. He Carlbury Hall where he was a Lowe and Mrs J Lowe, Bolam Coun Brian Biddiscombe. Northumberli patience and knowledge. Nor came from the generation of popular patient with the staff, Grange; Mr and Mrs Hodgson, It was suggested that there chairman Ian was the working day measured keepers, some of whom were being a good conversationalist Summerhouse, representing might be a better response if the iThe aim is in hours — the job ended when present at his funeral. They to the end. Mr W Lax, Carlton Grange; Mr jubilee could be combined with, acter of a vi it was finished. Newton knew the countryside from Practical to the last it was and Mrs P Graham, Gamford, the children’s sports day. about stoppir thrived at his chosen occupa­ experience and understood the his wish that any collection representing Mr and Mrs “It’s also the church’s 1200th making a pla tion. ways in which nature needs to taken at his funeral should go Tuner; Mr Michael Robinson, birthday,” said C ou n Mark [being a bus His first job as a keeper in be managed. towards St Mary’s Church, Gainford; Mr and Mrs Charge. “We could combine the he said, his own right was for Major His generation were envi­ Piercebridge. Hodgson, Selaby; Mr and Mrs whole lot.” make people Morritt at Rokeby. He lived in ronmentalists and ecologists Coates, representing the Coun Brian Biddiscombe sug­ where they ar A man is known by the com­ gested that the date of the chil­ one of the cottages near three or four generations pany he keeps. People from Robson family, Selaby; Mrs E CHILDREN at B arnard said prep-school headmaster as dose a Egglestone Abbey in the days before the words came into Lord, representing Mr V Lord dren’s sports day could be character as v many walks of life came to pay Castle pre-prep school are Ted Haslam. “The kids are hav­ changed to coincide with the before electricity. general use. their last respects, from Reeth and Mr R Allison; Mr George enjoying their new adventure ing a great time playing in it, “Yes, we ar From there, the family It was gamekeepers, farmers Bunting, Cliffe, representing jubilee. dictators,” sai and Swaledale where he was playground, which opened it’s been a terrific boost. Rev “We can’t speak for the sports moved to Croft where he was and landowners who first bora and grew up, fellow keep­ Mr T Bunting; Mr B Sunter, recently. Ridley conducted a great cere­ dm Outhwai keeper for Mr Chaytor. In raised concern about the Reeth; Mr G Robson; Mr and committee,” said Coun Wendy together and ers from Teesdale, and people Teachers, parents and chil­ mony, it was a bit like the Withers. effects that DDT based pesti­ from a wider circle, some from Mrs Clarkson; Mr Ward, dren attended the official cere­ launching of a ship, only with­ way WE woul cides were having on wildlife in Staindrop; Mr Lawson, High Coun Biddiscombe said that be * We as! as far away as Norfolk and mony conducted by the school out any champagne!” the date of the sports day had the 1950s. They saw at first Northumberland. Coniscline; Mr N Twedall. The children helped to raise the village chaplain, Rev Stephen Ridley. been changed in the past. It used bought.” hand how, in eliminating insect The family also received Eppleby; Mr P Cook; Mr D The two youngest members of some of the money for the play­ to be held in July but it clashed pests, the cycle of killing small many tributes from people who Kirwan, Lowfields; Mr and the school, Nicholas Moore and ground by holding various It all starte rodents, and in turn bird life Mrs F Elgey, Low Fields; Mrs B with the Wimbledon Men's with a tra had known Newton. Joseph Ferguson, cut the rib­ nmdraising activities such as a Final, he said. started. MOURNERS Townsan; Mr and Mrs J bon. quiz evening and a commemora­ ickleton villa They were not sentimental Family: Mr and Mrs B Cummins, Holme House; Mr “We chose the two youngest, tive tea towel. age design. about nature. Men like Newton Hutchinson, Mr and Mrs I Anderson, Barton; Mr L as they’ll use it the longest,” The Cother knew the havoc that sparrow Bradley, Mr and Mrs Waddell, representing Mrs ecided this hawks and other raptors cause Dodsworth, Mr and Mrs Waddell and Mr P Wilby; Mr P worth pursuii not only to game birds but to Weighell, Mr Matteson hus­ Anwyll, Darlington; Mr P meeting was h songbirds as well if left band of the late Mrs B Bainbridge, representing Mrs council in Jam unchecked. They were also Matteson. C Bainbridge, Mr J Furness; A Help and advice for This was sc doubtful about many of the Grandchildren: Mr Brian Naylor; T Robinson; Mr and S e e th e up to 50 people practices that farmers had to Hutchinson and Miss Heather Mrs Watson, Manfield; Mr and volunteers we: adopt for economic reasons, Norminton, Miss Julie Mrs Wilson, Cliffe, represent­ JOBSEEKERS! For those who still appreci toward to fc and saw the effects that the Hutchinson and Mr Neil ing Mr and Mrs Cornell, stone Village I loss of wetland and hedgerow Sanders, Mr Nigel Hutchinson, Wiltshire, and Mr and Mrs at Teesdale Training’s ate personal service from They were habitats would have. Mr and Mrs Karen Sanders, Graham, Holme House; Mr K oorhouse; They knew that ploughing Mr Neil and Miss Fiona Marley, representing Mrs knowledgeable staff. ird; Chris B out headlands restricted birds Dodsworth, Mr John and Miss Marley; Mr Straker, ird; Nan I such as partridges. Newton Northumberland; Mr and Mrs JOB CLUB Jardner; Chi Jackie Weighell, Miss Susan Looking for lighting lived long enough to see his and Mr Sean Walker, Mr Collin Stephenson, representing Mrs every Wednesday treasurer; D generation’s ideas vindicated and Miss Caroline Weighell. E Richardson, Piercebridge; 9.30am-12noon helma Hod and in a changed economic Relatives: Mrs Betty Ms J Smith, Mr and Mrs 5 Market Place, Barnard Castle that's a little bit dif­ uthwaite. environment there is more Hutchinson (Reeth) Mr Guy Milner; Mr and Mrs J Eleanor; (near Barclays Bank) *We all real Religious room now for wildlife with set Hutchinson and partner, Mrs Mr Brian Jefferson, Church Tel: 638366 f e r e n t ? super villa* aside fields and some incen- Carolyn Hutchinson represent­ Warden. Private appointments available- Moorhouse. “ evenings and Sat mornings Our superb display t iere is not a Soitseemei Twin possibility for village of centre, wall, table to be doing soi Ilf O P E N D O O R ■s THE possibility of twinning with and standard lamps hey believe CHILDREN’S PLAYHOUSES another village is being considered village in Tee by parish councillors at SESSIONS covers modem and traditional styles. The perfect Christm as present Jainford, to h Cotherstone. 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