Northumberland, farming, history, entertainment, Agricultural show, Bellingham By Clive Dalton Highlight of the farming yearThe highlight of our year up the North Tyne, without doubt, was Bellingham Show held in the last week of August for well over 100 years. We Bellingham folks dated everything in our lives by the Show. Arguments over dates could … Read more
By Clive Dalton Poems and songsBellingham Show was such an important annual event, not only up the North Tyne valley but and on both sides of the Border, and especially in industrial Tyneside where ‘toon folk’ could have a day out by train in the fresh air of rural Northumberland. It wasn’t surprising then that … Read more
By Archie Mason Reprinted from the Bellingham Heritage Centre Newsletter, Autumn 2009.See the contacts for the Heritage Centre on the blog for more information. We left the village by the road over the Tyne bridge then up to the cemetery at the Croft, where we turned right to go as far as Dunterley farm. There … Read more
Photographer: W.P. Collier By Dr Clive Dalton Walter Percy Collier was born in Newcastle in 1875, and moved to Liverpool after his father’s death in 1891 where he lived with the younger of his two sisters. He then went back to Newcastle to work for the industrial photographer, Harry Ord Thompson. After his wife died … Read more
I got my hands on a copy of this email newsletter put together by the North Tyne and Redesdale Community Partnership. Cracking read to catch up on what is going on in the neighbourhood. You can get your copy by emailing adminbct@btconnect.com or phoning Rachel on 220714
Well, to be fair I knew they were – Google Analytics gives me a lovely picture of the woolshed1 blog heading up and down the valley from time to time. But here’s a few other cracking little websites that came to me via the Bellingham Heritage Centre. Bellingham and District Trade and Tourism Association http://bdtta.co.uk/ Wark … Read more
North Tyne memories: Bellingham bairns – Reed’s school kids By Dr Clive Dalton These historic pictures of the kids at the Reed’s school exist because in Bellingham, North Tyne, there was an early photographic pioneer called W.P Collier. He was a man who clearly had an eye for ‘news’, and could predict which photos would … Read more
By Dr Clive Dalton Saturday – day of play Saturday was the best day of the week for us Noble Street ‘yunguns’ – because there was ‘nee school’ and we were free from the terrors of Jean Milburn in the Juniors, before progressing to Joe Lumley in the seniors. Here you knew that the dreaded … Read more
The Bellingham Heritage Centre launched their first DVD The Last Sheep Sale, about the former Bellingham Mart, at the 2009 Bellingham Show. Bellingham Mart closed in 2004. The DVD has been produced through the co-operation and sponsorship of the Northumberland National Park Authority, and a donation from Hexham and Northern Marts. The DVD will be … Read more
Northumberland, history, Hesleyside Hall, Bellingham, North Tyne By Clive Dalton Hesleyside Hall viewed from the road and the front park – the seat of the North Tyne Charlton grayne (clan) The CharltonsFor more information on the Charltons, and the history of the English- Scottish feuds that they were actively involved in and went on for … Read more
North Tyne Agricultural Shows The Agricultural Show has been a highlight of Northumberland village life for well over 100 years, and two of the best examples of these events in the county are the Bellingham Show and the Falstone Border Shepherd’s Show. Village folk used to plan and record events as happening before or after … Read more