The Paper Miller of Old Whose Name Lives On
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THE TEESDALE MERCURY. BOLDRON THE LAIR FOLK CLUB L etters WOMEN’S INSTITUTE. KING’S ARMS, STAINDROP, VILLAGE HALL, COTTAGE RAILWAY welcome WHIST DRIVE SHILDON FOLK to a * GRANT NOT in aid of Richardson Hospital. SCENERY SINGALONG, Admission 15p inc. Refreshments. CLAIMED 1 write to endorse all that was 7-30 p.m., Wednesday, 20th June written in your advertisement for Tuesday, 26th June Entry 20p. Readers would be amused by the Cumbrian Coast Railway. It is Mrs Wilson’s comment in her letter EBKTfi a line well worthy of a journey be that to have knocked down my ing made on it with views of little cottage at Whorlton would castles, mountains, cliffs and the LOUIS SMITH MOTORS have been “a nice gesture”. sea all along its length. But there are one or two matters Any revenues from journeys L IM IT E D oi fact which should be stated. The made on it will be welcomed as it discretionary grant which was offer is on the borderline for closure and CALGATE. BARNARD CASTLF ed on this property, has not, in i* this comes about it will deal a fact, been claimed, as it was not devastating blow to the local com TELEPHONE 2129/253* possible to meet all the require munities. I would be delighted to ments. If 1 now obtain the much answer any enquiries. smaller standard grant, 1 shall have OFFER FOR IM M E D IA T E DELIVERY M . H . L . H eywqod. no more than is the right of every M.G.B. Roadster in Blaze. The Hollies, citizen who provides standard Bamingham. M.G. Midget in Blaze. amenities in old property. Morris Marina 1-8 T.C. Saloon in Harvest Gold. So I have, largely at my own Morris Marina 1-8 S.D.L. Automatic in Black Tulip. expense, provided another unit of Morris Marina 1-3 S.D.L. Saloon in Teal Blue. accommodation in the Barnard Morris Marina 1-3 D.L. Coupe in White. Castle area, and also saved from REMOVALS Ford Capri 1600L in Sebring Red. destruction a building that many Fully Insured consider of particular interest and Estimates Free Ford Cortina 1600L 4-door in Copper Brown. beauty. J . G. CLOSE, Bowes Ford Cortina 2000L in Tawny. May I extend to Mrs Wilson a Tel. 223 Ford Cortina 1600XL Estate in Copper Brown. cordial invitation to call for a cup Ford Cortina 2000 G.X.L. in Pearl Grey. ot tea, and to inspect the simple Ford Cortina 1600XL 4-door in Evergreen. but pleasant home I have provided Ford Cortina 1300L 4-door in Onyx Green. for myself, not as a week-end cot Ford Escort 1300XL 2-door in Sapphire. tage, but as my principal residence, FRIDGES from £34-95 Ford Escort 1300L Estate in Marine Blue. enabling me to work among the (with Deep Freezers good people of Barnard Castle. 1 from £76-00) Ford Escort 1300L in Burgundy. am certain this would expurgate Ford Escort 1100L in Daytona Yellow. her urge to destroy the building. AUTOMATIC WASHERS H ec t o r C. P a r r . from £68-95 Q U A L IT Y u s e d v e h i c l e s Bridge Cottage, (L) Ford Granada 3000 G.X.L. in Copper Brown. AUTO/RECORD PLAYERS Whorlton. from £19*40 (K) Vanden Plas Princess 1300 in Green Mallard. This fine picture of Egglestone This shows that Matthew Jeffer (K) Chrysier 180 in Arden Grey. Abbey, and a paper mill which stood son agreed to take over the mill, MOTORING STEREO/AUDIO UNITS (K) Ford Cortina 1600L 4-door in Tawny. in front of it for over a century, The Paper Miller house and land from Henry Cooke, from £39-20 (K) Rover 2000 T.C. in Mexico Brown. was drawn around 1820 by Turner, at an annual rent of £140 (a £50 OFFENCES MONO OR COLOUR TV the great landscape artist. drop from eight years earlier), and (K) Vauxhall Viva S.L. in Sienna. Would you have space to reprint Rent or Buy (K) Austin 1300 4-door Mk 3 in Midnight Blue. At that time the mill was run by that the landlord, Mr Morritt, would the enclosed from Letters in the of old whose bear the cost of converting the mill lK) Ford Escort 1100 in Sunset. Henry Cooke, a pioneer in the paper Daily Mail, as it applies very much H.P. arranged or good into a corn mill. to Barnard Castle? (K) Renault 4 in Red. making industry. That is thought to cash discount The cost was not to exceed £250 ^Concerning your article, “Police (J) Austin Maxi 1750 in Blue, be him wading in the Tees in the foreground, with his second wife name lives on... —-‘and as much under as possible” Admit They Can’t