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[email protected] SHOWROOM: New Kennels, Blagdon Estate, Northumberland NE13 6DB 2 inside Morpeth 1343 Living North Advert_Raven Kitchens_AW.indd 1 26/08/2020 16:47 GMDT's David Lodge, Karen Bower and Doug Phillips 5 Rhona and Jim Dunn 11 MORPETH 5 PRIDE IN MORPETH STATION The phrase ‘punching above your weight’ is often used to suggest that someone is engaged in an activity perhaps unlikely to be expected of them or beyond their capabilities to achieve, 11 RHONA HONOURED BY QUEEN and – with the greatest of respect – it could be applied to the involvement of Greater Morpeth Development Trust in relation to the restoration and redevelopment of Morpeth Railway Station. 18 GLEN’S NEW COUNTY LEADER For around seven years GMDT had been at the sharp end of procuring and delivering a £2.3m project to not only safeguard the future of this unique piece of Victorian railway history, but to give it a new lease of life as a modern transport facility and an enterprise hub for small business. For a small community-based organisation run by three staff 19 LATEST TOWN CRYER NEWS and a volunteer board of directors, and with the backing of some supportive partners, the station achievement is little short of remarkable.