THE HAYDON NEWS ON LINE Cover Note See page 13 The Derwentwater cross in all its former glory. And in 2007. Does anybody care? INSIDE THIS ISSUE PAGE Issue 07 Editorial 2 Parish Council Notes 3/9 Historical Notes 4/5/6 August Lord of the Woodlands 7 Correspondence 8 2007 By pass progress report 8 Hadrian’s Wall Heritage 9 NEXT ISSUE Parish Plan 10 Planning Options 11 OCTOBER 2007 Golden Jubilee 12/13 Railway Hotel Show 12 www.haydon-news.co.uk Poets’ Corner/Book Review 13 Dr. Steve Ford 14/15 Church Pages 16/17 e mail: Planning/Development 18
[email protected] HAYDONPublished NEWS by The Friends Of Haydon Bridge Page 1 THE HAYDON NEWS ON LINE EDITORIAL COMMENT We offer a warm welcome to readers of this, our first The quest for a Haydon Bridge by pass went on for years and on line edition of The Haydon News since September years. Increasing volumes of traffic, especially heavy goods vehicles, dirt, noise and vibration damage to properties along 2001. Ratcliffe Road were all used in arguments for a by pass. Established in 1979 and preceded on and off for over Notices stating ‘Haydon Bridge needs a by pass’ and ‘Give us forty five years by a church Parish Magazine, the a heart-give us a bypass’ hung in house windows so long they Haydon News is published by The Friends of Haydon faded. But doggedly the ‘By pass group’ pressed on with their Bridge and is written, printed, collated and delivered campaign. 24 hour counts of vehicles coming through the village were by volunteers.