Cope with Brit at v j ) Hover 2000 SC in White, working on his left. —with the landlord to find wood ain’s Burglars,” may I point out vo) i numph 2000 in Grey. Henry was certainly a busy man: ect descendant still living in the and stables and £25 18s. lOd. for 22 for the gates and other repairs after that the majority of magistrates Tates Radio Co (J) Hillman Hunter G.T. in Green. h'; ran a smallholding—those will area; some other family names which acres of land, divided between four the mill was fitted up, and the ten courts' time in this country is spent figure in the parish registers of the fields. So the total was £47 18s. lOd. ant to do the workmanship. (H) Mini Clubman Saloon in Aqua. be his cows in the river—as well as on petty motoring offences. Ltd. time are still common in the area ior the mill and a fair sized small Turner’s drawing was referred to (H) Mini Clubman Estate in Red. building up his prosperous paper It‘s an easy job for the police 16 MARKET PLACE firm. He had plenty of mouths to to-day. holding. in the Monthly Chronicle of North and it raises money easily, but are lii) Humber Sceptre Automatic in Aqua Metallic. BARNARD CASTLE feed, with 11 children by his two Though Henry lived at Egglestone By 1822, when Henry Cooke was Countiy Lane and Legend, 1891: these white cars, parked all over V»i) Ford Cortina 1300 4-door in Jade Green. wives in 17 years. Abbey until 1830, he had an interest running the place, some more fields 'Turner, the great landscape paint the country all day as a so-called Tel. 3277 (E) Mini 850 Automatic in Blue. The picture is especially interest in another paper mill at Richmond Lad been added, bringing the area er, made a drawing of Egglestone motorists' deterrent, really per (C) Morris Mini in Blue. ing at the moment, for the firm, from the early 1820s, and eventu k just over 42 acres. Henry no for Dr. Whitaker’s Richmondshire, forming a public service? doubt had something to say about and it is possible that long after (J) Bedford 6 cwt. Van in Blue. still called Henry Cooke Ltd., is ally he moved there with his fam Would they not be of far greater celebrating its 200th anniversary, ily. In the years that followed he the inflation of the times, as the rent Whitaker’s bulky tomes are forgot use to the public, chasing burglars (H) Land Rover S.W.B., Diesel, Hard Top. did valuable development work. He rose to £190 a year. ten, copies of the artist’s composi T ftHipc (G) Land Rover L.W.B. Petrol, Truck Cab. and this year it received a Queen’s and other criminals? £ Award for technological innovation. died in 1846 and is buried in the The estate books, in meticulous tion will be in demand. E. Priestley-Cooper (M rs). b e s m a rt SPIRELLA terms, Part Exchanges and H P. parish churchyard at Richmond be handwriting, show how the Cookes “Turner, it may be remembered, For a time Henry lived n the South Thornberry, For free advice on fitted Corsets. house seen being built on the left. side his second wife and several of and all other tenants of Mr J. B. S. made many sketches for the same Bowes. After Hours Telephone Bishop Auckland 832011 their children. Morritt used each field year by year. v.-crk, and proofs thereof are treas Bras. Swimsuits. Slacks, Skirts This is now Abbey Mill Cottage, and Knitwear, ’phone Cockfield in the years at Egglestone Abbey The rents are broken down to the ured by collectors for the light they Mrs Margaret Brown, of Sher where Mr and Mrs Ted Hinton- 248, or write to MRS M. FORD RENT-A-CAR Clifton live. The buildings nearer the Cookes were tenants of the last penny for each parcel of land. throw upon the development of the wood Close, Barnard Castle, repre Morritt family. Mr R. A. Morritt In the latter years Henry Cooke had genius of one of the most gifted sented the town as one of the DICKINSON, 2 Wind Mill, the river, though later altered and Etherley, Bishop Auckland, SELF-DRIVE HIRE CARS now deiapidated, are still there. still has several fascinating estate nine fields, six kept as grass while painters of all time.” North East team taking part in a 1973 Models: Escort, Escort Estate, Cortina. books of that period at Rokeby Hall on others he had some crops of The peaceful rural setting is a big keep fit demonstration in the who will be pleased to visit you The weir collapsed long ago but in your own home Competitive Rates.