THE HAYDON NEWS ON LINE THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE Happy Christmas HAYDON NEWS WILL BE PUBLISHED from IN FEBRUARY 2012 Issue 10 Churches Together at Haydon Bridge All copy to the editors as soon as possible, but not later than Front cover painted by December Friday January 20th 2012 Children of the Messy Church 2011 Thank you See page 14 for Christmas Services HAYDONPublished NEWS by The Friends Of Haydon Bridge Page 1 THE HAYDON NEWS ON LINE The Friends of Haydon Bridge wish all readers of The Haydon News was Established in 1979 and preceded the Haydon News a Happy Christmas on and off for over forty five years by a church Parish Magazine, The Haydon News is published by the Friends ‘The Friends’ thank Avril Kirsopp for volunteering to deliver the of Haydon Bridge and is written, printed, collated and Haydon News to the Shaftoe Street area in the New Year, and a delivered by volunteers. ‘thank you’ also to Brian Pearson, who has delivered the Haydon News to Shaftoe Street residents for many years. 1,000 copies of The Haydon News are distributed free of THEATRE ROYAL NEWS from Pauline Wallis. charge, ten months of the year, throughout Haydon Parish in Tynedale, Northumberland. The Panto season started on November 29th with Sleeping Beauty -The Pantomime of your dreams! The Haydon News On Line doesn’t replace this traditional This year for the first time, due to huge public demand, it will publication but allows those living outside our delivery continue right through to January 21st. It’s not too late to book area, who have a connection with or an interest in the seats and make the magic of Christmas last a little bit longer. parish, to keep in touch. Tickets for the new season of shows are now on sale. Welcome to ‘The Haydon News On Line’. There’ll be a full list of what’s on in our February edition but here are two you may be particularly interested in... wwww.haydon-news.co.uk Sunday 19th February A web site that includes an archive Newcastle Theatre Royal’s 175th Birthday Gala of earlier issues.. A spectacular and magnificent Evening of Magical Entertainment hosted by Tim Healy and Denise Welch Contributions to The Haydon News in the form of articles or letters are most welcome, especially from March 23rd-31st those with a family connection within the parish. I Dreamed a Dream. World premiere of the Susan Boyle Musical starring Elaine C Smith and with a special Please email us: appearance by Susan Boyle. email: [email protected] Thank you to those who have been in touch with me already. If anyone has any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me. Please note that copyright is held by the Meanwhile, from all the staff at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle: Friends of Haydon Bridge and/or individual We wish you a merry Christmas and happy New Year contributors to the magazine. For permission Contact me: tel 014345 684061 to use material from The Haydon News please email [email protected] email the editors at: [email protected] Book online www.theatreroyal.co.uk THE HAYDON NEWS POSTED TO YOU For a subscription fee of £11.50 you can receive the Haydon News by post for one year (Feb-Dec 2011) This service is for people living outside the Haydon News delivery areas. Please apply in the first instance to: [email protected] 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 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 EDITORIAL POLICY OF THE HAYDON NEWS. The editorial policy of the Haydon News is the responsibility of the Committee of the Friends of Haydon Bridge, although day to day responsibility is delegated to the editors. Our intention is always to ensure that the content of the Haydon News is as fair and factually correct as possible. Any complaints concerning editorial policy should be addressed in writing to the Chairman of the Friends of Haydon Bridge, and will be considered by and receive a formal response from the Committee of the Friends of Haydon Bridge. Complaints other than those made above will not be entertained. The Editors reserve the right to decide which letters/articles are to be published, and to alter or shorten letters/articles when necessary. Anonymous letters/articles will NOT be published. A nom-de-plume may be used provided that the Editors have been advised of the writer’s name and address. The committee of the Friends of Haydon Bridge thank those members who produce the Haydon News, people who contribute items for publication, our advertisers and distributors. THE HAYDON NEWS Editors: Mike Parkin. Dennis Telford. www.Haydon-News.co.uk Site construction by Henry Swaddle. Page 2 HAYDON NEWS PARISH COUNCIL NOTES from the meeting in November 2011 Iain Hedley, Communities Officer at Terrace of the new office development first floor rear of 1A Ratcliffe Road. Northumberland National Park, gave a proposed for the site. A site visit by No objections were made. short presentation on Neighbourhood members of the Planning Committee is Planning. This is part of the due to take place soon prior to a final Correspondence government’s new planning policy to decision being made. The council received a letter from a local give local communities more say in the There is money for community group resident complaining about dazzle from planning process and in decisions on projects in the Community Chest and the floodlighting of the old bridge. areas for future development. He the time for applications is running While very appreciative of the Christmas explained that parish councils can out. Cllr Sharp urged local groups lights, the correspondent felt that the develop their own Neighbourhood Plan planning projects to apply for funding floodlighting could only be appreciated and would receive support from NCC and to contact Susie Goncu at County by motorists crossing the new bridge. and the National Park to do this. Hall in Morpeth. Consultation would have to take place Planning permission for a new 15 bed A consultation is underway about with the residents of the parish as part of hospital in Haltwhistle has been possible changes to the mobile library the process. At present there are three granted. This will also have 12 flats for service in Northumberland. The mobile pilot schemes taking place in the elderly. Building work will start in library calls at Langley and Grindon in Northumberland; Allendale, Alnwick the New Year. the Parish. Users of the service wishing and in the National Park. Once to respond can view the proposals Highways completed the Neighbourhood Plan document at ’The Bridge’ Library. would have to go to a local referendum Permission has been received to locate An inspection report was received where a simple majority of those voting a new seat east of the village near the concerning the condition of the play would give it approval. It would then go top of the lane leading to the water equipment at Shaftoe Green. to NCC for approval and adoption. Once treatment plant. adopted by the County Council it would Councillors received an invitation to the The police have been looking at the have legal status and would need to be Tynedale Sports Awards evening on Dec parking near the bus stop on Ratcliffe taken notice of by developers and 5th. Road. While there were favourable planners. comments about the chevron parking Parish Projects. Questions were asked by councillors for cars it is considered unsuitable for particularly on how far it would be able Haydon Bridge Development Trust. larger vehicles that protrude further to reflect local needs and wishes if it into the road and cause an The Development Trust are considering also had to match with government and obstruction. The parking of vehicles on setting up an Oil Buying Cop-operative. county strategic planning and housing the extended pavement at the bus stop (see notice on page 13). policy. As none of the pilot schemes are is against the law, causes an complete it seems it’s a matter of wait Library Project. obstruction and must not happen. The and see. situation is to be monitored and The Library have received a very good Public Participation . offenders issued with a ticket. The response to the request for old Representatives from the GITS group police are also to monitor the situation photographs and other items of interest asked what plans the Parish Council had following complaints regarding parked about the Parish for inclusion in the to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee in 2012. cars that have been deliberately Haydon Archive. They were informed that the Council scratched. Parish Council notes continue on page have allocated money in the 2012/13 The bulge in the railway retaining wall 13. precept to support a community led has been declared structurally stable celebratory event and that if GIT Society but is to be monitored. was to plan for such an event then the The blocked gullies near the pedestrian PARISH COUNCILLORS Council would support them. A street crossing in Ratcliffe Road are to be party was suggested as one possibility.